Can't LAN-play in same network since 1.2.1. Hotfix

[SinSeven]

Hello there everybody,

I have a problem. Yesterday, I was playing just fine with my wife and was enjoying 1.2.1 to its fullest.
Now, after the hotfix, my NORTON-Antivirus thing concluded that Grim Dawn is a bad program and wouldn’t let me play any LAN-related games. No games were shown in my LAN-tab.
After deactivating certain rules it would let me connect to another internet-host, but my LAN-tab is still empty. And we always play via LAN and have so for the last… dunno, like 6 years without any issue.

Please help. If you want any specifics, please let me now since I don’t know what kind of information I need to share in order for you to help me / us. Also, move this to another forum corner if the current one is not suited for that.

Thank you kindly,
SinSeven

PS: Please add an Acid Aether Ray.

[Gnomish_Inquisition]

whitelist/exclude grimdawn in its entirety in the Norton program

[SinSeven]

And how exactly do I do that, dearest sir? Can you give me a little… tour guide?

[dandels]

To the best of my knowledge Microsoft Defender is capable enough while causing less problems with intrusive behavior. My suggestion is to reconsider whether you even need a 3rd party antivirus.

[Gnomish_Inquisition]

i have absolutely no clue where in the Norton interface you’d do that
usually antivirus tools have either a global whitelist/exclusion list available in menu/settings or it’s under the X protection suite, ex firewall or filescan shield etc
if you’re not familiar with the interface/options of Norton you’d probably have to google where it’s located

[SinSeven]

For some odd and miraculous reason beyond my very comprehension - it works again.

What we did:

1. Exclude all Steam / Grim Dawn-Folders from Norton, just to be sure.
   1.1) Uninstall and reinstall Norton.
2. Run a full-repair on Grim Dawn
3. Check and re-check the cloud-saving from Grim Dawn, forcing it to search the cloud manually again
4. If Norton asks - always trust Grim Dawn (if the notification pops up in the right hand bottom corner)
5. Check and re-check the LAN-connection from Grim Dawn

Just for future reference, if someone has the same problem.