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Started by Rabid man
Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:56
Punk Buster prevents quake 3 from starting
Author: Rabid man
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:56
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:56
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It took awhile to confirm it but punkbuster prevents quake 3 from starting. It either doesn't start at all, or gives an error dialog box saying it won't start. When I delete the pb directory - everything works fine. Obviously very annoying and almost all servers on line require pb to be enabled..I have reinstalled quake and applied the 1.32 patch. I have updated pb and spent a couple hours trying to get this to work. What is the deal here ? This is a legit copy, bought the tin as soon as it came out and it used to work fine, the only difference I can think of is that I now have a dell 24 inch lcd - shouldn't be a factor. I have also deleted the q3config and striped my cfg file down in case it was something to do with that... any help with this ?? thanks
Re: Punk Buster prevents quake 3 from starting
Author: Miss Understanding
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:52
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:52
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"Rabid man" <rclarke@idirect.com> wrote in message news:1129179388.566507.276270@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > It took awhile to confirm it but punkbuster prevents quake 3 from > starting. It either doesn't start at all, or gives an error dialog box > saying it won't start. > When I delete the pb directory - everything works fine. Obviously very > annoying and almost all servers on line require pb to be enabled..I > have reinstalled quake and applied the 1.32 patch. I have updated pb > and spent a couple hours trying to get this to work. What is the deal > here ? This is a legit copy, bought the tin as soon as it came out and > it used to work fine, the only difference I can think of is that I now > have a dell 24 inch lcd - shouldn't be a factor. I have also deleted > the q3config and striped my cfg file down in case it was something to > do with that... > > any help with this ?? > thanks The type of monitor used should not be an issue - although I would suggest that making modifications to the cfg file might! lol When I had a similar problem, it was suggested to me that I - clean the drive of Q3 files - reinstall from the cd - Install 1.32 update - update PB (either way - http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=dl-q3a.php or connect to a server with PB and allow it to update itself) - NOW you can add maps, make changes etc... It worked for me - good luck. -- M Blessed are the geek, for they shall inherit the Earth.
Re: Punk Buster prevents quake 3 from starting
Author: Rabid man
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:28
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:28
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Thanks for the repsonse... I have sort of done what you outlined already and that is when I posted... If I can't start the game without deleting the punkbuster directory, how can I let it autoupdate !!!! I guess if I want to repeat the whole process again and see what happens, but really, this should not be happening at all !!! Not in this day and age
Re: Punk Buster prevents quake 3 from starting
Author: sittingduck
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:47
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 00:47
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Rabid man wrote: > Thanks for the repsonse... > I have sort of done what you outlined already and that is when I > posted... > If I can't start the game without deleting the punkbuster directory, > how can I let it > autoupdate !!!! > I guess if I want to repeat the whole process again and see what > happens, but really, this should not be happening at all !!! Not in > this day and age Go read the Half-Life 2 newsgroup. Browse the archives to right after it's release. You think YOU have problems? Holy crap, you shoulda heard 'em screamin.
Re: Punk Buster prevents quake 3 from starting
Author: number5ive
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:14
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 01:14
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On 15 Oct 2005 16:28:49 -0700, "Rabid man" <rclarke@idirect.com> wrote: >Thanks for the repsonse... >I have sort of done what you outlined already and that is when I >posted... >If I can't start the game without deleting the punkbuster directory, >how can I let it >autoupdate !!!! >I guess if I want to repeat the whole process again and see what >happens, but really, this should not be happening at all !!! Not in >this day and age ///////////////////// using pbweb.exe to update: http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=updatepb.php
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