BroskyBro 21 Posted February 16, 2015 Last 12 servers I've tried to join "wait for host" *stays on that screen* am I supposed to press something to start the game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilgrim* 3514 Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) nope - you just have to wait A clue is this - after say 30 seconds waiting, press 'Escape' - if you see the game in front of you (trees, walls, grass, whatever), with the option box |the "continue, leave, etc" box] that means you will soon be in the game, the server is getting you set in place. So press Escape again to bring you back to the 'wait for server' screen - now you know you will get in the server soon. But if you wait the first 30 secs then press Escape and the server is NOT setting you up to play, you are automatically dropped out of "wait" and you come back to the Server List. So now you know you're getting nowhere and you have to find another server. This is good to know - it saves time - because sometimes it happens that you can wait forever with the 'wait for server' message, but never get in. Mainly it it only takes a few seconds or up to maybe a minute.... so this is how to check if you will really be loaded into the game or not. Give it time, and if it seems to long, try "Escape"; Works for me. xx pilgrim Edited February 16, 2015 by pilgrim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eno 1049 Posted February 16, 2015 All that he said and I'll add a bit too. I've found if I'm stuck on "wait for host" that if I do end up going back to the server list, if my history is showing that there are people in the server (even after I refresh) but the internet tab shows that the room is empty- at the same time... The server has likely crashed. I know some servers in particular are not monitored and the server will remain in a crashed condition until the next scheduled reset... which can be between 2-4 hours. If you know the server starts at noon and it's showing 14/50 at 1235 in "history / favourites" and 0/50 at 1235 in Internet- and the server resets every 4 hours... you may have 3 hours to wait. If you hit refresh and you see 0/30 (or 40-50) on both internet and history (or favourites) tab... and the top of the hour time (1400) then you probably just got caught in a reset cycle. Sometimes you'll see that time change slightly (from 1200 to 1400) as it resets to the designated time set by the server admins. These are things I've noticed in my time- I'm not expert but maybe that feedback will help. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
