What does "no direct connection available" mean?
In Space Engineers it always says no direct connection available when playing peer-to-peer. This always happens when I connect to friends via the peer-to-peer function in the game (multiplayer) and it happens to my friends as well.
I've searched as much as I can for a solution but can only find other users with the same problem. There's a lot of lag when playing like this for the person that connects as a client. The host has no lag.
- What does it mean?
- How do I fix it?
Best Answer
Reviving this old question since I've came across the same issue.
I would like to extend accepted answer for those who are playing within the same local network (behind a single router). In that case you'll need to set different port on each client in order to be able to play without issues.
- Go to Steam's My games menu
- Right-click on the game you wish to play
- Go to Properties From the General tab, click on the Set launch options button
Add a different client port number on each machine between
27005and27032in the following format:+clientport 270XXClick OK
Note: Do not use port
27020(Steam suggest it)
More details here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6370-QPHJ-3567
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