server error?

[Tacticalwalrus]

i tried starting a server i have the correct ip and port fowarding but my friend still cant connect to it. it is like the server isnt receiving and of the request and cant do any thing is you could please help me and tell me what is wrong i have tried every thing and i dont know what to do now. it isnt the softwear i dont think it is that i cant connect with the external ip but i can connect with the internal ip.

 

This is what is says when i start it 

 

F:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\ProjectZomboid>".\jre64\bin\java.exe" -Xms2048m

 -Xmx2048m -Djava.library.path=./ -cp lwjgl.jar;lwjgl_util.jar;sqlitejdbc-v056.j

ar;trove-3.0.3.jar;./ zombie.network.GameServer

Loading RakNet from: ./

SVN REVISION 964

versionNumber=Build 27.2 demo=false

server name is "servertest"

reading server options from "C:\Users\REDACTED\Zomboid\Server\servertest.ini"

user database "C:\Users\REDACTED\Zomboid\db\servertest.db"

Initialising Server Systems...

translator: language is EN

translator: failed to parse Recipes for language=EN

translator: failed to parse Items for language=EN

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ALARMS: 93/902 buildings have alarms

return code: 0

*** SERVER STARTED ****

server is listening on port 16261

 

[Connall]

So you can connect but your friend can't?

 

Okay so first off, double check that you port forwarded correctly, then triple check because this is usually the root of the problem most of the time. Make sure that you are giving him the external IP of your computer so that he's connecting to the correct machine (you can use something like this to find it out.)

 

Firewalls/Anti-virus software is known to cause issues with players connecting, AVG and Avast are some of the worst culprits for this, so make sure the issue is not there either.

 

You shouldn't be connecting via the external IP as that can cause issues, if the server is running off the same machine as you're playing on use ip "localhost" instead (obviously no quotes) this will ensure that you have a stable running of the game when connected to the server.