XBOX Help joining hosted dedicated server on Xbox

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Joker26573

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Hello! Me and my friend recently started playing (Im on steam he is on Xbox). I built a dedicated server and was able to get that up and running and I was able to join it myself however he said he couldnt find the server. I dont have an Xbox to test on so I was hoping someone can help me guide him on how to join via the servers IP address. He said he doesnt have the Connect to IP button like on PC so idk if there is another way to search it?

Also he is on a Series S if that matters either

Thanks for the help!
 
Im pretty sure I have my discord connected, I remember seeing my steam name next to the discord icon at the main menu, If I had to guess he did not
 
Im not sure with the minute requirements I wouldnt be suprised or something. Just feel like I cant find any info out there specifically how to do this from Xbox. Everywhere says crossplay on dedicated servers is out now and to enjoy it buuuut no dice.
 
Do you have a separate computer for the purpose of hosting games locally? I do and I can't get crossplay to work with my friend on PS5. I think a lot of people are referring to paid cloud game hosting services as opposed to what we're trying to do.
 
Yeah I have the game server hosted on an Unraid docker separate from my PC. Just odd because if people are able to offer paid services that support this, then essentially what were doing is the same thing on a small scale so the tech should still work. I triple checked all the settings and made sure I only edited the settings confirmed to be compatible with console. Love the game so far but us linking up with cross play is fairly clunky as it is, really hope to see some love on that in the future

Aside from this, I cant tell if he needs to search a certain way or like use the IP address as the name when searching. I never did the port forwarding before but it looked fairly simple so I doubt the issue lies there
 
I work in IT so I'm familiar with port forwarding and modifying xml files and I can't get it to work either. I have a feeling that this only works on paid dedicated servers. The difference between a paid server and our config is we're running on Steam's backend for part of the hosting. Paid dedicated servers do not. This is most likely a big misunderstanding in terms of terminology
 
Joker26573 said:
Hello! Me and my friend recently started playing (Im on steam he is on Xbox). I built a dedicated server and was able to get that up and running and I was able to join it myself however he said he couldnt find the server. I dont have an Xbox to test on so I was hoping someone can help me guide him on how to join via the servers IP address. He said he doesnt have the Connect to IP button like on PC so idk if there is another way to search it?

Also he is on a Series S if that matters either

Thanks for the help!
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Sounds like a port forwarding issue (almost guaranteed). Odds are nobody (steam/xbox/ps5) can see your server.
 
Rackattack said:
I work in IT so I'm familiar with port forwarding and modifying xml files and I can't get it to work either. I have a feeling that this only works on paid dedicated servers. The difference between a paid server and our config is we're running on Steam's backend for part of the hosting. Paid dedicated servers do not. This is most likely a big misunderstanding in terms of terminology
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Fair I appreciate the explanation!
 
dragginlord is right though. I missed that part where your friend can't see your game. My game can be seen so port forwarding is likely the issue. Since you're using Docker it might be a bit more involved that just opening the ports on your router.
 
dragginlord said:
Sounds like a port forwarding issue (almost guaranteed). Odds are nobody (steam/xbox/ps5) can see your server.
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I have an Asus router and this is the port forwarding setup
Port Range (External) : 26900:26905
Local IP : XX.XX.XX.14 (Tower)
Protocol: UDP

My networking knowledge is fairly slim to none so I could have misconifgured that but my bigger question is, how does my friend even search for that in the first place when trying to join the server? As I said before on PC, there is a Connect to IP address button but on his side the button is just not there.

If it helps I was able to join my server from my PC using the IP and Port so its def visible inside the network
 
Rackattack said:
You want TCP and UDP on those ports. Make a separate entry if you need to
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Okay I edited the rule to allow both TCP and UDP, I can message my friend later today to test but I still dont know how to guide him on joining the server, or how he can even search for it
 
Rackattack said:
You search based on the title of the game server that you declare in the config file.
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THANK YOU!

Now im looking more into the port forwarding and yeah I think I did that wrong. Need to learn the concept before I can do that, Im reading it looks like theres multiple ports I need to forward or something. I always heard port forwarding was like a big no no I never really dabbled with it
 
If you haven't already visited it this is one of the best guides I know of for setting up a dedicated server and doing the necessary port forwarding. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/7_Days_to_Die_Dedicated_Server#Firewall_Ports Also, on Xbox when you search for a server name it doesn't come up right away. At the upper left corner of the search window there will be a "world" icon with a number next to it, your friend will need to click on that to display the list of servers that resulted from the search.
 
I reset the port forwarding and was able to see the server from my laptop at work with twingate disconnected to that leads me to believe the port forwarding is working now. Unfortunately it still wont show in my friends join a game browser. All of the icons at the top still show 0. Just so odd
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dragginlord said:
If you haven't already visited it this is one of the best guides I know of for setting up a dedicated server and doing the necessary port forwarding. https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/7_Days_to_Die_Dedicated_Server#Firewall_Ports Also, on Xbox when you search for a server name it doesn't come up right away. At the upper left corner of the search window there will be a "world" icon with a number next to it, your friend will need to click on that to display the list of servers that resulted from the search.
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Thank you, this guide helped a lot
 
I wonder if you have to do any port forwarding in Docker. I've never used it before so I don't know for certain but I wouldn't be surprised if you had to adjust some network settings at that level as well. Maybe run your setup through ChatGPT and see what it says.
 
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