A bit more details would be useful. This implies you're connecting to a DS or to another player in a p2p session...?
#keep having this error
royal pier
tacit prism
to a DS
royal pier
at a hosting company? or someone's private server?
tacit prism
private
royal pier
but not yours/not on your local network, right?
tacit prism
on my local network
royal pier
Okay. Are you connecting via "internet" or LAN?
royal pier
The error implies you're losing connection to your server for some reason. So, my first guess would be antivirus or firewall (Windows Defender, for example) deciding for some reason that it doesn't like the network traffic and blocking it.
It's also possible that there's some weirdness with Steam going on. It's "maintenance day" for Steam, so that's a possibility, though there's almost no way to actually test that out.
short linden
- What is your antivirus? Try playing without it (there have already been complaints about antiviruses giving 'fake disconnect').
- Please note that some antiviruses do not disconnect by simple disconnection, for example my KIS requires 'full unload' because a number of 'background services' {Self Defense} are still running.