Fails to load if tracker.shroudoftheavatar.com is unavailable

Reproduction Rate: 100%
Blocker: Yes

Details:
If tracker.shroudoftheavatar.com does not resolve or the loader can not connect to it, it will not download patches or start the game.

Reproduce:
For unavailable: Put "127.0.0.1 tracker.shroudoftheavatar.com" into the hosts file. Try to start the game
For unresolvable: Setup a DNS proxy (such as dnscrypt-proxy) and set it to block "tracker.*". Use this as the DNS server for the computer running SotA and try to start the game.

Expected behavior:
Loader downloads the latest patches and starts the game.

Actual behavior:
Loader stalls and continuously tries to resolve tracker.shroudoftheavatar.com. There does not seem to be any timeout or fallback on connecting to this host.

Suggested fix:
If it's non-essential, then have it timeout the connection.
If this connection is essential (I'm guessing it a BitTorrent Tracker), rename it to something not likely to be caught by privacy protection systems. Alternatively, have multiple names and have it fall through them. e.g. tracker.sota.com -> torrent.sota.com -> bt-trk.sota.com (although I'd personally just avoid tracker completely, it's overloaded).

User Specs: Windows 10, 64 Bit.

 

@psa, while it's true the launcher relies on that server, you do not need the launcher in order to start the game (unless there happens to be a mandatory patch; not all of them are mandatory). you can still run the game directly from the executable.