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#How to open ports for steam game ranger update#
I installed HoMM3 from GoG Galaxy (It seems to have been some update that combined the universal update or something, because I could'nt find it anymore anyway).
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But I might have misunderstood what that actually does since it seems I still need to port forward for Gameranger. As I said, I tried that before with no luck and some time after that I think I enabled DMZ on my router, which I thought would let me get away with not forwarding any ports (it worked fine with other games when I enabled DMZ). What I had to do (which I though I had already tested, but must have done incorrectly somehow) was to port forward UDP port 16000, as Gameranger suggests when it complained about me being behind a firewall (I said "Port-Restricted Cone NAT Router"). I've finally been able to connect to my own game through Gameranger from my laptop to my desktop pc! (Hurray!)
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It would be nice to at least be able to find why things aren't working as they should, and eve better, find a solution for it. I am sometimes able to connect by trying to connect over and over.
#How to open ports for steam game ranger windows#
(This is an issue that can sometimes be fixed by opening up the windows firewall / port forward according to ) I am unable to connect to a server, the message I get is "Sorry, there was an error connecting to that session. Maybe it's possible to get a game together by just brute forcing, I don't know, but I will probably try. So it really does work when it feels like it, I tried to connect again after that, after a few tries I manage to get connected again. This may however fix the issue for others.Īfter I tried that I just reconnected to the server over and over, getting the same error, while I was thinking what my next move would be. But I tried to connect again with my firewall disabled, no dice. I never really thought about that since I never really have had a problem with that before, but I checked it out, the windows firewall seemed alright. Upon searching some more with this message I found that it could be a firewall issue. But I managed to get a screen shot of it by recording my desktop, it says "Sorry, there was an error connecting to that session. I couldn't read it at first as it disappears immediately (which is why I didn't see it in the first place). I noticed a window popping up as the game shuts down when I connect. Today's findings are better, but not that good. I decided to edit my old post instead of posting a new one so I don't spam as much. Looks like it works when it feels like it. I tried again because I wanted to test it out with a friend and not just my own laptop. Ok, so I tried again today, and now it doesn't work.