PB Bug needs to be fixed
ViciousBloodust
Jul 14, 2007
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.
Edited by ViciousBloodust, Jul 14, 2007 - 01:16 AM.
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.
Olde Phart
Jul 14, 2007
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.
AcE
Jul 14, 2007
Submit a trouble ticket if you've not already done so http://www.evenbalance.com/troubleticket/n...t.php?game=fear
5chaap2k
Jul 14, 2007
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!
ViciousBloodust
Jul 14, 2007
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.
Spoiler
Edited by AcE, Aug 15, 2007 - 11:50 AM.
Reason for edit:: Spoiler tags added.
5chaap2k
Jul 14, 2007
i cant play either 
and not only me. open up a TT and wait for a response..
and not only me. open up a TT and wait for a response..
Agent_H
Jul 14, 2007
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...
(A.S.S)Banshee
Jul 14, 2007
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
5chaap2k
Jul 14, 2007
reboot didnt fix anything here i even reinstalled the game and PB a few times
_TyIzaeL_
Jul 14, 2007
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.
5chaap2k
Jul 15, 2007
the problems seem te be fixed here? *knocks on wood*
i gues they fixed the typo that made the module look corrupted
i gues they fixed the typo that made the module look corrupted
ViciousBloodust
Jul 15, 2007
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.
5chaap2k
Jul 15, 2007
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
ViciousBloodust
Jul 16, 2007
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.
Spoiler
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.
5chaap2k
Jul 16, 2007
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
ViciousBloodust
Jul 19, 2007
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. 
Edited by ViciousBloodust, Jul 19, 2007 - 11:58 AM.
Edited by ViciousBloodust, Jul 19, 2007 - 11:58 AM.
CaNNon
Jul 20, 2007
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.
Guy0510
Jul 20, 2007
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.
