I have came to the conclusion that its just not going to work. My friend can connect fine to the server and I can too if I switch to the same network as my server computer but not through my dynamic ip which this is the only dedicated server software I have ever had trouble connecting to from my dynamic ip I can connect to valheim, minecraft, dayz, and a host of other games. I even tried the "FASTER" tool to create one...turned battleye off no mods at all totally vanilla. Its not a huge dealbreaker to switch to my dedicated ip router to play its just I prefer to use that ip just for my server cause I know ill forget it and leave my dedicated IP all over the internet lol