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Volvoartictech
13 years ago
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Windows 8 Battlefield 4 Punkbuster kick for no packet flow

This is extremely frustrating!! Sometimes I can play for an hours sometimes 2mins, I have uninstalled and reinstalled PB a dozen times. I tried every trick listed in the forums and nothing. The same ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    @TRex2142 

    This was posted before BF4 was launched as full version, so I think it might have been solved for the user.😕mileylol:

    If you still have problems now, please follow this steps:

    First, do this steps: http://help.ea.com/en/article/battlefield-4-punkbuster-troubleshooting/ .

    Also, try this additional steps, if the above does not work:

    1. Open windows firewall

    2. Click advanced settings( on the left) and then inbound (also left)

    3. Find PnkbstrA.exe and PnkbstrB.exe (if you have two of both, its fine)
    4. Right click on each of them>properties>programs and services
    5. Make sure that "all programs that meet the specifications" is checked
    6. Then go to the "Advanced" tab and check all 3 boxes. Domain, Private and Public.
    7. REMEMBER TO DO THIS FOR ALL PnkBstr Files. Then save and quit.
    8. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 4 and delete "Pb" folder.
    9. Go to these 2 links:
    http://websec.evenbalance.com/downloader/download.php?file=1
    http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe
    10. Download and install both
    11. Run Pbsetup.exe (the first link)
    12. Add a game (eg. bf4)
    13. Check for updates.

    Also, try to disable your firewall if it does not work.

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Carbonic
Hero+
13 years ago
@crohrci wrote:

libever said where is the problem and thats the Win8. What you could try is run BF4 in compability mode for Win Vista or just install Win7 64 bit version since BF4 does not support 32bit.

Now it doesn't matter if BF4 supports Win8 or not since it is Punkbuster that has to support it. Punkbuster actually only supports Windows Vista and below according to their website.

This does however not mean that Punkbuster does not work under Windows 7, and since the relevant underlaying systems of Windows 8 is the same then Windows 8 should work just as well as Windows 7.

Also, it is not known if BF4 will support Win8 or not, Just because the Alpha does not officially support it, doesn't mean that it wont be supported later. It would actually make sence to just make sure it works in Win7 for the Alpha and then test it for the other OS's interally and later on in the beta.

All in all, downgrading to Win7 is a horrible solution in general and especially since the problem is not Windows 8 specific.

 

Please accept solutions if they are correct and press the XP button if somebody helped you. This way you help others in the same situation.

Cheers
-Carbonic

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
13 years ago

Win7 is better than Win8 in games and not just in games so I don't see why is it a bad solution to downgrade, but after all it's a personal choice...

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