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ZergPlowg
5 years ago
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Error code 216

Product: Star Wars: Squadrons Platform:Steam-PC Please specify your platform model. PC What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? EA: ZergPlowg Steam: zergdeplowg2 Are you playing in VR? No W...
  • Noduic's avatar
    Noduic
    5 years ago

    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

    NOTE: This solution only works if you launch the game through the My games menu.

    If you have already set other launch options, leave a space between the last character of your previous launch option and the + of your clientport setting.

    Following these steps allowed us to play together no issues at all.

    /EDIT

    Same issue, trying to play on PC with my wife in the same house, wired connections to a single router.

    We've been able to get in 3 matches together but one or both of us will disconnect with error 216 on the majority of matches we try to join.  It's not consistent on who disconnects, doesn't seem to matter who is leader of the party.

    We don't have any issue joining games solo and when I tried to join her game when there was an open spot, she was immediately disconnected.

Noduic's avatar
Noduic
5 years ago

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

NOTE: This solution only works if you launch the game through the My games menu.

If you have already set other launch options, leave a space between the last character of your previous launch option and the + of your clientport setting.

Following these steps allowed us to play together no issues at all.

/EDIT

Same issue, trying to play on PC with my wife in the same house, wired connections to a single router.

We've been able to get in 3 matches together but one or both of us will disconnect with error 216 on the majority of matches we try to join.  It's not consistent on who disconnects, doesn't seem to matter who is leader of the party.

We don't have any issue joining games solo and when I tried to join her game when there was an open spot, she was immediately disconnected.

  • ZergPlowg's avatar
    ZergPlowg
    5 years ago
    @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


    This worked for a while then suddenly stopped working again. 

    • Noduic's avatar
      Noduic
      5 years ago

      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?

      • ZergPlowg's avatar
        ZergPlowg
        5 years ago

        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. 

  • OsoGrizz's avatar
    OsoGrizz
    5 years ago

    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.

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