[General] - Disconnect Issues DST

[djweigner]

Bug Submission:

Category: General

Issue Title: Disconnect Issues DST

Issue Description: I recently bought Don't Starve on PC after putting in multiple hours on PS4. The idea was to buy Don't Starve (DS) to play Don't Starve Together (DST) with one of my close friends who does not own PS4. I bought the pack that included one copy of DS and one copy of DST for my Steam library, plus an additional copy of DST that I gifted to my friend. My friend does not own DS, just DST.

My friend successfully logged on to DST, without owning a copy of DS. Once we entered our game world, we both suffered major issues with disconnects, rubber-banding, and lag. It is my understanding that my friends needs a copy of DS in his Steam library to play DST (I was surprised he was even able to connect to DST at all), but before my friend buys DS, he wants to verify that purchasing DS will most likely fix our disconnect problems.

*In addition, my friend is currently playing the DST Beta using Windows XP on a Boot Camp partition on his Macbook. I believe I read on Steam that DS supports Windows XP, but it does not look like Windows XP is supported for DST. Could this potentially create some of the problems we were seeing with disconnects?

I ran a SpeedTest last night and I was averaging 85Mbps download and 90MBPS upload. In other words, I would expect that my network connection should be able to host a server for me and a friend. (I have successfully hosted modded Minecraft servers with this connection in the past on the same PC.) My PC also runs Windows 7 and has a 6-Core 4.0 GHz AMD Processor plus 16 GB RAM, so I would also expect my computer shouldn't be the problem. Our ping was always between 65-85.

Thanks!

Steps to Reproduce: Have anyone connect to my server and they automatically suffer from lag or their player got stuck in place.

[MarkL]

@djweigner,

 

Your system is more than equipped to run a large DST server.

 

I suspect one of two things is happening.  

 

1- Your router is causing grief with those who are connecting.   When a user fails to directly connect, we use a proxy service, a computer in-between, that exchanges data for you.  Usually these are fast enough, but perhaps we are getting a bad one here.

You can ensure your friend doesn't go through this service by forwarding UDP traffic on port 10999 directly to your machine.

 

2- Some users had reported issues with bootcamp when we first entered the Beta, it is possible we have a few lingering or new problems.  XP should be supported.  I'll try to reproduce this later this week in the office, but in the mean time, maybe try having your friend host?

 

 

 

 

[totesmcgoats22]

Hi

 

I'm having a similar issue. Me and a friend are playing in the same house on the same wifi and I'm always get disconnected on from our server. No one else who joins get's kicked just me. I have a 2012 macbook pro retina which should more than enough ram and a vid card to run this game. I have bootcamp on my mac and installed it on my windows side which originally was having connection issues so I thought installing it on my mac partiition would resolve but I'm still getting an issue.

 

Do you know if there is any solutions or have you come across this problem yet? I've tried reinstalling the program and still having issues. Please help. Love the game but can't stand the constant disconnects.