Re: PR Technical Problems Thread

**Ploddit** · 10-08-2009, 11:39 AM

Ist install 1.5 alt tab fix
2nd Update PR with BF/PR closed would not finish update correctly with it open

Worked for me

**Soupy_Norman** · 10-08-2009, 03:40 PM

Originally Posted by d1sp0sabl3H3r0

Soupy - try uninstalling PR and reinstalling it, then apply the ALT-TAB hotfix to see if this will help fix the problem. If it does not then you might consider uninstalling *everything* - PR, BF2, etc. and then reinstalling BF2, patch it to 1.5, install PR, etc. I've had weird problems like yours before and this fixed the issue. It sucks because it takes so much time but it seems to be the only solution.

*Shudders at the though*

The Horror......the Horror.........

**AeroChen** · 10-18-2009, 11:13 PM

I'm receiving message from pb which is MD5 Tool mismatch bf2.exe(len=2048). Mine Bf2 is collection on steam. I don't have any trouble with bf2 ,just pr. I tried re-install bf2, pr ,pb which doesn't work. Somebody please help, I've been looking all over the internet...

**Sierra-niner** · 10-19-2009, 02:40 PM

Hey AeroChen. I've seen your posts on the problem elsewhere and was hoping you'd get some answers as I have the same problem! Really disappointing as I live abroad with my BF2 discs far away and thought buying it on steam would be a good idea allowing me to play some PR.

Did you also use VBNight's Autohotkey-solution from the PR forums to solve the "Use BF2.exe" problem? If so that could be the problem, unfortunately I've found no other way to start up PR using the BF2 collection from Steam.

**RememberTheAlamo** · 10-21-2009, 07:46 PM

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...d-hot-fix.html

The answer should be there ^^^
If it doesn't work try updating punkbuster or turning off your anti aliasing in PR video settings

**Sierra-niner** · 10-23-2009, 03:06 AM

Thanks for the tip, Alamo! As I couldn't get the steam one working at first I bought a new disc copy of Battlefield 2, but then I got -5009 : 0x8000ffff when trying to patch it to 1.50 so that didn't work either. Browsed the web but didn't get any further. Three copies of Battlefield and I still can't play PR, if that isn't frustrating then I don't know what is

I'll see if I can get my steam one working with your link, thanks again!

**creepin** · 10-25-2009, 07:01 PM

haalp

i wanna play PR but PB kicks me after 1min ingame

I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64 and here's the error.

i already ran the PB update, and i tried with compatibility mode, run as admin etc..

any ideas how to fix this?

btw, the .exe is really not running, it won't start, i checked in the taskmanager...

**Sabre_Tooth_Tigger** · 10-25-2009, 08:12 PM

Your firewall is blocking punkbuster or something like that, try the help pages on their website to see a solution for it

If thats no good then just uninstall and reinstall and try again, its not setup correct and you cant play till pb reports in

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=res...ient=firefox-a

Actually now I think about it windows 7 was not previously compatible with PB, check this has been fixed

**Ghost Dog** · 10-26-2009, 04:41 AM

Originally Posted by creepin

haalp

i wanna play PR but PB kicks me after 1min ingame

I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64 and here's the error.

[media]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2593/pnkbst.jpg[/media]

i already ran the PB update, and i tried with compatibility mode, run as admin etc..

any ideas how to fix this?

btw, the .exe is really not running, it won't start, i checked in the taskmanager...

Have you tried running PnkBstrB.exe in compatibility mode with Vista/XP and as administrator or are you talking about the PR.exe?

**creepin** · 10-28-2009, 08:36 PM

where is the pnkbstrB.exe?

and how do i uninstall punkbuster? there's no entry in the programs and features..

and the firewall isn't blocking it, if its not even running, and it has worked before..

**fullkontact** · 10-29-2009, 05:09 PM

New install of PR on Windows 7 Home Premium x64
8800 GTX Nvidia graphics drivers fully updated
4 GB ram

When launching PR game crashes to a blackscreen, no sound Nothing, CTRL+ALT+DELETE shows the following error behind the black screen:

**orpal** · 10-29-2009, 05:16 PM

No problem anymore, needed to set Effects to Medium stage.. Weird CTD's just because one setting was high, tough x800 should have it High..

Try this. There is a way to set settings with configuring some script I just don't how. Other thing is reinstall everything, and make sure you install everything in correct order.

BF2, 1.41, 1.5, PR .87 core, PR .87 levels and PR .87 patch.

**Ghost Dog** · 10-30-2009, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by creepin

where is the pnkbstrB.exe?

and how do i uninstall punkbuster? there's no entry in the programs and features..

and the firewall isn't blocking it, if its not even running, and it has worked before..

Mine is in 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64' but I 'm running Vista 64, not sure if it 'll be the same for Win 7.

Also, this might help. I 'm pretty sure if you search this thread for 'reinstall Punkbuster' that you will find an explanation

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**Pratt** · 11-04-2009, 11:24 AM

very useful, I actually made a copy of that text and pasted it in WordPad for l8ter reference.Good find.

**sproge** · 11-07-2009, 04:09 PM

sens a week or 2 i have been getting freeze (up to a minute!) lag ALOT, often more in the first 15 min of round start or join in, offen i also get kicked for varius reasons, but mostly "ignoring MD5tool queries", tried updating my PB, but it does not work. plz help.

/sproge /the crazy swede\

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