Joining failed - Connection Timeout - SOLUTION
Hello everyone,
I made a post earlier about having this "Connection Timeout" on every single official server since the crystal isles update. Basically, Battleye is bugged. This is what worked for me.
Step 1:
Make sure to open steam as administrator. On windows 10, this can be done by clicking the windows icon, typing steam, then clicking "open file location". Right click the shortcut and click "properties". It should be on the shortcut tab. Click the "advanced" button and check "Run as Administrator".
Step 2:
Open ark, battle eye version as administrator. The filename is called "ShooterGame_BE". YOU MUST OPEN THIS ONE BECAUSE "ShooterGame" will leave you in a battleye installation loop. My location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64. Right click, run as administrator.
SOLUTION EDIT PLEASE READ:
You must run the non-battle eye one, ShooterGame, first. After that, "install" battleye again, then you can run ShooterGame_BE. Then it works.
This is what worked for me. Nothing else did.
FAILURES:
1. Only verifying
2. Uninstalling and Reinstalling
3. Adding mods, removing mods, etc.
4. Opening various ports
5. Removing rawsockets.
I understand 4 and 5 are for servers but I tried everything.
I really hope this helps someone else.
Sincerely,
Luxyfufu
P.S.
if this works for you, please post it here.
EDIT: For servers without battle eye, you must run "ShooterGame" with admin.