Unable to join certain friends in games

Yo man

my NAT is OPEN, it just this friend that i can't join, i can join everybody else but him no. I need someone else to be a leader of the party or the game so i can join and play with the friend, i used to play regularly with him. i haven't changed nothing
and i am more than sure that he didn't. could this be a region problem ??? since i think he used to keep it as a German region ????

and BTW why do u care if i am playing with someone in the french region ??!?!?!?!?!?!

"Yo man, my NAT is OPEN".

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YO, MAN, I got that and I guarantee you that something has changed. It is a NAT issue. It's clear you aren't actually looking for help with a response like this, so enjoy not being able to play with them.

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I care about you playing with a French player because I choose to, but it doesn't matter anyway. With a response like yours you'll never play with them again.

Why the hell would you want to play with someone in France if you're in the US?

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It's a NAT problem, guarantee it. Some setting of yours, or theirs, is making your NAT less-than-perfectly-flexible. Unfortunately, I am not sure what it would be and there's no way to tell whether it's on your end or theirs.

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My advice would be that you check your modem/router's settings, research on NAT issues and go through every setting you can think of via your computer, seeing if anything helps the issue. If either of you have had obvious changes to your network, like a
router/modem swap, then that's something to look at.

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"we both have a really good connection".

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This is absolutely irrelevant.

Are you unable to join anyone's parties, or just certain friends? Try resetting your modem/router to factory defaults and set them back up, including NAT. Make sure these other friends do the same.

Hello DEANNE Jackson,

Greetings!



Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Based on the description, the child account cannot join online or multiplayer games due to an error. Let us check and see on what we can do to help resolve your concern in a timely manner.

As per your description, the child account wants to join the game and there is a prompt to change the online and privacy settings of the child account to be able to play online and multiplayer games. To change the online and privacy settings of the child account, the parent or organizer of Xbox Family settings app must sign in the account.xbox.com/settings and click on child profile to make changes. The child can only see the settings. The option to join multiplayer games must set to allow. See the steps and screenshot below: Note: highlighted in yellow must be set to allow.

• Log in to https://account.xbox.com/settings with the parent’s Microsoft account.
  
• Click the child account's profile.
  
• In the navigation tabs, click Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Windows 10 devices Online Safety
  
• Select Allow for You can create and join clubs, and You can join multiplayer games.
  
• Then click Submit
  

To enable chat for people not on the child's friends list:

In the table header:

1. Click Privacy
   
2. Select Others can communicate with voice, text, or invites.
   
3. Select Friends or Everyone then click Submit.
   

For reference, see:

• Manage app privacy settings on Xbox | Xbox Support
  
• Manage Xbox online safety and privacy settings | Xbox Support
  

We look forward to your response. Kindly let us know, if there is any misunderstanding or clarifications of our description by sending us a reply.



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