BF3 PC Server R19 will roll out on Wed Jan 25th

As someone who was in the IT project development and application maintenance business, what has happened here (with PB issues) is a violation of the most basic of basic IT rules---> don't roll out an upgrade to anything until you have tested it in a non-live environment to ensure there are no bugs/conflicts etc etc etc. I am amazed that the brain trust at EA/Origin/Dice/whoever would allow this to occur.

Actually, this was a continual problem when I was beta testing EA's Tiger Woods On-line. They kept on rushing these updates without a thorough vetting to ensure they weren't creating even more issues than the ones they were trying to fix. In fact many of the so-called fixes were just work-around's. Not professional, IMHO.

give us update patch for console,and information about the new DLC!

Punkbuster works perfectly for me.

up date you pbset up guys its here http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php [evenbalance.com]

i have done mine and can get on server i also Automated Streaming Setup update on pbbans for streaming just in case

hope it helps

http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3/servers/show/f8a692da-4775-4aff-bbb7-b3e2cdb1d9d6/Brains-For-Breakfast-R19-Testing-900-Tickets/ [battlelog.battlefield.com]



R19

Usually only RPG/M320s/USAS are not allowed

But since im trying to beat the living daylights out of the server, everything is allowed for the rest of the day

Join the server and try youre very best to crash it (noob tube/RPG all you want just for today)

saycz said:
Punkbuster works perfectly for me.

)))))) yeah ) Yesterday I could say the same, just yesterday )))

Is this the reason I cant play game? Punkbuster will kick me always when game starts.

longy said:
up date you pbset up guys its here http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php [evenbalance.com]

i have done mine and can get on server i also Automated Streaming Setup update on pbbans for streaming just in case

hope it helps

Been there, done that......still doesn't work. :(

Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'billytheman' (for 0 minutes) ... RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrB.exe driver failure (PnkBstrK.sys) ffab

MaydaX said:

xFaNtASyGiRLx said:
my server which has R19 keeps kicking people for Game disconnected: you were kicked by PunkBuster. Stated reason: PunkBuster kicked player 'xFaNtASyGiRLx' (for 0 minutes) ... This PB Server Requires (A1386 C2.287) - Error loading pbcl

Those people need to update PB. Server admins can disable the restriction kicks until EB gets it fixed by doing the following:

If your server is kicking a lot of people for restrictions you can temporally set pb_sv_restrictions 0 and it will not kick players for those restrictions. But I'd advise admins re-enable later once it stabilizes.

thanks maydaX. i manually updated and wasn't kicked. i did the command you told me and spammed my server telling people to manually update. so far- only a few are getting kicked now.

What about this message: "NOTICEGame disconnected: you were kicked by Punkbuster errors are beeing looked into right now." I noticed it had it's own thread which has been locked and still no word or a resolution for this problem.

NOPE I CANT EITHER SAME PROB ANOTHER E A FUK UP GOD IM STRESSED
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TSC-Andrey said:
Nice... But what about the new PB issues? Many players (including me) can't play at all since the last PB update

NOTICE Game disconnected: you were kicked by Punkbuster errors are beeing looked into right now.
just wait to fix ????

I,v had same problem with P/B .As i said earlier ,but this time i just went to browse server,instead of Quick play, And got on the server of my chose no problem.I dont think i v done anything.But i,m back in the game.I even looked up my stats to make sure,and they where there for a round today, about 1 hr ago ? So no problem any more! : )

I wonder what THIS update will break.

Not that a care much anyways, since I've always been able to get the game to work for me (no thanks to BF3's crappy proneness to errors).
In fact, I'm starting to take pleasure in watching all the DERP fanboys whine about ridiculous things like ''WAAAHH PB WAS HACKED, BOOHOOO HACKERS BANNED ME,'' like complete idiots.

Don't expect me to tell these derps how to fix their issue, which as nothing to do with the retarded reasons they are buying as the cause. So freaking typical that these kids would rather believe that PB was taken over by hackers, than accept that BF3 is a buggy POS.

Enjoy your disconnects-butthurt, kiddies. I know I will. ^__^

MikaelKalms said:
Regarding reporting hackers on unranked servers:
I wouldn't bother because we evidence gathering is more difficult from the unranked servers.


Regarding kicking people that get stuck in the loading screen:
- a game client should never be able to take down a server, no matter what.
- there are many potential reasons why the client can remain in the loading screen. There will be new ways which cause this in the future. It can be used as an attack to crash servers.
- when the server crashes, there is a clear place to start digging. something bad happened, and I can ask someone knowledgeable to work backwards from there.
Because of the above reasons, we have implemented the kicking mechanism. It keeps servers from going down, and those clients which get disconnected would never have made it into the game session anyway.

Whether or not to investigate reasons why clients occasionally get stuck in the loading screen is then a separate issue. Similar to joining a server sometimes fails due to connectivity problems, joining a server sometimes fails by getting stuck in the loading screen - my personal opinion is that we should prioritize anything which keeps people from getting into the game in the same game in the same way when identifying what to tackle..

Ok, makes sense when you put it like that. Thanks

Smasher4ya said: TSC-Andrey said:
Nice... But what about the new PB issues? Many players (including me) can't play at all since the last PB update

Yes. What about this? we are getting kicked too. In our own server !!!

Well we are all f**kd for now :( Anyone got a wake hardcore conquest server that is working?

Held1OOO said:
did u guys try to update PB manually ??

WHAT DO U THINK EINSTEIN !!!

THATS GREAT I HOPE IT GET FIXED SOON I SO WANT TO PLAY

MikaelKalms said:
PB issues are separate from the game server update. We're working with EB on it.