Sessions

[carpman]

why is it 95% of the time when i try and join a session it says "There was a problem connecting to this ....please try again later"

If that the same for everybody is worth actually having the multiplayer i have even setup many of my own and no 1 has ever joined my sessions

[Tim Procter]

When its quiet I can join anytime.

When there is 8 or 10 sessions all working not a chance.

[rceccleston]

why is it 95% of the time when i try and join a session it says "There was a problem connecting to this ....please try again later"

If that the same for everybody is worth actually having the multiplayer i have even setup many of my own and no 1 has ever joined my sessions

Have you done the following?

Phoenix Ports
Phoenix uses UDP ports 9000 - 9005 to communicate online. You will need to open or forward this range of ports to your local IP address. After this has been accomplished, you may need to reset/reboot your router to make the changes take effect. You mnay also need to reboot your computer.

[Heliheaven]

I usually get the same message I tried all of the UK ones today with no luck, I did manage to get on to one in Germany

Still not right for me.

[carpman]

Have you done the following?

Phoenix Ports
Phoenix uses UDP ports 9000 - 9005 to communicate online. You will need to open or forward this range of ports to your local IP address. After this has been accomplished, you may need to reset/reboot your router to make the changes take effect. You mnay also need to reboot your computer.

mine uses :- auto select port 9002 how do i change that

[chemicalbro]

uncheck the X next to the port ID
and change it to either 9003,9004 or 9005.

as the others say it depends how many sessions are running..
usually if theres around 1-6 then no problems
if its more than that the connection problems start. especially if there are sessions outside Europe running too.

Edit: I just noticed another thing...
they should do away with the passwords on sessions.
I went to go online and there were 4 sessions running , all password protected .... all with 1 person in them.. and 3 others that had no password. (1 or 2 people in each)

everybody who was online (10) could have got into 2 or 3 sessions... instead there are 7 running which lessens everybodys chances of getting into any of them.
(rant over )