Victoria III - Multiplayer not working without a VPN

[Tolomeidb2]

Short summary of your issue
Multiplayer not working without a VPN

Game Version
1.3.2

What OS are you playing on?
Windows

Do you have mods enabled?
No

Have you tried verifying your game files?
Yes

How much "pain" is this causing you?
6

Please explain the issue you experienced in the most condensed way possible
It is impossible to host or join multiplayer as the game cannot connect to the paradox account.
Activating a VPN resolves the issue.

Please explain how to reproduce the issue
Start Vicky 3 game, try to join multiplayer

Is there anything else you think could help us identify/replicate the issue?
Seems to be due to some bug with IP as activating a VPN allows to join multiplayer.
This bug doesn't happen with HOI4

I have attached a save game
No

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[PDX_Sosanna]

Hi! I'm moving the thread to the Technical Support forum as it is a network issue that does not occur on our testing machines.
Best regards!

 

[AndrewT]

This is something we've seen with this game and CK3 in particular, which use the Nakama MP service. HOI4 uses Steam MP by default. As indicated above the developers have been unable to reproduce it, it's extremely sporadic.


Other steps that might work instead:

Disable IPv6
- Close CK3
- Go to Control Panel > View Network status and tasks > Change adapter settings (left side)
- Find your Hamachi Connection and Disable it
- Find your Internet connection adapter (for me, it was WiFi)
- Right click your internet adapter and select properties
- Scroll down to find "Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and uncheck the box
- Select Ok
- Start up CK3 and should work.

Disable all other network adapters
Go to Windows Control panel.
Click on Network & Internet.
Click on View Network Status.
Quick Tip: You can also quickly access these settings by right-clicking the network icon in the taskbar and selecting the Network & Internet settings option.
Click on Change adapter options.
Right-click all network adapters that are not connected to the internet and select the Disable option.