THIS PB KICK IS STILL HAPPENING! Options

[UNDEAD 1]

STILL HAPPENING 1 OT OF 5 F***KING PLAYS! done everything there is to do??

frustrated!

[THE Mechanic]

Could this be some kind of vires infection?Man I hope not I would freak if this happens to my computer.And I'm glad i did'nt download that pb add on just to be safe..

I wish you all well and hope you can resolve these problems,besides i miss the Wino's laughing at me while the Troopers shooting me in the Ass..LoL..And that Don't look at me comment,priceless,undead.I had to be picked up off the floor..

Please dont get me wrong,i dont mean to rub it in.I know this is a serious matter and look forward to your fixing this problem as soon as posible.

[UNDEAD 1]

Could this be some kind of vires infection?Man I hope not I would freak if this happens to my computer.And I'm glad i did'nt download that pb add on just to be safe..

I wish you all well and hope you can resolve these problems,besides i miss the Wino's laughing at me while the Troopers shooting me in the Ass..LoL..And that Don't look at me comment,priceless,undead.I had to be picked up off the floor..

Please dont get me wrong,i dont mean to rub it in.I know this is a serious matter and look forward to your fixing this problem as soon as posible.

actually i did what hamma said and dl the new pb and havent had a problem since-im crossing my fingers.

[HammaTime]

Well, that's a big relief, Undead! Now we just need to get Wino back on track.

From what I've been able to figure out, the problem arises during download of a new PB version. The hunksusage file relates directly with the amount of video memory allocated during gameplay. We've all seen the psychedelic colors that some Mac users get on Foy when their hunkusage.dat file retains the wrong setting for that specific map. That has been the most visible evidence of this problem. I'm not sure how this file gets corrupted, and I'm sure some others on these forums could help with this, but clearly it is bad news when a new PB version comes out and that data file doesn't allocate the proper memory for a given map.

I suspect the system-wide problems you guys have been having are a direct result of bad code in PB which may lead to a heap allocation problem. This is what some viruses/hackers use to corrupt your OS to take control of your computer - a binary code injection attack. Obviously, an attack isn't happening here with PB, but a buffer overflow that isn't handled properly by the OS can be quite damaging as Wino has learned.

The Mac security model is obviously stronger than Windows, and in this case, the Mac ends up without the upgrade and the PC ends up with the upgrade installed, but corrupted. So, this means that Wino's operating system gets trashed and some of us Mac users simply have to manually download and re-install to correct the problem.

[shazbot]

Well, that's a big relief, Undead! Now we just need to get Wino back on track.

From what I've been able to figure out, the problem arises during download of a new PB version. The hunksusage file relates directly with the amount of video memory allocated during gameplay. We've all seen the psychedelic colors that some Mac users get on Foy when their hunkusage.dat file retains the wrong setting for that specific map. That has been the most visible evidence of this problem. I'm not sure how this file gets corrupted, and I'm sure some others on these forums could help with this, but clearly it is bad news when a new PB version comes out and that data file doesn't allocate the proper memory for a given map.

I suspect the system-wide problems you guys have been having are a direct result of bad code in PB which may lead to a heap allocation problem. This is what some viruses/hackers use to corrupt your OS to take control of your computer - a binary code injection attack. Obviously, an attack isn't happening here with PB, but a buffer overflow that isn't handled properly by the OS can be quite damaging as Wino has learned.

The Mac security model is obviously stronger than Windows, and in this case, the Mac ends up without the upgrade and the PC ends up with the upgrade installed, but corrupted. So, this means that Wino's operating system gets trashed and some of us Mac users simply have to manually download and re-install to correct the problem.

Okay so how do we fix the problem again? Dump the hunkusage file? Yes i am on a mac as well.

[HammaTime]

Yes, toss the hunkusage.dat file in the trash and then go to http://www.evenbalance.com and download the latest 2 COD UO clients for Mac OS. Be sure to place these in your Call of Duty/pb/htm folder.

[Wino Ph.D.]

Hey Fellas,

Thanks for the info Hamma. It defintely screwed my computer up. I seem to have it under control now but I'm not going to try and play COD until my new system gets here. As long as I don't try to run PB I don't have any problems except for lost resolution from my video card. My video card was definitely damaged through this, and possibly my hard drive, but I'm not 100% sure about that yet. I'm gonna wipe the HD on this computer once I get setup on the new one then get this computer set up for the kids. Probably be back in action by next weekend.

W