Kane's Wrath connection issue - failed connection

[dense dagger]

every time me and my friend try to play (were on new installs from the ultimate collection on steam) we get in a game together and hit the connections button, his will say failed connection (the little red crossed out symbol) then mine will too, we've tried fixing it by:
-removing our win firewall from access to the game
-getting an old version of cnc.online that has a launch window so we can hook
-getting R23map (dont know if running this fixes anything, or what it does really)
-Fixed_TUC_Launchers_v1.01 (the setup ui wont let us select kane's wrath)
-fresh install and only getting recent cnc.online download from official site (the first thing we tried as well, it worked for 2 games then never let us connect again after a crash when we pressed exit to rage quit a game against bots)

[cerulean wraith]

Be sure to install the new Tacitus client. First try selecting your network interface's IP address, in the game's network settings section. If that didn't solve the problem, give this VPN a try and let us know if it worked.

[dense dagger]

Ok, I'll try it tonight

[dense dagger]

Wait, sorry

We already tried that VPN, it was after the thread was open

And before the VPN we got fresh installs and only put Tacitus on it

From the CNC.online website, is there a new site with a better version?

At this point we'll take anything new, we've tried so many things

[dense dagger]

We have also made sure the right network was connected

[wheat swan]

GG @dense dagger, you just advanced to level 1!

[cerulean wraith]

so when you connected through the Privado client, you also selected the VPN's IP in the game's settings, and it still failed?! 😐

[dense dagger]

Yes

Me and my friend

We're so confused

We know our way around our tech and software so we are quite frustrated

Oh and my friend made a thread yesterday, he's Xephyr, felt like this one laid it out more clearly though

If we solve it here you could just close both threads

[cerulean wraith]

in that thread, your friend said that you played 2 games successfully

so it is very unlikely that it is a network issue, cause i don't think you changed your ISP after two games

[dense dagger]

That's why we're confused, I'll try and grab a screenshot tonight

[cerulean wraith]

you haven't added a network port override in the game's settings, have you?

[dense dagger]

It was one of the things we've tried but after reading that it breaks it we removed it, it was one of our tests

Sorry not everything we tried was listed, we did alot

[cerulean wraith]

it breaks RA3 always

but can work in the other games

but it is better left empty

[dense dagger]

K, we had it empty for every other test so results were from one problem not combined ones

Only thing that stayed was tacitus

[cerulean wraith]

I don't have KW installed. @fleet steeple, can you test a connection with them please?

I can test RA3 with you, if you have it

since the connectivity approach of the games are the same

[dense dagger]

I'll get it real quick

[wheat swan]

GG @dense dagger, you just advanced to level 2!

[cerulean wraith]

after downloading it, launch it at least once and make a profile and set your settings, then quit and install tacitus

[dense dagger]

Done

[cerulean wraith]

what's your in-game nick?

[dense dagger]

Mine is 1302343

I think I set it wrong on first setup lol

[cerulean wraith]

you can create new profiles and nicks later inside cnc online's website, here

sent invite

i guess you're getting the wrong executable version error

[dense dagger]

Do I need anything besides the Tacitus?

[cerulean wraith]

press Ctrl+T

then Chronoshift

then go to the older version of the game (1.12)

[dense dagger]

K

[cerulean wraith]

Press Esc to skip movie

[dense dagger]

Haven't played ra3 before

Sorry lol

So it's working for ra3 but not kaneS

[cerulean wraith]

waiting for your invite

skip the movie

[dense dagger]

Is that working as well

K

[cerulean wraith]

so you do not have any network connectivity issues

is your friend online as well?

[dense dagger]

No he gets on way later

He's a sleepyhead

[cerulean wraith]

like how later?

tag him here

so i can test a connection with him as well

[fleet steeple]

@ work

[dense dagger]

Maybe 9est @wanton gazelle

I think he's up by 6est though

[cerulean wraith]

am or pm?

[dense dagger]

Oh pm sorry

[cerulean wraith]

i'll most likely be sleep by then 🫠

[dense dagger]

Me and him have lots of problems with connecting in strategy games for some reason

[cerulean wraith]

if i wasn't i'll test a connection with him as well

[cerulean wraith]

well, different platforms can have different problems

but in games like the C&C series where the network connections are peer-to-peer

some ISPs can be problematic

yours wasn't, since we just tested it

[dense dagger]

I can have him get ra3 and go through the tests we did and get back to you with results for when your awake, to save you some time

And thank you for your time as well

[cerulean wraith]

that would be a good idea

[cerulean wraith]

you're welcome

[dense dagger]

Also, I'm willing to get on with someone in tech support role through teamveiw

[fleet steeple]

are you online?

