Lobby name stuck loading when creating one

[MarSmAa]

Versions

1.15.2

Severity

Major (feature broken)

Describe the bug

always loading in gray

To Reproduce

I followed the usual steps; it was working a week ago, but now it's not.

Reproducibility

Always

Expected behavior

that allows creating a game to play on a local network

Software Components

• Server
• Server certificate generator (genCert)
• Launcher
• Launcher tools (bin subfolder)
• Battle Server Manager

Games

• Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
• Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
• Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
• Age of Mythology: Retold

Operating System

Windows

OS Version

10

Linux Distribution

No response

OS Architecture

x86-64 (Intel, AMD, etc.)

Network environment

LAN

Number of players involved

2

Full logs

agent.txt
config-admin_flushCache.txt
config-admin_revert.txt
config_setup_hosts.txt
config-admin-agent.txt
config-admin_setup_cert.txt
config_setup_CA_store.txt
config_setup_CA_game.txt
launcher.txt
ipconfig_flushdns_flushCache.txt
ipconfig_flushdns_revert.txt
ipconfig_flushdns_setup.txt
config-admin_setup_hosts.txt

Launcher logs

server.txt
access_log.txt
communication_log.txt

Server logs

No response

Game logs

No response

Additional context

No response

Screenshots

ERROR.fw.png

Crash dumps

No response

[luskaner]

Hello @MarSmAa

It's working fine with the latest version and official launcher. So it looks like it might be a firewall issue? or maybe a Steam Emu issue? try setting it to unlock all dlcs or updating to the latest steam emu.

[MarSmAa]

Your answer fixed it, it works now, but I still have the problem that without internet the MULTIPLAYER button turns gray

[luskaner]

@MarSmAa have you properly added the FakeOnline.dll (age2 not the age3 one) and set it up in the emu?

[MarSmAa]

yes DllsToInjectFolder=extra_dlls

[MarSmAa]

The server gives this message when I'm on a local network without internet: No internet connectivity, some features will fallback gracefully.

[luskaner]

That message is totally normal, the server will continue to work (just some things are not posible without internet, but are not important).

If you followed my instructions exactly, the coldclientloader.ini specified the folder is 'dlls' not 'extra_dlls' and such folder is not inside steam_setting but outside ;)

[MarSmAa]

Something strange is happening. Everything works; I start the server, enter the game, the multiplayer button is active, and I can create and join games on both PCs on the local network, but with internet access.

Then I disconnect from the internet and am left playing alone on the local network, and it doesn't disconnect. I can continue playing and creating games, and the multiplayer button remains active, but without internet.

So it seems that internet access is required (in my case) the first time, but not after that. The server window displays this:

2026/08/22 21:53:09 http: proxy error: dial tcp 52.238.248.160:443: connectex: A socket operation was attempted on an unreachable network.

I have everything configured correctly, including the fake DLL.

[luskaner]

The error is likely because if started with internet, the server assumes it will always have internet but should not be much of an issue. Can you upload your emu, config, other files... etc (.zip) so I can test it exactly?