unearthing the dead, but ran in this issue yesterday and spent 5 hours last night trying to figure out what it might be.

Another player was able to connect along with the server owner but I can't.
I am at the point where I ask Myself if it`s not OS related.

I am still running Win7 Ultimate x64
he's on Win 10 or 11.
We have went every possible venue
uninstalled /reinstalled the server
checked the integrity
uninstalled /reinstalled on My end

I still get the turning hammer and the black connecting screen to end up to a failed to connect homepage.