[cod]PunkBuster Problem

[BludGeonT[EUG]]

I think it was a punkbuster wide problem.  Not really a big problem,
but enough to cause multiple games to show the same things as listed
above.  I had this happen for sof2, cod, and also Enemy Territory. 
The fastest immediate fix for our linux servers was to get on console,
and pb_sv_restart, wait 30 seconds for the server to restart its
punkbuster, then to start issuing pb_sv_update several times to get
things up to date.  Same fix for all games that had problems.  I
believe a full server restart and then doing pb_sv_update a bunch
times would be the same effect.  There are other automated ways of
getting this all to happen, but I found this is the fastest way.

BTW:  in our XP2 marathon ET server, which is pretty much packed 24/7
with 50 people - I have seen siginificantly more cheats being found
now, some dealing with hardware, and a lot of PB hacks.  Whatever
EvenBalance did with their last major update, its catching tons of
poeple.  My ban list for cheaters is over 300 people long and growing
daily, kudos to PB

BludGeonT[EUG]
EarthLink Ultimate Gaming
www.earthlinkultimategaming.com


On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:51:36 +0000, Prism <prism27 at gmail.com> wrote:
> When i had this problem i tryed updating pb using pbweb, but that
> dident help. I ended up re-uploading pb to the servers. Not had the
> problem since.
> 
> ~ Prism
> 
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:37:12 -0000, Carlo Moretto
> <Carlo at londonengland.co.uk> wrote:
> > OK cool, as long as Im not the only one!!
> >
> > Thanks for the info guys
> >
> > Carl
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Kennington [mailto:john.kennington at buzzcard.gatech.edu]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:39 PM
> > To: cod at icculus.org
> > Subject: RE: [cod]PunkBuster Problem
> >
> > Here lately, PB has failed to update.  There have been two major releases of
> > PB in the last couple of weeks.  Neither would update automatically.  I had
> > to stop the server and run pbweb.
> >
> > John Kennington
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Mount [mailto:rmount at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:57 PM
> > To: cod at icculus.org
> > Subject: Re: [cod]PunkBuster Problem
> >
> > PB is always updating itself.  I've seen PB get "stuck" on an old version
> > and refuse to update.  PBWEB always fixes it, and usually corrects any
> > issues so that future updates continue to work.
> >
> > --Rob
> >
> > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:16:25 -0000, Carlo Moretto <Carlo at londonengland.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > But why is this happening all of a sudden? It has never been a problem
> > > before on any of my servers
> > >
> > > Carl
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jay Vasallo [mailto:jayco1 at charter.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 5:13 PM
> > > To: cod at icculus.org
> > > Subject: Re: [cod]PunkBuster Problem
> > >
> > >
> > > Happens when their client files are not the same version as the
> > > server. PB cannot communicate with the client so it kicks them after a
> > > while. I have
> > a
> > > setting on my quake 3 server that places the client in spec mode and
> > > attempts a client update. Almost as if saying "Apples for Apples or
> > > you cannot play".
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Carlo Moretto
> > > To: cod at icculus.org
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:06 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [cod]PunkBuster Problem
> > >
> > >
> > > Forgot to ask tho, what would be causing this, and why is it happening
> > > so much all of a sudden? Is this happening on every cod server?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jay Vasallo [mailto:jayco1 at charter.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 5:02 PM
> > > To: cod at icculus.org
> > > Subject: Re: [cod]PunkBuster Problem
> > >
> > >
> > > They need to download this file here...
> > > http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbweb.exe
> > > Place it in their pb folder and double click the file.
> > >
> > > -Jay
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Carlo Moretto
> > > To: cod at icculus.org
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:37 AM
> > > Subject: [cod]PunkBuster Problem
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Have been running cod servers for months and months now, but over the
> > > last week or so, players have been complaining that they are being
> > > kicked by punkbuster for not having the same version as the servers
> > >
> > > I have looked at the pb log file (sv_viol.log << is that the correct
> > > log
> > > file?) and I see a lot of these entries
> > >
> > > VIOLATION (AUTO-UPDATE FAILURE) blah blah blah This PB Server Requires
> > > (A1342 C1.153) - Error loading pbag
> > [5ec870c5af8399e806bfd5fe660c17ae(VALID)
> > > VIOLATION (COMFAIL) blah blah blah PB INIT FAILURE
> > > [d9e53f48c8ec90ea71b6ab7468f51490(VALID)
> > >
> > > Any Ideas? I have also run pbweb updater twice now but it still isnt
> > solving
> > > the problem
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> >
> 
> --
> ~ Sion "Prism" Duncan.
> 
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