I have tested this on FEAR(retail), Combat, & Co-Op (all updated of course, and even tried manually updating with PB updater). To no avail the same issue arises on all of them.
Edited by ViciousBloodust, Jul 14, 2007 - 01:16 AM.
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PB Bug needs to be fixedPunkbuster A & B IN FEAR?
Started by ViciousBloodust, Jul 14 2007 01:11 AM
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 01:11 AM
Along with myself I've seen/talked with a lot of people that have beened kicked today in FEAR(not banned). With either the Disallowed Driver error, or PunkbusterA or PunkbusterB non-communication message. As far as I knew, I thought Punkbuster A/B was present only in BF2 or 2142 (I forgot which one). But when I got kicked the first time it was for Disallowed Driver error in which case I reverted back to the old(original) nvidia driver which would be 97.92, prior to that moment I was running a BETA 162.18(required to keep Lost Planet from Freezing on XP). After reverting back to the original driver for my hardware I was kicked again, however this time, PunkbusterB(which I also was under the impression that it ran just as a service aside PunkbusterA), poped up with an Error/crash/technical notification. At first I thought it was my comp. so I reformatted COMPLETELY, just to find out it was a waste of time and effort. Because other people were starting to get kicked for it. I really think this issue needs to be addressed soon, cause I'm also noticing, slight & quick freezing(before and after the reformat). My tech level is extremely high, so I know this is not my system and I only chose to reformat instead of trying to trickle it down to the source of the error to save time. I think it has more to do with the new PB release(1.716) that was released 07-13-07.
I have tested this on FEAR(retail), Combat, & Co-Op (all updated of course, and even tried manually updating with PB updater). To no avail the same issue arises on all of them.
I have tested this on FEAR(retail), Combat, & Co-Op (all updated of course, and even tried manually updating with PB updater). To no avail the same issue arises on all of them.
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 03:42 AM
I share your pain. I've since turned off PB on my Coop server.
Anyone who cheats in Coop is only cheating themselves. Of course, if I witness a player cheating, I'll just ban them.
Anyone who cheats in Coop is only cheating themselves. Of course, if I witness a player cheating, I'll just ban them.
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 04:11 AM
Submit a trouble ticket if you've not already done so http://www.evenbalance.com/troubleticket/n...t.php?game=fear
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 07:57 AM
Currently the latest version of PB does not work with the Coopwarfare mod! regular fear and combat are just fine
I you are having problems with regular fear see my other post or this one:
http://games.xs4all.nl/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3762
I am in conv. with evenbalance about the problems with Coopwarfare because it seems that none of the pb servers are accessable atm.
Coopplayers and coop admins feel free to open up a TT at evenbalance!
I you are having problems with regular fear see my other post or this one:
http://games.xs4all.nl/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3762
I am in conv. with evenbalance about the problems with Coopwarfare because it seems that none of the pb servers are accessable atm.
Coopplayers and coop admins feel free to open up a TT at evenbalance!
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 03:50 PM
5chaap2k, on Jul 14 2007, 07:57 AM, said:
Currently the latest version of PB does not work with the Coopwarfare mod! regular fear and combat are just fine
I you are having problems with regular fear see my other post or this one:
http://games.xs4all.nl/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3762
I am in conv. with evenbalance about the problems with Coopwarfare because it seems that none of the pb servers are accessable atm.
Coopplayers and coop admins feel free to open up a TT at evenbalance!
I you are having problems with regular fear see my other post or this one:
http://games.xs4all.nl/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3762
I am in conv. with evenbalance about the problems with Coopwarfare because it seems that none of the pb servers are accessable atm.
Coopplayers and coop admins feel free to open up a TT at evenbalance!
Yes, I have tried those methods already, and none of them fixes the issue, today, unlike yesterday I am receiving the disallowed Program/Driver error again(after runnning pbsvc.exe), I submitted a trouble ticket today too. However the issue is just not isolated to Co-Op, as I posted earlier, I've ran all previously posted versions of F.E.A.R. with same/similair results. In some cases it was Punkbuster A/B error or Disallowed Program/Driver error. When running the pbsvc.exe link you supplied, everything installed fine and had no errors in tests.
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Edited by AcE, Aug 15, 2007 - 11:50 AM.
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 07:58 PM
I grew weary of messing with my box so I just did a clean install. 10 minutes and pb updated and all is fine.
So last resort- find yer disk and reinstall.
I don't like the idea that 5chaap can't play...
So last resort- find yer disk and reinstall.
I don't like the idea that 5chaap can't play...
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 08:34 PM
Theres an easy fix...Reboot your machine after it kicks you...it will finish the install of the update and you shouldnt have anymore probs 
....Hopefully
....Hopefully
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Posted Jul 14, 2007 - 08:48 PM
We need to get everyone with these problems (everyone) to submit a Trouble Ticket to EvenBalance about it. My guess is that they will act sluggishly unless we pester them a bit.
