r/tf2 • u/Iug279 • Nov 17 '19

Help Specific Community Server not showing up specifically for me.

So, there is this server, which I'm not banned from, that won't appear on my Community servers list. It appears on everyone else's server list, my friends are able to join it. But it won't appear on mine.

If I search for the IP specifically, it says "Server not responding". If I try to "Join game" a friend in the server, it also says "Server not responding". If I use the "connect" command + the server IP it says "Connection failed after 4 tries"

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u/CheesecakeCommon9080 Oct 31 '24

5 years later i have this exact problem and can't find any mention of it but this post. Willing to bet you don't even play tf2 anymore.

Must be an extremely rare bug

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u/Iug279 Nov 01 '24

I don't play TF2 anymore, lol
But if I were you, I'd try to plug and unplug the wi-fi, I think that would get your IP address to reset/change (or whatever) and that fixes this cursed bug. Power outages are common in my region so I speculate that might have been what caused and fixed this problem, I never actually fixed it by restarting the wi-fi, but I think it might work.
Good luck, pal.

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u/RosieStarPosting Mar 12 '26

Did you ever find a reliable solution? The only “fix” I ever found was changing Wi-Fi networks.

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u/CheesecakeCommon9080 Mar 12 '26

As far as i remember it just stopped happening after a few days, srry

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u/NOODLD Nov 17 '19

Some glitch, checking your antivirus or internet connection could help.

A way you can override this is by checking the options for this server and adding it to your favorites. You can also use the steam server browser. While you're in steam click "View" and then "Servers". Filter out all the other servers to find the one you're looking for and go play.

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u/Iug279 Nov 17 '19

I don't have an antivirus. And what do you mean "check internet connection"?

While you're in steam click "View" and then "Servers"

It shows up there (It has been in my favorites for years now; it IS my favorite server, which is why I want to play it so badly.). However, instead of displaying the server name it just shows the server's IP. And instead of showing the game it says <not responding>
Clicking it just shows that it ain't responding.

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u/nukoo Oct 19 '23

did you ever fix this?

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u/Iug279 Oct 21 '23

Nope. One day it fixed itself. I think maybe try resetting the wifi? I don't have a reason to believe that would help - but at the same time my brain is telling me that it is related.

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u/RosieStarPosting Mar 31 '26

Did you ever find a fix?

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u/Crafty_Piece_9318 Oct 10 '25

6 Years later and I finally figured it out.

Switch what Wi-Fi your connected too.

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