[dense dagger]

I can get on

[wheat swan]

GG @dense dagger, you just advanced to level 3!

[fleet steeple]

you cannot log in?

[dense dagger]

?

I can

[fleet steeple]

i wait i missread

[dense dagger]

Oh lol

[fleet steeple]

yes come online, for testing

[dense dagger]

Launching

Currently I only have R23 and Tacitus

My user is 1302343

[fleet steeple]

can you join my room? password is test

name yoyoyo FFA

[dense dagger]

I'm hitting join but it's not working, should I switch to 1.2

[fleet steeple]

yes

[dense dagger]

K

[fleet steeple]

CTRL+t

Did you set a port number in game settings?

[wheat swan]

GG @fleet steeple, you just advanced to level 24!

[dense dagger]

No

[fleet steeple]

ok thats good

[dense dagger]

I'm on IP 198.....

[fleet steeple]

Did you try to use Privado VPN ?

[dense dagger]

Yes

That didn't change anything

[fleet steeple]

Try again and use a different region

[dense dagger]

Ok

[fleet steeple]

Maybe Port forwarding is possible for you if you have access to your router but a VPN is easier for most

[dense dagger]

I don't have access to router

[cerulean wraith]

his connection is doing nat-t successfully

vpn should circumvent all of that

but even vpn doesn't work for him

[fleet steeple]

Make sure PORT is empty

[cerulean wraith]

when you connect privado, do you change the in-game setting's IP to the VPN's IP?

(i think it starts with 100)

[fleet steeple]

If not they cant get online

[dense dagger]

Yes it's a 100

Wait, there was a number in port for some reason, when you click done after clearing it stays clear right?

I'ma try again

[fleet steeple]

If there is a number in port you added it, by default its empty

[dense dagger]

K, I think I forgot to get rid of it from the last test I did with my friend

Sorry

[fleet steeple]

Well lets test but 99% thats casuing the problem

[dense dagger]

K

[fleet steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-dust-hands-gif-24856367

[dense dagger]

Ok but are there any free vpns, this one only lasts like 20min

[fleet steeple]

you have 10gb/month the game use 2mb a hour

there is also windscribe 2gb/month

and Tunelbear 2gb/month

[dense dagger]

Huh that's weird

I lost .3gb from that

[fleet steeple]

not because of the game

maybe you downloaded somehing while VPN is on

[cerulean wraith]

the guide i sent you earlier teaches you how to set up smart tunneling

[dense dagger]

Thanks

[cerulean wraith]

so that only the game is passed through the VPN

did you guys also test without the VPN?

[fleet steeple]

Yes

but user cant access router

so VPN only solution

[cerulean wraith]

meaning that the game didn't go through?

did you test the non-VPN mode after the port was removed?

[fleet steeple]

No UDP connection p2p

[dense dagger]

Thanks so much for all the time you guys put in for a guy and his friend to play some old favorites

[fleet steeple]

Takes time to learn the game, once you know it, you love it 😆

[dense dagger]

i come from 5 years tib sun and i love this game just as much just from the campaign

Can't wait

[wanton gazelle]

jumping between two issues with him now, we either fail to connect, or my chronoshift completely crashes my game on use

fresh install, chronoshift crashes my game once I install a mod, seems to be the 4k mod that crashes my game when i use chronoshift. But when that doesnt happen, it still fails to connect CJ and I in game

[fleet steeple]

Maybe your friend need a VPN as wel?

[wanton gazelle]

Do only one of us require a vpn

[fleet steeple]

Wait who are you?

oh you the friend of @dense dagger

[wanton gazelle]

Yeah

[fleet steeple]

Can you connect to anyone else?

if not than you need one aswel, or do Port forwarding

[wanton gazelle]

Not sure, havent had to opportunity to get in someone elses lobby, and i dont have access to port forward my internet

[fleet steeple]

you online now?

we can test

[wanton gazelle]

Currently tryna figure it out with cj, yeah

Chronoshifted on 1.2

[fleet steeple]

join my room

PW: test

@dense dagger check in game settings>network if your IP is set on VPN

[ruby storm]

guys?

i have a question

but its about red alert 3

revora sent new password

and it works on website

but ingame it said wrong pw

xD

how is that possible?

[fleet steeple]

Make a new post please.

[ruby storm]

where please?

[fleet steeple]

Just so that others know, issue was player cjbeast006 forgot to set IP on VPN in the game settings Network Options

[tulip spindle]

port forwarding, setting local ip as online ip did not fix connection problem of mine, I have no issue in RA3 but i cannot play kanes wrath, can anyone help me?

