GTA V - online and EIS

[shicomm 3]

There was another topic about this but it was quite old and closed off , new try here.

 

I purchased gta-v thru the epic store and used it for a long time up to a couple of months before.

Since a new update came out i wanted to continue the game again.

Launched the epic store ; was able to install the update but then i got stuck.

After a long wait the game does launch but keeps on telling me that i'm offline.

 

I tried absolutely anything ; added firewall rules ( did not need to in the past.. ) , switched the firewall on/off , tried the gamer mode..  nothing fully works...

In some cases i can get a bit further in the processes but i'm totally unable to get the game to launch online.

Out of curiousity i tried de-installing EIS and voilla ; everything works like a charm...

 

I'm sure i've missed something but i'm totally unsure how and what.

Running windows 11 pro 22h2 fully up to date and the latest version of EIS.

[cyberhash 188]

Is there a rule to allow Rockstar Game Launcher web access ??


I not just run GTA , then alt-tab out of the game and go into SETUP > NETWORK PROTECTION . TROUBLESHOOTING WIZARD  and allow the access from there.

[itman 1,659]

This article notes ports and protocols used by GTA 5: https://www.nstec.com/what-firewall-ports-does-gta-5-use-win10/

[Marcos 5,071]

The OP wrote that he had tried switching the firewall off to no avail.  However, then ESET should not have any effect on network communication with the exception of http/https protocols.

Does actually temporarily uninstalling ESET make a difference? If not, the root cause of the issue must be elsewhere.

[Nightowl 202]

9 minutes ago, Marcos said:

The OP wrote that he had tried switching the firewall off to no avail.  However, then ESET should not have any effect on network communication with the exception of http/https protocols.

Does actually temporarily uninstalling ESET make a difference? If not, the root cause of the issue must be elsewhere.

He said that uninstalling fixed it,

I have a question on this matter Marcos if you please

If I have a rule block on example.exe , and then I shutdown the firewall , will that rule still apply and be blocked or it will pass normally since I shut down the firewall?

[Marcos 5,071]

1 minute ago, Nightowl said:

If I have a rule block on example.exe , and then I shutdown the firewall , will that rule still apply and be blocked or it will pass normally since I shut down the firewall?

If you pause or disable the firewall no rules will be applied whatsoever.

[Nightowl 202]

1 minute ago, Marcos said:

If you pause or disable the firewall no rules will be applied whatsoever.

I understand you,

Thanks for the explanation.

[shicomm 3]

Uninstalling EIS did fix the issue indeed so the issues must be with EIS...

What i just dont understand is that adding all executables and folders ( rock* social , rock* games launcher and the gtav folder ) to both firewall and HIPS doesnt fix this.

Something else must connect and get blocked but i cant find out what that is.

It could be the H2 update of win 11 that messed this up or one of the EIS updates , it used to work absolutely fine with no need to add rules or turn off protection.

 

[Nightowl 202]

Try as cyberhash suggested , when the game says you are offline , alt tab to Setup Protection in ESET and then Network Troubleshooting , see if you can find Rockstar launcher or GTA exe there being blocked.

[Marcos 5,071]

Does temporarily disabling HIPS and rebooting the machine make a difference?

[shicomm 3]

Will try that network troubleshooting thing later today , would make no sense since even disabling the firewall did not work.

Both adding all the folders to hips and disabling it did not work.

[Marcos 5,071]

1 minute ago, shicomm said:

 and disabling it did not work.

Just to make sure, did you reboot the machine afterwads?

What about disabling network protection in the advanced setup?

[shicomm 3]

Whenever you make changes to HIPS there is a prompt to reboot so i did so.

Again ; adding the folders to the exclusion of HIPS did not work either. 

 

Disabling network protection might work ; i'll also look into that later today.

[shicomm 3]

Update:

 

I have no idea how but after a couple of days the problem seems to have fixed itself.

After a couple of hickups with rock* social i got in while keeping eset running as usual.

The topic can be closed