Cannot click "Start Game"

70 votes

Unable to click start game after all players are ready

Done bug Suggested by: michelle (17 May, '20) • Upvoted: 09 Oct, '23 • Comments: 32

Comments: 32

15 May, '20
Chris Merged
I was online tonight, saw people chatting about it in the game and in Discord, tried to replicate the issues with bot games and new games ... I didn't see anything going on. Perhaps the server logs will help.
16 May, '20
ICatanEven Merged
I'm having this issue too. Have rebooted, logged in on multiple browsers, reset internet connection... nothing. Every time I click start game, I get disconnected and kicked to the lobby. Browser, being/not being host doesn't seem to matter. When I try to rejoin, it tells me the room no longer exists.
17 May, '20
GaryC Merged
After paying to upgrade, I hosted a 5 player game. 3 other players and myself were able to tick I'm ready, however a 5th player could not. The 5th player had played previously from the same browser and computer. Whenever they tried to click I'm ready there was an error saying invalid username. The initial username was the same as used previously and this was changed multiple times to try and get it to work. The computer was a Mac and both safari and chrome browsers were tried. The user logged ba
18 May, '20
Ted
Same problem
18 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"Game not starting" (suggested by Campo on 2020-05-17), including upvotes (4) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
18 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"Game disconnects me every time a game starts with me in the lobby" (suggested by Tobias Otting on 2020-05-15), including upvotes (2) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
18 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"Website is down" (suggested by Tooba on 2020-05-15), including upvotes (3) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
18 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"starting game" (suggested by thomas on 2020-05-05), including upvotes (4) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
18 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
Are you all using VPN?
18 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
Are cookies enabled or disabled?
19 May, '20
Sasha Wilde Admin
"BUG: clicking start game doesn't start the game" (suggested by Mbres on 2020-05-18), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
19 May, '20
Paul
on a VPN getting same issues as above! Weren't having issues on same VPN prior to May 14 release... but might have been a VPN change rather than a colonist patch...
21 May, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"Unable to start game" (suggested by sujit on 2020-05-19), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
21 May, '20
Cameron E
When I click "start game" the online, room, game, and lobby numbers reset to zero and the game will not start. Once I exit and try to reconnect it says the room no longer exists.
21 May, '20
Monica
Same problem. Had 5 players ready and each person tried to start a new game to see if it was an individual browser/systems issue but the game was unable to start each time. Online, room, game, and lobby numbers also reset to zero and room no longer exists when refreshing page.
21 May, '20
Sasha Wilde
IMPORTANT: If anyone is having this bug, can you please e-mail me at colonist.help@gmail.com with the below info? Will be superhelpful in figuring out what's causing this bug:

What country are you based in?
Are you using a VPN?
Do you have cookies disabled?
Do you have an adblocker on?
any other browser add ons that could be blocking cookies?

Any of these may be causing the issue. Let me know and we can troubleshoot from there.
23 May, '20
Rishab Merged
I am unable to start a new ame. When all players join in a new game and we click on start, it shows "internet connection has been broken" error and then shows "room does not exist"
23 May, '20
Ligin George Merged
I am also facing this issue. I set up a private game, other players join, all become ready. Then when I click 'Starr's nothing happens! This is so annoying!!
24 May, '20
Tom Merged
My friends and I are having the exact same problem!! Nobody can click "Start"
01 Jun, '20
Michael Merged
I'm getting the same error as well. Both myself and my friend are paid supporters and have not been able to start games. We have tried different browsers, different hosts and nothing has worked. Please fix!
11 Jun, '20
Austin Admin
"not able to start the game" (suggested by ambichetan on 2020-06-02), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
12 Jun, '20
Phil Merged
Start button doesnt work. Tried on Chrome and IE on three different computers. Its broke
12 Jun, '20
Chav Merged
I set up a multiplayer game with three other participants, everyone was able to enter the game but after everyone selected "ready" the start button was unresponsive.

I tried clearing my cache, quitting my browser, logging out of colonist.io and changing my username.
We also tried setting the game up on multiple browsers.

The other three players also tried setting up the game and inviting the others, no one was able to get the start button to work.
12 Jun, '20
Bonns Merged
I create a game lobby, invite my friends (4-5 players), we all ready up, I hit 'start game'... and suddenly the game says my internet connection has dropped and 'the room no longer exists'. I can't play anything and I specifically bought the 5 player pass!
17 Jun, '20
Benjamin Merged
THE COLONIST GAME HAS STOPPED, THE "START GAME" OPTION CANNOT BE PRESSED
24 Jun, '20
Esqarrouth Admin Merged
"All games don't start?" (suggested by Bonns on 2020-06-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
24 Jun, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"THE COLONIST GAME HAS STOPPED, THE "START GAME" OPTION CANNOT BE PRESSED" (suggested by Benjamin on 2020-06-17), including upvotes (2) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.
24 Jun, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"Unable to start a new game" (suggested by Rishab on 2020-05-23), including upvotes (7) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.
24 Jun, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
"Start button is broken" (suggested by Phil on 2020-06-12), including upvotes (5) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
24 Jun, '20
Esqarrouth Admin
Done in v84, thanks!
25 Jun, '20
Sujit
So for me it was a VPN issue. I was trying to log in using my official laptop to play which was running a VPN. As soon as i shifted to my mobile phone, the issue stopped.
21 Aug, '20
IwannaRock Admin
"Problem with ticking "I'm ready"" (suggested by GaryC on 2020-05-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.