Vista enabling PB in 0.86

[Wazabi-Qc]

hey guys, the servers doesn't stop kicking me, saying that server requires PB, i found an answer for this, but the "punkbuster checkbox" doesn't seem to be there in 0.86.. can someone help me to enable it in the game ? thanks

[[R-DEV]AncientMan]

Punkbuster should be force enabled every time you load PR, I'm not sure why it wouldn't be force enabled for you.

Anyway, go to:
My Documents/Battlefield 2/Profiles/(Your profile number)/General.con
(Open that file in notepad or a similar text editing program)

Find the line
GeneralSettings.setAllowPunkBuster 0

and change that to 1, ie:
GeneralSettings.setAllowPunkBuster 1

Save, and it should fix your problem .

[Wazabi-Qc]

it's already set to 1... and btw, the kick message say "error loading PBCL"

[[R-DEV]AncientMan]

Well that's not the same as "Server requires PB" isn't it . Didn't see how it could become disabled anyway...

So, try updating your punkbuster, check the FAQ for more information

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]AncientMan

Q: I am getting kicked from servers for Punkbuster issues other than MD5Tool Mismatch errors.

A: Most commonly, these types of issues are solved by updating Punkbuster files. You can do this by running PBSetup. If that still doesn't fix the issue, try running PBSVC and reinstalling the Punkbuster service.

[Wazabi-Qc]

i updated, everything works fine now.. and dude, i swear it was saying "server requires PB (random number) error loading PBCL.