[2023] unable to access my game

What is the problem you are facing, any error messages?

I'll need more information about the problem to help you unfortunately, basically a detailed description of the problem and any appearing error messages. What did you do to get what when?

Originally posted by halmal242: I am having a similar issue with the Update 10 Playtest Solo. It says on the server crash log that an instance is already running and can't start a new one when I have no servers running.

That error appears when the port is used for any reason only. It doesn't even need to be a running server, it can be some other service using that port or a hung up instance of the server still in the task manager. Please also note that we do currently not support private servers on Update 10. The playtest branch is solely intended for playing on our official playtest server. Please keep in mind that changes on the playtest branch could break your savegame irrecoverably at any time.

A VPN shouldn't cause any crashes, it can prevent you from accessing the online services though, if the VPN is blocked by Cloudflare.