Phantom Dust multiplayer error fix: "could not find a game session"

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Full text instructions below:
• Open your Start menu and search for "Command Prompt"
• Right-click on Command Prompt, and click "Run as administrator"
• Copy and paste the following 4 commands, and press Enter after each one:
netsh int teredo set state disable
netsh int teredo set state type=default
netsh int teredo set state enterpriseclient
netsh int teredo set state servername=teredo.remlab.net
After the above is complete, open up the Start menu and search for "firewall", then open Windows Defender Firewall:
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• On the sidebar, click "Allow an app or feature through Windows Defender Firewall"
• In the upper-right, click the "Change settings" icon with the shield next to it
• At the bottom, click "Allow another app..."
• In the "Path:" field, put the following:
C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe
• Click "Network types..." and check the boxes next to Public and Private, then click OK
• Click "Add", then click "OK" and close the window
• You did it! Reset your PC, and then run the Settings 🡒 Gaming 🡒 Xbox Network test again, and the error should be fixed.
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STILL HAVING ISSUES? Try this!
• Open your Start menu and search for "Command Prompt"
• Right-click on Command Prompt, and click "Run as administrator"
• Enter the command:
sfc /scannow
• A scan will start -- let it finish.
• No matter the result, close the CMD, and restart your PC.
• Go back and check your Teredo and Nat settings.
• If the fix worked, your NAT type should be Open or Moderate, and your Teredo should be good to go, connectivity should be unblocked.
(Thanks to SnowRyze for the above guide!)
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[@babylonian]

Figured it'd be a good to get this solution out there before the Phantom Dust Happy Hour tomorrow, hahah. See y'all tomorrow (July 9) at 4pm PT / 7pm ET for the Phantom Dust Happy Hour, live on twitch.tv/babylonian! Details here: discord.gg/9w3B3W4r?event=987477687767543849

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

Question...How is that Tomorrow when it's the 7th of July rn in Australia, the most ahead timezone?

[@tomohawk2177]

Don’t have pc so I’ll just watch from the shadows

[@Kat21]

ok

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

@@tomohawk2177 If you have an Xbox you can also play. The game is free on the Microsoft store. It's also crossplatform.

[@Julko12]

Nick do you like florts

[@edupietrafessafilho7845]

Nick please do a full Phantom Dust beginners guide, it might be pretty difficult to get used to the game at first and a video with tips and explanations about basic stuff would be very helpful to a lot of new players

[@olivius8891]

Absolutely this.

[@Ifyourespondtomeyouaremybitch]

Nick, can now be considered a GOAT, he sparked this. It doesn't matter how long it lasts. Due to his effort and passion and how well he presented his last video, he was able to reignite peoples love for this game (new and old). Nice.

[@n0rbert79]

Screams in IT Security - Allowing svchost.exe in general to make outside connections would normally not need a firewall exception, unless you want to host as well. But please, for the love of god, not on public connections...

[@LinuxAvali]

100% this!

[@DrAzmo]

I'm not very well versed in how things actually work, but I'm pretty sure this is a similar issue and fix I've seen playing older video games via computer over the years. Is it due to the games not having a dedicated server, therefore piggybacking off all player's computers?

[@bastianlorenz7192]

I was thinking the same thing. If i was to do this how would i revert these changes?

[@TorutheRedFox]

@@DrAzmo it's because the game's multiplayer is peer to peer that is, there's no server involved* once you're matched, your games are directly communicating with each other *most modern p2p implementations use a middleman server to get around NAT restrictions, which services like Xbox Live, Steam, PlayStation Network and Nintendo Switch Online provide to developers, but a lot of developers are opting to do it themselves nowadays to allow crossplay

[@vahn_legaia]

So in Windows, your home ethernet connection can be marked as a "Public Network". I suppose you can make a guide/follow one to ensure your adapter is set as a Private Network. In this day and age, everyone is behind their own hardware firewall so if you're at home on your own secured network, I don't see this as an issue.

[@zackary1477]

I was playing it the other day, its been a lot of fun and i appreciate how you brought this game back into existence, its a lot of fun and it will take a bit to get used to but i am thoroughly enjoying it, so thanks.

[@stoneman3800]

Hello, thanks for giving this fix a shout, hopefully we'll get even more players now.

[@nyon7209]

Telling me that running random code and then allowing a random app through my firewall, is the most effective way to play multiplayer on this underground game that's just sitting there, on the xbox app store, waiting to be downloaded, raises so many red flags, that you're the only person I'd believe it from.

[@surewhynot6259]

It's 4 netsh commands, and then allowing a Microsoft exe built in to Windows to access the internet, I wouldn't call that random

[@IamCoalfoot]

@@surewhynot6259 To be fair, it looks random to a layman.

