From a5361b75de3c89f2f1c948563ef7ac2c8d7a301c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caball009 <82909616+Caball009@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 20:29:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor: Replace implicit conversion from NULL to
 AsciiString

---
 Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp
index 6d7256070cd..edf47e89588 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ AsciiString IPEnumeration::getMachineName( void )
 
 		int err = WSAStartup(verReq, &wsadata);
 		if (err != 0) {
-			return NULL;
+			return AsciiString();
 		}
 
 		if ((LOBYTE(wsadata.wVersion) != 2) || (HIBYTE(wsadata.wVersion) !=2)) {
 			WSACleanup();
-			return NULL;
+			return AsciiString();
 		}
 		m_isWinsockInitialized = true;
 	}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ AsciiString IPEnumeration::getMachineName( void )
 	if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)))
 	{
 		DEBUG_LOG(("Failed call to gethostname; WSAGetLastError returned %d", WSAGetLastError()));
-		return NULL;
+		return AsciiString();
 	}
 
 	return AsciiString(hostname);

From 8c6a7ceba25bfbc2792d9a75a4e1fd7e872e31e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caball009 <82909616+Caball009@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 21:47:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Changed to double quotation marks.

---
 Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp
index edf47e89588..9336b820640 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/GameNetwork/IPEnumeration.cpp
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ AsciiString IPEnumeration::getMachineName( void )
 
 		int err = WSAStartup(verReq, &wsadata);
 		if (err != 0) {
-			return AsciiString();
+			return "";
 		}
 
 		if ((LOBYTE(wsadata.wVersion) != 2) || (HIBYTE(wsadata.wVersion) !=2)) {
 			WSACleanup();
-			return AsciiString();
+			return "";
 		}
 		m_isWinsockInitialized = true;
 	}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ AsciiString IPEnumeration::getMachineName( void )
 	if (gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)))
 	{
 		DEBUG_LOG(("Failed call to gethostname; WSAGetLastError returned %d", WSAGetLastError()));
-		return AsciiString();
+		return "";
 	}
 
 	return AsciiString(hostname);