Sorry to ask again but will there be a fix for the âYou are Offlineâ bug?
Was amazed Today was a 13Gb Patch 7.11.2020
I download it installed it accept all again and hope for the best to play online again after 6 Month.
But it still says im in OFFLINE MODE and after 4 Minutes the game just CTD?
I can play EVERY OTHER GAME with very low latency(1-4ms) and ultra High FPS (240FPS Display max) except this one.
I also setup Windows 10 and everything.
Would be very nice if there are any ideas or help
however, I understand that topic has been locked for a while but weâve decided to open it again and use it as the main thread for the âStuck In Offline Modeâ issue, while this topic here is for the âFailure to Join - Host Is No Longer Present - Unable to play MP with friendâ issue.
This issue has now been observed internally on more than one occasion so we have seen it occur ourselves, although we only get it occasionally and it eventually stops occurring so itâs not 100% the experience you describe. However, the fact that we can reproduce this to some extent should hopefully make it easier for us to identify the issue.
That said, I can sadly not give an estimate on when this particular issue will be fixed at this time. We thank you for your patience and understand that you have waited a long time for this to be fixed, your frustration is understandable, but know that even though it has yet to be fixed we do intend to fix this. As I mentioned in this reply on another forum topic, there are many reasons as to why sometimes an issue isnât fixed quite as soon as weâd want them to. Thank you for your understanding.
Now, when we have gotten this error message internally we have a workaround that have helped us get around it and I thought Iâd share them in case it turns out they work for you too. This is just something to try out and hopefully itâll help at least work around the issue, but keep in mind that thereâs no guarantee itâll work since the issue may have behaved somewhat differently for us.
Please try this potential workaround:
Note: You MIGHT be able to skip step 5.
Make sure there is a joinable (open) session available hosted by a befriended user
Try to join via in-game friends list or invite
Get the error message âFailed To Connect - The host you attempted to connect with is no longer presentâ
Go into a single player session via âcontinueâ
While in the single player session try to access the multiplayer menu (Sometimes you can get âinvalid sessionâ error message for a while shortly after starting a session, if you get that message repeatedly give it some time and keep trying now and then, and give it at least 1 minute or so)
Go back to the main menu
Try to join your friends session via in-game friends list or invite
IF the issue keeps occurring try reversing the roles and having the other player be host/client
Let me know if that helps/ does not help and If it doesnât work please try to describe step by step what happens when you try it.
Again, thank you for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience IF thereâs anything new to report Iâll make sure to come here and share it with you guys!
We tried the steps provided, exactly as mentioned, step-by step. The same error continued to occur at the end of each attempt and even after retrying the steps a second time while on NAT 3. We were able to access all the menus on our own, single player games and no issues happened except when we tried to join each otherâs games. We tried the above steps also with reversed roles to the same result. Tonight, however, we were able to play together due to me being at my home for the holidays. However, we could only play while having multiplayer set to open. Having the multiplayer set to âfriends onlyâ would give the same error message we experienced on NAT 3.
Thatâs interesting Iâll make an attempt at summarizing below (please correct me if Iâm wrong);
The potential workaround I suggested in my earlier comment did not work on the NAT 3 college campus network
You were able to play together with your friend while on a different network (not NAT 3 - The college campus network), but ONLY when you had the âwho can joinâ-setting set to OPEN, otherwise youâd get the same error message as before (Failure To Join - Host Is No Longer Present)
Question: Did you try to have the âwho can joinâ-setting set to OPEN while on your other network (NAT 3 - The college campus network)?
This is new information (testing another network + who can join setting) and hopefully it can steer us in the right direction for figuring this out. Also, Iâll make a note on the ticket to take a closer look at the âfriends onlyâ (who can join) setting as that sounds quite suspicious.
âFailure to join. Host is no longer present.â same problem. Ps4. Im mad about this. I cant play with my friends, only join some sessions on line. But unknowns players could join my on line host session. Im very disapointed.
Hey devs!
