Problems with joining/hosting a server

[lordician]

I seem to run into a lot of this lately:

You try to join a friends server and it keeps at this screen:


However, some days you don't have this.
It seems to change a lot between this and normal.

The console doesn't show any errors:

Connecting to "goldboy157's freebuild in san andreas" (58.165.187.9:28000, ---ms)
  Download Sounds:      True
  Download Music:       False
  Download Textures:    True
  Download Projectiles: True
  Download Items:       True
  Download Debris:      True
  Download Explosions:  True

The above is what the console adds (in my case) when you try to join a half-dead server.
Not ore, not less.

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[BanishedLetters]

Well, here's my explanation. There are alot of players out there that think that they don't have to port forward, no matter what. So they go and host a server (when they can't), and because of the new version of Blockland, servers don't show up dead, and it will continue to try to connect to a dead server.

Unless, you can connect to the SAME server once, and then you can't get in again. Then I don't know about that.

[Orion]

Well, here's my explanation. There are alot of players out there that think that they don't have to port forward, no matter what. So they go and host a server (when they can't), and because of the new version of Blockland, servers don't show up dead, and it will continue to try to connect to a dead server.

Unless, you can connect to the SAME server once, and then you can't get in again. Then I don't know about that.

Good advice, Also, usually, --- Ping servers are dead.

[lordician]

True, but why is it that some people can join my server and some people can't?

It is the exact same problem.

I have port forwarded correctly.
I even tried different settings. D: