Everytime i try downloading too many packs at the same time, the game gives me this connection error:
"Unable to connect to the world. Please check your internet connection and try again."
I've confirmed that it's not a hosting issue as my friends that already have the add-ons installed can join just fine; this is also not an issue with the packs themselves as this bug presents itself with pretty much any of them, even official marketplace ones. This occurs on both LAN and multiplayer connection, so it's not an issue with the servers either.. I suppose.
I haven't tested it thoroughly on PC as i believe this is only a problem on consoles (specifically PlayStation consoles) due to hardware limitations of course, and i have absolutely no idea about mobile. Can confirm that the packs DO NOT GET DOWNLOADED AT ALL, as the process restarts from scratch everytime i try to join.
Steps to reproduce:
Take as many packs (add-ons) as you can and put them all into a single world.
With a PS4/PS5 console, go to the friends tab and join the world that hosts all the different packs.
Upon joining you'll be asked to download the packs. Just accept it.
Expected results:
the packs should be able to download and you can then join the world.
Actual results:
the packs fail to download not even halfway in, basically rendering the world unaccessible to the public.
(NOTE: this can be avoided by simply downloading the add-ons one at a time, but that's besides the point. I don't want to break my packs down and remember the same exact order they were put in, as i have over 20 packs applied to my world and A LOT of copies in my storage that get mixed up with the most recent iterations.)
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MCPE-190780
Joining worlds that have packs added
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MCPE-190854
Multiplayer
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MCPE-191178
Multiplayer bug
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MCPE-195854
Unable to join friends modded world.
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This is specifically bothersome to me since i host a private server on my PC, and basically no one can join because of this damn bug. Obviously i can't just assist every single user by inviting them to burner worlds with only a few packs applied so that they can have them all installed one at a time, so something must be made.
Update: so i just tried the world on an official dedicated server and joined from my console through lan; as expected, the packs download just fine and at faster speeds as well when using a dedicated server, which probably means that this is an issue with bedrock's own official servers.
Seems like the issue is being tracked, as several other users have reported it thus making it community consensus; however, it's still not fixed. Any updates on the situation?
It's almost been a month, and not only has this not been fixed yet but also not verified (even though more than 8 users have reported the issue already, and 5 have even voted.) This is easily replicable, so i don't understand what's taking so long.
@[MCQA] Blawik Hi. I don't know why the website isn't letting me tag Jakublu, but I figured I'd respond anyways by tagging a different moderator even if it's been a while. I don't know what the packs in question were since the world wasn’t hosted by me, nor do I know on what platform It was hosted on; what I do know however, is that it was probably the windows edition since you can't really create a world with third-party add-ons on consoles, and on Mobile the world itself just wouldn't be able to support that many packs. I was playing on PS5 when I tried to join that world, but do keep in mind that this issue isn't caused by the packs themselves since even high quality marketplace content made precisely for consoles causes this. Again, this issue didn't occur when I tried to download the packs from a dedicated server hosted on my PC.
It's also been a while, so I don't know if the issue is still recurrent on the latest version. I haven't encountered it in a while, but mainly because all the packs I'm downloading now aren't that big in dimension.
I am having the same issue, my friends cant join my worlds even tho I only have one addon in(Tinkers Construct 17.1 MB). They get around 16 MB downloaded then crashes or loses connection. I am on xbox and my friends are on xbox and PC.
I have this same issue, joining people who are on mobile using sparks pets, and the free furniture add on. I'm on SX. It stops downloading the packs halfway and boots me out. Some people have issues joining me when I'm using certain packs and require players to download them to join