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So I got this game about 2 days ago and have decided I want to try multiplayer, so I have been trying to join other servers (I don't want to create my own) but every server I try and join the game says "Couldn't establish network communication with server". I have been looking up stuff about this but every thing I find that tells how to pass this gets to confusing and I don't know where to type commands or what to type. I need a full explination on how to bypass this please. I really want to play with other people online, Thanks!

If you play this with Steam. I would say that you are using version 0.12.29 (you can see version number if play in windowed mode).
as most of servers work with 0.12.30 version these days. And pay attention that does the server reguires some mods. (vanilla = no mods)

Hopefully that helped littlebit.