[RESOLVED]PB Handshaking Failed - Fixed !

[Fatal-M]

hello everyone .

i had this problem with PR for ages now , i looked all over the Internet for a solution and i finaly have it ! the steps are easy and can be done in 5 minutes total , just do the following :
Step 1 :
-delete pb folder
-un-install using pbsvc
-re-install pbsvc
-reboot
-run pbsetup and download latest version

Step 2 :
creat a notepad and write the following in it , save the document as .BAT :
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Del "pb\pbns_c.dat"
Start "Project Reality 0.8 Launcher" "mods\pr\pr.exe" +modPath mods/pr +menu 1 +fullscreen 1
Exit
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after u save the file in .BAT , put that file in the main BF2 Directory . when u make the file in that Directory , make a shortcut for it on ur desktop and run it !

i never had that problem again , and i have been playing for hours now non-stop ! if u guys have any questions , please hit me up and ill explain the point abit more , my resource behind this is :
EA Forums: Punkbuster Questions & Answers ...

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Another Solution which fixed my problem for good now ! apparently when i install PB over and over again it just wont mater because whenever i join the game updates when u join a server which just deletes the punkbusterB service , the main fix i wrote about realy helped out at first , i had alot of problems like connection lost but now i dont ! ... this fix is taken from fuzzhead's stickied post in the same section !

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Originally Posted by doggreen

1. Downloaded punkbuster htm file update from even balance
2. Downloaded and installed pbsetup.exe and ran the update and still probelms.
3. Downloaded and installed pbsvc.exe, ran through the suggested steps and still probelms.
4. Do not click the option 'punkbuster' in hour into the server.
5. Unistalled project reality and battlefield2, deleted all files related to the game, deleted cache and any temp files and then reinstalled everything: bf2, patch 1.41 and PR.


Important Information

-- When you install the battlefield2, the punkbuster is not installed. it installs itself when we see the message 'loading complete. verifying customer data '. hence it includes the services of booting the system, the service pnkbstrA.exe. (you can see this going on 'start \ run \ services.msc').

what seems to have happened since the last update of automatic punkbuster, is that it now requires the pnkbstrB.exe but may be something also.

pbsetup.exe the program, found at the site of the guys (punkbuster.com), installs the pnkbstrB.exe and includes services in the boot of the system but not the start automatically. then simply open the 'start \ run \ services.msc' and set up for 'automatic' and start it. but the shit does not stop there: when you run the game in time when you read 'loading complete. verifying client date, 'punkbuster always installs itself again and stops the pnkbstrB.exe services in the boot of shit windows. then you get the message (something like) 'pnkbstrB.exe handshake failed' or another message related to any punkbuster, depending on what you is trying to do.

SOLUTION

1 - open the windows explorer and go to 'C: \ Program Files \ EA GAMES \ Battlefield 2' and create a folder with the name '! Bkp-bp'

2 - go to 'C: \ Program Files \ EA GAMES \ Battlefield 2 \ pb', copy the files

pbags.dll
pbcl.dll
pbclold.dll
pbcls.dll
pbsv.dll

and paste them in the folder that you created, '! bkp-bp'.

3 - you can download from a pbsvc.exe
http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe

* steps 1, 2 and 3 will be made only once. the other will be made whenever you play for, before the opening game.

4 - open the program pbsvc.exe

5 - select the "Un-Install/Remove PunkBuster Service 'and click next, then finish.

6 - go to 'C: \ Program Files \ EA GAMES \ Battlefield 2 \ pb', and delete all the files it has within it, the root (only the files, not folders' dll ',' htm 'and' scrnshot ')

7 - go to the folder 'dll' (C: \ Program Files \ EA GAMES \ Battlefield 2 \ bp \ dll) and delete the files that are inside (must be two files with the extension. Dll, but if you have more , Delete without fear).

8 - go to the folder 'htm' (C: \ Program Files \ EA GAMES \ Battlefield 2 \ bp \ htm) and delete the files that exist beyond these, the words, those listed below are those that are:

la001310.htm (not delete this)
lc001110.htm (not delete this)
ma001310.htm (not delete this)
mc001110.htm (not delete this)
wa001310.htm (not delete this)
wc001110.htm (not delete this)

this seems complicated, but it is not. these six files. htm listed above are installed from the CD of the battlefield, the others are updates of punkbuster. then, the files you will delete (in my case are always two files), have recent dates. and those listed here are former date.

9 - cut the dll files in the folder 'bkp-bp' and paste them in the folder 'pb' (C: \ Program Files \ EA GAMES \ Battlefield 2 \ pb)

This may seem really complicated, but is guaranteed to fix the problem, and after doing it twice is very easy and fast.

I will explain what you are doing here: if you reinstall the game, he always work for the first time and give the problem the second onwards. because the punkbuster is installed only after reading the map, already accessing the server. following the steps above, we are leaving the state of punkbuster exactly as it is when you install the battlefield2.

when I say to create the folder bkp-bp, there is to copy the original files of the facility, to back. after making the first time, you can also copy the six htm files get listed above, then you just delete everything in the folder htm and copy what you saved a backup. but do this only with the dll, as taught. htm folder always appear only two new files, updates the punkbuster.
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now u can run the game without the punkbuster services and the game runs even smoother !! try it out ur self and keep posting ur results
Cheers

[Marmorkaka]

Do I have to reebot and all that stuff everytime I want to play or just once?

[MadTommy]

Is this only for handshake failure whilst ingame?.. or does this fix other pb issues?

Presently i'm having to run pbsvc.exe before i load pr each time.. otherwise as soon as i join i get kicked for punkbusterB not initialising..

[Fatal-M]

as for Marmorkaka :
u only have to restart ur computer only after doing the step 1 , after that ur gonna be alright

and as for MadTommy :
u should just remove PB from the pbsvc.exe and remove the PB folder inside the game folder , restart ur computer and reinstall PB and update , u should be back online with the game

Cheers Guys !

[Sgt.Krai]

I don't understand step 2.. ???

[Sgt.Krai]

Sorry For this Dumb Questing but "Reboot" = ?Uninstall? I don't know...

[Sgt.Krai]

Okay Now i got it FIxed thanks

[Fatal-M]

Sgt.Krai :
reboot = restart
and its not a dumb question , kinda

[LeChuckle]

WOW i think it worked!!! nice nice nice nice nice nice nice :shoc ked:

[S.P.C-[Reality]-]

it worked the first time... but once i restarted my computer(due to wireless conection problems) and tried to join TG server... PB #$^@ING HANDSHAKE FAILED


im starting to lose hope in PR... i cant play a round for max 30 min without getting ctd or GOD DAMNED pb handshake failure