Upon joining a specific game, one is unable to join private servers or public servers if a new server had to be created. The player will be kicked with either one of the following:
- Developer has shut down all game servers or game server has shut down for other reasons, please reconnect (Error Code: 1)
- Failed to connect to the Game. (ID = 17: Connection attempt failed.) (Error Code: 279)
- Lost connection to the game server, please reconnect (Error Code: 277) (rare)
When receiving Error Code 1, I opened the console and found the warning in the accompanying picture below.
However, I am unable to determine the exact cause of these issues. That warning is the only relevant detail I could find. Otherwise, that warning doesn’t depict anything other than the server failing for an unknown reason.
This issue first became apparent at around 8:00 PM CDT, affecting everyone who tried to join and dropping the player count drastically. As far as I’m aware, this issue only affects my experience. I have not released any changes during that time and all occurred suddenly, leading me to suspect that it is an internal issue, thus prompting the creation of this post. Prior to this issue, there had been numerous other complaints regarding character respawning, join issues, etc., but are unrelated to this matter. This does not occur in Studio, but solely live servers. Additionally, there were some cases where “Waiting for available server…” loops infinitely.
Reproduction:
- Create a private server in this game
- Attempt to join the private server
