Cannot join games with my registered account - "Callsign is registered, must use Global Authentication" error kicks me
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:21 pm
Admins, I've looked through some similar threads, all are fairly old. When I attempt to join games with my registered Para_Shooter account and use the same password I've always used, I always get kicked with "This callsign is registered. You must use global authentication before playing or use a different callsign."
In past threads, is seems that an admin was able to check the server logs and see that the error was (normally or frequently) an incorrect password. But I have double, triple, and quadruple checked that I'm entering the same password I used to log into bzflag.org to post this on this forum. I've deleted the whole password and reentered it from nothing.
Something odd is keeping me from playing as my registered persona on this laptop, and my hope is that an admin can look at the logs for today as of the past half hour or so (say, 2:30PM PDT to 3PM PDT), and see why I am getting kicked as if I am not successfully passing whatever global authentication rules are in effect.
If it comes back as "wrong password", I will stand in front of a tank firing squad of all colors of tanks, I am that confident that something else is afoot here. Whether it can be solved or not is another issue, but I'm hoping we can start with a review of the logs for Para_Shooter login attempts as step one in troubleshooting this irksome issue.
As matters stand, I made up a username, did not register it, no password, and I can play in most or all maps. I just cannot talk or reply. I can try an whole other registered account with a password, if that will help. I'm just at my wits end and missing my BZ time.
Best Regards,
Para_Shooter
In past threads, is seems that an admin was able to check the server logs and see that the error was (normally or frequently) an incorrect password. But I have double, triple, and quadruple checked that I'm entering the same password I used to log into bzflag.org to post this on this forum. I've deleted the whole password and reentered it from nothing.
Something odd is keeping me from playing as my registered persona on this laptop, and my hope is that an admin can look at the logs for today as of the past half hour or so (say, 2:30PM PDT to 3PM PDT), and see why I am getting kicked as if I am not successfully passing whatever global authentication rules are in effect.
If it comes back as "wrong password", I will stand in front of a tank firing squad of all colors of tanks, I am that confident that something else is afoot here. Whether it can be solved or not is another issue, but I'm hoping we can start with a review of the logs for Para_Shooter login attempts as step one in troubleshooting this irksome issue.
As matters stand, I made up a username, did not register it, no password, and I can play in most or all maps. I just cannot talk or reply. I can try an whole other registered account with a password, if that will help. I'm just at my wits end and missing my BZ time.
Best Regards,
Para_Shooter