[@nyon7209]

@@surewhynot6259 not random if you know what you're looking at, but if you don't, it sounds like a great way to get your computer hacked.

[@iy42]

@@surewhynot6259 I mean, general security advice is for people to not copy and paste terminal commands they don't understand.

[@starburst7681]

Yeah I'll be keeping my system32 thanks

[@stephenkamenar]

i think there's also another issue, where you have to download the free DLC, otherwise there's a red circle next to every lobby and you can't join

[@chrisheartman9263]

Yeah, the dlc actually comes first before the game for me, so that's fun

[@Isaiahmag]

I wish this could've came to Steam so non-Windows users could also play this wonderful game.

[@-Raylight]

Thank you for this! This will make many people able to join And finally Phantom Dust will get popular 😂

[@peacewalker3344]

Wow you are everywhere, from vtubers to here

[@gomikuzu8408]

it‘s crazy how a single youtuber can revive a 20 year old game

[@homelessperson5455]

I really hope that old games like this can continue to be played just for the fact of being good. I'm looking at you BF1, please never die on me.

[@illuminati7ov373]

drink a beer and watchin so much nick youtube video on the computer. the ideal

[@LinuxAvali]

Allowing svchost through the firewall just seems like a bad idea. A lot of system services use it and it may allow a connection in on another service which could be dangerous.

[@ADayintheLifeoftheTw]

Hoping to get my laptop back tomorrow. My wife and I are excited to try this out.

[@The_Irish_Rover]

I’ve been loving this game. Thanks for showing us.

[@mgshadow45]

Holy crap people are actually playing again. What a cool game. Was a blind buy when I was younger, Really awesome people are seeing it now.

[@WindriderDelta]

I'm so glad you made a video on Phantom Dust. I love digital card games and I love over-the-top anime fights. This game is probably going to be my new obsession for a while.

[@Radi_nce]

The Teredo bug can occur on Xbox One S too, if you're using IPv4 wifi. I haven't found a solid fix for this but I'm also the only person I know who has experienced it.

[@spleespleeslacysploo]

Nope same here

[@Goretantath]

Idk a-lot about the windows firewall but letting svchost.exe through public seems a bit risky to me.

[@SteelSkin667]

@@nicholaskroeplin81 It might be a better idea to manually mark the network as private, that is usually what I do at home.

[@TorutheRedFox]

@@nicholaskroeplin81 pretty sure Windows asks you to mark it manually when you connect to a new network so if it's set to public then it's entirely your own fault and should go and fix it

[@johnhalo8726]

Thank you so much for reviving this game. So many years have passes and people finally remember this game. This is the best thing ever

[@rihasanatrofolo2472]

I did not expect a tutorial from this channel

[@melancholyman369]

Thanks I've been playing this game none stop, since the recommendation. It's so addicting!

[@Pi_erre.Richard]

I play it since i saw your video on the game yesterday so thank you a lot !

[@818suki]

You have resurrected another game!

[@colausbra]

Thanks, haven't even played the multiplayer yet and found that I had this issue.

[@ganon8835]

you can also make a lobby and someone will join almost immediately.

[@delvinjoe3595]

Thanks a ton! You're doing God's work Nick! But that Mewtwo origin story background has got me crying again 😭

[@Jon-zj2cn]

You're doing the lords work my friend.

[@kobe1902]

Dude this game rocks. Thanks so much for showing it to all of us.

[@ataraxiaholy]

If you're on Windows 11 and can't find the Xbox Networking Tab it should be in the Xbox Console Companion app and then under Settings -> Networking

[@DrSaav-my5ym]

fuckin' a, thank you, I was so frustrated that the instructions were for windows 10

[@unk000]

The game is absolutely amazing. I'm hooked. But I'm playing on Xbox Series X so I don't have that issue. Still sharing this video for my friend that's on PC though 👍 (instructions are in the Discord's FAQ but maybe a video is easier to follow for him). Thanks 👍

[@PfeffergrubenNick]

Fun fact I had a similar problem with forza and spent 4h fixing it. Good that there's a fix here. I don't if this was what fixed my issue back then (I alsp did stuff line open xbox ports and disabling a teredo block in my router, etc.) but this was definetly one of the fixes I tried so if this enables players to play the game, I like it, definetly better than fixing it for 4h.

[@rhet0r1cal]

I don't even play Phantom Dust and this tutorial helped!

