ajm102

Thanks for the suggestion. We tried turning all of our firewalls off and it still didn't work, I don't get it. Any thing else I could try, I really want to play but this is proving to be quite difficult to do.

Reinstalling didn't fix anything, it must be a network issue.

I am pretty sure they are all the same version, we are using steam in online mode, so they kind of have to be. I will double check when I get the chance though, just to be sure.

Steam is online, I have tried to verify game integrity, it didn't solve the issue. Everything I am using is standard, just windows 8, a good processor and gpu, steam is online and game ranger is up to date. I'm not sure why I am having a problem. Does anyone know anything that could be causing this? It's probably something really obscure at this point.

I have tried compatibility mode but it didn't solve the problem. Any other possibilities, I have tried everything I can think of.

Thanks for all the feedback, All people just installed the game on the day we tried it so they should a be the same version. What I mean by game ranger is running 1.4 is that when I look into the info about my games it says stronghold 2 is version 1.4. I have tried to manually install the patch but steam won't allow it. Does anyone play stronghold 2 using windows 8? That is the only difference I have been able to find between the systems that work and the majority of the ones that don't. Although it might not be because one of the people have no problems when they run in win xp compatibility mode. Anything else I should try?

It is running 1.4 though, which I think is strange. Although everyone is running 1.4 with gameranger so that shouldn't be the issue, anyone have any other ideas why I just get booted to main menu?

Thanks for the quick response, I looked into the issue a bit more and it seems that I have version 1.4.1 but with gameranger it runs version 1.4, I have the steam version so all should be up to date. Any idea how to force gameranger to run the most up to date version?

Hello and Happy Holidays, I am having an issues connecting to my friends gameranger game in stronghold 2, I join the lobby and the game starts but instead of sending me to the stronghold game lobby it sends me to the main menu. I have tried everything, I don't understand what the issue is. My other friend was having the same issue and he ran it in XP compatibility mode to fix it, but that didn't work for me. I am using windows 8 and have stronghold 2 version 1.4.1. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks