Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (HD Ver. or not)

[Salair456]

So i am fairly new to this whole PPSSPP emulator and have recently encountered a few problems i can't figure out how to solve. So i am trying to play with my friend who also has MHP3rd and neither of us can get into the guild hall. My problem occurs when i press the o button to enter the online guild hall. When i try to go on, a message pops up and says than a connection error has occurred. It doesn't allow me to choose a hall to go in, it just sends me back to the entrance. My friend's problem is that he doesn't see the option to enter the online guild hall at all as in the queue to press 'o' to enter the online guild hall is just invisible or something despite both of us being at the same point of progression in the game. I am running the latest version of PPSSPP and so is my friend. Apologies if this question is in the wrong place to be posted and thanks in advance.

Edit: We are also using Evolve as the VPN
Edit: This is also the HD version of the game