Used to be able to play a particular server now can't even see it

[Drunkn 10]

Hey all,

I used to play the Seal Team Sloth - Island Life server quite a lot, it's an awesome server.

But now when I search for Sloth in the filter all that shows up is a server with a red X next to it, and all the information for the name/players/ping etc is missing- http://i.imgur.com/Tl4U1pB.jpg

This is what appears when I search Life- http://i.imgur.com/I6hhaGf.jpg

I assume the highlighted line is where Sloth should be

I tried posting on their forums but had little help.

These are all the things I have already tired:

• Turning off all expansions and addons
  
• Verifying steam cache
  
• Tried connecting directly using the server IP- nothing at all shows up than
  
• Deleting all Arma 3 saves including profiles
  
• Re downloading the game (Twice)
  
• Resetting my router
  

I cannot think of any other possible reason why I can't see the server, when everything else works fine.

Please, is there a way to fix this? I really want to play again =(

P.S. This has been happening for the last 2 weeks before tonights update

[bez 10]

Could be you have conflicting versions, you use the stable version and they use the DEV build or vice versa.

I am not really sure it's the issue, but it's worth checking.

[Drunkn 10]

Sorry should have mentioned I already checked if they were running Dev version or not and that wasn't the issue either.

This is driving me absolutely insane, I can't think of any logical reason why I can't even see the server, where every other server works fine for me

[Masharra 10]

are they running the same stable version? Unless the server decides to follow steams update you are SOL because you cant decide when to update and to which update. I saw your thread on their forums, ask them for server version number and compare?

Edited June 6, 2013 by Masharra

[Harzach 2517]

Shows up fine here. Looks like they are running the latest stable, 0.60.

[Masharra 10]

Ok I see you havent tried 2 things you really need to.

1. Turn off your firewall/ add an exception. Windows and your physical routers firewall. There may have been an update that just screwed things up for you.

2. Some antiviruses block internet access to places. E.g. Malware antimalware bytes has a website blocking feature. I turn it off because it interferes with some games for me. Check your antivirus to see if It is doing anything funny. Dont forget quarantined files too.

I personally recommend

Turning off windows firewall, and check. If it works turn it back on and add an exception.

Turn off router firewall and check. If it works, then you probably need to port forward.

so on and so forth. Unfortunately It can be a mixture of one or more so you may have to play around with it a bit. :( DO NOT FORGET TO TURN THAT STUFF BACK ON

[Drunkn 10]

Tried those, still no luck. I literally turned off everything.

There seems to be no logical reason why I can't see the server, I've tried everything, this is driving me insane >.<

Edited June 7, 2013 by Drunkn

[Drunkn 10]

I am still having trouble, anyone at all have any idea's to fix this?

[RuecanOnRails 10]

Have you tried entering the server IP to join? Instead of going through the list, add it as a new server. You can also try to use Play WithSIX.

[Drunkn 10]

What do you mean add it as a new server?

And I'm waiting to test with Play withSIX as the server is full

---------- Post added at 00:46 ---------- Previous post was at 00:13 ----------

Just finished trying with Play withSIX and this is what happpened.

I can (sort of) see Sloth in the server lists- http://i.imgur.com/EvuFRKm.png note that the Mission/Island/Mode/Version info is missing

And when I try to join the game freezes at this point- http://i.imgur.com/qBAUpmO.jpg

I can join other servers through Play withSIX, and even servers that are full allow me to get past the screen it freezes on for Sloth.

Why the hell is it doing this >.<

[Masharra 10]

you sure they didnt ban you or something?

[Drunkn 10]

Yeah I talked to their Admins and I'm not banned, even if I was banned I'd still be able to see the server

[kapski 10]

I get this silly error every now and again where the MP browser only show me a few servers. I have to go into filters and hit the "default" button to reset the filter options and hit "ok". It will then show me all servers and I can go into filters again and apply the settings I want and it will work as intended.

If you haven't solved it already it might be worth trying.

[Drunkn 10]

Sorry to sound like an arsehole but really man, give me a little credit, of course I've tried like the most basic fix for my issue

[ironhearse 1]

i'm now getting the same problem with the Blue1 teetimes server. very frustrating

[Drunkn 10]

There seems to be no fix, I have almost all but given up trying to fix it

[ironhearse 1]

ok, i jumped to Dev branch and then back. this seemed to fix for me, but i have no idea why

[Drunkn 10]

Damn lucky you, didnt work for me >.<

[Drunkn 10]

Still not working, and this is still the only server that does this, and for no apparent reason. Anyone got any other ideas? Please?

[lucable 10]

Still not working, and this is still the only server that does this, and for no apparent reason. Anyone got any other ideas? Please?

Well, the only other fix I could think of is reinstalling ArmA. I know it's extreme. But it will probably fix it.

[Drunkn 10]

Well, the only other fix I could think of is reinstalling ArmA. I know it's extreme. But it will probably fix it.

Already did. Twice. =(