Punkbuster Error: MD5Tool Mismatch Troubleshooting

[[R-DEV]Deadfast]

As long as the Start in line in the shortcut is set up correctly then everything should be alright.

If not, then I think a lack of system rights might be the problem.

[[R-DEV]Deer]

OMG im dying when even thinking about reading so much text... is there a shortcut to see how to fix this MD5 tool mismatch ?

Can someone make post where is only explained how to fix it, instead of all sort of other things and the answer hidden somewhere in middle of massive amount of text.

[kilroy0097]

Originally Posted by [R-CON]Deer

OMG im dying when even thinking about reading so much text... is there a shortcut to see how to fix this MD5 tool mismatch ?

Can someone make post where is only explained how to fix it, instead of all sort of other things and the answer hidden somewhere in middle of massive amount of text.

In the very first post I updated it a while back with a link to the solution to all the problems I had. From that fix post and after that to the present more solutions are talked about. Only a few pages compared to the bulk of this. So please check the very first post in this thread.

[[R-DEV]Deer]

Exactly, that link has like 1000000 problems and you need to find the 1 correct one in middle of all that text.... Could you just simply write how to fix md5tool mismatch issue without adding ANYTHING else but the instruction how to do it. After all thats the topic of this thread...

[[R-DEV]bosco]

Ehh there can be many different reasons for getting md5 mismatch errors, giving the exact kick message would be a start.

[arn354]

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f27-...tml#post669841

That link is on the top of the first post - it leads directly to kilroys post in here describing very well how you can try to nail down your specific MD5-Mismatch problem.
There is not really a shorter description if you try to cover most common causes of MD5-Mismatches and steps to get rid of them.

Like Bosco said - MD5-Mismatches can have several causes and appear suddenly.

Perhaps Kilroy just should copy that specific post into a new one linking to this old one on the end, a mod stickies the new one and drops the sticky-thingy from the huge old one.

[kilroy0097]

Why do I have the distinct impression that I'm getting bitched at for this thread being too long after doing a bit of the hard work of figuring out how to fix issues?

It's not like this is a fracking Wiki. We help people on a case by case basis. By doing so the thread is very long. I'm sorry if I don't feel like searching through the entire thread and pulling out all the solutions and putting them into a guide book just so one person who doesn't feel like reading through a thread can get their answer given to them on a silver platter.

This is me really irritated.

We can do what arn354 suggested and put that one post into another thread if it will make it easier to find but some of the problems solved are spread throughout this thread and I really don't feel like weeding them out right now.

[meeeeee8880]

I have read this entire post on the Md5 Tool Mismatch, yet all it seems to refer to is the problem about shaders. The file that comes up when I get kicked for a MD5Tool Mismatch is std_archive_mod.md5 under mods/bf2. I have reinstalled BF2, PR, and manually uninstalled and installed PB, and now the file it shows is mods/bf2/Levels/Sharqi_Peninsula/archive.md5 (len=530). Any advice?

[Salmik]

Thank you Kilroy for putting effort to help others solve this problem! Took nearly 3 hours for me to do all this but it was worth it: PR works like before, although I get the occasional MD5tool error but that can be fixed by pbsvc.exe, unlike the pnkbstrB.exe handshake failure I was experiencing before this operation. THANK YOU

[Salmik]

Oh noes it was only temporary and the handshaking failure is back . Could changing to another anti-virus program help?