[@99techdude]

Hey I just downloaded the game please keep updating us on the game

[@KrakatonMain]

I'm more amazed that he found a solution in such a short timespan. Sorry I couldn't make the first happy hour! I've ordered a Hyperkin Duke and it's on its way. My only other PC controllers are PS3 and PS4, and idk if this game will display the proper button prompts. I should be able to join next week! Hoping to bring some friends from my team over! Speaking of, our team runs community events, and most of our members and viewers are further east (Europe, Australia, etc.) So for anyone out that way who can't make the Happy Hour here, we may be able to sort something out. If we decide to hold an event, I'll post a link to our Discord here. For now though, I hope everyone has a blast with the game, and I can't wait to join you guys in that!

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

nice. thanks for the software help.

[@Mystical_Zeus]

We really need a remake for the Legend of Dragoon. It would be nuts if you did a video on it! I think I'm the only one that has a commentated playthrough that's extremely outdated seeing as how I recorded it 5 years ago. I'm redoing it because of your video about this game specifically. I found 4K remastered cut scenes and decided to look deeper into my emulator to fix other bugs. As we speak on re-recording the entire thing because I want there to be a legitimately good playthrough on KZbin of the game so that people will want to watch it and experience the game. Thank you for inspiring me.

[@xsforreal]

I recently faced this problem in a different multiplayer game when a prompt asked if I wanted to allow the program to connect to outside networks. Apparently no was the wrong answer (didn't know what it meant at the time) and I had to go through a bunch of steps to enable this. If I only had this video!

[@ieatnoodls]

Nick Robinsons content is unpredictable as ever

[@Darxide23]

Worked for me. Thanks Nick.

[@tardwrangler1019]

If you're on windows 11 then search for console companion app and you can find it in settings

[@riv4196]

A legend among Visions.

[@henrybruh8460]

Very helpful thanks nick

[@pa1ntr1ck]

life saver

[@pennzoilpete1576]

I started playing this with my wife, we had a blast.

[@zam4017]

sick i got it on pc and thought multiplayer just didnt have people lol bad ass

[@IamCoalfoot]

Of course it's suddenly popular. You have that kind of effect.

[@zetto9799]

Thanks for this fix

[@CodeDonut]

none of the steps in your video/description worked for me. but tunning this command in admin cmd worked for me. now i have a moderate nat type netsh interface teredo set state type=enterpriseclient

[@slepey_]

You should try and find William Kasten, the guy who voiced Max from the Telltale Sam and Max games. Nobody knows who he is, no picture, no info on IMDB, nothing.

[@ProtomanBlues87]

I can't wait to get bodied tomorrow. Played about 20 games online back in 05 after finishing campaign without learning any real strategy. Been going through campaign all week again to refresh.

[@zexxus8348]

Once you beat the whole campaign you'll feel alot stronger going online.

[@sanstime]

Awesome 👍

[@nemaphius2545]

Thanks!

[@hikari67]

Thank you man

[@orangefruit1738]

Liking and commenting on this video so it gets into the algorithm. I haven't played this game myself yet tbh

[@aarter2913]

i havent actually tested multiplayer but i had that teredo blocked message and both solutions didnt seem to change this

[@NodokaHanamura]

I know some people have said this, but as a word of warning do not expose svchost on a public network, as this service is also used for a lot of low-level windows features, not just Teredo. If you have to, disable LAN access. Otherwise, as long as you're on a private network (like your home) you should be fine, just make sure you define the network properly in network settings as such.

[@anastasiadukellis40]

I keep getting errors when trying to log into the xbox app on PC ;-; I bought a month of live so I could play this and I still can't

[@kriegsherr44]

Thank you!

[@axelzxsh1107]

So Ive tried this method and it still doesnt work, same with my friend who Ive been wanting to play the game with, any way to solve this?

[@nanopi]

If you have IPv6 make sure it isn't turned off.

[@OliverCHILL33]

Cool but do you have this for bo1 BO2 console tf2 and Doritos crash course?

[@AzureKaizen]

At first I thought this was Dust 514 having games again and I was happy but this isn't that Dust and now I'm back to being sad in my MAG and Dust 514 hellhole.

[@TaylorMade4Zero]

Fresh

[@Czestime]

"Its Dustin' time" -Key

[@sirtieman]

HE RISES

[@ganon8835]

i have been getting my ass absolutely kicked in, but it's still fun. 930 rating and goin down still LOL, thank you!

[@ganon8835]

weird, neither of the fixes in the video helped, but the fix it button under the toredo thing did the trick.

[@zexxus8348]

Try beating campaign. it helps a ton.

