How to Fix Connecting to Dota 2 Game Coordinator Error

How to Fix Connecting to Dota 2 Game Coordinator Error

Dota 2 Reborn is facing many problems including lags, bugs and now a days almost all Dota 2 Gamers are facing a new issue. When they start the game they receive an error “Connecting to Dota 2 Game Coordinator“. With this issue, users can not find any game normally and its like your Dota 2 has not connected to Dota 2 network.

So here are few tricks which can fix your “Connecting to Dota 2 Game Coordinator” issue. It is also possible that next time you launch Dota 2, you may face this issue again. 1st 2 methods are temporary solutions whereas method 3 is permanent solution. Right now if you think that there might be some fix by official Dota 2 developers, then you are wrong and you may need to wait for a long time to get a permanent solution from Steam + Valve.

Method 1

Follow these simple steps to get rid of Connecting to Dota 2 Game Coordinator issue.

1. Sign in to Steam and start Dota 2
2. If your Dota 2 Start with “Connecting to Dota 2 Game Coordinator” error, then click on “Play Dota 2” in bottom right corner and select “Practice with Bots” and in next option select “Solo”.
3. Now start your game and select any hero.
4. Now load and enter the game
5. Now come to main Dota 2 Screen by pressing Down button in top left corner while you are in game.
6. Disconnect the game by clicking on “Disconnect” button in bottom right corner.
7. Enjoy, your issue is solved now and you can search for normal game now 🙂

Method 2

Alternately you can also get rid of this issue by Going to Learn tab and then starting a Learn game in left most column. You will have to follow all steps from step #3 – 7.

If you do not understand anything given in above lines, then just watch this video below and I hope this issue is solved for you.

Method 3

This is a permanent solution

1. If Dota 2 and Steam are running, close it.

2. Right click Steam icon on your desktop and then click “Properties“

3. You will see “Target“and this address will be present there. “C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe“

4. Now at the end of this line, add space and “-tcp“. It will become like this.“C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe” -tcp

5. Click “Apply” then click “Ok“

6. Now launch Steam then start Dota 2 normally.

7. Your issue must be fixed by now 🙂

Method 4

This is a permanent solution

This may sound strange to you but its one of the best and permanent method to get rid of connecting to Dota 2 game coordinator error. Download this software WTFast for free. Run this software and then run your game and start feeling the difference. Annoying connecting to Dota 2 game coordinator error will be gone for ever. How ? This is a software specially developed for the sole purpose of reducing pings, lags and improving connection with game servers.

Credits : Thanks Krocodyle for sharing method 1 and Video Owner has rights for this video on Youtube for method 2 and Asia3CTech Admin for sharing method 3.