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#Friend cannot connect to my hosted Server
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Thread started by: @fathom lance
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@fathom lance please attach any applicable log files and mod lists while waiting for help!
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fathom lance
thorn garden
what do you mean "6969 and 25565 and checked with a port checker and my external IP to see that they are open"? they both appear as Open when checked with portchecker.co? can you post a screenshot (obscure part of your IP if visible)
thorn garden
good. 25565 should report closed though, right?
thorn garden
k then your friend just needs to open SPT.Launcher.exe -> click Settings in the top right -> click the Developer Mode checkbox and change their URL to https://your.pub.lic.ip:6969 and it will work
this is an issue with your friend's launcher setting
fathom lance
they have done that and it refuses to let them connect
we have been on stream trying to figure this out for awhile
thorn garden
they missed something. try again. or post a screenshot of their launcher settings page with two of the numbers in the IP censored.
it is very common to leave off the s in https and it is very common to leave off the :6969
fathom lance
thorn garden
have them restart their launcher. if that doesn't work, let's try to make sure 6969 reports as open only when your server is open. close spt.server.exe and re-check port 6969 and make sure it reports Closed. then open spt.server.exe again and make sure it reports Open.
basically make sure that you are in control of the Open or Closed status of port 6969
it should only report as Open when the server is running
thorn garden
are you in a country or is your friend in a country where there would be a reasonable expectation that the two of you cannot directly connect together?
fathom lance
no we are both in the same country. just not close
thorn garden
if portchecker.co reports 6969 as Open when you have the server open (and only when you have the server open) then it is available for connections from the wider internet.
the only things that could be wrong are
- friend has the incorrect URL in their launcher
- something like a firewall or issue on the backend internet is blocking the two of you from connecting together
do you have another friend you trust that can see if it works? alternatively, do you have a mobile device with a mobile data connection / some other way to open https://your.pub.lic.ip:6969 in a browser from outside your network and see if it works? (if it works it should throw up a unsigned certificate error and if you bypass the warning it'll download a meaningless encrypted file)
the other alternative is to use a VPN like Radmin / ZeroTier if the two of you cannot get a direct connection working
boreal boughBOT
@fathom lance, that file extension is not allowed! 
Allowed extensions: .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .webp, .gif, .mp4, .mov, .webm, .mp3, .wav, .json, .jsonc, .json5, .yaml, .yml, .txt, .log, .cfg, .mkv, .bmp, .ts
fathom lance
it threw a nonsense file for my friend
thorn garden
then the issue is not on your end
100% the issue is either your buddy has the URL wrong or something is blocking the connection between the two of you
fathom lance
could it be a firewall issue on my end? or would it have to be something on their end?
thorn garden
does buddy use a VPN or something?
fathom lance
i dont think so
thorn garden
could it be a firewall issue on my end? or would it have to be something on thei...
it cannot be an issue on your end unless you blocked your friend's IP on purpose
this is not a you thing
fathom lance
i dont even know how to do that if I am honest
fathom lance
i am waiting on their response
thorn garden
it threw a nonsense file for my friend
is this the same friend that cannot connect via the launcher?
fathom lance
yes
thorn garden
then either they have a firewall blocking spt.launcher.exe or the URL is incorrect
they can connect to you, they can connect to your server (you probably saw a red UNHANDLED message from their IP when they hit your server in a browser, yes?), this is a very narrow issue specific to their launcher
fathom lance
oh wait no i thought I was to my ip to anotother (different) friend
i did receive this from my server end
thorn garden
right. so that was from a different friend?
can the friend who is having the problem do the same thing in a browser?
fathom lance
i will have them do so
it didnt give give the friend who was trying to connect a nonsense folder
thorn garden
yeah so there is something blocking the connection between the two of you. i cannot explain what it is, but the rest of the internet appears to be able to connect to you.
pivot and use Radmin/ZeroTier
fathom lance
alrighties will give that a try
fathom lance
we are just going to have him host for the meantime. He is going through his network and troubleshooting. Thank you for the help.