# How to correctly create session with C++ **URL:** \ **Category:** Multiplayer & Networking\ **Tags:** unreal-engine, CPP, question\ **Created:** [January 26, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-correctly-create-session-with-c/2304807 "2025-01-26T21:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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Hello there @KKJMJ9! Let’s see what we can do here. Investigating around the community, similar issues to yours have been encountered in other threads, with different approaches for resolution. Please check the methods applied here, to see if they help your scenario: > [@Join Session does not work (Steam, Advanced sessions plugin)](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/join-session-does-not-work-steam-advanced-sessions-plugin/1873895): > > Hey all, it has come to this, asking for help haha. I have followed some tutorials to get started, and from there I have read all the docs I can find, but I just cannot get join session to work when using Advanced Session Plugin with the OnlineSubsystemSteam. Let me lay out what I have done so far. Advanced Session Plugin, downloaded from here, for unreal 5.3.2 (the version I am using) [https://vreue4.com/advanced-sessions-binaries](https://vreue4.com/advanced-sessions-binaries) Advanced sessions and Advanced Steam Session plugins are ena… > [@Help Needed: Online Session Joins are Timing Out](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/help-needed-online-session-joins-are-timing-out/1205733): > > I’ve setup my project, currently to use the Online Session subsystem NULL; just testing local online sessions until the project is further in development. This was working on UE 5.1 and since I’ve moved up to 5.2 now when attempting to join the session it times out. I’ve tried launching game instances outside of the editor (so not in PIE) and packaging a build to put on a second PC and whenever I attempt to join the joining session stalls out for a bit then resets. In the logs I’m seeing that t… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-to-correctly-create-session-with-c/2304807)._