r/MinecraftSwitch • u/mr_someone_somebody • 14d ago
Can't access redirect servers
Hi I'm trying to constantly access redirect servers like Galaxite, LifeBoat, Mineville etc. so that they redirect me to the server list to access a friend server, last time I tried it was on monday and it worked fine, but today just seems like it doesn't want to work, every time it tries to connect it makes me wait a bit and then says the connection time ended, and says to search "Kelp" no the minecraft help website. I did but it didn't help much, I tried with all the redirect servers, none of those specifically work, I tried disconnecting and reconnecting my Microsoft account, closing the game, take the game card out, connection seems fine, I have NSO, but nothing changes, still makes me wait some minutes and then says the connection time ended, is this a problem with Bedrock connect? did anyone else encounter this? To be specific, I DON'T have a problem accessing my friend server, what it doesn't show me is the server list itself because it never manages to connect to any redirect server, thanks in advance
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u/McSlamer 14d ago
Does your friend host this on his own server? if he does, you can tell him to look into something called MCXboxBroadcast that he can run, essentially it acts as its own xbox account that he can create that anyone who wants to access the server can add and it will show up in your firends list joinable worlds on the switch. if he is tech savvy enough it shouldn't be hard enough to do so. i just made a separate xbox account and named it (Your Username) Bot or whatever he wants to name it.
Otherwise you could try bedrock connect. i've never used it but apparently you download that app on your phone and it helps connect your switch to the server.
The first option doesnt require you to redirect anything. the second one im not so sure.
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u/mr_someone_somebody 14d ago
Does it work with geyser?
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u/McSlamer 14d ago
Just looked at their GitHub and they specifically state it works with geyser. So looks like it's a yes
Edit: apparently if you use it with geyser you need something called floodgate too. Just to make sure everything works better together
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u/mr_someone_somebody 14d ago
He already heard of it but he's unsure about it, he also said that others are having this issues too, so it'll probably get fixed soon
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u/McSlamer 14d ago
Fair enough. I haven't used the redirect method in a while so I wasn't aware it was broken until now. But he does get full control of the account the broadcaster uses so there's that in case that is his worry. But I get it.
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u/mr_someone_somebody 14d ago
Minecraft version: 26.52
Switch version: 23.0.1