UI lockups

from Demigod Forums

When I click on Multiplayer then internet, the UI thread blocks everything(not always but sometimes).  If Impulse takes awhile to respond then the game is completely non-responsive.  Is this "as designed"?  Most games would pop a dialog up with a waiting for something to do something with a cancel button.  Or at least still process incoming windows messages. 

The multiplayer button is just an example of several other places where the UI thread hangs everything waiting on something.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Yeah, I have problems with the UI locking up, it's a recent issue too.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

I tried to reply to this yesterday but, SURPRISE SURPRISE the forums were slow as mud and looks like the post didnt take. SO lets see...UI lockups, forums crap out so you can't complain about it...awesome times.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

I think some of their servers are having trouble or doing updates from time to time.  All the more reason to handle the connection to them asynchronously with a cancel button.  Because if I get sick of waiting, I'd like to not have to force the application to quit.