Battlefield 3

Still having the problem for 2 days now :(


Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player '*******' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrB.exe driver failure (PnkBstrK.sys) ffab
 
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They say today, Wed 25th but don't give a time. http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/view/2832654778028749997/

The following may be of interest to you though:

Read this if you are experiencing connection issues

We are aware that some Battlefield 3 players are experiencing connection issues with PunkBuster enabled servers.

This problem is limited to a small subset of players on PC and will not impact players on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.

We are actively looking into the specifics of this issue and we are confident that we will have a permanent solution in place shortly.

In the meantime, if your connectivity has been affected, we recommend that in the interim you join servers that are not running PunkBuster. There is a filter setting for this in the multiplayer server browser.

Thank you for your patience.
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http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/news/view/2832654778033266463/
 
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@dal when you play start BF since these problems, does your PnkBstrB.exe start up?

ask cause remember when I 1st installed BF, mine never started on it's own, even when running the game. this caused that same "communication" error for me.
 
Terrible lag on the mweb metro server. Guys had pings of nearly 500ms they need to kick guys with pings >300ms

Noted with a NOTE
 
Off-The-Chart said:
@dal when you play start BF since these problems, does your PnkBstrB.exe start up?

ask cause remember when I 1st installed BF, mine never started on it's own, even when running the game. this caused that same "communication" error for me.
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Iv'e joined a UK server with Punkbuster and am playing fine. It's really screwed up. No idea whats going on.
 
ah...

as I mentioned in another thread: it amazes me how people with exactly the same or very similar system hardware and software setups, could have such problems.

why my moto of never touching something when it is working fine, stays.
 
Origin has given me 3 free games.

Logged in to origin last night and saw that I had Sims 3 in my library. I have never given my credit card details to origin so I did not purchase it. Sent an email to EA support and was told I was gifted the game for reporting a hacker in BF3.:p

Add this to my other 2 free games (N4S shift 2 & Tiger woods PGA) I got for them messing the BF3 early access keys. In some ways, I love EA.
 
Off-The-Chart said:
ah...

as I mentioned in another thread: it amazes me how people with exactly the same or very similar system hardware and software setups, could have such problems.

why my moto of never touching something when it is working fine, stays.
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Good motto, for some reason none of my games give me any trouble, not black ops, MW3 or BF3... and those games gave/give a lot of people headaches.. Most important thing IMO is keeping software and drivers up to date.
 
doobyscoo said:
Good motto, for some reason none of my games give me any trouble, not black ops, MW3 or BF3... and those games gave/give a lot of people headaches.. Most important thing IMO is keeping software and drivers up to date.
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Yea most of our clan has zero issues as well.
 
kat06sa said:
Probably won't play it, but hey. Free games are free. Now I need to go and hunt for more hackers.
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For sure but they should offer a game and not pawn their shyte onto us :D. NFS world would be cool as a free game.

Why thank us for reporting hackers all they do is reset their accounts.
 
If you don't have the disc the is a way to paste someone's directory, this is what I did as I like instant gratification :)

Then you won't have to worry about downloading any updates
 
Ok this is just crazy, i'm STILL not being able to connect without punkbuster booting me. Battlelog has taken down the "we are looking into the PB errors" or whatever it said. Now what do I do? Sit back with a broken game that I can't play while Dice say nothing? This is downright disgusting.
 
dal2000 said:
Ok this is just crazy, i'm STILL not being able to connect without punkbuster booting me. Battlelog has taken down the "we are looking into the PB errors" or whatever it said. Now what do I do? Sit back with a broken game that I can't play while Dice say nothing? This is downright disgusting.
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Have you got the disks? Perhaps uninstall and reload.
 
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