join game button is gone

omer543 · **Author**

Hey,
I own 3 csgo servers and on all of them, no one can join via friends the "join game" button just gone How I can fix that? (they can join via the web and ip)

**DarkDeviL** · 06-09-2019 , 07:36 Re: join game button is gone

It has been like that for at least the past 4+ years, and there is nothing you can do from your end to fix it:

Each individual player needs to set "cl_join_advertise" to "2" in their game clients, then the Join Game button will return on them.

So unless you have the chance of getting 100% of your players to make that setting in their game clients, you won't get 100% coverage of the "Join Game" button.

omer543 · 06-09-2019 , 08:06 Re: join game button is gone

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Originally Posted by DarkDeviL

It has been like that for at least the past 4+ years, and there is nothing you can do from your end to fix it:

Each individual player needs to set "cl_join_advertise" to "2" in their game clients, then the Join Game button will return on them.

So unless you have the chance of getting 100% of your players to make that setting in their game clients, you won't get 100% coverage of the "Join Game" button.

I see, so how to other servers I am able to join via my friends? he doesn't even know what is that cl_join_advertise

**DarkDeviL** · 06-09-2019 , 08:12 Re: join game button is gone

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Originally Posted by omer543

I see, so how to other servers I am able to join via my friends? he doesn't even know what is that cl_join_advertise

He (or someone with access to his PC) have set it sometime, if you're able to join him in community servers (e.g. not Valve's official servers).

The default value (1) should only let you join him when he is playing on Valve's official servers, not community servers.