BATTELTECH - "user already have a profile for battletech"

[Revanche]

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"user already have a profile for battletech"

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
That's what I get when I get the customization phase completed and try to move on. Game has only been out less than 1.5 hours, and I doubt my callsign (is that what it means by "profile"?) is already taken. But, ok, go to my #2, a variation that would absolutely not be already taken, as it has too much character randomization.

Same response.

Fine, a third...an abbreviation of my call sign.

Same...again, no way all three variations of this callsign are already taken, especially when one would be partially randomized.

Apparently I just cannot play this game at launch.

Steps to reproduce the issue
Customization:
1- choose crest
2 - choose three colors
3 - press Save

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[Waingro]

Steam version here too - just got in after verifying my firewall wasn't the issue. I navigated to the Steam library folder, in my case J:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH, and ran the battletech.exe as admin. Not sure if it's a true fix or the servers aren't being hammered anymore, but I'm in. Give it a shot and see if you have any luck.

 

[EvoShandor]

Same I kickstarted this game early on. So I have waited a long time for this game.

 

[Mhalek Krol]

same here, also kickstarted it and made a profile on the HBS forum.
Think, thats the problem

 

[Taran14]

Got it as well (Steam version).
I exited the game (had to manually shut down because game would not let me exit until picking a callsign) and restarted it. Upon restart, everything was fine. I was logged in and my callsign had saved.

 

[Havamal]

Yep there are some who are probably being blocked by their antivirus. Try your AV whitelisting settings.

 

[hipifreq]

Update: I tried again about an hour later and was able to get logged in just fine under my original call sign. I'm chalking it up to over-worked servers since I tried during the first 30 minutes of the game going live.