[PC] Is Multiplayer on same network broken?
Can two or more PC's on the same local area network, sharing a single internet IP, play multiplayer DA:I? Based on the port natting required to for 1 PC to play DA:I MP, I'm guessing that its not. Is ...
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EA_David
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Community AdminI share a home router with 2 other DAI players and we've not had any issues playing together, so it is possible.
I'd guess there's a router setting that may be a factor. have you tried enabling UPnP?
Hey David,
It's possible but incredibly random and/or hit-and-miss. We've been trying to play with some friends for a while now. Each pair of players are on the same home network (ie. 2 are on one, the other 2 on another) and we've only been able to get all four of us in the same game lobby once. So yes, it can work, but it doesn't 90% of the time. We can get three of us into a lobby occasionally but then the fourth person is unable to join and gets the "You have lost your connection with the session" error.
Something is definitely broken somewhere and considering that we did get it to work once without any network changes suggests that it's not an issue with our home network setups.
- Thoughts, comments, ideas?
- I could see how UPNP could resolve the problem. I have a internet facing firewall instead of a router, and it doesn't work with UPNP. The ideal solution would be to authenticate to the origin server on the internet and connect directly to the PC that's three feet away from me, as opposed to sending packets on a 200 miles round trip. Lots of PC games work this way. Starcraft 2 and Borderlands 2 immediately leap to mind.
