Cant join a server: That name is taken.

[Regalis11]

Discussed in https://github.com/FakeFishGames/Barotrauma/discussions/14928

^{Originally posted by A2ur3 October 24, 2024}

Disclaimers

• [X] I have searched the issue tracker to check if the issue has already been reported.
• [ ] My issue happened while using mods.

What happened?

I cant join the server because name is taken but no other player have the same name but disconnected me that "ghost player" needs to be kicked from the server so I can join?

Reproduction steps

1. disconnect from the server due to bad network connection?
2. cant join: That name is taken

Bug prevalence

Just once

Single player or multiplayer?

Multiplayer hosted using a dedicated server

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No response

Version

v1.6.17.0 (Unto the Breach Update)

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No response

Which operating system did you encounter this bug on?

Windows

Relevant error messages and crash reports

No response

[DrBruhman]

this bug was there since i start playing this game in 21(without 'name taken' error popup), tho i don't see it nowadays and thought that it's got fixed

[michael-fakefish]

Tested in autumn-update ba2cce31

Attempted disconnecting and reconnecting during different parts of loading and in-game and then rejoining. Could not reproduce the issue.

Closing - might be fixed by some other change/fix after this was reported. If it still occurs, we will hopefully receive a new ticket with more information.