First Strike Forums — PB and FS questions.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Markus) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:25:11 +0000

are u using pbweb.exe or pbsetup.exe?
from what i heard pbweb.exe cant fix it, but pbsetup.exe should.
this problem can also be caused by the servers not having updated to the latest version of pb.
do you have the problem on all servers? including vanilla servers?

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (ToothFaerie) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:51:55 +0000

I keep getting kicked with corrupt or mismatched file 8BB4, I have updated pb manually, with the .exe and also reinstalled BF2142 updated that to 1.25 and nothing helps at all. Any help would be truly appreciated.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Nick) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:43:17 +0000

My game is fixed. FS ROCKS!

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Dominio) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:57:03 +0000

Markus wrote:

had tis one once aswell you need to open your pb log file (pbcl.log) in "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\pb" or where ever you installed 2142.
use the exact line where is said GUID ban and search google.
there should be a search result for bf2 (works with 2142 aswell) on how to fix if by adding 4 or so letter infront of your cd in your register
edit.
i found the page i used to fix it.
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24118
you can do it the easy was. but i never trusted the easy solutions, so i followed the manual fix in the quate on that page's first post

Great. Those instructions finally did the trick for me. Thanks for posting 'em, Markus.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Shadowfax) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:33:56 +0000

When you uninstalled Battlefield 2142, did you make sure that the folders were actually gone? I've seen uninstallers leave junk and settings-files behind before, I wouldn't assume EA is an exception.

There's 2 folders to look for... the program folder (usually "C:\Program Files\Electronics Arts\Battlefield 2142") and the user folder (usually "My Documents\Battlefield 2142").

I would uninstall battlefield > make sure it's actually gone > reinstall it > install the v1.25 patch > manually update PunkBuster > and then test the game.

Again, the punkbuster updater can be found at:
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

Hope this helps.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Nick) — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:11:10 +0000

"Try re-downloading the mod via the 1.1 full client patch and see if that helps... Thats the last thing I can suggest."

Well the thing is, I was getting this error for regular 2142. Tried FS and it does the same thing though. It's not a FS issue that's for sure. Grrrr. Makes me mad that after 9 days PB support still hasn't responded to my help request after asking for my log data...

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Markus) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:55:24 +0000

had tis one once aswell you need to open your pb log file (pbcl.log) in "C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\pb" or where ever you installed 2142.
use the exact line where is said GUID ban and search google.
there should be a search result for bf2 (works with 2142 aswell) on how to fix if by adding 4 or so letter infront of your cd in your register

edit.
i found the page i used to fix it.
http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24118

you can do it the easy was. but i never trusted the easy solutions, so i followed the manual fix in the quate on that page's first post

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Rayzr) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:10:39 +0000

I thought had the same prob till i successfully updated PB then it appears ive receieved a 'PB GUID BAN' for some reason. i have no idea why

no havent hacked or cheated.

Just come back too the game because off this mod from a 3month break and im banned, hopefully i can get this sorted i really wanna play FS

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (TY2D2) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:58:35 +0000

Try re-downloading the mod via the 1.1 full client patch and see if that helps... Thats the last thing I can suggest.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Nick) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:48:44 +0000

Bump in case anyone can possibly help.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Nick) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:03:19 +0000

itchy, go into your pb folder inside your EA>BF 2142 folder and open the text document named "pbcl" and copy and paste the text here. That tells you your PB crash log and why PB kicked you. That's what I have listed in my last post about the "Service Communication Failure". Just wish I knew how to fix it.

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (itchytrig) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:54:31 +0000

Hi,

Mod is great but Punkbuster keeps kicking me off after 1-2 minutes of playing on some games. Just getting into some space combat and BANG. PB kicks you off.

Anyone got a light to shine on the dark side of this for us????

P L E A S E !

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Nick) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:51:37 +0000

Yet again the same error:

[09.24.2007 21:33:45] RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe
[10.02.2007 16:49:25] RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe

I cannot play this wonderful mod because of PB... :'(

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Markus) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:06:25 +0000

are the pb services able to run and connect? firewall could be blocking it.
also try this http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe
you can test your installation of PB with it, without having to start the game every time

Re: PB and FS questions.

null@example.com (Nick) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:15:51 +0000

TY2D2 wrote:

When you used the .exe fixer thinger, was it in your /pb folder ?

That was the problem for me.

Ya actually it was. But now, as I put when I edited my post above, my game won't run at all. I'm going to sleep because it's late and going to hope that maybe it's just because I am already running a lot on my pc as is and just will try tomorrow after it's had time to cool down hehe.