Love the game really good job
I just wanted to add a but more info and confirm some stuff with this just in case you guys need more
Iâm on PS4 and am having the exact same message pop up on screen with all the scenarios I will mention my friends and I have tried everything that has been mentioned/ recommended here
Iâve even tried piggy backing off a randoms game the invite just doesnât seem to allow them to join
Iâve tried with my friend on the other side of the globe to my friend sitting right next to me with his PS4 right next to mine
I havenât been able to get anything to work I hope this helps
Anyways really fun game and keep doing what you guys are doing, love from this side! And stay safe!
I wanted to add to the discussion that my brother and I are having the exact same issue as is described in this thread. We both play on Xbox One S consoles.
We have been able to play a total of 2 times since we started, but havenât been able to connect for the past week. Multiple different days, I have 2 routers at my house, and it happens on both of them. It happens when I am the host, when he is the host, if I join him through the Multiplayer menu Friends option, XBOX menu Join Game option, or he invites (and vice versa). We have tried deleting our saved game data, and restoring, and nothing works.
Of course, we are able to join other peopleâs games, and they can join ours, but we canât join each othersâ games even when we invite the other person. (You have no idea how frustrating that is. Literally the only person in the world that I want to play the game with, that I invite personally, is the only person in the world that I cannot play with). We can play other games like Destiny, or Marvel Avengers and team up with zero problems.
Sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue. In an attempt to help our investigation of this issue Iâd like to ask you a few questions which we very much would appreciate if you could answer! (Some of you may have already tried many or some of these things but asking anyway just in case)
Have you tried experimenting with the âWho Can Joinâ-setting? The setting can be found in the multiplayer menu when you are in a session. The setting can be set to e.g. âInvite Onlyâ, âAnybodyâ, etc. If you havenât already please try joining via friend and inviting while experimenting with this setting since it appears to have had some effect for @MrRoboto.
Have you tried switching roles (host/client, inviter/invited, host/join)?
Have you tried various ways of playing together? e.g. joining via invite, joining via friends list, joining via âplay together partyâ on PS4, etc.
What console do you have? (E.g. XBOX ONE, XBOX ONE X, XBOX ONE S, PS4, PS4 Pro, PS4 Slim etc.)
What type of network are you on? Is it a private home network or is it e.g. a public college campus network? e.g. Is there any chance your router has restrictive settings and e.g. ports that arenât open.
Have you tried playing on a different network? IF yes did it work?
If you do a network test on your console (via the console settings menu) is there anything that looks off or is the network test showing good/green results? (IF there is something that looks off please consider providing a screenshot)
Do you have similar problems with other games or is it just GenZ?
When did the issue start occurring?
Does it occur 100% of the time (that you canât join) or does it occasionally work?
Do you have 100 or more friends on your account?
Please also try this potential workaround which has worked for us internally;
Since we very rarely see this issue internally itâs a bit tricky for us to investigate, but the more information we can get the better our understanding of this issue becomes so donât hesitate to share if you think you may have some new information. We appreciate the time you spend trying to figure this out with us!
Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for reporting!
Hey devs!
Thanks!
Will try this and let you guys know what happens
We have made sure that everything is correct like the game is joinable as randoms join me but for some reason he canât join me through inv
Hopefully this will bring a solution and if not atleast now we know
Will keep you updated
Much love!
Stay safe!
Both me and my friend are on the standard PS4
Weâve tried swapping hosts, tried different internet
Both same nat type
Iâve even tried it with him sitting next to me in the room using same internet
But will try that method you mentioned and keep you all informed
Platform: PS4
Description: Everytime I try to join my friend It sais something along the lines of âcant connect host is not presentâ this is incredibly dissapointing but joining a randoms game works perfectly fine
Steps To Reproduce: It happens everytime I try and join my friend in any way (invites or joining game session)
Images / Videos:
Host or Client: we both took turns being the host
Players in your game: 1 person was in a game and invited the other
Specifications: both me and my friend are on ps4 pros
We have that problem sometimes. Restarting first clients ps4. If that doesnât Work then both host and client restarts their consoles. That works for us. Itâs usually with a specific client that problem is. We donât know why. But it happens maybe 3/10 times we play.
Iâll make an attempt at summarizing below (please correct me if Iâm wrong);