Punkbuster kicking me for "No Packet Flow"

Hey there,

I've been having the same issues recently. I have also gone through the same process as you to no avail...

Did you ever manage to figure it out/get sorted?

Thanks

Try this....

Go to Punk Buster site
Download PB then extract files to your desktop then open Punk Buster folder. Click on the PB setup and it will open.
Add your BF4 game to punk buster its at the top of Punk Buster.
Then update punk buster again at the top of Punk Buster.

http://www.punkbuster.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php

As I stated in the post, I've already tried updating PunkBuster.

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@VIGGOWL wrote:

As I stated in the post, I've already tried updating PunkBuster.

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Sometimes just updating PB isn't enough, you have to manually add BF3 to Punkbuster to solve the problem.  After the update did you manually add BF3 to PB?

I know that I have done everything from reinstalling to updating to even port forwarding. I have added BF3 manually and updated punkbuster countless times.

I have found that my game randomly will work one day and completely fail the next. There is clearly something wrong with either my PC or Punkbuster although I highly doubt it's the former as a few months ago I didn't have this issue at all.

To help rule out PC do this....

Test your windows for errors
This works in all windows O/S vista Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 windows system file checker :] Copy and past this to note pad and put it on your desktop. As open programs can give you errors when you run this.

...... sfc /scannow ..... ever hear of it if not your going to love this .... it will inspect all the important windows files as well as the windows DLL files. If windows system file checker finds any issues with the windows files and windows DLL files it will replace them. This little tool as well as the event viewer saved me and fully helped me fix my BF4 issues as well as saved my .... many a format since I found it. This is the best toy they ever put in windows :]

For win7 go to start left click in search type cmd and right click cmd pick run as admin

For win 8.1 right click start bottom left of screen and pick command prompt admin

1 - Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like origin.

2 - Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD

3 - This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/

4 -After its done reboot and do it again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix ... run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ...

5- So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop now for now lol, If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow

6 - If you get a message indicating that it can not be repaired and you ran sfc /scannow more then 3x in a row on win vista or 7 mm you need a format or try repair win 7 :/ But after format or repair and all updates are done run sfc /scannow to make sure your windows is stable same deal 2x error free reboot between them.

If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run this next command / line in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ It will restore the health of your PC and you dont lose anything and it will also fix errors in the registry :]

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth ------- ONLY works for windows 8 and 8.1

7 - When its done reboot

This is best solution so far but once I log out for the night and try to play the next day, same old No Packet Flow error boots me big time. EA should be ashamed but Punkbuster should be MORE ashamed.

Hello @Masteraceman123

Can you try this solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jtAlvjk9Mc ?

I shall try it next time it appears, right now its working ok, thanks. I am using BF2 which PBsetup no longer supports.

Its definitely Punkbuster, Evenbalance dropped support for BF2 awhile back and now I get this HARD error. I suspect EA put pressure on Evenbalance to do this so they could push their newer, overpriced drivel games on gamers. Yell at them you will not buy anything and watch them "reintroduce" what never should have gone away in the first place. Sixty bucks for a game? Seriously? Not me. Look for $100 games soon.