New Punkbuster causing massive slowdowns?

2006-01-28 12:05:11

#1

TigrisJK: Member; +3|7149

Anyone else getting massive slowdowns in BF2 lately? I know a new PB was released yesterday and it might be the autopatching in the background that's killing my game. I mean... even at 50 ping on an empty server causes massive lag. I'm about to update it now manually to try and figure it out.

EDIT: Odd... my PB is fully patched, but massive slowdowns still occur. I'm not the only one with this problem, my friend (who accesses from a different location) is having this same problem.

Last edited by TigrisJK (2006-01-28 12:08:01)

2006-01-28 12:16:27

#2

Wasder: Resident Emo Hater; +139|7099|Moscow, Russia

Dunno man, what's your hardware?

2006-01-28 13:03:59

#3

Picouz/VoiD: The Insomniac; +39|7089

EXACT the same thing for me and my friend.

I've already made a thread on it..

2006-01-28 13:11:39

#4

PitViper401: The Magnetic Bullet Attractor; +31|7123|Illinois

I'm getthing the exact same thing and it all started yesterday afternoon. Since then I haven't been able to play a complete game and it's pissing me off.

2006-01-28 13:13:13

#5

Erwin_Rommel188: Member; +59|7109|Seattle

Same here

2006-01-28 13:16:33

#6

DocZ: Member; +13|7112|Belgium

so that must be why all of a sudden my average fps dropped to 20 today......

Normally its quite a bit higher

2006-01-28 13:21:43

#7

misfire00: Lead Magnet; +26|7205|Charleston SC - USA

Yep same here. I will in a online game, get killed, respawn and have massive lag to the point it's unplayable. Thanks PunkBuster! Nice job releasing your crappy patch right before the weekend!

2006-01-28 13:28:23

#8

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7267|Alberta, Canada

I havent downloaded it yet.

2006-01-28 13:34:43

#9

BUDFORCE: Moderator Emeritus; +76|7196|London UK

Yeah!

My FPS went down loasd for no reason aswell, and I got like a brand new PC,

amd a64 4000+ ati radeon x1800xt, 2gb corsair ram etc etc

was wondering why my fps dropped to like 30 or 40.

GRRRRRRRRRR

2006-01-28 13:35:31

#10

Lonewolf: Member; +0|7204

sound anf fps lag was it

2006-01-28 14:12:30

#11

TigrisJK: Member; +3|7149

yeah. It was hell. Is hell. But I've got plans to go out tonight so I don't have time to try and fix it.

I hope they fix it soon though. I might just try deleting the most recent .htm files from the pb folders...

2006-01-28 18:06:47

#12

Boufo: Member; +0|7103

ditto here. pinging high 20's this morning but felt like i was trying to play while doing a virus, spyware scan and disk defrag all at the same time. the game did smooth out after awhile. haven't played since but just about to go on now.

- i be boufo

2006-01-28 18:13:01

#13

uber73: Member; +188|7175|Brisbane

yup. im suffering same thing. i thought it was my router. it was killing my eyes today...

2006-01-28 18:13:44

#14

Skinnister: Member; +43|7149|UK

same here our server ,we all get the"there is a problem with you connection" shit for like 5 seconds by that time we have iether died,got killed or crashed in the plane

2006-01-28 18:13:47

#15

notorious: Nay vee, bay bee.; +1,396|7170|The United Center

yeah, mine was running a bit slower too.

also, it seems PB is going a tad kick crazy on a lot of servers. all my regular servers just kick people randomly. its been happening enough that on the 3-4 servers i frequent, the admins have posted to rejoin and that its PBs fault.

2006-01-28 18:33:07

#16

Mj.Blindfisch: Bulletdrop-Buddha; +338|7120|Germany

Hmm,the only thing I noticed today was a heavy sound lag when commanding,my buddy said that it lags like hell on his machine...

ThomasMorgan wrote:
yeah, mine was running a bit slower too.

also, it seems PB is going a tad kick crazy on a lot of servers. all my regular servers just kick people randomly. its been happening enough that on the 3-4 servers i frequent, the admins have posted to rejoin and that its PBs fault.

The random kicking is probably caused by not properly updated punkbuster-version,I got this kicking-orgy all day yesterday until I finally managed to update pb.

Last edited by Mj.Blindfisch (2006-01-28 18:35:15)

2006-01-28 19:18:12

#17

s4vior6: Save's UR @$$; +1|7170|Somewhere in NYC

im getting kicked because it says i need something like a1365 and c1.225; i ran the pb auto updater, and i still get kicked, any suggestions?

2006-01-28 19:51:55

#18

TigrisJK: Member; +3|7149

I'm finally back from going out with friends... but I probably won't be hunting for solutions tonight (Happy Chinese New Year to everyone, by the way)... I was thinking, perhaps, removing and redownloading the new PB files from their website.

Special Forces seemed to work fine, I don't know for sure though. I'll test it out tomorrow if not tonight when I'm sick of essays and Boethius.

2006-01-28 20:04:38

#19

s4vior6: Save's UR @$$; +1|7170|Somewhere in NYC

I just downloaded the newest files and i still get kicked!!

the error is:
*WARNING* PB Reports PunkBuster Server Running Old Version C1.128

Kick via PB (for 0min) This PB Server Requires (A1310 C1.128)
Error Loading pbcl

Last edited by s4vior6 (2006-01-28 20:09:49)

2006-01-28 20:18:06

#20

gun.piranha: Member; +1|7131

i'm having the same problems also. same for a bunch of my squad mates

2006-01-28 20:33:55

#21

Mj.Blindfisch: Bulletdrop-Buddha; +338|7120|Germany

s4vior6 wrote:
I just downloaded the newest files and i still get kicked!!

the error is:
*WARNING* PB Reports PunkBuster Server Running Old Version C1.128

Kick via PB (for 0min) This PB Server Requires (A1310 C1.128)
Error Loading pbcl

Ohh,that's the problem,the server is running an older version...

In that case just type pb_security 0 into the console when you enter the server,this should probably fix it(that was the advice given to me,so no guarantee).

2006-01-28 20:37:04

#22

VeNg3nCe^: ¦Tactics Øver Principles¦; +314|7129|Antarctica

gun.piranha wrote:
i'm having the same problems also. same for a bunch of my squad mates

same, although it seems to be fixed now.

2006-01-28 21:19:27

#23

Goose_MP[TBG]: Member; +1|7117

Well whatever has happened... I have gone from a great gaming experience.. to BF2 now being totally unplayable..

The longest i can go without a "There is a problem with your connection" is about 30secs, and my ping randomly jumps between 50(usual pint) and about 400, and then anywhere in between.

Its crazy because it doesnt seem to be effecting everybody...

2006-01-29 01:27:57

#24

TigrisJK: Member; +3|7149

Go to the official punkbuster website, and patch your game either by manual install or by the patching tool. I did it manually and my buddy did it with the tool and it fixed it all up. Before that, yes, it was unplayable for the both of us.

2006-01-29 02:08:03

#25

kilroy0097: Kilroy Is Here!; +81|7267|Bryan/College Station, TX

Solutions to your issues:

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=11990

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