Bug #47

Game Lobby Creation Loops When Offline

Status:	Open
Priority:	Critical
Added by:	liokindy on February 22, '26
Assigned to:	Unassigned
Due date:
Reported for:	SFD 1.5.0
Fixed In Release:	Not set

Steps to Reproduce

1. Become offline from Steam or by not having internet.
2. Go to "CREATE GAME"
3. Choose "Public" or "Private"
4. Create the game
5. The chat is flooded with "Starting the server takes a long time... waiting" messages

Explanation

"Public" game type is not hidden if SFD is ran on Steam's offline mode/without internet compared to SFD 1.4.2.

Both "Public" and "Private" cause an endless loop of SFD trying to create lobby.

SFD does recognise being offline and displays "Offline" above the version label rather than to "Online as [UserName]"

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