[@k4guu]

hopefully the right person gets to see this. ive tried playing this game with piqued interest from ur lil docu-vid on phantom dust. got the game, and friends interested, but havent been able to get past the "could not find a session" message. ive tried everything in the video, and many other niche fixes i could find on the internet to no luck. ive managed to get my nat type to say moderate and server connectivity to say connected, but am still met with the same message. lmk if there is anything i can do. truely did want to play

[@k4guu]

my friend also followed the same instrustions, and managed to get his working too. very frustrated, and confused at this point

[@babylonian]

try joining our discord! we’ve got a whole channel full of people who have troubleshot the issue you’re describing - i’m convinced we can find you a fix 👍

[@k4guu]

@@babylonian thats exactly what my friend told me actually. we ended up playing some split-screen to get a grasp of the game, and its really fun! thank you for the reply

[@BillNyeTheBountyGuy]

Just in time Nick

[@hypermalware1364]

I actually thought this would be an hour long video

[@ulyssevgl5148]

my nat type says moderate instead of open, i can join some games but is still get a lot of errors when joining ...

[@jonathanspeth9284]

Nick da 🐐 no 🧢

[@Beyley]

currently waiting for someone to get it running on linux, i dont have a powerful enough machine to VM and i dont got the storage space to dual boot

[@TJourney]

I'll be looking into it soon, I'm unfamiliar with the XBox app they use to distribute it.

[@TheGrandpaLore]

Followed the steps but still shows terado is unable to qualify, even after the suggested fix

[@azure8909]

In Europe the latency is 140ms for me, are there any other teredo servers or does it not work that way? Thanks!

[@sdreizon3710]

Probably would make more players now due to the matchmaking problem

[@smartestmoronx19]

How does it feel to bring your favorite franchise back from the dead? If this ever becomes an esport, I would want you to become it's patron saint.

[@ganon8835]

i could see this game being hype as all hell.

[@armandostockvideos8386]

I want to continue playing the game but I don't want to play the campaing to learn how to properly play.

[@user-pp8ol6gi5h]

still doesn't work I even did sfc /scannow on my cmd prompt app and restarted my pc and is still says "could not find a session"

[@SilverOnYoutube]

Hey nick how’s it going!

[@HeavyXY]

How do I check the Xbox networking on Windows 11? I can't find it in my settings

[@pcangeldust]

does the original xbox copy still work online?

[@Killdvsk]

Nick please do a video on the game toros friend network for the psvita

[@cristianguanziroli3648]

help! i still cant launch the game on windows! it crashes at the beggining and the audio fix didnt work....

[@FalconBonk12]

So I ended up trying this fix, and now I can't even connect to Xbox Live in the game! I try reconnecting, but it gives me the same error message that I can't connect to Xbox Live. How do I change this, or undo the fix? Thanks in advance!

[@Lopolin_LP]

Should it somehow revert itself, simply press: Fix It. And check for connecitivity again P.S.: Always check 2x for server connectivity, on the first one it will always fail

[@groovywelsh2161]

Now i need a solution to the "no bitches found" problem

[@Sam-yb2ii]

I cannot even play the game, I cannot find it in my Xbox app on PC nor can i find it on the Microsoft Store. Found the web browser microsoft store page but as i click on the button to obtain the game, it sends me to my microsoft store app only for the button to not show up there. I'm thinking somehow the game isn't available in my region. Damn shame, watching your video on it made me want to try it out.

[@VictorienXP]

Me too, I believe it's only available in the US or something

[@zexxus8348]

Try a VPN maybe.

[@reis_0008]

In the Nick Robinson channel you can see: -Crazy videos that take months to do; -Personal videos (a video that he makes for a personal reason); -Tutorials; -Lives (sometimes)

[@mrwalkingblind99]

I have downloaded it

[@M.Faez_Albarazi]

Phantom dust is only showing logo then closing I've tried lowering the sound hz as suggested I've allowed all app permissions I've used the VPN My laptop meets the ALL the recommended requirements all my drivers are up to date and everything is perfect BUT I KEEP GETTING THIS PROBLEM WHICH PREVENTS ME FROM PLAYING THIS GAME SO PLEASE HELP YOUR BROTHER OUT IM SO ECXITED TO TRY IT

[@KiMON_52]

how tf do u do this in windows 11

[@puddel9079]

Before I get Phantom Dust, what are the minimum specs to run it on PC?

[@cymbrol438]

It's free so just get it anyway. and I have a shit pc btw and i run it fine.

[@tackalexander]

it still wont work after both of the fixes

[@NeoShameMan]

How to play it from France?

[@TwinSteel]

👍🏿

[@tempheror112]

I was waiting for: "And congratulations! You've just downloaded a virus."

[@Mytocato]

could you find another solution? it sadly didnt worked for me :(

[@DasikIgaijin]

my NAT Type is moderate I still can't find severs

[@kamalaharry9514]

Is that a c1 TV?