LAN Lobbies not visible

:play_button: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: #141935
  • GAME PLATFORM: Microsoft Store
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 11

:play_button: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

Other players on my local network cannot see my LAN lobby and cannot join it. If I switch to an external server such as uswest3, other players can see my lobby.

:play_button: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

  • 100% of the time / matches I play (ALWAYS)

:play_button: REPRODUCTION STEPS

Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Launch AoE II DE from Microsoft Store
  2. Host Lobby, select "Multiplayer > Host Game > Server: User Local Lan Server
  3. Launch other AoE II DE clients on other machines on my local LAN.
  4. Select Multiplayer > Find Custom Game and search for lobby, but never see it.

:play_button: EXPECTED RESULT

:backhand_index_pointing_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
Other LAN players would see my LAN-based lobby, and join the lobby.

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A few other notes about my setup:

-Mix of Windows 10 and Windows 11 machines, latest Windows updates applied as of this writing.
-All using the latest AOE II DE version: 101.103.2359.0 (#133431)
-Most clients on Steam, one on Xbox PC
-I’ve done this for all machines involved: https://support.ageofempires.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048249391-I-m-having-trouble-connecting-to-a-LAN-match-with-my-friends and this https://support.ageofempires.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406345438484-I-am-getting-disconnected-from-multiplayer-games
-My network is made up of Amazon Eero devices. All machines on the network can ping each other.

Bump. LAN does not work at all. I don’t think my setup is terribly unique. Is it working for ANYONE else right now?


It is advertised. :smiley:

anyways, when we last treid in 2023 it didnt work. Many raised incidents to devs but no fix ..

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Bump. This has been broken for some time and I hope the devs are reading this and have an eventual plan to fix it before the game stops receiving updates. **

Bump. This is still an issue for me and no one else has confirmed LAN play works for them.