[Redwulf__32]

Thanks for your input.

I understand what you are saying about the uselessness of the red bars. I may not have been clear on what my question is. When you connect to a game in IL-2, the computer (client) waits to hear back from the other computer (server). That wait is a certain length of time. Is there a way to increase that time? Would it do anything to help if I am getting a timeout? Does the change have to be made to HL.ini, IL-2 client setup files or IL-2 server files?

Thanks.

Ok, I understand now.

No, I do not think there is any way you can increase the timeout limit in IL2 (it's not a HL issue). Hit Join to try again. Most likely the server is overloaded, quite a lot of data has to be downloaded from the host to all players joining - if he/she has limited uplink bandwidth, patience is the name of the game.

Hope this helps...