lunafaction Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 As of todays update, Destiny 2 has began using Steam Network Sockets and so players are no longer identified by their IP addresses and so it now seems impossible to avoid connecting to players outside of your designated host filter. Even with 0 ping assist, my location set in the middle of the ocean with the minimum distance selected, I still connect to players. Is there a way to bring back the geofilter functionality in light of this? If player IP addresses are hidden? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 11, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hey, welcome to the forum! The router still has to make connections to IP addresses so it should still be possible, we'll need to investigate. Could you provide a screenshot of the scenario you described where you're getting players outside your radius please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hey, thanks for the quick reply! Attached the screenshot, that's what was showing as I matchmade with other players and loaded into a crucible game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 11, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 It's a blue icon which means it is for the desktop device and the reason it has been allowed is because that device isn't enabled so it isn't filtering at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 I'm unsure what that means, you're saying that I haven't enabled host filtering on my device? Because it is most definitely enabled and I'm using the exact same settings that I previously used and would filter correctly The only thing that's changed since it worked perfectly was Destiny 2 updating to use Steam Sockets, so it seems obvious that's the reason why Given that, what would the solution be? I've tried restarting the router multiple times, I've tried it on two different PCs and still it's unable to filter correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 I've attached another screenshot from just now, this is what showed as I loaded into a match with 7 other players outside of my filter Also, I repeated the same thing but for Destiny 2 on Playstation 4 and it manages to filter perfectly on the PS4 as Destiny 2 wasn't updated to use the Steam Sockets on console, so it's definitely a PC specific problem and almost definitely the update to use Steam sockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 11, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 I'm just going off the first screenshot you provided which shows the 'Enabled' box for the Desktop device (blue to match the icon) is not ticked which means in that instance at least that is why it wasn't filtering. It is quite likely we will need to test the game again due to the update, I'm just trying to get rid of any variables. In the latest screenshot, had you applied all the settings/enabled the devices before the game or the game client (steam) was active? If steam was active in the tray then it may not be blocking correctly. Exit both fully then apply all your settings, if it still occurs then we'll need to test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Okay I reset the router and computer, applied the settings before opening steam, loaded Destiny up and had the same thing happen, so it really seems like it's down to the changes Again thanks a lot for the help, it's really frustrating to play without being able to filter out the masses of laggy players in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 11, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2020 Thanks for trying, I'll pass this on to the team to test it. No worries, totally understand! Meanwhile though I would suggest you sign up for DumaOS and test on that just in case it works there, that is what we would be testing on. https://netduma.com/r1-dumaos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Have been meaning to do so for a while now, this seems as good a reason as any so I'll get that done tomorrow, thanks a lot Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Is there any update available on this yet? The game is infinitely less fun when I'm unable to filter out laggy players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 17, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 17, 2020 We're not able to test it that quickly as we're busy on the next DumaOS update but when Alex has some time he will take a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Understandable, apologies if I seemed impatient, timeline is unimportant as long as the functionality can be enabled again at some point Realistically though, will it even be possible to enable again? The Steam network sockets use relay servers via Valve which hide the player IP addresses completely, is there a way for Netduma to still filter people out by location without knowing the IP address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted March 17, 2020 Administrators Share Posted March 17, 2020 No worries! I couldn't say for certain without it being tested, Destiny uses(d) a hybrid system of P2P and dedicated servers, regardless you still need to make a connection to an IP address which then should be filterable. lunafaction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavarlison Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Any update on when geo filtering will work on Destiny 2 again? Been looking around on the forum and all I can see is that they are now using steam socket and all that, but what about the playstation users? xbox? Edit: NVM, tested to be working again. Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunafaction Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 It's working on consoles because they aren't using steam sockets, it never stopped working on console, but it's still not working on PC Is there any update on the functionality returning for PC users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted April 16, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 16, 2020 Alex will be testing this when he can but hasn't been able to do so thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stobbee Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Any news about this? The game is full of cheaters and not being able to use the geo filtering feature make the game experience even worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted April 30, 2020 Administrators Share Posted April 30, 2020 I will ask Alex if he has had any time to test it but I know he has been really busy testing 3.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stobbee Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 On 4/30/2020 at 8:04 PM, Netduma Fraser said: I will ask Alex if he has had any time to test it but I know he has been really busy testing 3.0. Thank you Fraser! Let us know! Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unixadmin Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Please forward this link to your engineer, it explains the architecture: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/steamdatagramrelay Netduma Fraser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkuuu Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Found this thread after googling about the geofilter not working for me. I recently purchased the Netduma solely to use for Destiny 2 on PC after seeing it listed as "Fully Supported" under the FAQ section of your site (https://netduma.com/support/faqs/which-games-is-the-netduma-compatible-with/) I live in Denmark and I am connecting to people mostly from America which gives me a very bad connection, which is the sole reason I purchased this router, to eliminate that possibility as I'd much rather queue for longer than play laggy games every time. I would also much rather not return this router if the geofilter will be working again soon. I understand after reading the thread that fixing functionality for this one specific game isn't a priority, but it's been 2 months since thread creation with no new information available about whether it can or will work again. For current and future purchases of the modem I think a definitive answer, even if the answer is "will not work again" would be ideal 3.0 is obviously the priority and should be, but will we get an answer about this anytime soon realistically? Netduma Admin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Admin Posted May 11, 2020 Administrators Share Posted May 11, 2020 Hi Nikuuu - welcome to the forum. Are you playing on PC? We are looking into this and will get updated information out asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkuuu Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Thanks for the welcome! Yes I am playing on PC. From what I understand the filter still works on console because only the PC version of the game was updated to use steam datagram relays. They have said that console will be updated to use the same technology soon though as it serves as DDOS protection. From my research it seems that CS:GO casual still has a working geo filter? With that being a Valve game it will also use the same steam network sockets and if the filter is working there, then I'm hopeful it can work for Destiny 2 on PC again. I understand that you guys are looking into this and have other priorities, I suppose I'm just looking for a rough estimate of time before we know if it will function again. I ask this because I already have a very good and expensive router, but I purchased the Netduma to replace it only for the filtering capabilities within Destiny 2 on PC, and without that function any time in the near future I would like to look to return it. Thanks for your time and reply, stay safe and healthy guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted May 12, 2020 Administrators Share Posted May 12, 2020 That's right, it does work with public CS:GO so that is promising. I'll ask Alex for an estimate but we may not be able to give you an estimate as we're so focused on 3.0 at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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