The original patch still caused you to go into offline mode when you returned to the main menu if your FPS dropped in-game. Changing a conditional jump to a mandatory jump upstream of where the original patch is applied means that the value that is checked when you return to the main menu is unaltered and it won't put you in offline mode due to low FPS.
I wasn't 100% satisfied with the old way, but since it didn't affect me I could never find the motivation to go back and do it right. Thanks for tracking it down.
The original patch still caused you to go into offline mode when you returned to the main menu if your FPS dropped in-game. Changing a conditional jump to a mandatory jump upstream of where the original patch is applied means that the value that is checked when you return to the main menu is unaltered and it won't put you in offline mode due to low FPS.