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Posted Jul 15, 2007 - 10:01 AM
LOL guys @ "re-install" 
, I said in my first post I COMPLETELY formatted the system, completely wiping out XP & Vista (with full format/burn-in* options on each drive for each OS) & reinstalling both OS's. I dunno, sooner or later I'll figure it out or they'll respond to my trouble ticket.
*burn-in my word for deep formatting by turning all data to 1's making it unrecoverable by any method
But like I said earlier too, I been seeing it happen on other servers to other people as well, however I did notice sometimes it doesn't happen for a map or two, but always kicks somewhere around the last 1-10 mins of the round, I dunno if this was just coincidental or not.
I appreciate all the help though guys.
, I said in my first post I COMPLETELY formatted the system, completely wiping out XP & Vista (with full format/burn-in* options on each drive for each OS) & reinstalling both OS's. I dunno, sooner or later I'll figure it out or they'll respond to my trouble ticket. *burn-in my word for deep formatting by turning all data to 1's making it unrecoverable by any method
But like I said earlier too, I been seeing it happen on other servers to other people as well, however I did notice sometimes it doesn't happen for a map or two, but always kicks somewhere around the last 1-10 mins of the round, I dunno if this was just coincidental or not.
I appreciate all the help though guys.
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Posted Jul 15, 2007 - 04:18 PM
what is the exact kickmessage u are getting?
you can find some logs from the new services in:
c:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\PunkBuster\
be aware if posting them that this area is a public forum. so either strip out confidental information or just paste the parts that u find relevant
you can find some logs from the new services in:
c:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\PunkBuster\
be aware if posting them that this area is a public forum. so either strip out confidental information or just paste the parts that u find relevant
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Posted Jul 16, 2007 - 09:00 AM
Let's see the first Error I got was Disallowed Program/Driver, my best guess at that moment was it was the BETA Nvidia 168.18 so I then dropped back to version 97.92. After reverting back to a public driver I then started getting the PunkbusterA & B message (in which case when PunkbusterB failed it actually set off dwwin.exe with crash notification) Olde Phart posted a pic of the error a # of posts up. The most common I've seen other people kicked for is the PunkbusterA error.
These are from the logs you mentioned.
OK I see something they may be an issue. Under the PBSVC log, I have put them in bold and underlined them. That can't be the right address can it? Looks more like a gateway address, even if my computer is on a router, with a gateway in front of the router, meaning modem connected to server, server connected to router, and router to all my other pc's.
These are from the logs you mentioned.
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OK I see something they may be an issue. Under the PBSVC log, I have put them in bold and underlined them. That can't be the right address can it? Looks more like a gateway address, even if my computer is on a router, with a gateway in front of the router, meaning modem connected to server, server connected to router, and router to all my other pc's.
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Posted Jul 16, 2007 - 02:35 PM
Logs look just fine..
Check if security software on your computer isnt blocking the PBservices access to internet/system
Virusscan / personal firewall softare, etc.
hardware routers should not be a problem!
try manually updating PB for fear. using PBSetup but do notice when adding the game in pbsetup, to point it to your fear user directory and not the main game dir
Check if security software on your computer isnt blocking the PBservices access to internet/system
Virusscan / personal firewall softare, etc.
hardware routers should not be a problem!
try manually updating PB for fear. using PBSetup but do notice when adding the game in pbsetup, to point it to your fear user directory and not the main game dir
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Posted Jul 19, 2007 - 11:54 AM
Just tried all those things including allowing the services on the gaming machine & my web server. Still no change, submitted my first TT on 07-13-07 still no answer from evenbalance, nor any answer from my second ticket on 07-14-07. Just been playing Lost Planet in the meantime, however I hope I won't get these issues when I play BF2, 2142, COD2, Prey, R6 Vegas, Quake 4, and America's Army. Since I've reformatted I haven't reinstalled any of those games yet. 
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Posted Jul 20, 2007 - 01:18 AM
ViciousBloodust, on Jul 19 2007, 11:54 AM, said:
Just tried all those things including allowing the services on the gaming machine & my web server. Still no change, submitted my first TT on 07-13-07 still no answer from evenbalance, nor any answer from my second ticket on 07-14-07. Just been playing Lost Planet in the meantime, however I hope I won't get these issues when I play BF2, 2142, COD2, Prey, R6 Vegas, Quake 4, and America's Army. Since I've reformatted I haven't reinstalled any of those games yet.
That may well happen, from what i've read looks like it will be the same a + b file for all your pb games.
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Posted Jul 20, 2007 - 09:19 PM
Has anyone recieved a reply from evenbalance about this yet?
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Posted Jul 20, 2007 - 09:28 PM
I'm getting frequent, "This program has performed an illegal operation.... for PBA". Fear stays open but it bring up my desktop to send the report to Microsoft. I've always closed FEAR after that 'cause I didn't want to take any chances.
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Posted Jul 20, 2007 - 10:23 PM
Post witch version of windoze guy and is it fully updated?
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