Problem with hosting custom games

[lotrein]

Hello HiveWorkshop.
Today I've revisited the WC3 custom games after a long break, encountered a problem of being unable to host games, quickly resolved it in forwarding the old 6112 port. Played a game with my friend and we decided that we need more people to play with. We've played with another guy (3 players in total) and decided to switch maps after a while.

When we've tried to start a new map (Gaias Retaliation) it appeared that we can't play together - one of my friends was getting kicked out after the loading screen, leaving only 2 of us ingame. I've tried several versions of this map and everything stayed the same - 1 player kicked, 2 remained.

Then I tried hosting other map... with the same results. What causes this? And is there a solution?

TL;DR When I tried to play with my 2 buds some rpg maps, 1 of my friends was getting kicked after loading screen. Soulutions?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Shorten the map file name. Get everyone to reinstall WC3 and updated to latest version.

 

[lotrein]

Does it really help? It's not that we can't play together at all. If it's just two of us then we're ok, when we try playing 3p, 1 of them is getting kicked, randomly.

 

[Zwiebelchen]

Does everyone play on texture settings on high?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Are they all using Windows version of WC3? The MAC one is more prone to fatal errors.