CORRUPT PACKET FLOW. Save me from destroying my computer. Its punkbusters fault.

[buzzwarno]

Okay,

You start BF2 up and there it is. Staring you in the face. Project reality. Wow. Get it. Its awesome. So i does. And now the thing wont work. Imagine my temper??

Before we start I will say that I don't' just willy nilly jump on and throw my own problems up. I have spent the last 2 nights researching my problems and reading pages of threads and forums but nothing is working for me.

I have un installed and re installed the game. I have un installed and re installed punk buster. I have downloaded pbsvc.exe and pbsetup.exe and used both. They both say "good to go". I have manually deleted the lates pb files from my pb folder and then downloaded them manually from the pb homepage. running pbsetup after this says all files up to date. I am going insane. I have disabled ALL Firewalls. They were all set to allow BF2 and PBSTa dn B through anyway but disabled same problem???

The funniest thing is the first night I actually go the game going and played it for about 2 hours. That was the one and only time it has lasted 5 seconds past the loading stage. It worked fine. So WTF is going on? my system can obviously handle it but PB is letting me and by the sounds of it half the planet down.

Can someone please save my computer from the impending ass whooping it is gonna get. Any help is very much appreciated

Cheers

J

[mycathasrabies]

Same situation as you except with corrupted files.


I tried deleting my PB folder in BF2 and tried playing Project Reality to see if it would update automatically, you could try that maybe?

I also got it to work last night for about an hour(until I left the server) but as usual I cant play any server for more then a couple minutes before getting kicked.


I think we are gonna have to wait for patches or something because there are no fixes that work :/

[thepalerider]

When asking for help,
please remember to post your:
O/S,
systems specks,
network setup
And a brief history before and after problem started.
Please describe when your CTD or problem hits and
what you have already tried.

Originally Posted by thepalerider

The most common cause of 'Connection to server has been lost' and other connection issues seems to be caused by punk buster and/or firewall issues.
Remember it is recommended that you restart your system after you install/uninstall
programs to ensure all installed components, files and registry entries are correctly installed or removed.
So it is key you restart after using pbsvc uninstall.

Some routers with 'packet inspection' turned on can also trigger a disconnect when game
data or voip traffic triggers a false "ping flood"attack and the router shuts down
needed ports to protect your network.
So try turning packet inspection off to see if that helps.
If you have a busy network you can also get dropped if your packets are consistently
getting delayed due to high traffic.( your ping jumps way up from time to time)
If your running Xp you can tune up your internet connection with TCP Optimizer to maximize throughput.
check out speed guides
web site
click here to use their
TCP/IP Analyzer
results will show if you can improve throughput.


Having a router like D-links gamers lounge, that can prioritize traffic( they call it
GameFuel), can make a night and day difference.
This GameFuel improves your online gaming experience by ensuring that your game traffic
is prioritized over other network traffic, such as FTP or Web. This is of course much more
helpful on networks with more than one user, but if you like to download bit torrent or
other large files in the background while gaming you'll be glad you have one that can prioritize or 'shape' traffic.


good luck

So the question is where is the bottle neck? Is it inside the network (your PC to your router) or outside (modem to game server)
Inside a better router should help.
Outside improved throughput should help

Another thing you can try that works for me is:
Try connecting to another server when you get a PB CORRUPT PACKET FLOW error kick.
Let the map load 15% to 100% (it's different for some. 15% works for me) then abort the map load. Try to join the server you want to play on now. PB errors are at least reduced if not stopped for the night.
All tho this isn't a fix, this work around usually works.
Hope it helps

[Dv83r]

I'm also getting this PB kick. I reinstalled Bf2 and packs and Pr correctly and rebooted. Some servers I don't get this message and some others I do. I just reinstalled Pb and updated it and still got it.

[Jazz]

I got this kick when I tried to run mumble. Try running without it if you have it up, this may be an issue.

[FUBAR_HSE]

Originally Posted by thepalerider

When asking for help,
please remember to post your:
O/S,
systems specks,
network setup
And a brief history before and after problem started.
Please describe when your CTD or problem hits and
what you have already tried.


Another thing you can try that works for me is:
Try connecting to another server when you get a PB CORRUPT PACKET FLOW error kick.
Let the map load 15% to 100% (it's different for some. 15% works for me) then abort the map load. Try to join the server you want to play on now. PB errors are at least reduced if not stopped for the night.
All tho this isn't a fix, this work around usually works.
Hope it helps

yeah thanks for that ill try that when i get on next but if not I blame you lol.