Been having the same issue since last night and trying to troubleshoot. Can I ask what kind of internet you're on? Wired/wifi & is it satellite internet?

Originally posted by CopExploder:

Been having the same issue since last night and trying to troubleshoot. Can I ask what kind of internet you're on? Wired/wifi & is it satellite internet?

Ethernet on standard wifi

Originally posted by wackysmacker339:

Originally posted by CopExploder:

Been having the same issue since last night and trying to troubleshoot. Can I ask what kind of internet you're on? Wired/wifi & is it satellite internet?

Ethernet on standard wifi

Interesting that's the first I've heard of it happening on normal internet, unless it's a mac. I'm guessing this is just a bug so hopefully it gets fixed soon

I'm having this problem as well. I can only join random matches, but I can't setup or join a lobby, I always get an error. I validated the game files, I reinstalled the games. Still haven't been able to get it to work. I'm on wired ethernet on Windows, and no luck whatsoever.

Same exact thing for me, if i try to create a public or private lobby the game becomes stuck on loading screen, i can't even go back to menu. If i try to search for public lobbies they just don't appear in the list.. I tried every kind of fix, from reinstalling the game to changing virtual memory in performance options, nothing works. I hope devs are already working on it, it's really frustrating not being able to play with friends...

3 months later and still no fixes

Originally posted by Octathorp:

3 months later and still no fixes

Yeah every time I submit a ticket in the discord, they just say "they're getting to it" but I've dropped it for a few months now outta disappointment

Getting a similar problem. Can't join lobbies; it just shows 0/-1 players in the lobby. Sometimes trying to create a private room softlocks in the loading screen, sometimes it gives an unknown error. ¯\_('-')_/¯

Originally posted by 155 snakes in human skin:

Getting a similar problem. Can't join lobbies; it just shows 0/-1 players in the lobby. Sometimes trying to create a private room softlocks in the loading screen, sometimes it gives an unknown error. ¯\_('-')_/¯

Good to know this bug is still in the game almost half a year after release. Legit have like 5 hours total bc of this

Yeah it just doesn't appear to be a priority for them whatsoever which is quite disappointing

I updated my motherboard bios and this problem stopped for me

Originally posted by Reaver:

I updated my motherboard bios and this problem stopped for me

While I've only extremely rarely gotten that issue (maybe 3-4 instances since launch), to me that sounds wrong. It's incredibly weird that a Bios update of all things would fix anything at the game's level.

Otherwise, maybe it's built-in WiFi drivers related, but I still doubt it. Guess it can't cost much to try, but it's not super easy to reverse for a casual user if it goes wrong.

Originally posted by Vic Viper:

Originally posted by Reaver:

I updated my motherboard bios and this problem stopped for me

While I've only extremely rarely gotten that issue (maybe 3-4 instances since launch), to me that sounds wrong. It's incredibly weird that a Bios update of all things would fix anything at the game's level.

Otherwise, maybe it's built-in WiFi drivers related, but I still doubt it. Guess it can't cost much to try, but it's not super easy to reverse for a casual user if it goes wrong.

Just sharing what happened to me. I was super frustrated because I literally could not get into game with my friends and tried everything (restart, hard restart, firewall, reinstall, run as admin from the exe, etc) and none if it worked. I recently fixed my other pc's blue screen with a bios update (windows version wasn't supported) so I thought to try that with this issue for fun, and it's worked perfectly since.

I combed through the Discord support forum trying to help you. It could be related to either your computer's network settings or your router's, going by the fixes that have worked for people, although it may still be worth reinstalling Steam.

There was one other person with the 0/-1 players issue who tried restarting/reinstalling literally everything, but eventually posted:

"It fixed itself after i reset some internet settings on the smart router and it fixed itself, I have no idea how it fixed itself."

There's a thread that has a few people in it where one person posted,

"FYI my issue seems to go away if I use WIFI instead of LAN... Kinda sucks but if ur near ur modem and ur internet is good, it should be okay. Hopefully this gets fixed someday."

I assume they meant Ethernet rather than LAN. The fact that this would work on one connection type and not the other means it could be related to different NAT settings on the wireless connection, or different adapter settings at the computer level on the wireless adapter vs Ethernet. Also, two of the people in the thread mentioned being on an external Ethernet adapter when they had issues. (However, I myself use an Ethernet over powerline adapter and don't have problems.)

Another person posted:

"I had a friend with the same problem on my end, we did find a solution tho
We changed her DNS and deactivated IPV6 from her connection, and it made it work again!
Sadly we didn't do proper testing to see if the DNS or the removal of the IPv6 was the solution".

Regarding this one, enabling IPv6 is definitely not necessary but is a default on the Windows adapter settings, so no harm in trying the step of turning it off, and you could try manually entering Google public DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) or another reputable public DNS server over using the one provided by your ISP/network hardware.

Note that it's normal to see no public lobbies in the list because no one actually uses them over the Casual queues that give far more EXP. People pretty much only make private lobbies or use the matchmade tabs. The only real use for one is if you'd want to play FFA with a friend or two and hope to have some random players join to fill it out.

Devs have said they need to transfer lobbies to a new backend service to clear up some of these issues.