Also I dont wanna use vpn to play, any other suggestions that i can try?

[ruby storm]

done

[fleet steeple]

Creat a new post in #1070422965239423046

[wanton gazelle]

we ran into another issue actually trying to play

[wheat swan]

GG @wanton gazelle, you just advanced to level 1!

[wanton gazelle]

we werent even able to play despite connecting, once we're in game, we're either BOTH introduced to this screen, or only one of us is

[dense dagger]

i get the same screen

[fleet steeple]

Use both a VPN

[dense dagger]

yeah we tried multiple locations on vpn

keep getting stuck on the screen

just getting hit with one problem after another -_-

[wheat swan]

GG @dense dagger, you just advanced to level 4!

[wanton gazelle]

yeah, we both are using a vpn

we keep getting shut down once we fix one issue

[fleet steeple]

Well try to play with some one else, to find out who is causing it @dense dagger @wanton gazelle
I did test with @dense dagger and it worked fine.

[dense dagger]

We both tried separating and loading into a game with other people, and we both got the screen still

[fleet steeple]

Im home in 2 hours, than we can test

[dense dagger]

im off to wrk in 40 min from now

[fleet steeple]

Sorry i couldnt make it 😔

[wanton gazelle]

Its both of us, we tried separate lobbies with other people, its definitely only us. Its a tad annoying but, it just doesnt want to work, we tried everything we could think of. I just dont get why its so broken, it let me and him play 2 full games together last time, then died on us.

Like we got in and played, then it just stopped working out of nowhere

[dense dagger]

It's all good man, I got plenty of time

Straight up chillin

(at work still rn though)

[fleet steeple]

Better luck tomorrow 😄

[dense dagger]

Hoo rah!

[wanton gazelle]

Note: WE FIXED THE ISSUE.

Disable IPv6 in your network adapter properties

fixes the disconnect menu issue, and you dont need a vpn

granted, we only got 1 game in before it bricked again, we're back to the original connection problem

[dense dagger]

it broke again

[fleet steeple]

The game itself doesn't support IPv6, only IPv4

Did you change anything in your VPN settings since we did the test?

[jaunty otter]

Hi, I have the same problem and I am using NordVPN, is there a setting to make use of IPv4?

[fleet steeple]

Please make your own topic in #1070422965239423046 its getting to confucing if everyone post problems in the same chat. Same problem doesn't always mean same solution. @jaunty otter

[wanton gazelle]

We figured out a way around it, apparently i was never really the problem, it was cj. We’re gonna find a workaround. We found that its easier to use hamachi and have one of us delete the CD key in the registry to play “lan” together, since that was what we were originally trying to do. He is going to try and get access to his router settings so he can enable upnp or port forward. We figured it would be easiest that way. IF he can get access. But for now we just found a workaround, and the vpn was causing that disconnect menu mentioned previously.

[dense dagger]

Until we get port forwarding I don't think we'll be able to hit crazy 2v2s though

[fleet steeple]

Well with a VPN you don't need port forwarding.

[dense dagger]

The VPN gives us this screen

[fleet steeple]

yes thats not because of VPN, because many using Privado without problems

maybe try different Region

[dense dagger]

We got 1 game in with ipv 6 disabled then it broke again

[fleet steeple]

if you change anything in VPN setting change it back to default

[dense dagger]

I tried every us region and some eu

And we haven't touched any settings but tunneling

We could try with selective tunneling off, but I doubt it would help

[wanton gazelle]

We tried most regions, they all had the same disconnect menu outcome for him, and it happened to me aswell. The vpn got us connected, but like no matter what we did, we couldnt get it fully connected at all when we loaded in. But when we disabled vpn, it fixed itself

[wheat swan]

GG @wanton gazelle, you just advanced to level 2!

[final patio]

@wanton gazelle So, the issue is fixed now or am I misunderstanding something?

[wanton gazelle]

Bypassed, it fixes then re-breaks itself, we bypassed it by just playing through the lan of the game

[final patio]

Do you still want help solving the original issue?

[wanton gazelle]

If possible, but first we’re waiting for cj to get access to his router settings. We’re gonna try upnp, then forward the full range of ports.

[final patio]

UPnP sadly won't work

Port-forwarding might, good luck Commander

[final patio]

@wanton gazelle status update?

[final patio]

@wanton gazelle 🙂

[wanton gazelle]

Currently solved (worked around). We’re playing via lan and hamachi which works wonders, we were only really planning on coop, and we got that out of the lan. (Were dumb for not trying that first)