Fix

src/Empostor.Server/Net/State/Game.State.cs

@@ -116,22 +116,13 @@ namespace Empostor.Server.Net.State
 
         private async ValueTask CheckLimboPlayers()
         {
-            foreach (var (_, player) in _players.Where(x => x.Value.Limbo == LimboStates.WaitingForHost))
+            var limboPlayers = _players.Where(x => x.Value.Limbo == LimboStates.WaitingForHost);
+            foreach (var (_, player) in limboPlayers)
             {
-                // Pull players out of limbo and start their spawn timeout so a failed
-                // spawn is not silently stuck. Clear any stale Character too, so the
-                // spawn timeout can actually fire (a leftover Character != null would
-                // skip the timeout and leave the player stuck).
-                // (The PR's HandleJoinGameNext approach would re-set WaitingForHost
-                // and leave the player stuck on the wait-for-host screen, so we keep
-                // the direct pull-out instead.)
-                player.Character = null;
-                player.InitializeSpawnTimeout();
-                using var message = MessageWriter.Get(MessageType.Reliable);
-                WriteJoinedGameMessage(message, true, player);
-                WriteAlterGameMessage(message, false, IsPublic);
-                player.Limbo = LimboStates.NotLimbo;
-                await SendToAsync(message, player.Client.Id);
+                // Pull the player out of limbo via HandleJoinGameNew (not
+                // HandleJoinGameNext, which re-sets WaitingForHost and would
+                // leave the player stuck on the wait-for-host screen).
+                await HandleJoinGameNew(player, false);
             }
         }
     }