how to fix the "Waiting for connection..."

[Cooky-CC]

solution :

to resolve "waiting for connection", just use a patched "Engine.dll" to play.
If you don't know how to patch, you can use my patched dll :
ttps:/mega.nz/file/lipQADAL#vUkYqG7GDWqc1EtFf3n5ist8Sh96JH_Ko6sUPddVsNs

why :

This game's timer read registry to override its calculated value based on CPU frequency.
It's OK for old CPU or desktop CPU, but not right for CPU that turbo frequency much higher than default max, for my 5500u, 4GHz to 2.1GHz almost twice.
wine write the maximum turbo frequency in registry, which make this game's timer not working right, windows players may also has this problem.
You can find it in engine source code :
https://github.com/Croteam-official/Serious-Engine/blob/master/Sources/Engine/Base/Timer.cpp

how :

use a hex editor replace the regkey string

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\CentralProcessor\\0\\~MHz"

with all hex zero in "Engine.dll"
then game will use its calculated value, and problem gone.

[thebuhaka]

OMG, thank you so much!
How did you come to this solution?

[Cooky-CC]

Originally posted by thebuhaka:

OMG, thank you so much!
How did you come to this solution?

Game engine is open sourced, search error text and log in source, and ... guess

[wbmiller3]

Many thanks, this worked for me as well.

[Jerkakame]

does this fix the desyncs?

[Cooky-CC]

Originally posted by Jerkakame:

does this fix the desyncs?

what is desyncs ?