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Call of Duty Black Ops 4 and Geo Filter
Hi,
I live in a region without Dedicated Servers for Black Ops 4, and frequently used the Geo-filter function previously in CoD WWII successfully.
I've run into a big snag when it comes to Black Ops 4, though; While my NAT type is still open, I start to search for a game lobby only to eventually receive the message that the "lobby is not joinable". This problem goes away when I shift to Spectate mode, albeit with mad amounts of ping (obviously).
Is there any fix to this? I'm unable to enjoy the multiplayer experience :( I use a 300 Mbps up and down connection with sub 10 ms ping levels and I am generally able to play the game, so it's not the network.
Any help would be graciously received!
P.S. - Sometimes the error is "there are too many players in your party" when I try to search for a game with other people in my party.
TL;DR - XR500's Geo Filter doesn't seem to be working in Black Ops 4 Multiplayer (Non-BlackOut)
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- Where are you located and where are you placing your Geo-Filter in order to try and get a game as well as what radius?
Hi,
I'm in South West India, with my location set exactly to my province and the radius set at 3000 kilometers.
Typically, we seem to be logging on to Middle Eastern servers with pings in excess of 120 ms. With the geo-filter on, it's impossible to get an Indian lobby even though I know of many players in my country. It's also worked brilliantly in the past for WWII, but it's a no-show with Blops 4. :(
Im in Cali and have my radius set to 2644 Miles. From the looks of it theres a couple different servers that are on the east coast.
Thanks, bud; but I'm way, way off from Cali :)
Only thing that I can think of is max out your radius then see what server(s) you connect to, and add them to your allowed list. I say this because BO4 might not be running on the same servers as WWII or any other COD game.
- black ops 4 there is a europian sever thats on the very west of the continent that i am pinging to, im in nc usa, i cant block this server and it always connects me to this server reguardless of my geofilter. is there another way to block this server, ccb9b580566b1d22 this server is unblockable
- Does it have a circle around it? If so that is a whitelisted server required for online authentication. It is not your game server so don't worry about it. The game server will be within your radius.
- I have the same issue with the xr500. If I have it in filter mode will not find a match. Lobby not joinable. If I put on specting funds a match instantly. I live on the east coast. But it connects to peer not dedicated. There is a dedicated server 200 miles from house put. Connects peer.
- What have you got your radius set to? You should definitely be able to force a game on the east coast. Its likely a dedicated server just misclassified as a peer on the Geo-Filter which we can update, that won't affect your connection.
- Radius is set to 400 miles. I can find a game if geo is on spectating but in filter mode will not. The host is named peer. It is in same location as the dedicated server I play on sometimes but has a different ID number than the dedicated one.
- Where r u live in india bro?
- I have the exact same problem cant connect to lobby and cant work voice chat when I switch it to spectate it's fine but with mad ping and I have 360mb up and down and I cant seem to change my geo to my location unless it already is please help
- I'd recommend you follow this guide Jamal as it should resolve all the issues you're having: http://support.netduma.com/en/support/solutions/articles/16000077072-dumaos-optimal-settings-guide-geo-filter
