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Original story (published on June 10, 2021) follows:
Chivalry 2 came out pretty recently on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows.
The multiplayer action game is gaining a lot of popularity, however, some issues have been spoiling the user experience.
Multiple reports suggest that the Chivalry 2 cross-platform/cross-generation feature known as party or invite system is not working.
This is further preventing those on different platforms or even different console generations to play Chivalry 2 together as the said functionality is currently not enabled in the stable release.
It seems that the game developer, Torn Banner Studios, is working to bring the cross-platform/cross-generation party or invite system in upcoming updates.
However, it is unclear how long it will take to fix the issue where the Chivalry 2 party or invite system is not working.
Apart from that, players have also been reporting about the missing Special Edition or pre-order items/currency glitch.
This issue has also been acknowledged officially but similar to the previous issue, no ETA for a fix has been provided.
Since Chivalry 2 came out quite recently, it is only natural for some bugs and issues to occur as long as they are being taken care of.
The Chivalry 2 team is also aware of an issue where the Matchmaking/Quick Play options are not working along with login issues.
However, it is still good to see that all the said issues have been acknowledged and are being looked into.
Hopefully, Torn Banner Studios addresses all major issues with Chivalry 2 so that users can play the game without any hassle.
That said, we will report back with more details as and when we get new information to share so stay tuned.
Update 1 (June 11)
The developers have acknowledged a bunch of bugs and issues in Chivalry 2 post the official launch and are actively working to iron out these issues according to the official blog post.
Here’s a list of the bugs and issues that the team is currently aware of:
Apart from that, the team has confirmed that Xbox cross-generation party support is live and PS4 – PS5 cross-gen support is on their immediate to-do list.
However, cross-play support may still be far off as the feature is still being evaluated by the team.
Update 2 (June 12)
The Chivalry 2 team has now also acknowledged the glitch that continuously awards in-game currency to people who have purchased the Special Edition version of Chivalry 2 on consoles and are working on resolving it.
The team will be making backend changes and will remove all the extra currency rewarded to players due to the glitch. In case players spent more than they were supposed to get, the value will be zeroed out rather than going into a negative value.
Further, players who made purchases with this over-awarded currency will retain ownership of those items and they will not be revoked. Apart from that, the team has confirmed that missing Special Edition perks should now be properly sent out.
In case you’re still missing the Special Edition perks, then you should fill up this form so that the team can look into the matter.
Update 3 (June 14)
Incoming are a few workarounds for the Matchmaking glitch that you can try hands-on. Firstly, while automatic matchmaking is broken, one can manually choose a server and play on it. Here’s how this can be done on PC:
Select the Server Browser button on the main screen> You’ll see the list of available servers to play on> Filter out the servers that are full and those that are empty> Select any of the available servers and you should be able to play.
Secondly, you can play Offline practice (that allows playing versus bots) until the devs resolve the glitches. And lastly, a fix for consoles is to disable crossplay (Settings> Select the game tab in the settings> Scroll all the way down to the bottom to the crossplay option and disable it.
Update 4 (June 15)
Regarding the matchmaking issues faced by some, trying different modes is what appears to be helping some users, so you can give it a try. Apart from that, using the PS4 version on your PS5 is another trick that should help.
Here’s what Torn Banner says:
Additionally, while cross-platform parties aren’t in the game, as of now, they’ll be added soon. Also there ain’t any info regarding the broken party invited as yet. A lot of other known issues have also been disclosed (head here for the details).
**TIP from Torn banner:**While we work to resolve our Chivalry 2 launch matchmaking issues, we are getting reports that some players are having more success by trying different modes if the current mode they are trying to matchmake on is unsuccessful.
Use the ps4 version of the game on your ps5. When you bought it you got both versions.
Update 5 (June 16)
The issue where the Special Edition items are missing is still being investigated but an official workaround is to install the PS4 version of Chivalry 2 and logging in. Doing so will add the Special Edition items to the account and players can revert to the PS5 version afterwards.
