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EDIT: This was written about the problem of not being able to connect to certain players over XBL, and due to a strange happenstance Castle Crashers wound up having completely different issues with the online. So if you can't connect with specific people in ANY game or through voice chat, give these suggestions a try.

Whooo! Castle Crashers is finally here! Time to totally crash some castles and stuff! But sadly, you might be one of the people who are having a difficult time getting a game going with certain players. Are messages going through fine, but you can't get voice chat to work and get "This Game Is No Longer Available" whenever you try to join a game?

For those of you having trouble connecting to another player over Xbox Live, here's a few things for both of you to try that might help:

- Upgrade your router's firmware. Do it now bitch.

- Make sure your NAT status is open. You can find this on the Network Settings section of the Dashboard. If it's set to moderate or strict, you're probably going to have problems. You can usually fix this by making certain the following ports are open on your router: 88 (UDP), 3074 (UDP), 3074 (TCP). If you're paranoid about security, set your 360 to a static IP and open the ports only for that address.

If you don't know how to do any of this stuff, RTFM or call your router manufacturer's support line. They should be able to walk you through it.

My brother and I weren't able to connect through voice chat or join each other's games for quite a while; we finally fixed the problem by going through all of these steps. Since then, everything has been gravy.

This link will hopefully help you get things set up, if not there's plenty of other information out there available through the Google. Here's a TL;DR explanation about NAT shapes and some other shit. Whatever, I'm going to play some more Castle Crashers now.
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I was having problems staying connected with another friend last night when I played. We'd play for awhile then all of a sudden we'd lose connection.
Me and Zombutler played for almost an hour this morning online. It was only when I tried playing with some European players that I kept getting dropped. Like three or four times, dropped.
Nice one mate!
we've learned that if you're in the dorms and don't have much control over your network that sometimes just giving your xbox a host name will fix some problems.
oh, and make sure your school tech/network dudes have your xbox's mac address.
I have no idea what you just said there...
hardwire ftw?
"DD-WRT"
Google it
Also, forget what I typed earlier. I found out he was downloading massive files on his PC. So uh, yeah, that would definitely be the reason for fail. Well, and the files he just happened to be downloading were WoW related, lol.

OOF! :O
There also seem to be some issues between US and EU people, I hope it's just their router settings though.
Open NAT is extremely important
I'm nearly positive most of this is the game's fault. I haven't been able to get a working connection with anyone other than Linde all morning, and I can't even see most custom game lists 99% of the time, and it constantly freezes (and I know of others who had the same problems). The game is just buggy as shit.
I've played a few matches online just fine. Make sure your NAT is open, and set your box to use the DMZ if necessary. Certain routers are better for open NATs but most should have the DMZ option.
I'm leaning toward Anthony's assesment of the situation. I think iv'e finally set things up right with my router, but I'm getting the same results . . .

@Mxy

With those ports, is that with regards to the firewall? Are these "trigger" ports?
I'm pretty sure it's primarily the game's fault. After all, nothing else gives me this problem. Since the game only just came out, it likely just needs a patch. (HEAR THAT, DAN PALADIN? ILOVEYOU.) Me, Pew, and a few others were able to play quite a bit, but eventually the game would just drop out.

Also, you best be gettin' on tonight.
I've got my NAT set to open, I still get booted from games repeatedly. I've lost a lot of experience and nice items because of this. D:

The people I play with also have the NATs listed as open but get booted too. I'm willing to bet there's some kind of bug, hopefully it will get fixed.

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