Connection issues in MP

[Muumio]

So we started having connection issues around late march. Play a heavily modded game, but no issues with the setup before. One player tries to join, but "game not found" or "connection failed". When he manages to join he lags in the lobby, sometimes not seeing other players, when we actually manage to press start game he might or might not be able to proceed and if he proceeds it just loads very very slow.. Tried unmodded, new game, another save, validated game caches, deleted GFX folders etc. all the normal stuff, but the problem persists. Same problem with EU4 where it lags horribly when choosing a country. No issues with out network speeds.

He has also tried to host and then I have these problems.

Another player mostly has no problems but loads the saves way slower than before.

Usually try to play after 21.00 (UTC+2) or later, as that used to work best for us before.

 

[AndrewT]

Late March when the Covid lockdowns started ... ! Yes, we have a lot of reports of MP issues since then across all games. Have you talked to your ISP about this?

I did get one report in Stellaris that Hamachi helped, which I frankly don't understand but worth a shot!

 

[Muumio]

Yeah, the player, who has the connection issues with me, contacted his ISP and there shouldn't be anything out of ordinary. I haven't contacted mine, but I doubt there is anything due to the fact that pretty much everything else works fine with no slowdowns.

Guess we have to try earlier in the day to see if it is due to heavy usage of Steam servers and/or just because of increased traffic everywhere. Might try Hamachi if nothing else seems to work. Thanks!

edit: And it has to do with time of the day and/or steam usage. everything went smoothly when we just tested it - too bad it took this long for me to test it out.

 

[AndrewT]

Yes, either your ISPs are having capacity problems, or it's general internet traffic being so high, I believe.