issues with servers not showing or showing as not responding.

As implied, a friend set up a server a day ago and only him and another friend can see and join. The server is up and as of this writing a friend is on said server. yet i cannot see or join the server (or any server for that matter as despite the count going up, no server are showing ..... at all)

Last time we played i direct connected just fine. but this time something has changed. does any have idea or simple workarounds for this matter? Seems like they broke something?
11:13 pm, September 21, 2022
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burn replied to issues with servers not showing or showing as not responding. September 21, 2022 @ 2:32:10 pm PDT

in steam, click "view" at the top of the window. click "servers". in this window, click ADD A SERVER. add the server IP and PORT. the port # should be 1 number higher than it actually is. for example

if the server you are trying to reach is 123.456.7.89 : 12345

you would add: 123.456.7.89 : 12346

add the server to your "favorites", and now u can join via this window.
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Moonravin replied to issues with servers not showing or showing as not responding. September 21, 2022 @ 3:03:08 pm PDT

I am sorry to report that this method has not worked. :(
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