"Failed to connect to front server"

[Bloo.]

Before you log in click options>video>Rendering System
If OpenGL is hi-lited then click the other one(can never remember it's name. It starts with a d, directX or something like that). If (that d on) is hi-lited then click OpenGL. You may just have to change the rendering system. If that doesn't work then check your particle files for anything ending with _0 or _1 and delete it.

[JemGoldenfur]

Bump, really hoping a Mod helps me at some point

[Bloo.]

You don't NEED mod, we are all posting possible solutions, try them out, we are all giving up some time to try and figure this out.