this is what I had in mind pull/1714

rathena-socket.c

	if( result == SOCKET_ERROR ) {
		// That is the error we intend, because we want to use a timeout
		if( sErrno != S_EWOULDBLOCK ) {
			// All other errors should be reported immediately
			if( !silent )
				ShowError("make_connection: connect failed (socket #%d, %s)!\n", fd, error_msg());
			do_close(fd);
			return -1;
		}

		fd_set writeSet;
		struct timeval tv;

		sFD_ZERO(&writeSet);
		sFD_SET(fd,&writeSet);

		tv.tv_sec = timeout;
		tv.tv_usec = 0;

		// Try to find out if the socket is writeable yet(within the timeout)
		if( sSelect(0, NULL, &writeSet, NULL, &tv) == 0 ){
			// Our connection attempt timed out
			if( !silent )
				ShowError("make_connection: connect failed because of a timeout (socket #%d)!\n", fd); // No socket error to report here
			do_close(fd);
			return -1;
		}

		// Check if the socket is writeable
		if( sFD_ISSET(fd,&writeSet) == 0 ){
			if( !silent )
				ShowError("make_connection: connect failed (socket #%d, %s)!\n", fd, error_msg());
			do_close(fd);
			return -1;
		}

		// Our socket is writeable now => we have connected successfully
	}

	// Keep the socket in non-blocking mode, since we would set it to non-blocking here on unix. [Lemongrass]