Game Crashes - locked out of server for 15+ minutes Options

[Bertie the Bunyip]

Howdy - 3 times now on the CoD UO standard map server, the game crashed. I had to push the reset button to restart my PC. When I try to rejoin the game, it says I can't join for 16 minutes. Once it was 18 minutes.

What's going on? Any thoughts?

Thanks

Bertie the Bunyip

P.S. I have "yes" for automatic downloads

[UNDEAD 1]

Howdy - 3 times now on the CoD UO standard map server, the game crashed. I had to push the reset button to restart my PC. When I try to rejoin the game, it says I can't join for 16 minutes. Once it was 18 minutes.

What's going on? Any thoughts?

Thanks

Bertie the Bunyip

P.S. I have "yes" for automatic downloads

i dont know itll last but i took cross advice and updated my punk buster at evenbalance.com and i was able to log on,np.try that bertie.

This post has been edited by UNDEAD 1: 08/24/06 6:45pm

[Bertie the Bunyip]

Howdy - 3 times now on the CoD UO standard map server, the game crashed. I had to push the reset button to restart my PC. When I try to rejoin the game, it says I can't join for 16 minutes. Once it was 18 minutes.

What's going on? Any thoughts?

Thanks

Bertie the Bunyip

P.S. I have "yes" for automatic downloads

Bump - help still needed

[Bertie the Bunyip]

[quote name='Bertie the Bunyip' date='08/24/06 6:33pm' post='122003'] Howdy - 3 times now on the CoD UO standard map server, the game crashed. I had to push the reset button to restart my PC. When I try to rejoin the game, it says I can't join for 16 minutes. Once it was 18 minutes.

What's going on? Any thoughts?

Thanks

Bertie the Bunyip

P.S. I have "yes" for automatic downloads

Here's a screenshot:

[miked]

[quote name='Bertie the Bunyip' date='08/25/06 3:23pm' post='122070'] [quote name='Bertie the Bunyip' date='08/24/06 6:33pm' post='122003'] Howdy - 3 times now on the CoD UO standard map server, the game crashed. I had to push the reset button to restart my PC. When I try to rejoin the game, it says I can't join for 16 minutes. Once it was 18 minutes.

What's going on? Any thoughts?

Thanks

Bertie the Bunyip

P.S. I have "yes" for automatic downloads

Here's a screenshot:

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The other night. several people had their pb auto downloads hanging. They were on macs and did manual upgrades which seemed to solve the problems.

miked

[Wino Ph.D.]

Hey Bernie,

Try this it has worked for me and I was having the same problem as you. Go get the pbsetup program here http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php. Make sure you save the program to you pb folder in your COD folder. Then run go to the folder using explorer and run the program and follow directions to setup COD and check for updates. I found when I tried to run the program immediately after DL the pb files were not being placed into the right folder. This seems to have worked for me, however, I have also turned down the quality of some of my sound and video features. I haven't tried to run again at my old settings but I was reading that PB uses a decent chunk of memory and if your system is memory limited then have high quality audio and video setting could cause PB to crash. Hope that helps and you can get back to gaming.

Wino

[UNDEAD 1]

Hey Bernie,

Try this it has worked for me and I was having the same problem as you. Go get the pbsetup program here http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php. Make sure you save the program to you pb folder in your COD folder. Then run go to the folder using explorer and run the program and follow directions to setup COD and check for updates. I found when I tried to run the program immediately after DL the pb files were not being placed into the right folder. This seems to have worked for me, however, I have also turned down the quality of some of my sound and video features. I haven't tried to run again at my old settings but I was reading that PB uses a decent chunk of memory and if your system is memory limited then have high quality audio and video setting could cause PB to crash. Hope that helps and you can get back to gaming.

Wino

good work whino!! this is something ive noticed is the detail was alot more than usual so i must lower my graphics settings.thats gotta be it!

[Bertie the Bunyip]

Hey Bernie,

Try this it has worked for me and I was having the same problem as you. Go get the pbsetup program here http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php. Make sure you save the program to you pb folder in your COD folder. Then run go to the folder using explorer and run the program and follow directions to setup COD and check for updates. I found when I tried to run the program immediately after DL the pb files were not being placed into the right folder. This seems to have worked for me, however, I have also turned down the quality of some of my sound and video features. I haven't tried to run again at my old settings but I was reading that PB uses a decent chunk of memory and if your system is memory limited then have high quality audio and video setting could cause PB to crash. Hope that helps and you can get back to gaming.

Wino

Howdy Wino - thanks for the detailed instructions. I did not have any problems on Tuchola Forest earlier today, but a few minutes ago, the Standard Map Rotation (Foy) froze-up and I had to hit the reset button. The Standard Map Rotation Server locked me out for 19 minutes.

Clearly, something is wrong with PunkBuster. This is the first time in more than a year of playing on MOB servers that I have had this kind of problem. Others are having the same problem as well. I filed an incident report with the PunkBuster people. I'll see what they have to say.

As for memory, I have 1GB of PC 3200 RAM and a 128 MB BFG 6800 OC video card. I reduced the video levels, but the water in the maps looked like a steel plate. No way did I pay $200 for a video card to have that - LOL.

Bertie the Bunyip

[CodeName]

Bertie I have been having the same probs.I get re-started when I try to play on barbarossa & Stock maps or any other server running punkbuster, on Tuchola cant even get on get error Hunk_AllocateMemory:failed on 4194320, needs 1647024. I also have been playing for almost a year with no probs until last sunday, saturday everything ok. I to have tried the punkbuster updates , and checked my version and it 1270 nothing seems to work.I put in a ticket to the punkbuster people also let you know what they say so we can compair notes.

CodeName



This post has been edited by CodeName: 08/26/06 10:30pm

[Cross of Iron]

http://www.mobclan.com/forums/upload/index...?showtopic=7047 try this to see if it helps

[Wino Ph.D.]

I think my problem is memory related I was playing yesterday and the game was working fine, but I was not running Ventrilo. The I started up Ventrilo and went back to the game and it crashed on me. I only have 512 MB so I'll just get some more memory and hopefully that will be the end of it. I'll update you if I find anything else.

[Bertie the Bunyip]

Wino - I have 1GB of RAM and still have the problem. How much RAM does PunkBuster need?

Bertie the Bunyip

[CodeName]

Got word back from punkbuster they said to update vid drivers and sound drivers which i did and still does not work.

[T/A6Pak]

Hi Bertie,

If you stop killing me, PB will stop kicking you out..haha J/K, I think updating the PB has helped solved most problems people have been having.

Cudamom

[Bertie the Bunyip]

6PAK - you might be right. I thought that you modified PunkBuster to keep me from killing you.

As far as I can tell, I have the latest version of PB installed.

Here's a screenshot:





Codename - PunkBuster support wants to install the first driver on the MSI motherboard website. The link they provided is for a SATA RAID driver. I don't have SATA hard drives in my PC, so I wrote back for clarification.

I also reinstalled the video, audio, and chipset drivers. No joy here either.

Bertie the Bunyip





P.S. There are some nasty Smilies available here.

Bertie the Bunyip