If you’re like me and never got around to playing PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, then I have great news. The battle royale is now free-to-play across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. As expected, there is a substantial influx of both new and returning players, meaning the servers have been experiencing a couple complications. If you’re a player who hasn’t had much luck matchmaking due to the current state of the PUBG server, this guide can help by explaining how to fix the ‘modified access to the lobby is detected’ error.

Thousands of players have been playing PUBG during its first F2P day. As expected, the servers have been encountering issues trying to withhold the demand of so many users at once. A common error displays the following message: “Modified access to the lobby is detected. Please contact your PC cafe manager, web accelerator vendor, or network configuration administrator.” This message has been occurring to players randomly.

In order to fix the error, you can try the following:

• Press the Reconnect button a couple times
  
• Restart the game and try again from scratch
  
• Ultimately, just be patient

Yes, it’s an annoying error, but there isn’t much to do aside from mashing the Reconnect button, restarting PUBG a couple times on your PC or console, and just waiting until the servers are stable. We have seen this situation with many other online games during big releases, from Apex Legends to Destiny 2. While frustrating, the situation will likely be stabilized in due time.