{"id":706,"date":"2012-09-29T23:47:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T06:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=706"},"modified":"2012-12-18T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T22:14:15","slug":"punkbuster-kicking-you-in-bf3battlefield-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=706","title":{"rendered":"Punkbuster kicking you off in BF3\/Battlefield 3?"},"content":{"rendered":"

UGH.\u00a0 I went through tons of this headaches back on Battlefield 2 with Punkbuster, and now it appears to have come up again on BF3.\u00a0 I had been playing along for months without a single issue, but then re-installed recently when I reconfigured my machine. Then I started getting this dreaded message:<\/p>\n

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player\u00a0 (for 0 minutes) … RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe<\/em><\/p>\n

The forums are full of people with this same issue<\/a>.\u00a0 Here are some solutions that pertained to my particular problem:<\/p>\n

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  1. Punkbuster didn’t even get installed.\u00a0 You need to go to Punkbuster’s website, download the installer, and install it yourself.\u00a0 Go here and follow the directions:
    \n    http:\/\/www.evenbalance.com\/index.php?page=dl-bf3.php<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Punkbuster isn’t getting updated automatically.\u00a0 There are HTML ‘key’ files that need to be installed and updated regularly.\u00a0\u00a0 You need to select 7 different links and save them in the correct folders.\n
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    1. The first is: pbsec.htm, it goes in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Battlefield 3\\.\u00a0 Be careful!\u00a0 When I first saved it from the link, it saved it as pbsec-1.html – that doesn’t work.<\/li>\n
    2. Update the remaining 6 htm files like ‘PB Client v2.317 for Win32’ et al. go into C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Battlefield 3\\pb\\htm<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. pbsvc.exe is missing(!).\u00a0 One post<\/a> mentioned that you could manually run C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Battlefield 3\\pbsvc.exe and it would test everything for you.\u00a0 I actually found this file was missing.\u00a0 However, a copy of it was there in C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Origin Games\\Battlefield 3\\__Installer\\punkbuster\\redist\\pbsvc.exe.\u00a0 I copied it to the root BF3 directory and then everything worked.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Thanks again Origin for really making PC gaming a viable environment and reminding me why consoles have eaten half your gaming lunch.<\/p>\n

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      UGH.\u00a0 I went through tons of this headaches back on Battlefield 2 with Punkbuster, and now it appears to have come up again on BF3.\u00a0 I had been playing along for months without a single issue, but then re-installed recently when I reconfigured my machine. Then I started getting this dreaded message: Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player\u00a0 (for 0 minutes) … RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrA.exe The forums are full of people with…<\/p>\n

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