I dont see a LAN game link
Minecraft Windows 10 Edition - (Unable to connect to world) Friend can't join me and I can't join friend
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Whenever we try to connect to each other's worlds through the Xbox app it says "Unable to connect to world". We can play together on a realms server, and can join other servers, just not each other.
I've changed my NAT type to open, and port forwarded all the required ports for the Xbox app. Still nothing.
I've tried using a VPN to several different countries but still has the same results.
We are both using Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition.
We have both uninstalled and reinstalled Minecraft, no luck.
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Anonymous
2019-09-29T11:25:56+00:00 -
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2019-09-29T11:23:51+00:00 Just want to say i have also had this issue for a while now i only bought this game to play with my son so as you some how broke the game can i be refunded ?
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Anonymous
2019-09-23T22:48:20+00:00 I tried all of these and still can not get on whats going on?
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Anonymous
2019-08-31T18:25:45+00:00 Just ran into the same problem trying to play minecraft with my daughter on the same (wired) network as me. I noticed when she first logged into her world it briefly showed up as a LAN game before appearing under "joinable friends". Every time I tried to connect to her world under "joinable friends" I would get the "unable to connect to world" response - consistently. Thanks Microsoft.
So I got her to restart minecraft and her fire up her world again. By clicking on the "LAN game" link the moment it appeared, I was able to join her world without any issues. If anyone else has the same problem - try this approach. I suspect that removing the person as a friend might also work, as that would result in the other person's world remaining as a LAN game.
Seems to be the only solution. Works perfect for me!
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Anonymous
2019-08-31T17:03:18+00:00 Super annoyed. My girlfriend and I were playing just fine about two days ago. We decided to play again, and it stopped working. We can't join each other's servers. I don't know why! Fix this!