[Unable to Connect to Friends Local Host World With VPN]

On 1/24/2023 at 5:18 PM, SylenThunder said:

Proton's free package is a fine example. You basically have to shell out $5 a month to get a decent connection with it, but you're still adding a lot of unnecessary overhead to your data path

I'm paying for the full version and not really having any noticeable changes in my connection.

 

On 1/24/2023 at 5:18 PM, SylenThunder said:

It also begs the question... If this is "your" WiFi, why are you worried about traffic being tracked?

This sounds more like you're on some public or school WiFi, which is abysmal at the best of times

I'm on my own wifi and have locks on it that I'm trying to get around, and also not have my traffic constantly monitored by my parents.

On 1/24/2023 at 10:27 PM, Pernicious said:

LiteNetLib is the preferred method for the game to connect. It's faster and lighter. However, you lost so many packets, the client decided not to wait any longer, and switched to SteamNetworking. SteamNetworking should be more reliable, but still can't make packets magically appear, and it has no fall back. So what happens is that the client lets you do an action locally, but doesn't update the server because it can't get packets through. The server gets some broken messages, and you end up falling through the world, or something else odd. Eventually you just crash out.

 I don't fully understand what you're saying here. Mainly just with how the packets couldn't be sent properly. How do you lose packets, and why didn't the game just flat out refuse to connect me to the game if it's not getting enough?

 

On 1/24/2023 at 10:27 PM, Pernicious said:

If you insist on using a VPN, then you need either a better quality VPN, and one that is private so you don't get blocked for looking suspicious, and don't have to fight contention. Or you need a VPN that allows you to configure application aware split tunnel, which will selectively not tunnel 7d2d traffic. Unless you know what you're doing, that's going to be a challenge for you to set up.

The VPN I'm using is rated pretty well, so I don't feel like the quality would be much of an issue unless you need a top-notch one. What is the difference between a private and public VPN. What's application-aware split tunneling? I feel like that's what I'm using, but not sure what the actual terminology is for it. I should be able to figure out how to do anything that needs to be done, I just need to know what needs to be done.

I've switched to an ethernet atp, but I want to figure out what is causing it to act weird only in certain games.

Sorry for the late reply, I've been busy with other things the last few days.

[Unable to Connect to Friends Local Host World With VPN]

16 hours ago, Beelzybub said:

How did he change the game port in a P2P game?

Not exactly sure, but he's managed to do it and it has worked a few times before.

 

16 hours ago, Beelzybub said:

How did he change the game port in a P2P game? Also, if you can connect to other servers, but not your friend,

maybe the problem is on your friend's computer.

And that's kind of what I was thinking because I'm only struggling with a select few worlds. Know of anything they can do?

13 hours ago, Pernicious said:

You haven't really explained why you need a VPN, or what kind of VPN you are using though. Can't really give much advice without more details on how it's all set up.

I'm using Proton VPN, and I really just prefer to use it so my traffic can't be tracked through my wifi.

[Unable to Connect to Friends Local Host World With VPN]

Here are my logs of the most recent time. https://pastebin.com/2N3mrmNW

 

The world I'm having trouble connecting to is 'cnish63'

[Unable to Connect to Friends Local Host World With VPN]

I've been trying to connect to my friend's peer-to-peer world, but have had very mixed results. I am able to connect normally without the VPN. I am also able to connect to every other server and peer-to-peer world . It seems to only be his world that I can't connect to which makes this all the more confusing. When I connect to his world, it'll allow me to connect on my end but not his. It won't actually say that I joined the game or play the intro sound that plays on every other world. It'll put me in the game and I can interact with the world, but I can't open containers, and if I travel too far from where I spawn I'll just fall out of the world. Once I leave nothing I did will save and I'll be back in the exact same spot. I've already tried activating split tunneling which worked to help me connect to other worlds, but not my friends. I've also tried having him change the port to the same one as my VPN which occasionally will work, but it's rare. I've already disabled my firewall and done several other things with no results. If anyone has any tips for anything that can be done, please don't hesitate to say something.