Update 6 (June 17)
The developers of the game have shared their take on cross-party while responding to a user-query. Here’s what they say:
Additionally, the Trello issue board includes the ‘Party invite issues’ in patch 1, so the players can expect a solution soon.
Update 7 (June 18)
One of our readers has offered up an excellent overview of the situation. Here’s what they have to say:
Many thanks for sharing the information, Chris Pateridis!
Update 8 (June 19)
Chivalry 2 Trello board has now been updated saying the patch 2 will be coming by June end or July beginning and will bring friends on other platforms.
Additionally, PS4 to PS5 cross-gen Party support is also being worked on, but there is no ETA for arrival as yet. Following are the details:
Phase 2 (imminent): We are working to provide immediate solutions for you to play Chivalry 2 with friends on other platforms. – A console Server Browser will arrive with Patch 2 (ETA: Late June or early July). Players on different platforms will be able to find and join the same server together, but not by using a Party system. – Further improvements to the Server Browser will come in the planned Content Update 1 and future updates. Players on consoles will have better filtering and server search options.
Phase 4 (timeline unknown): We know that players are frustrated by the lack of cross-platform Parties and we hear your concerns. Cross-platform Parties were not a planned feature for launch. – The implementation of full cross-platform Parties is still being evaluated before any further details can be provided. This cannot be resolved immediately. We hope to give transparent updates to the community whenever possible.
Update 9 (June 21)
Going by the information coming from Chivalry 2, for those of you encountering matchmaking failed errors, restarting the game may help.
Update 10 (June 25)
Chivalry 2 has now shared about the upcoming update, which is expected to bring along some bug fixes and improvements.
Update 11 (June 26)
The Chivalry 2 team has shared an update on the missing Special Edition or pre-order items/currency glitch via Twitter and has also confirmed that once this issue is resolved, the items will be granted automatically to those who are missing them.
Update 12 (June 29)
Chivalry 2 has shared the patch notes for the upcoming update (version 2.0.1, scheduled for later this week) which includes a lot of bug fixes. Here’s what teh patch notes say regarding parties:
The patchnotes go on talking about other elemnts too.
Update 13 (June 30)
The Chivalry team has confirmed that the update will go live for all platforms simultaneously meaning that players on all platforms will get all the sweet new bug fixes and improvements together.
Update 14 (July 03)
According to Chivalry 2 support, the update version 2.0.1 release has been delayed due to unexpected roadblocks. Also, it is unclear how long it will take for the said update to come out.
Update 15 (July 08)
A Reddit community mod has now given users a status update regarding party with friends. Here’s what they say:
The game is fine for playing on your own in big team objective maps.
Update 16 (July 09)
Incoming is the latest status update from Chivalry 2 regarding the Special Edition and Pre-order perks. Here’s what they shared regarding the matter in a series of tweets:
You can choose the Game Version to install by hitting Options on the App Tile > Press App Version > Select PS4 from the menu.
We thank you in advance for your patience and understanding.
Update 17 (July 10)
While the party system issue may take time to get fixed officially, one Redditor claimed that launching the Epic Launcher in admin mode resolved the glitch for them.
We fixed the problem by launching the Epic Launcher in admin mode. (Source)
Update 18 (July 11)
The game director addressed the community talking about delayed patch release. This could be one of the reasons why fixing the party invite is also taking time.
They further added:
Some hopefully good info though: This patch has been ready for well over a month and we’ve had a series of launch complications across all platforms making for a perfect storm.
We’re backed up on both content and further patches because of this (in launching them, not in developing them), once we clear patch 1 all the backed up work will clear up and we’ll be able to rapidly deploy updates and get the backed up work out
We’re still gonna get a ton of content out for the game as we’ve committed to and the development pace on it is really good, this is really just an issue of locking down and launching the patch and not a development pace issue.
Update 19 (July 15)
Chivalry 2 has now come up with a post explaining the delay in patch 2.0.1, and here’s what they have to say:
Why we ran into issues: We previously mentioned that “we have hit some unexpected roadblocks” with releasing Chivalry 2 Patch 2.0.1 (the current ETA of the Chivalry 2 Patch 2.0.1 is set for July) but up until this point have not gone into much detail about what these roadblocks have been.
