Branan mentioned in another post that there is a build taking place tonight....is the fix for the lockup at "checking for patcher update" a part of the recipe?
Somebody didn't test their code before checking it in, and it introduced a couple of bugs.
Oh, this sounds very familiar in my ears !
... and so I close realising that perhaps ... the ending ... has not yet been written. returned to the cavern as MOULa KI#10215645 Ovaron / Gehn Shard KI#582269 Ovaron2