thank you so much, this is very helpful.
i will look into it to see if that fixes our issue.

i presumed our timeout / disconnect / desync issues are related to the crossplay network interface combined with a buildup of stacking errors caused by an older pc of one of the clients, no idea tho. the latest dedicated server is behaving very erraticly in our particular situation. IS there a way to launch the latest dedicated server without crossplay? if i remove the crossplay parameter from the launch options it will start but we cant connect.