Error(3)/Freeze solution that worked for me (Updated)

[IgorTheGreat]

After the BH added PB I started to experience freezes, error 3 disconnects and just random lags including 5 second map startup lag.

I opened up ports, installed windows updates, got newest graphic card driver, cleaned up registery, reinstalled BH and updated PB using update software provided in PunkBuster Troubleshooting. Nothing worked, until i went to the PunkBuster website http://websec.evenbalance.com/index.php?...heroes.php and actually manualy downloaded files posted there
1. pbsec.htm
and since i have WinXP
2. wc002206.htm
3. wa001376.htm

Since then I haven't been disconnected even once. I still experience reduced lag (2-3 seconds) at the beginning of the map, and when a new player enters the game, but I think it's due to downloading custom skins for other players. And that I think we can blame on weak EA network and maybe my old computer.

Another suggestion - since PB scans system's DLLs for modification you should turn off programs that insert their menu into right-click menu in Windows and also ran 'sfc /scannow' (You have to get the XP disc for that) to fix any modified/broken DLLs on which PB could get hanged up.

[VarietyCZ]

i have same problem here, and sometimes freeze absolutelly - and help hard restart only


what you doing there in ea?

[IgorTheGreat]

Another suggestion - since PB scans system's DLLs for modification you should turn off programs that insert their menu into right-click menu in Windows and also ran 'sfc /scannow' (You have to get the XP disc for that) to fix any modified/broken DLLs on which PB could get hanged up.

[IgorTheGreat]

This is a letter a user got from PB about the same problem in another game:

PunkBuster "pushes" hardware and the Windows Operating System more than most software and uses functions in the Windows API (low level functions) that aren't used by most other programs. As such, there are a few cases where using PB can actually expose flaky hardware or other situations that don't cause problems for other software. Here are a few things that have helped other users make these problems get better or go away completely:

* Make sure you are using the latest version of PunkBuster (the latest version is always on our Download page) - also this link may help manually update your PB to the latest version when necessary

* From the game's main screen, press the tilde key (the ~ key) to bring down the console and enter the following line (without the quotes): "pb_system 0". [BH doesn't have console but you can manually enter it in pbclgame.cfg which should be located in C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield Heroes\pb]

* Never close other programs from your Windows Task Manager before playing the game, either leave them running or close them through the proper interface - killing a process doesn't always work completely even if it stops showing in the Task Manager and renegade threads seem to conflict with PB more than other programs that may be running in memory.

* Check the add/remove programs list in your Control Panel and uninstall any programs that you don't use or that you don't know what they are.

* One program that seems to conflict with PB more than others is Norton Anti-Virus. If you have it installed, try uninstalling it to see if the lockups go away. Some players have reported that when this is the culprit, they can reinstall Norton Anti-Virus and the lockups don't come back.

* Other background programs that seem to conflict with PB for some users are Sound Blaster Live software and helper programs that come with video cards (especially ATI keyboard shortcut programs).

* Some players discovered that they had a computer virus and that the lockups vanished after it was fully removed.

* Some Zone Alarm users report that giving the game 'trusted server' access in the Zone Alarm 'program' configuration fixes these problems

* Experiment with the pb_sleep setting. Try setting it to 20, 250, or 500 to see if that affects your game performance. A few players have reported that all the problems go away when they "tweak" this setting. [again manualy modify your pbclgame.cfg file]

* In extreme cases, a few users have reported that replacing their RAM (memory) or video/sound cards fixed the problem.

[Nuijens]

every time I play I got a message whut says: Error this PB server requires a (A1376 C2.206) error loading pbcl, after this i got disconnected and they say : You were kicked by punkbuster(3)
I tried updating PB but when its almost done it says : Failed to copy ... (and some other things,)
what should I do plz help!

[IgorTheGreat]

(17-02-2010 09:36 PM)Nuijens писал(а):  every time I play I got a message whut says: Error this PB server requires a (A1376 C2.206) error loading pbcl, after this i got disconnected and they say : You were kicked by punkbuster(3)
I tried updating PB but when its almost done it says : Failed to copy ... (and some other things,)
what should I do plz help!

Check out this post http://www.battlefieldheroes.com/forum/s...tid=112802

[Nuijens]

how do you reinstal PB?

[IgorTheGreat]

To manually install/uninstall the components, users may use PBSVC Setup Program http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe