Error in Dota 2: the connection to the network lasts forever ...

Errors in computer games - this is not the most pleasant moment of this entertainment. However, they have to face in one or another case, almost all gamers. Even if you play DotA - one of the most popular projects of our time, you are not immune from the fact that one day something will stop working for you. For example, you can take the error Dota 2 "Connecting to the network" - it faces a fairly large number of gamers. And here it is worth noting that such a mistake is received both by the players who first installed Dotu, as well as by experienced masters who have played more than a dozen matches, respectively, launching the game so many times before. So, what do you do if you come across such a situation? You turn on the game, try to connect to the server, but the only thing you get is an endless connection to the network. What are your actions?

Client update

If you go into the game and try to connect to the server, but you get only a screen with infinite downloads and a message "Dota 2: connecting to the network," then in this case you may have one of several problems that you should consider separately. The first thing you should check is the presence of updates for the game client. Do not forget that "Dota" is a game that is in constant development, it is always being improved, so it does not take a week without releasing some "patch" that corrects the balance or changes some other small thing. Therefore, look at the official website of the game, and if there is news about an available update - download it, because the above problem may arise because you are trying to connect to the server using an old client incompatible with the network game. However, the error "Dota 2: connection to the network" can be caused not only by the lack of updates.

Problem with Internet

If you get a screen with infinite downloads and the message "Dota 2: connect to the network", then there is a possibility that the problem completely arises on your part. This means that you can have problems with the Internet, with a computer, with the client "Steam".

You need to wait a while, restart the computer, reconnect "Steam", and then try to start the game again. It is possible that the problem will disappear by itself. But still the probability of this is not too great. Therefore, it is worth considering other ways of solving this problem.

Changing the boot region

Doty 2 servers are scattered around the world in such a way that every gamer can normally connect and play on the network without experiencing any discomfort. Therefore, if your Dota 2 characters are slow and buggy, the effects hang, or you can not join the server at all, as described above, then perhaps changing the server on which you are going to play will help you.

The matter is that for any unpleasant coincidence of circumstances "Steam" could define the download region for you too far from your location, therefore problems with connection to the server can not be avoided. You need to manually enter the game settings and change the region there to the one that corresponds to your location. And then the problem can disappear. Your characters Dota 2 will again move smoothly and will not hang, and those gamers who could not connect to the server at all, will finally be able to establish a working connection.

Change server access port

As you already understood, Russian Dota 2 will be best run on Russian servers, but the problem may be not in the server itself, but in the port through which you connect to this server. And if you can not join the game, then it's worth trying to change the port in the settings of DotA by setting it using the clientport command in the parameters of the game launch. You can change the port to any available one, until you select the one that works best for you. But more often than others, the port number is 27015, so start better with it.

Recover files and reinstall

All the above methods are designed to solve your problem with Dota 2. Running the game will be normal in most cases, but there is a possibility that no solution will work for you. Then you have to use extreme measures. First, check the integrity of the game cache. If something in the game files has deteriorated, "Steam" will perform the restoration and will prove the necessary files. If this did not work, try to force Steam to restore all the files yourself, turning off the program and deleting everything from the folder, except the root files. Once started, "Steam" will start the recovery of your client, and there is a chance that this will help you with your problem. If not - then there is only the reinstallation. First, the "DotA 2" itself, then the "Steam" client, and then the operating system, because you have no other choice. So it remains to be hoped that less radical solutions will help you.