Red dead redemption AND GTA IV are having the same problem. HELP

[outrightlocket3]

i am personally a big fan of rockstar games, i love them. and i have loved playing both GTA IV and red dead redemption. red dead is my all time fav because of the multiplayer. but for awhile now i have been having the same issue with both of these games. when trying to get onto multiplayer it would come up and say something along the lines of "you have lost connection with the other player's, returning you to free roam" and then its just a cycle of loading, then that same message coming up.

can anyone PLEASE help me. i am one prestige away from max, i love these games and am needing help majorly

[aFinn]

What is your NAT setting? If it's NAT3 it's too strict to play with others.

For RedDeadRedemption, sometimes this behaviour can occur if your game options file is corrupted, so you can try deleting that and try again. Just to make sure, don't delete your multiplayer save, but the game options file, it is separate.

[outrightlocket3]

the NAT settings are open. always have been. i have had issues with them around a year ago but i have gotten them all fixed. and i shall try this. BTW its on xbox if that changes anything

[aFinn]

Ok, I'm on PS3 so I don't know if the xbox has the game options file named the same.
But in the past deleting that corrupted file helped people when it was a neverending loading circle, so hopefully it will help.

[outrightlocket3]

alrighty. that did not work at all. thank you anyway, but it did not work

[Casteyn]

I know this sounds obvious, but did you try to reset your router?