[2020] Upcoming DTLS Roll-Out!

Tenno!

We are testing some new network code out in our next PC Hotfix. Even though we’ve tested it extensively with volunteers on the Test Cluster we need more coverage!

The primary goal of these changes is to improve networking for Xbox players by replacing some proprietary network code; when these changes make it to Xbox they will enable our automatic proxy service that already helps players with Strict NAT and other network problems on other platforms (this is something we’ve wanted to get to Xbox players for a long time).

The added advantage of this new code is that it should be more secure and more robust on networks that corrupt network packets (we already defend against this to some degree but the new code is more thorough). This won’t make your ping any better but if something is mangling network packets we might be able to avoid it causing bugs in the game.

We’ll be monitoring the roll-out closely and will be able to disable quickly if we encounter problems. Please comment any related issues you have in this thread once the PC Hotfix is live - thanks!

12/1/2020 Status Update:

We're holding the DTLS changes back after a crucial bug discovered from internal testing was found.

Once we've exterminated the bug we'll circle back to launch these changes.

Thanks!

DTLS has rolled out with Hotfix 29.6.8!

Please provide any issues you experience in this thread.