Geofiltering with friends & settings

[gearsniper550]

How would i geofilter with friends in my lobby whenever I host and search for a game my friends get kicked. what settings do i have to change or is it something else

[Netduma Liam]

6 hours ago, gearsniper550 said:

How would i geofilter with friends in my lobby whenever I host and search for a game my friends get kicked. what settings do i have to change or is it something else

Watch the Geo-filter map when they join in, you might see a 'blocked' icon appear somewhere on the map. Watch for that and manually allow it if you see it.

[philo3391]

they should show up as a yellow triangle with a person in it when you add them to your lobby . you must click on that icon and hit 'allow' then there shouldnt be an issue

[gearsniper550]

Forgeofiltering what settings should I use for the best outcome

[Netduma Fraser]

5 minutes ago, gearsniper550 said:

Forgeofiltering what settings should I use for the best outcome

Use Ping Heatmap to find the closest servers to you and then adjust the Geo-Filter to force those servers

[gearsniper550]

What about the menu that has strict and auto ping

[Netduma Fraser]

You can leave those both enabled

[gearsniper550]

i thought i had to use one or the other for a better connection

[Netduma Fraser]

7 hours ago, gearsniper550 said:

i thought i had to use one or the other for a better connection

Auto Ping automatically pings the host of the game, it doesn't impact the connection in any way.

Strict Mode keeps the dedicated servers within your radius and so is advised.

[gearsniper550]

On 2/18/2022 at 6:32 AM, philo3391 said:

they should show up as a yellow triangle with a person in it when you add them to your lobby . you must click on that icon and hit 'allow' then there shouldnt be an issue

 theres no blocked symbol when they join 

[Netduma Fraser]

In that case your radius is likely large enough that they fall within it, in which case you don't need to allow them but having a radius so big can allow higher ping servers

[gearsniper550]

Its not really that big of a radius, I use polygon mode

[Netduma Fraser]

Can you provide a full page screenshot of the Geo-Filter page please?

[gearsniper550]

[Netduma Fraser]

Thanks for that, try this:

1. Quit the application/game/client completely
2. Remove device from the Geo-Filter
3. Give PC PlayStation Device Type in the Device Manager
4. Resync from the Geo-Filter Map menu
5. Re-add the device to the Geo-Filter with the manual option
6. Set up the Geo-Filter how you like
7. Wait 2 minutes
8. Boot up application/game/client

Then see if it works better.

[gearsniper550]

i have it already a playstation device

[Netduma Fraser]

You can just skip that step and continue with the other steps

[gearsniper550]

when were searching for a game do i have to be host or will it give me the lowest ping even if im in their party

[Netduma Liam]

12 hours ago, gearsniper550 said:

when were searching for a game do i have to be host or will it give me the lowest ping even if im in their party

You need to be the host and initiate the search, they'll then join whichever server you get put on.