From 8cec96270b2afea0144eb43d0d59957ec84487bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Angen <angen@wildfiregames.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:19:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't create thread on failed connection

Differential revision: D4545
Fixes: #6442

This was SVN commit r26649.
---
 source/network/NetClient.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/network/NetClient.cpp b/source/network/NetClient.cpp
index b14e4eb7a9..a9541fcf1e 100644
--- a/source/network/NetClient.cpp
+++ b/source/network/NetClient.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2021 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
  * This file is part of 0 A.D.
  *
  * 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ bool CNetClient::SetupConnection(ENetHost* enetClient)
 	CNetClientSession* session = new CNetClientSession(*this);
 	bool ok = session->Connect(m_ServerAddress, m_ServerPort, enetClient);
 	SetAndOwnSession(session);
-	m_PollingThread = std::thread(Threading::HandleExceptions<CNetClientSession::RunNetLoop>::Wrapper, m_Session);
+	if (ok)
+		m_PollingThread = std::thread(Threading::HandleExceptions<CNetClientSession::RunNetLoop>::Wrapper, m_Session);
 	return ok;
 }