Why does the multiplayer button in Minecraft PE change from on to off?

mathpanda · Nov 14, 2019

I just downloaded Minecraft about two weeks ago and I am trying to invite my friends to come to my world. When I go to the menu, I click on invite to game and chose my friends from the online list. When I click invite they don't get the invite. My friends
were able to invite me and it showed up and I was able to go into their worlds, but they never get my invitation. I have tried with multiple friends, I have tried to connect to the same Wifi as them, I have tried swiping up on Minecraft PE, and I have tried
re-downloading Minecraft. It is also updated to the latest update as for all of my friends. Why is it doing this? And also, sometimes when they are in Minecraft and I go to invite them, It shows all of my friends as being offline even though some are online.
Why is Minecraft acting so weird???

UPDATE: I figured out that when I go into the world settings and click on Multiplayer, it shows the multiplayer button on and it is on Friends of friends and the Open to LAN Players is also on. When I open my world and go into the settings, it shows the
multiplayer button being off and it's grayed out so I can't turn it on or off (which I know it's supposed to be grayed out in the setting while your in the world) and I'm not sure if that's why my invites don't send. I have also made sure that my game settings
are on Wifi and Cellular and it is set to use Cellular. Please help me!

:)

mathpanda

I live in the US and I have pretty fast cellular but I don't have home-wifi. My friends are not having the same problem and I have the same cellular speed as them.

OgreRha

Hey MathPanda,

That sucks sounds like your iOS device connection speed is too low hence the STRICT NAT Type - you cant change this by altering any settings and is simply because of your iOS internet connection - more speed = more dollars - so you get what you pay for -
I hope your in a Country that isn't AU because our mobile phone plans are the worst in global comparison ….

Nuff Said.

Your Pal

mathpanda

I am not able to change my NAT type on an iOS device.

REN AERO

Hi mathpanda

This occurs when your NAT type is “Strict”

Here is a link to learn more on it.

https://support.xbox.com/en-IN/xbox-one/networking/nat-error-solution

Happy Gaming

XBF Crystal P

Hi there mathpanda,

Thanks for reaching out here in Xbox Forums. I understand there is an issue with sending friend invites in-game on Minecraft PE. I recommend reaching out the
Minecraft support and Minecraft
Forum Support for further in-game assistance.

Give this a try and let us know the results.

Why does the multiplayer button in Minecraft PE change from on to off?