Error connecting to server

Dr Zoidberg · Post by **Dr Zoidberg** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:48 pm

Hi everybody,

I wasn't able to connect to a match server (dub.bzflag.org:5997) tonight and got the error

did not get Token
 Invalid callsign or password"

i've searched the forum for answers, and checked that my ~/.bzf/2.0/config.cfg file contains the following lines :

set callsign "Dr Zoidberg"
set password ********
set port 5997
set server dub.bzflag.org
set list http://my.BZFlag.org:81/db/

On a forum post, someone suggested to deregister. Is this what I should do ?

Any suggestions on how to solve my problem are welcomed.

A Meteorite · Post by **A Meteorite** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:17 am

That particular server is most likely down. You do NOT need to deregister. Those lines you see are NOT for /identify but for BZFlag to remember your global name and password.

Are you having problems connecting to other servers?

Dr Zoidberg · Post by **Dr Zoidberg** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:16 pm

the server was not down, because the match was played (Hellion vs ForestForce).

I have problems to connect to every server I tried so far where there is a funmatch or a match.

What's wrong with my configuration or login registration ?

mistake · Post by **mistake** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:49 pm

Not sure, but sometimes there is problems with global login on some servers, I get the same error message often, After a couple of retries it works again, occasionally it takes a bit longer.

Dr Zoidberg · Post by **Dr Zoidberg** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:07 pm

From what I read on the forum, global login is server-side and not left to the user. Am I right or does the user need to register his nickname in a special way ?

NB :
I don't know if it's related to my connection problem, but on bzfla0.gamesunited.de, I always have to use the /identify command to log in, although my nick and password are filled on the bzflag main screen.