diff -r a6402b8c2b24 -r b70004a576a3 project_files/HedgewarsMobile/Classes/SDL_uikitappdelegate.m
--- a/project_files/HedgewarsMobile/Classes/SDL_uikitappdelegate.m	Thu Dec 16 15:26:19 2010 -0500
+++ b/project_files/HedgewarsMobile/Classes/SDL_uikitappdelegate.m	Thu Dec 16 22:46:38 2010 +0100
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@
     // pull out useful configuration info from various files
     GameSetup *setup = [[GameSetup alloc] initWithDictionary:gameDictionary];
     NSNumber *isNetGameNum = [gameDictionary objectForKey:@"netgame"];
-    
-    [setup startThread:@"engineProtocol"];
-    if ([isNetGameNum boolValue] == YES)
-        [setup startThread:@"serverProtocol"];
+
+    [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(engineProtocol)
+                             toTarget:setup
+                           withObject:nil];
 
     const char **gameArgs = [setup getSettings:[gameDictionary objectForKey:@"savefile"]];
     NSNumber *menuStyle = [NSNumber numberWithBool:setup.menuStyle];