punkbuster kick

Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 560 Location: wick

Hey guys hope ya can help, my bruv was on bf2 dunno what server but he got this punkbuster message:

MD5Tool Mismatch: Mods\bf2\Settings\usersettings.con
(len=390)

He was using my pc and my profile, I kno punkbuster can go crazy for handshakes but a mod I dont use mod's jesus you guys know my pc skills Embarassed

I have difficulty turning the bloody thing on let alone make or use a mod.

Cheers
Duffer

Recruitment Officer Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 208

Hi Y O D

I think your prob is to do with the file in BF2 file, that has the information about latency compensation blah blah.

It may have got corrupt and Some servers compare the hash to the original file hash, and kick for modified files, not all servers do.

You should be able to repair it , I cant remember if when you click the "uninstall" tab in BF2 if you get the option to "Repair" if you do then click repair, when done try to go into a game and see if it happens again.

Hope it helps

Cheers

|2es-Alonzo

Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 560 Location: wick

cheers bud will try that though it was only on one server no others, weird pb swine thing Evil or Very Mad

Recruitment Officer Joined: Apr 06, 2006 Posts: 208

Hi

A lot of the Dutch servers scan for original file hash, and kick for modified files, I personally think it's wrong that Game Makers are adding in that everyone has to be bound by a global 100ms latency or whatever,
so dependant on your connection speed and your location to the server you could end up on a well high ping and not know it but hey on the other hand it makes it fair.

Cheers

|2es-Alonzo Cool

Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 560 Location: wick

I kno about the latency fing but left it alone as 90% of the time i get a good ping plus with the knowledge i have of pc i find its better to leave fiddling well alone Laughing

My bruv also said on the same server he was also kicked by pb for putting a claymore on the flag, but he was a medic and unless there's a new unlock i aint heard about medic's canny do clays Laughing

anyway the little shit needs to get his own copy of bf and get in the clan the wee tike Laughing

Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 560 Location: wick

Ok new pc now on vista and still get this weird PB modified content kick, i did a complete install of bf2 ect as still is tells me this, sometime i can play for 10 maps and nothing then next i play for 2-3 and get kicked usally when it changes to new map, done the manual update ect I HATE PB christ i get kicked yet clownbooted mongs can cartilery hack a server to death and get nothing. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:16 am

only thing i can suggest is are you running bf2 as admin??? right click,select properties,compatability,then tick the box for run as administrator.
i've had this happen to me a few times. usually when a new map is loading. i'll get kicked and it'll say the thing about modified content. but only happens occassionally.

Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:38 am

BF2 a mod you say? nah, thats how the BF2, and BF2142, works.
Everything related to BF2- ie, textures, sound, objects are stored as BF2 in the mod file because BF2 is actually a mod, if you will, of the engine. For those that have Special Forces installed you'll see 'xpack' beside your bf2 folder- thats because Special Forces is also a mod of the same engine.
Strangely enough, BF2/2142 contains a Python folder- Python's actually a sort of programming language- though i havent the foggest how it works Razz

Most games the game is usually docked/synced with the engine, so there file hierarchial appears as one, but BF2/BF2142 runs the engine and then the game parameters/mod files dictate how it runs.

Joined: Jul 10, 2006 Posts: 494

Some servers use a modification which can kick you if you have altered your ping or hit registration settings. I dont expect youve changed these settings but if you have try restoring them to their default positions.

You could also try downloading the latest PB here http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=support-bf2.php

Once youve downloaded and installed the PB files locate them and execute them by double clicking its icon. They should be in your BF2 folder somewhere.

Joined: Mar 30, 2006 Posts: 560 Location: wick

|2es-roguesamuri007 wrote:

only thing i can suggest is are you running bf2 as admin??? right click,select properties,compatability,then tick the box for run as administrator.
i've had this happen to me a few times. usually when a new map is loading. i'll get kicked and it'll say the thing about modified content. but only happens occassionally.

Yeah only happens every so often so will go in as admin and see wot happens.

"Some servers use a modification which can kick you if you have altered your ping or hit registration settings. I dont expect youve changed these settings but if you have try restoring them to their default positions."

Nope bud aint changed a thing.