Outriders suffers from connection problems on launch day • Eurogamer.net

Outriders suffered from connection issues on launch day as a series of issues emerged.

People Can Fly’s loot shooter launched today on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S as well as direct to Xbox Game Pass and Google Stadia, and it’s struggling to keep up with the influx of players.

I spent some time tonight stuck on the initial authentication screen which prevented me from playing at all. Finally, you are presented with an “Internet Connection Error” message indicating that you have failed to connect to the Outriders servers. There is nothing to do after this point, but try again.

Some players have reported that they finally managed to log in after repeated attempts, but it’s far from an ideal start.

On the official Outriders Status website, there is a crash notice that affects the game. There is a cover note from PCF that says the developer is “investigating this issue.”

This is not the only problem. There is a performance issue affecting multiplayer (again, PCF is looking into this) and a desynchronization between the PC code and the console code which results in players being kicked out of a crossplay multiplayer game.

In a post on reddit, publisher Square Enix said, “We are handling this issue with the highest priority and are working on fixes that will synchronize all code on the platform, which will resolve these issues.”

Steam and Epic players can play together, Square Enix said, and PlayStation and Xbox players can cooperate as well. But Square Enix has temporarily disabled automatic mapping between PC and consoles.

“If you invite a console player into your PC game via an invite code (or vice versa), the game will initially connect, but a player will ultimately be kicked out of the game,” Square Enix warned. “We strongly recommend that you do not do this until we update all versions of the game.”

This patch will not be released today, Square Enix said.

There is a discussion thread on reddit that summarizes all of the early issues in the game and offers solutions and workarounds where applicable. While waiting to log in, why not read our latest Outriders impressions?