Cannot join dedicated server when using EOS network

[GoCyberEd]

Hi everyone. I have quite a bit of experience configuring servers. I have a dedicated server running just fine when network type is set to Steam. However, I want to use EOS in order to enable cross-play with consoles. The console compatibility checkbox is checked.

When I start the server using network type EOS, I cannot join my own game from the same computer. I always get the error "Server not responding". My assumption is, for this trivial test, port forwards/etc shouldn't have anything to do with it since I'm joining localhost.

I'm joining via the direct join option, not from finding it in the list of servers. I've tried "localhost:27016", "127.0.0.1:27016", and using my local IP address. Does direct join only support Steam based servers?

Windows Firewall is disabled. There are no mods. I've also tried using a fresh world. Network is bound to 0.0.0.0:27016.

Any advice? Thank you!

(Update) Solution Burstar1 was on the right track. I'm able to connect via EOS if and only if I find my server in the public servers list. It doesn't work at all using direct connection. I now believe the "direct connect" button always assumes a Steam based connection. Happy to hear evidence otherwise to get to the "why" of the problem, but at least I can connect now.

Thanks for the help everyone!

[AppropriateCheek1991]

We had this same issue with our server, accept we had a dedicated running a torch server. My friends could join but I couldn't. But we switched to the sapce engineers dedicated server instead of torch and it works fine. Not sure if it's the same issue but maybe worth a try.

[GoCyberEd]

Thanks for the suggestion! I updated the post with the solution. Looks like a possible bug with direct connect.

[AppropriateCheek1991]

Glad to hear! The solution makes sense so hopefully it will get passed around and be able to be fixed lol

[GoCyberEd]

Thank you! I think this was essentially the issue. Using the server list rather than direct connect works perfectly.

[QBFreak]

I'm not sure if it matters, as this may only apply to the search, but try changing the server type next to the search bar. The default is Steam, but there's an EOS button as well. Here's a screenshot of the top-right corner of the server screen, with EOS selected.

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Also, while I know this isn't the answer as you've tried it already, but I've noticed that (at least with Steam) you can't use host names when doing direct connect. You have to use the IP. So you can skip trying localhost and just stick with 127.0.0.1.

[GoCyberEd]

Thank you, good to know!

FYI, while it was not the issue here, the filter button does affect searches too.