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On 3/27/2023 at 6:29 AM, RafaelNorman said:

Also, make sure your friends have enough free hard drive space. If that doesn't help, try resetting your router settings or contact game support for further help. I don't like moments like this, so I ensured nothing interfered with my game. I also switched to 7 Days To Die Server Hosting, and now I have no network problems. I wish you good luck solving the problem, and have a happy game!

Do you believe that the problem could be the server hosting?

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2 hours ago, Jugginator said:

 

Ah yeah it may be better for you in A21. Yeah it's better to have the game/appdata/pagefile on an SSD, would be a nice upgrade for you along with another 8gb of ram. I'll have to run some HDD tests on that.

Do you have any forecast for the launch of the A21 version?

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9 hours ago, Riamus said:

The fact that you mention opening inventory is the clue here.  Every 20 minutes, triggered by opening inventory or containers/workstations/etc, the game unloads unused assets.  With low RAM, this causes the game to hang until it completes.  If playing on a server, the timeout for the server is often so short that you'll get timed out before the game starts responding again.  For single player, this isn't an issue because there isn't a timeout.  And for joining another player's game (not on a server), the timeout is usually much higher and you will rarely timeout before the game starts responding again, though it can happen if the game takes too long.  I also have 8GB RAM and I see this 20 minute freeze regularly.  It can last anywhere from a few seconds to 5-10 minutes, with it usually lasting 2-3 minutes.

 

They would have a couple of options here. 1) Get more RAM.  2) Make sure their pagefile is on a SSD and not a HDD hard drive as it will be much faster (the game and saves should also be on an SSD for best performance).  3) Don't play on a server, but just join someone's game that they are hosting.

 

Note that if a player who experiences these issues is the host of a game, other players are likely to get disconnected when the host's game locks up, so hosting doesn't always work all that well.

Yes, we are playing on a server hosted by GTX Gaming Host.
This problem has been frequent lately.
The guys enter the server, manage to play for a few minutes normally, however, after a certain time, when opening the inventory, they are expelled from the server with this network timeout message.

Thank you very much for the suggestions, I will ask my friends to try it to see if it will solve it.

12 hours ago, Jugginator said:

Yeah, the expelling in those cases is due to the client failing to properly respond quickly enough to the server. 8gb of ram is the bare minimum and don't forget your system/apps will eat up that ram, which certainly can lead to that. Play on a smaller map, have the players add firewall/antivirus exclusions, turn off background applications, stuff like that. 

Thank you very much for your help, I will ask friends to try to reduce the map.
Thanks.

[Network timeout, help!]

Hi, I have two friends who are suffering from the Network Timeout issue.

It turns out that they manage to enter the server, however, after some time of play, when opening the inventory, they are expelled from the server with the network timeout message.

They have 8gb ram, I don't know if that can be it.
If anyone has a solution to this problem and can help, I would be very grateful.