I know there is a thread about this, but I tried lanning with a mate the other day, and we basically have exactly the same AOE3 off steam. In other words I bought the game off steam, downloaded it, then he went onto my account and downloaded it also. So pretty much I've tried lanning with him and an error message keeps coming up saying "unable to join game". I've scoured the internet, and I've tried the port forwarding thing as suggested by these websites:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/907880
http://forum.agecommunity.com/forums/thread/898022.aspx
And so far nothing has changed. I may have done it wrong? Not sure. But firstly, do you think the fact that we have exactly the same game might be something to do with it?
Or do you think not? If not, what do you think may be the issue? We can see each other's games, but when we try to join them it says "failed to join game". Any ideas?
So I've tried the port forwarding and everything.
Just to clarify, do I need to do the port forwarding for only the hosts computer? Or also for the non-host?
Also, if I do the user.cfg method, do I only need to override the ports for the host? Or non-host as well?
And so far nothing has changed. I may have done it wrong? Not sure. But firstly, do you think the fact that we have exactly the same game might be something to do with it?
Or do you think not? If not, what do you think may be the issue? We can see each other's games, but when we try to join them it says "failed to join game". Any ideas?
So I've tried the port forwarding and everything.
Just to clarify, do I need to do the port forwarding for only the hosts computer? Or also for the non-host?
Also, if I do the user.cfg method, do I only need to override the ports for the host? Or non-host as well?