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Re: Why do I keep getting kicked by punkbuster??

OK, I got it working. I had reformatted my OS drive recently, but had the game installed on a separate games drive. When I reinstalled Origin, I was able to direct it to the game install and the game was working. However, I don't think Punkbuster was actually installed. So, I uninstalled the game and then downloaded it again. I chose the option to install PB when installing and everything works like normal. I am even able to use Reshade like before.

Origin needs to do a better job of verifying the files when scanning the game install location and include a search for PB. Also, the game needs to better communicate that PB is not installed properly instead of just saying "You have been kicked by Punkbuster".

This experience has been very frustrating.

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  • EA_Blueberry's avatar
    EA_Blueberry
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    7 years ago

    @BassMan_PC 


    Glad you were able to find out what the cause was. Thanks for relaying that back to us so others can try that if they experience it as well. 

    Thank you for playing Battlefield!


  • @BassMan_PC wrote:
    OK, I got it working. I had reformatted my OS drive recently, but had the game installed on a separate games drive. When I reinstalled Origin, I was able to direct it to the game install and the game was working. However, I don't think Punkbuster was actually installed. So, I uninstalled the game and then downloaded it again. I chose the option to install PB when installing and everything works like normal. I am even able to use Reshade like before.

    Origin needs to do a better job of verifying the files when scanning the game install location and include a search for PB. Also, the game needs to better communicate that PB is not installed properly instead of just saying "You have been kicked by Punkbuster".

    This experience has been very frustrating.

    You get the full kick message if you connect to a server via battlelog. For some reason the UI doesn't give anymore than what you posted.

  • EA_Atic's avatar
    EA_Atic
    Icon for DICE Team rankDICE Team
    4 years ago
    I'm closing this thread to stop it from being necroed.

    If you have any issues with Battlefield, please make a new topic about your problems and what kind of steps you have tried to solve them.

    /Atic

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