As you can easily understand, with single-player games you will almost never have problems associated with the Internet - this is only possible if you need network verification or certain game elements are located on the developer's servers. This strategy is now quite often used by game creators to protect their projects from pirated copying. However, multiplayer games are much more likely to bring with them problems related directly to the network. A great example here is the popular Dota 2 game, the whole point of which is in multiplayer mode. Accordingly, you will need to go online every time you want to play. However, at the same time, the "Search for Dot 2 Network" window may hang. What to do in this case? There can be several reasons, and each of them will be separately considered in this article.
Game update
The very first reason, which is also the most common, is the release of a new update for the game. It can cause certain problems with the game. So, you have the "Search for Dota 2 Network" window - what should I do if it stays that way for too long and the search is unlikely to ever end? First of all, you need to exit the game or minimize it, then go to the "DotA" page and read the latest news. It always says if there is a new version of the client that you need to download. Naturally, if you have an old version installed, the connection search will continue indefinitely, since the versions on the server and on your computer do not match, so the game does not start. This problem is solved quickly and painlessly - by downloading and installing the update. Once you do this, the problem will disappear. However, unfortunately, this is not the only possible option, and there are other reasons why the "Search for Dot 2 Network" window may hang. What to do in other cases?
Internet connection
Unfortunately, far from always the problem happens on the part of game servers or in the game itself. Everything can be much simpler - the poor performance of your Internet may cause your "Search for Dot 2 Network" window to freeze. What to do in this case? You need to first try to restart your Internet connection, as well as the router itself - perhaps this will fix the problem. At the same time, you can restart the Steam client in order to avoid a possible freeze in the future. If this does not help you, you must either wait until the connection normalizes, or contact the provider in order to understand why your Internet is not working or is functioning so bad that it does not allow you to join the game. Naturally, while there is no network connection, Dota 2 will not be available to you. You can only train on bots, but this is far from as exciting as fights with real people.
Change boot region
Experienced multiplayer players should be familiar with the word "ping" - this is the response time of the server, that is, the period of time during which the signal from your computer reaches the server, or rather, the time during which information is exchanged between your PC and the server. Naturally, the longer this time, the worse your game will work. And even if your problem is that there is no network connection, Dota 2 may still not work and hang on the window described above. The reason here may be too high ping. You can solve this problem by using the change of the boot region. Simply put, you will change the server from which game information will be loaded. If you install the server that is as close to your location as possible, then it is likely that ping will decrease significantly and you can enjoy the game without any problems. Now you know another reason why he writes "Network Search" "DotA 2". However, again this is not the last reason, so you should pay attention to others.
Change the connection port
Now it is worth considering the more rare causes of this problem. Perhaps the problem is not with the server itself or your internet connection. Difficulties may arise with the port through which you connect to the server. Under certain conditions, you cannot connect to the Dota2 network. Why it happens? The reasons for this may be quite a lot both on your part and on the server side, but it is better to immediately consider the solution, and not the reasons. You need to register the clientport command in the game launch parameters and specify a different port - this may well work.
Check cache integrity and reinstall
Another way to get rid of not only this problem, but also of many others is to check the integrity of the game cache, which is performed from the game menu in "Steam". The system will double-check all the files related to the game that are on your computer, compare them with how everything should be, and if it finds a discrepancy, it will restore the missing files. If this does not help, then you just have to try reinstalling the game.