Punkbuster Error: MD5Tool Mismatch Troubleshooting

[kilroy0097]

Ok I will give the PR shaders_client.zip file a try and copy it over to the /mod/bf2/ directory.

[kilroy0097]

Ok funny thing. Solved one issue and created another one.

I copied the shaders_client.zip file from /mods/pr/ to /mods/bf2/.
I no longer receive the PB kick MD5 message for shaders_client.zip. Yay!

New Problem:
I now get the MD5 message for other things.

... mods\bf2\Levels\Dalian_plant\client.zip (len=2048)

I find this to extremely hilarious and very sad at the same time. PR does not use the Dalian_plant file for anything as it's not a map in the PR package. I can't replace Dalian_plant client.zip file with anything because PR does not have a replacement for it. I have yet to play BF2 vanilla with this particular installation.

So the million dollar question is... Why the hell is PB looking at this file and thinking it's altered when it hasn't been touched and it hasn't been played and I'm not playing BF2 vanilla and it's a new installation less than a week old?

Anyone have a fix for this kind of random crap? Or are we all having ti go through it because we have to? I'm assume it will happen time and time again on other random files.

[=BFC=KllrKirk]

Firstly....thankyou Kilroy, for keeping this in the spotlight, and for doing EVERYTHING i really dont want to have to do.

This is rediculous...and with anger in my thoughts, i now wish id never voted for PR as Mod of the year!!!!

UNDO THIS SHIT DEVS and find another way!!!!! Because honest people shouldnt suffer for the mistakes of people, who lets face it probablly already know how to avoid getting caught anyway.....

This is infuriating......id rather be playing cheats than NOT be playing at all!!

[arn354]

... mods\bf2\Levels\Dalian_plant\client.zip (len=204

reinstall patch 1.41 - before check your system - something hijacks your files.

[rg2550]

I just reinstalled everything last 3 nights ago. And also updated PB.

I installed bf2 restarted
installed bf2 patch restarted
updated PB
installed pr restarted
then installed pr patch then maps restart

It works perfectly now. Im using Vista Ultimate, 4gig, 8800 gts 640mb, etc.

[kilroy0097]

This is not directed negatively at the posters but I would have appreciated if they had actually read what I have done.

Originally Posted by arn354

reinstall patch 1.41 - before check your system - something hijacks your files.

I did already, reinstalling patch 1.41 has been done about three times already as well as a full virus scan with updated definitions and adware scan. So unless running this 1.41 patch [b]every single time I want to play[]/b] is in anyway a viable and sane option, I don't plan on doing it every single time. Yes I know PB thinks that file is corrupt but since there is no way to know why it's being corrupted or why it thinks it's being corrupted then there is no fix. Keep in mind that BF2 has worked all this time and PR has worked all this time and every mod I have played has worked all this time without serious issue until now. The problem here is with PB as well as the Client Files but not just one or the other.

Though at this time I am leaning heavily towards PB being the problem here and the method or way it checks the files is flawed. It's obviously looking for things incorrectly since this many files can not be corrupt on brand new installs. That's ridiculous.

Originally Posted by rg2550

I just reinstalled everything last 3 nights ago. And also updated PB.

I installed bf2 restarted
installed bf2 patch restarted
updated PB
installed pr restarted
then installed pr patch then maps restart

It works perfectly now. Im using Vista Ultimate, 4gig, 8800 gts 640mb, etc.

Ok so you actually restarted after every single patch or update? Now that is just fricken crazy. What developer would think in their right minds this is a viable solution to this problem?

Ok so you installed BF2 and patch 1.41 restarting after each. Then you installed punkbuster. Then you install the PR setup files, then the patch 0.756 and then the levels file? That doesn't make sense. You sure you didn't install the PR setup files and levels and then restarted? After which you installed the PR patch 0.756 and then restarted. There is no levels patch separate from the 0.756 patch.

Jan 1, 2008 till Apr 4, 2008. PR ran perfectly.
Punkbuster update on Apr 5th breaks the mod.
PR no longer runs for many users since that update.

Solution: If at all possible; Recall the update and figure out another solution that works better.

[kilroy0097]

I some how missed that there were new files out besides the single patch 0.756 file out there. I didn't know there were a new 0.756 Setup and Levels files now. I will download them and redo my entire installation again and see if anything gets fixed. I'm willing to try just about anything at this point with the exception of reformat/install of everything I have.

[[R-DEV]bosco]

If only the Dalian Plant\client.zip is making problems now, I can upload that for you... my mashtuur city\client.zip gave me the same error, I replaced it with Spearhead's one and it worked.

[kilroy0097]

Originally Posted by [R-PUB]bosco

If only the Dalian Plant\client.zip is making problems now, I can upload that for you... my mashtuur city\client.zip gave me the same error, I replaced it with Spearhead's one and it worked.

Are you serious? So replacing it with another person's file fixes the problem? So technically if you install BF2 3 different times in say 3 different directories and if one file causes a kick from PB you could attempt to switch that file with another one from the other directories and it might just magically work?

So is PB comparing files to stored files in their database that were original files directly from DICE? And some how even if we install the game a hundred times that it may never be perfect?

I appreciate the offer of assistance. I will gladly accept your Dalian_Plant file and pray it works since it works for you. However if PB kicks me again for a different file I'm afraid that I would have to replace more and more files to the point of severe inconvenience to the community.

We really have to come to a conclusion as to why these files are exactly the same size wise and yet are different in small sector fashion. Old hardware, old hard drives, not enough CPU power, etc. There has to be a logical reason why my installation is different than your installation. I did buy the very first DVD version of BF2 so maybe something was different in it's pressing compared to other people's discs. And for all I know the 1.41 BF2 Patch does something different depending on where you downloaded the patch from. My original 1.41 BF2 Patch was from FilePlanet back when I was a member. It would be funny if a 1.41 BF2 Patch from FileFront was different in some small way.

[[R-DEV]bosco]

Apparentely, that's how it works

Uploading now.