Client cannot connect to hosts raid, error stating port forwarding issues

[subtle girder]

Milkman has submitted a ticket

Versions: FIKA1.2.4.0/SPT 3.11.2
Networking: Port forwarding
Description: Working for multiple days until today, game acts as normally did, can still send items to host etc, but when trying to join raid it presents with error. Port forwarding rules redone and checked, lan ip checked and still same

Project Fika · Apr 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

Thread started by: @molten basalt

[subtle girder]

@molten basalt please attach any applicable log files and mod lists while waiting for help!
You can find your log file at %AppData%\..\LocalLow\Battlestate Games\EscapeFromTarkov\Player.log

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[molten basalt]

Client server

Host server with ip scratched out]

but ips are different whether thats important or not

[old dock]

why is the client running the server?

[molten basalt]

uh

ive always done that on startup

i thought you had to

it hasnt affected it before lmao

[old dock]

well, i'm not saying it's related to your current issue, but it's indicative of the networking portion maybe being a bit misunderstood. one server to server many clients. from the looks of it you are both connecting to the server host's server, thus the client's server is doing nothing.

[molten basalt]

yeah i most definitely am doing that

wild

i understood the idea that it wasnt doing much

i just kind of accepted that there was something going on that i didnt understand and blindly followed

[old dock]

i havent' looked at logs & i am headed to bed, but i'd say double-double check your double-check of the IPs having changed. i assume you are running the spt server on your gaming pc, yeah? so presumably since that port forward is working the one for 25565/udp (for raids) should. make sure all your settings in fika - network in your F12 menu are default. no upnp, no force ip, etc.

[molten basalt]

yeah no changed nothing

ive just had it open for no reason but it isnt causing current issue

[molten basalt]

lemme check around now

[molten basalt]

so

1. All settings are the same

2. no upnp no force ip

3. the 25565 port has been working fine and im pretty sure weve looked for everything being the same and so far it has

[old dock]

i am left hoping that someone else (like @hard lily perhaps :D) comes in to help with this one as i am signing off. only other trick i have is to close the tarkov client of whomever is clicking host raid, delete any and all windows firewall rules that have anything to do with escapefromtarkov.exe, and then try to host a raid again. it should pop up that windows firewall dialog asking to Allow the incoming connection, make sure both Private & Public are checked and click Allow.

best of luck!

[molten basalt]

alright so first of all thank you very much for your help, its kind of resolved itself? for troubleshooting for other people, we went back onto the isp, deleted the tcp and udp rules, redid them, and now works. However, we redid them earlier, and it didnt work, so thats the 2nd time

and then it just works

ive no idea

im just thankful