I think I actually fixed it

Author: Jimmacle

Torch.Server/Program.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.ServiceProcess;
@@ -21,12 +22,20 @@ internal static class Program
         [STAThread]
         public static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            
+            
             Target.Register<FlowDocumentTarget>("FlowDocument");
             //Ensures that all the files are downloaded in the Torch directory.
             var workingDir = new FileInfo(typeof(Program).Assembly.Location).Directory.ToString();
             var binDir = Path.Combine(workingDir, "DedicatedServer64");
             Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(workingDir);
 
+            //HACK for block skins update
+            foreach (var f in Directory.EnumerateFiles(workingDir, "System.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly))
+            {
+                File.Delete(f);
+            }
+            
             if (!TorchLauncher.IsTorchWrapped())
             {
                 TorchLauncher.Launch(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().FullName, args, binDir);

Torch.Server/Torch.Server.csproj

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Win32.Registry.4.4.0\lib\net461\Microsoft.Win32.Registry.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
+    <Reference Include="netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51">
+      <HintPath>..\GameBinaries\netstandard.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>

Torch.Server/TorchServer.cs

@@ -123,12 +123,14 @@ public override void Start()
             _hasRun = true;
             Log.Info("Starting server.");
             MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated = DedicatedInstance.DedicatedConfig.Model;
-            if (MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteApiEnabled && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteSecurityKey))
-            {
-                var myRemoteServer = new MyRemoteServer(MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteApiPort, MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteSecurityKey);
-                Log.Info($"Remote API started on port {myRemoteServer.Port}");
-            }
-            
+            //Are you serious, Keen? This is going away until it stops hanging.
+            //if (MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteApiEnabled && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteSecurityKey))
+            //{
+            //    var myRemoteServer = new MyRemoteServer(MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteApiPort, MySandboxGame.ConfigDedicated.RemoteSecurityKey);
+            //    Log.Info($"Remote API started on port {myRemoteServer.Port}");
+            //}
+            Log.Warn("Remote API is disabled because it hangs the server start process. Blame Keen.");
+
             _uptime = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             base.Start();
         }