During a final round of QA verification, issues with matchmaking were discovered that required more robust testing for us to feel comfortable with the release of this update. The act of checking for issues, bugs, and verifying content (quality assurance) is something that occurs throughout the patching process.
While it was a difficult decision, we decided to not move forward with Patch 2.0.1 in that state, which meant we had to start from the beginning of the entire process again – fixing the issues presented, more closely combing through the build, and then entering the release check process once more.
At current, a hotfix cannot be prepared due to the complex nature of how these patches are worked on internally (also known as branches that separate builds live on). We already have internal builds for the next two patches that are being worked on, including things like more fixes and our new map, Galencourt. Pulling out specific changes from these builds is not feasible in terms of time, how much underlying code has changed between builds, QA work, and patch stability.
During the development process, games go through many phases of QA testing. These stages include individual systems being tested, to what is called “halo testing”—testing only around changed content and code—to full user path and “soak” testing where the entire game is checked over by QA in some fashion. At this early point in the game’s life cycle, most if not all of these aspects are part of the verification process, as skipping one comes with some inherent risk, as was seen in this update check. However, as the game stabilizes and matures, the team will be able to release more frequent updates to target specific issues as needed.
We very much appreciate your patience and support during this time, as we know it’s been frustrating waiting for the game to be updated. We want to assure you that we are committed to making the improvements that need to be made in order to set us into the right direction.
Update 20 (July 26)
Chivalry 2 has bagged yet another update that brings a bunch of new fixes and improvements, including a fix for the bug which prevented players from joining or getting into games as a party.
Unfortunately, the issue with party invites failing for friends on the Epic Games Store is still present along with the bug where only the party leader enters a game successfully.
Update 21 (August 06)
The Chivalry 2 team has confirmed that a fix for the Party system bugs and issues will be arriving very soon as they’ve added the “Imminent” label to the card on the official Trello board.
Update 22 (August 12)
The latest Chivalry 2: House Galencourt (2.1.0) update brings some massive changes including a bunch of fixes for various issues with parties and matchmaking. Here’s a snippet from the patch notes:
PC – Fixed a case where EGS Friends could not see each other as online and invites were not received – we are still investigating other cases. You can help speed this up by letting us know what region you (and your party) are in, network types (NAT restriction), and firewall/security software may be in use PC – Fixed an issue where multiple players could be the party leader, players accepting a party invite are no longer made into the party leader Console – Fixed an issue where a non-leader of the party could proceed through the gameplay menu Xbox – Fixed an issue with parties where a party leader leaving the party caused the remaining group to be unable to queue for a match PlayStation – Fixed an issue with parties where the party leader joining a new party caused group inconsistencies for all players in the group – Invites now indicate to the player that they will be sent to the main menu if accepted while playing in a match – Fixed an issue where merging parties could break the party
– Fixed an issue where players were not properly backfilling into servers, but instead starting up new servers – Fixed an issue where spamming A (Xbox) / X (PlayStation) through the Play screen would make you unable to search for matchmaking – If network connection is lost on the main menu but re-established, you can now proceed to gameplay as intended instead of being required to restart the game
Update 23 (August 20)
Despite the bugs and issues players encountered during the early days of the game, Chivalry 2 is still growing in popularity and the game has passed two million copies sold in only a matter of two months as per a fresh report.
Update 24 (September 11)
Even though the developers fixed a bunch of issues in the Chivalry 2: House Galencourt (2.1.0) update, it looks like some matchmaking issues still persist.
Recently, Chivalry 2 developers acknowledged matchmaking issues resulting in players getting high ping, low population in servers, and for some, the matchmaking process failed.
Torn Banner Studios said that they have temporarily disabled matchmaking for SA while they investigate the issue. Meanwhile, players in the region will be shifted to NA central NA or east.
We will update this once the developers give us more information so stay tuned.
Update 25 (September 14)
As per a recent report from Reddit, Torn Banner Studios is still working to fix multiple matchmaking issues and the SA region is still temporarily disabled to improve overall matchmaking in Chivalry 2.
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