Server shows up in online list, but can't connect. Can connect in LAN though.

[AlvinSmith2]

I've set up the dedicated server on a separate desktop from the one I play on. I've set up port forwarding for 10999 UDP on my home router to go to this desktop. When I browse for games, it does show up in the list of "Online" servers. But when I try to connect, I just get the "The server is not responding. Try yelling louder?" message.

 

If I switch from the "Online" to "LAN" list, I can connect to it just fine.

 

The server is running on a Windows 7 box.

 

So, it seems to be port forwarding issue? But then I tried moving the server into the DMZ so every port gets forwarded to it, and I see the exact same thing.

 

When I tether my laptop to my phone (and thus outside my LAN, coming from the internet) to connect, instead of the "server not responding" message, it just takes longer until eventually I get a "Disconnected. You have lost connection to the server. Maybe it's for the best, you know?" message.

 

I do see this in output when I connect from my non-LAN, tethered laptop:

[00:04:58]: Client connected from IP: 172.56.32.200

[00:04:58]: ValidateGameSessionToken token: rw^eyJVc2VySUQiOiJLVV9IY01NektiYyIsI

kdhbWUiOiJEb250U3RhcnZlVG9nZXRoZXIiLCJQdXJwb3NlIjoiR2FtZVNlc3Npb24ifQ==^XCidxbVl

NAJT/6goPkvEhnDUhiGerQg0 for: 729583140658160857

[00:04:58]: SendHandShakeServerListing

[00:05:04]: [steam] UserConnectAndAuthenticate successfully sent for steamid '76

561198013055155'

 

I saw this similar output (followed by a "[steam] UserDisconnect successfully" message) when some random person on the internet tried to connect.

 

Note that I *don't* see this output when I try to connect from my laptop that is on the LAN (i.e. connected to my home network same as the server). This is when I get the "Server not responding" message.

 

The thing is, if I run the server on a non-forwarded port like port 10888, I see the same thing. It's weird that the port the server is running off of doesn't matter. (Or maybe I am mis-remembering what I did? I've been trying to diagnose this for a couple hours before posting.)

 

 

Here's the output when I ran the server:

C:\steamcmdgames\bin>dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer.exe

[00:00:00]: Starting Up

[00:00:00]: Version: 148470

[00:00:00]: Current time: Thu Oct 22 11:44:39 2015

 

[00:00:00]: Don't Starve Together: 148470 WIN32

NNN Build Date: 2015-09-01_13-20-47

[00:00:00]: Parsing command line

[00:00:00]: Command Line Arguments:

[00:00:00]: Initializing Minidump handler

[00:00:00]: ....Done

[00:00:00]: Fixing DPI

[00:00:00]: ...Done

[00:00:00]: THREAD - started 'GAClient' (2988)

[00:00:00]: HttpClient2::ClientThread::Main()

[00:00:00]: ProfileIndex:8.60

[00:00:00]: Network tick rate: U=15(2), D=0

[00:00:00]: Network tick rate: U=15(2), D=0

[00:00:00]: Authorized application C:\steamcmdgames\bin\dontstarve_dedicated_server_nullrenderer.exe is enabled in the firewall.

[00:00:00]: WindowsFirewall - Application already authorized

[00:00:00]: OnLoadPermissionList: APP:Klei/DoNotStarveTogether/save/blocklist.txt (Failure)

[00:00:00]: OnLoadPermissionList: APP:Klei/DoNotStarveTogether/save/adminlist.txt (Failure)

[00:00:00]: OnLoadUserIdList: APP:Klei/DoNotStarveTogether/save/whitelist.txt (Failure)

[00:00:00]: Server token retrieved from: server_token.txt

[00:00:00]: cGame::InitializeOnMainThread

[00:00:00]: Renderer initialize: Okay

[00:00:00]: AnimManager initialize: Okay

[00:00:00]: Buffers initialize: Okay

[00:00:00]: cDontStarveGame::DoGameSpecificInitialize()

[00:00:00]: FMOD Error: An invalid object handle was used.

[00:00:00]: GameSpecific initialize: Okay

[00:00:00]: cGame::StartPlaying

[00:00:00]: LOADING LUA

[00:00:00]: DoLuaFile scripts/main.lua

[00:00:00]: DoLuaFile loading buffer scripts/main.lua

[00:00:00]: scripts/main.lua(169,1) running main.lua

 

[00:00:00]: loaded modindex

[00:00:00]: ModIndex: Beginning normal load sequence for dedicated server.

 

[00:00:00]: DownloadMods(0)

[00:00:00]: FMOD Error: An invalid object handle was used.

[00:00:00]: LOADING LUA SUCCESS

[00:00:00]: PlayerDeaths could not load morgue

[00:00:00]: PlayerHistory could not load player_history

[00:00:00]: loaded profile

[00:00:00]: bloom_enabled       false

[00:00:00]: loaded saveindex

[00:00:00]: OnFilesLoaded()

[00:00:00]: OnUpdatePurchaseStateComplete

[00:00:01]:     Load FE

[00:00:01]:     Load FE: done

[00:00:01]: ModIndex: Load sequence finished successfully.

