BATTLETECH - Stuck in Campaign at: "connecting to Comstar/Merc net"

[MaSsTaA]

One line summary of your issue
Stuck in Campaign at: "connecting to Comstar/Merc net"

What platform are you running the game on?

Steam

What operating system do you use?
Windows10
Which version of the game are you running?
1.8.1-640R
What DLC do you have installed?
Flashpoint,
Urban Warfare,
Heavy Metal

Please explain your issue is in as much detail as possible.
Hello everybody,

after the Mission where i had to Escape with Atlat, Highlander. Black Knight and a Griffin i can't chose an other Mission to play because the games stucks at the "CMD Center - Contracts" and says all the Time "connecting to Comstar/Merc net" nothing happening.

What can to solve this?
Have you tried verifying your files?
No

Steps to reproduce the issue


Attach DxDiag (PC), System Info log (Mac), or run sudo lshw -html > specs.html and uploaded specs.html (Linux)

Attach Output Log
Windows: \Users\YourUserName\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH\output_log.txt
Mac OS: Users >{name} > Library > Logs > Unity > Player.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/Player.log

If the game crashed, please attach the crash file with the time stamp closest to the crash.
Windows: [Steam library folder]\steamapps\common\BATTLETECH\DumpBox
For v.17 and beyond try here: C:\Users\[YourUserName]\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BATTLETECH
OSX: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > steamapps > common > BattleTech > DumpBox
Linux: [Steam library folder]/steamapps/common/BATTLETECH/DumpBox

If a save game was loaded at the start of the game session, upload it. Please make sure to upload the save game with the timestamp closest to when you loaded it.
Windows:
Steam: [Steam installation folder]\userdata[SteamID]\637090\remote\C0\SGS1
GOG: 'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\Local\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\50593543263669699\Storage\Shared\Files\C#\SGS#'
Vanilla:'C:\Users\USER_ID\AppData\LocalLow\Harebrained Schemes\BattleTech\C#\SGS#'
OSX:
Steam: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > Steam > userdata > [SteamID] > 637090 > remote > C#> SGS#
GOG: Macintosh HD > Users > [username] > Library > Application Support > GOG.com > Galaxy > Applications > 50593543263669699 > Storage > Shared > Files > C# > SGS#
Vanilla: Macintosh HD > Users > [username]> Library > Application Support > unity.Harebrained Schemes.BattleTech > C# > SGG#
Linux:
Steam: /home/.steam/steam/userdata/[steamID]/637090/remote/C#/SGS#
GOG: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/
Vanilla: /home/[username]/.config/unity3d/Harebrained Schemes/BATTLETECH/remote/C#/SGS#/

Attach screenshot / video

 

[Timaeus]

If you are just after SLDF base where you get the Highlander try traveling to a planet outside of Directorate Space before looking for another contract, and see if that helps. There's a bug right after this mission where it lets you open the contracts menu at that location, but it can't give you any contracts since you can't normally take missions in Directorate Space except for priority missions.

 

[Orbitone]

If you are just after SLDF base where you get the Highlander try traveling to a planet outside of Directorate Space before looking for another contract, and see if that helps. There's a bug right after this mission where it lets you open the contracts menu at that location, but it can't give you any contracts since you can't normally take missions in Directorate Space except for priority missions.

This is also another mission that increases the global difficulty in the milestone that quite a lot of us are not seeing happen correctly in the Campaign with 1.8 causing permanent loading contract screen if there is a discrepancy between starsystem difficulty being lower and what the game thinks it needs to be now.
Possibly Heavy Metal DLC (I doubt it is this but it is common denominator so far to us with the issue since 1.8).

I have not had the chance to test Artu myself as restarted and tested multiple times the other milestones and how I can get through the story with the least amount of grief in terms of having to mess around.
Current playthrough I changed my Difficulty.json settings for enemy strength to be 1,2,3 rather than -1,0,1 to see if it gives me the flexibility to load contracts on all starsystems correctly through all milestones influencing global difficulty.
Unfortunately only can do this for a new game and not while in middle of one.

 

[MaSsTaA]

thank you i few far enough outside and now i can play contracts again!

 

[Orbitone]

thank you i few far enough outside and now i can play contracts again!

Can you do me a favour and please travel to Weldry to see if contracts load for you there; this is the 1st planet you visited to turn for Arano Restoration in the Aurigan region.
It would be very handy to know if the issue some of us are seeing applies to many.
Thank you.

 

[MaSsTaA]

Can you do me a favour and please travel to Weldry to see if contracts load for you there; this is the 1st planet you visited to turn for Arano Restoration in the Aurigan region.
It would be very handy to know if the issue some of us are seeing applies to many.
Thank you.

Hey Mate!

I lfew to weldry and i have many contracts there.

 

[Orbitone]

Hey Mate!

I lfew to weldry and i have many contracts there.

Much appreciated and thank you.
So the issue is only affecting some of us, I will try a true clean install and remove registry/other stuff.

 

[Orbitone]

Update:
So seems problem some of us have that I described about global difficulty not working correctly with the corresponding milestones is related to either registry or other files that are not part of the Steam/GOG location.
Doing a complete clean uninstall and manually removing all the other HBS-Battletech items (including registry) cleared the problem, and was the only way to resolve the issue some of us are seeing in Campaign since going to 1.8.1 (probably also 1.8).