This is related to player reports of games not being visible to all players. Since this doesn't have anything to do with the save games, there's nothing to attach, and I'm just going to try to document the issues carefully.



This is in regards to a game played with myself (foetus sub mundi), Light_Spectrum, Groo the one, and fabio.derosas; those are all Steam names. Light_Spectrum hosted. I am from the USA and Groo is from Germany. I don't know where the other players are located.



On the host disconnecting from the game, Groo became the host. We had connection and sync issues and tried to restart. I stayed in communication with Groo over Steam. When Groo loaded the autosave, I couldn't see the lobby; when I was invited via Steam, the right-hand faction pane was blank. When I loaded the autosave, Groo couldn't see the lobby, and when he was invited via Steam, he reported the right-hand faction pane was blank. When I hosted the lobby, the faction pane looked normal.



This is not the only issue w/r/t connections that seems to have popped up since the latest DLC and patch. I have also seen games that I could join but not rejoin due to "different files" (local files verified 100%, deleted all save games and it was still true) as well as a lot of connection and visibility issues. These problems do seem to occur more regularly when crossing regions, although I don't always know where other players are located; they happen more often in the morning (my time), which is when I expect more players to be European than N+S American.



I'm not sure exactly what I could do to report this issue better. If there's anything useful that I could provide, please let me know, and I'll keep an eye out for next time.



Edit: attaching autosave in case it's handy. Groo might be able to help get a screenshot later.