Re: Error code 216

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@Noduic wrote:

EDIT - SOLVED ISSUE

This is not a problem with the game but steam, follow the steps below to fix the problem in Steam.

Specifying a Clientport as a Launch Option

To specify a client port, please perform the following steps for each computer on the LAN

Go to Steam's My games menu
Right-click on the game you wish to play
Go to Properties
From the General tab, click on the Set launch options button
Add a different client port number on each machine between 27005 and 27032 in the following format:
+clientport 270XX
Note: Do not use 27020
Click OK

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This worked for a while then suddenly stopped working again. 

Hmm, we haven't had any more 216 errors all day, only thing I can think of is making sure everyone is launching from the main steam window and not right clicking on steam in the taskbar to launch.  I think it doesn't run the launch scripts if you run the game from outside the steam interface.

This is a problem with several other games in steam and this was a solution for those as well.  If nothing else works, try having everyone restarting their computer?

What seems to be working for now is actually going into the game directory, making a shortcut for starwarssquadrons_launcher.exe, adding the +clientport 270XX to that and using the shortcut to start the game. Seems steam isn't consistent on weather or not it will use the launch options. 

Good to know that works and I'll do that method if steam starts being inconsistent with us.

This hasn't worked for me. I still need to close the game after every match then re-open the game if I want to play online. SWBFII does the exact same thing for me. And this is the only steam game that does this to me.  I'm still leaning towards this being on EA.