Online Mode broken, fan-patch available? / FIXED!

[Zio]

So I just wanted to complete my achievements to 100% this game but the online mode is completely ♥♥♥♥ed up -.-
Green Hill zone Act 1 and 2 are playable but every time I try to go to any other level, the game crashes -.-

is there any fan patch/mod or something to fix that?

[MissMajeure]

There is no way that anyone would fix that problem. Everyone just forgot that mode was there in the pc version. If you want the online mode, play the console version

[Minka]

This can't be fixed, since it's a problem with SEGA's awful net code and the nature of it being a lazy console port.

[Zio]

The portation wasn't made by Sega, Devil's Detail did the port job and it's actually their fault.

[funewchie]

There are a few tricks to getting the Time Attacker achievement.

This guide may give you a few tips:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=148603227

I did manage to get the achievement myself, so it is possible. But I can tell you now: it'll be a struggle the whole way.

But, my advice is: Just keep trying.

For me, the game would tend to crash when my cursor was on Seaside Hill. So I had to learn how to avoid it when possible.
For the later levels, I moved the cursor up to the bottom of the list (Planet Wisp). For earlier levels, I just move the cursor down from Green Hill, as normal.

Sometimes, I could do one level before the game crashed; other times I could manage to do up to 4 levels at a time, before it crashed.

I did find that Act 2 stages were more likely to crash on the stage select, but if you are careful with what you select, you can minimize your chances of a crash.

The important thing to note is: The crash only happens on the stage select Once you start a level, you'll be fine.

Also, don't worry about your time attack score not showing on stage select. Believe me - your time is there, and counts for the achievement. All you have to do is play each level (both acts) one time, and the achievement will be yours.

I hope you can make it, Kael.

[Zio]

Thanks funewchie, I've lost count of how often and how long I've tried, but it didn't work. I DID find a way to fix it though. I went over to properties and let it validate the game files...apparently one was missing, it said it'd download it but it didn't so I restarted steam. Then it downloaded the file and now it's working properly.