Hello,
About three months ago, an issue with Conan Exiles suddenly appeared, and I’ve been unable to resolve it since. I want to clarify that this problem also occurs on a different PC connected to my home network, but it does not happen when I connect to a different network using my own PC. My current setup worked perfectly for years until this issue began. No hardware changes were made to my PC during that time.
The issue:
I can join any server without a problem, and I connect as quickly as always since I have a high-performance PC. Once in-game, however, nothing loads properly, or it takes 5-30 minutes. My character, buildings, and placeables take a long time to load, but they do eventually appear. Once everything loads, no updates occur. If I try to level up an attribute, it doesn’t update on my screen. Other players can see me moving, but I can’t see them move. For me, they stay in the position they were in when I first loaded in. It feels like there’s a single burst of network traffic when I first load in, and then again when I exit, but no data exchange in between. For example, if I upgrade an attribute, nothing happens immediately, but after relogging, I see that the upgrade took effect.
This issue arose without warning, as mentioned earlier.
Troubleshooting steps taken:
- Network reset
- Router reset (including factory reset)
- Complete Windows reinstallation from USB
- Driver updates
- Removed all Conan mods
- Tested on official servers
- Contacted my ISP to check for blocked ports
- Tried three different VPNs (two paid)
- Tested the game on a different PC
The only thing that works is changing my network to mobile data or using a different WiFi/LAN connection. It used to work fine on the same network and PC, but then it stopped out of nowhere. I haven’t been able to pinpoint this issue to any particular patch or update. No changes were made to my home network, and I’ve even bypassed the router and connected directly via LAN to the main line.
Clearly, something did change, but I’m at a loss for what that could be. Could this issue really be with Conan Exiles itself? I’m certain it’s not related to mods or my PC, and my network works perfectly with everything else, except Conan.
At this point, I’m stuck between thinking it’s either a network issue or something on Conan’s end, but I’m completely out of ideas. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!