[00:00:01]: Reset() returning

[00:00:03]: [200] Account Communication Success (6)

[00:00:03]: [ACCOUNT_ACTION_TOKEN_PURPOSE] Received UserId from TokenPurpose: KU_HcMMzKbc

[00:00:03]: Starting Dedicated Server Game

[00:00:03]: Network tick rate: U=15(2), D=0

[00:00:03]: [Warning] Could not confirm port 10999 is open in the firewall.

[00:00:03]: Setting up socket descriptors

[00:00:03]: Online Server Started on port: 10999

[00:00:03]: Collecting garbage...

[00:00:03]: lua_gc took 0.01 seconds

[00:00:03]: ~NetworkLuaProxy()

[00:00:03]: ~SimLuaProxy()

[00:00:03]: lua_close took 0.02 seconds

[00:00:03]: ReleaseAll

[00:00:03]: ReleaseAll Finished

[00:00:03]: cGame::StartPlaying

[00:00:03]: LOADING LUA

[00:00:03]: DoLuaFile scripts/main.lua

[00:00:03]: DoLuaFile loading buffer scripts/main.lua

[00:00:03]: scripts/main.lua(169,1) running main.lua

 

[00:00:03]: loaded modindex

[00:00:03]: ModIndex: Beginning normal load sequence for dedicated server.

 

[00:00:03]: LOADING LUA SUCCESS

[00:00:03]: PlayerDeaths could not load morgue

[00:00:03]: PlayerHistory could not load player_history

[00:00:03]: loaded profile

[00:00:03]: bloom_enabled       false

[00:00:03]: loaded saveindex

[00:00:03]: OnFilesLoaded()

[00:00:03]: OnUpdatePurchaseStateComplete

[00:00:03]:     Unload FE

[00:00:03]:     Unload FE done

[00:00:03]:     LOAD BE

[00:00:04]:     LOAD BE: done

[00:00:04]: Deserialize world session from session/05A000007E2DAD51/0000000002

 

[00:00:05]: Save file is at version 1

[00:00:05]: Begin Session: 05A000007E2DAD51

[00:00:05]: saving to server_temp/server_save

[00:00:05]: MiniMapComponent::AddAtlas( minimap/minimap_data.xml )

[00:00:05]: Loading Nav Grid

[00:00:05]: setting     summerlength    15

[00:00:05]: setting     elapseddaysinseason     0

[00:00:05]: setting     isfullmoon      false

[00:00:05]: setting     moisture        9.1082801818848

[00:00:05]: setting     springlength    20

[00:00:05]: setting     moonphase       new

[00:00:05]: setting     precipitationrate       0

[00:00:05]: setting     iswet   false

[00:00:05]: setting     winterlength    15

[00:00:05]: setting     iswinter        false

[00:00:05]: setting     issummer        false

[00:00:05]: setting     moistureceil    928.841796875

[00:00:05]: setting     isday   true

[00:00:05]: setting     wetness 0

[00:00:05]: setting     isnight false

[00:00:05]: setting     isdusk  false

[00:00:05]: setting     isspring        false

[00:00:05]: setting     isautumn        true

[00:00:05]: setting     issnowing       false

[00:00:05]: setting     snowlevel       0

[00:00:05]: setting     issnowcovered   false

[00:00:05]: setting     autumnlength    20

[00:00:05]: setting     phase   day

[00:00:05]: setting     temperature     33.049609450843

[00:00:05]: setting     pop     0.0098060619284454

[00:00:05]: setting     season  autumn

[00:00:05]: setting     israining       false

[00:00:05]: setting     remainingdaysinseason   20

[00:00:05]: setting     time    0.075918992360433

[00:00:05]: setting     cycles  0

[00:00:05]: setting     precipitation   none

[00:00:05]: setting     timeinphase     0.15183798472087

[00:00:07]: Reconstructing topology

[00:00:08]:     ...Sorting points

[00:00:08]:     ...Sorting edges

[00:00:08]:     ...Connecting nodes

[00:00:08]:     ...Validating connections

[00:00:08]:     ...Housekeeping

[00:00:08]:     ...Done!

[00:00:08]: Truncating to snapshot #2...

[00:00:08]:  - session/05A000007E2DAD51/OU_76561198013055155_/0000000003

[00:00:08]:    1 file(s) removed

[00:00:08]: 1 uploads added to server. From server_temp

[00:00:08]: Telling Client our new session identifier: 05A000007E2DAD51

[00:00:08]: ModIndex: Load sequence finished successfully.

[00:00:08]: Reset() returning

Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 322330

[00:00:08]: SteamGameServer_Init Success

[Liam619]

Maybe you should try forward TCP also? Or did you set the port number 10999 in the SETTING.INI?

[AlvinSmith2]

Just to explain to future people, it turns out that my server *does* work (sort of). Other people online can connect to it, but if I want to connect to it from my LAN, I need to select it from the LAN section instead of the Online section. Seems weird that it doesn't work automatically, but it does work.