Version 1.774 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.236 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.213 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.759 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #70762.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore this violation number;
it has been removed from our system.
Version 2.186 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.747 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.727 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.726 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.153 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.721 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.144 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.131 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.701 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.129 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.700 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #80407.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore this violation number;
it has been removed from our system.
Version 2.111 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.094 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.678 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.083 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.673 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.072 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.042 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.640 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.638 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.635 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.632 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.036 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.010 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.738 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.733 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This version addresses a bug in PB client version 1.731 that
causes players running ET under Windows 95/98/ME to get kicked.
Version 1.731 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.731:
- the new PB services are no longer optional, see our PB Services FAQ
for more info
- the new PB services now support 64 bit flavors of Windows
Version 1.285 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This version addresses an md5tool related problem reported by some
linux admins after the v1.284 update was released yesterday.
Version 1.284 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.523 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This release contains new PunkBuster service components, please see
our faq page for more information.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #59015.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore this violation number;
it has been removed from our system.
Version 1.298 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.257 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.286 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.279 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.274 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.250 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.272 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.239 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.253 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.250 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.247 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.247:
- new screenshot code introduced: beginning with this version of the PB Client, PB will randomly
take screenshots about once per minute on average and send each screenshot signature to the PB server;
several screenshots will be queued and future PB Server editions will be able to request any of the
last few screenshots that were taken by the client; the PB Server will also track information
pertaining to how often windows reports the game minimized or otherwise inactive, admins will be able
to configure PB to kick players who do not keep the game as the active application while playing; admins
will also be able to kick players who do not return requested screenshots or where the returned
screenshot does not match the previously supplied signature
- in this version, having the pb_sssave setting set to 1 does not cause PB to save server requested
screenshots to the local hard drive as documented
- PB screenshots each have a new sequence # associated with them, this sequence # is reported to the
PB Server for each screenshot captured and is displayed in the border of the screenshot itself
Version 1.229 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.229:
- we are opening up beta testing of a new remote control/logging facility
called PBUCON. Admins who wish to be involved in the open beta can find more information here:
PBUCON
Version 1.167 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.213 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.202 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.160 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.160:
- cdkey/guid authorization packets are cached for only 5 seconds (down from 3 minutes) to reduce
kicking for unknown guids affecting players with slow DNS resolution
Version 1.190 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.189 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.188 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.185 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This version corrects a bug in v1.184 released
earlier today that was causing PB to delete the etkey file and in some cases erroneously kick
players for having an empty cdkey.
Version 1.184 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.167 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.161 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.157 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.149 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.148 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.148:
- the pb_sv_task command no longer requires quotes around the third [command] parameter when spaces are embedded
- no longer counts spaces as characters in the player name for purposes of checking for minimum name length
Version 1.152 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.151 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.140 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.128 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.128:
- addressed bug with PB's Bad Name Facility not warning/kicking properly
Version 1.124 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This version converts some prior PB Violation kicks into Restriction
kicks. We have confirmed that several gamehack violations (#81048-81054) triggered since the prior PB Server
update on 01.07.2004 in ET could have been caused by files or memory that were corrupted by non-cheat
programs such as virii, adware, no-cd programs, etc. We encourage PB Admins to give players the benefit of
the doubt for these violations.
We have confirmed that the recently released update for the Xfire (www.xfire.com) instant
messaging program has triggered PB Violations #90003 and #90011 when the chat overlay system
is used while playing on a PunkBuster enabled server in OpenGL mode. Today, Xfire released a
v1.31 update to correct the problem on their end. We encourage PB admins to give the benefit of
the doubt to players who received either of these violations since Dec. 30th. As these are
generic cheat hook detection algorithms, we will not be removing them from our system. Players
who use Xfire while playing on PB Servers should update to the new version immediately.
Version 1.123 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.123:
- new command "pb_sv_powerguid [GUID] [Power_Points] [Player_Name(optional)]"; admins can use this
command to add a player's GUID directly to the PB Player Power database at the server when the player
is not currently connected
- when PunkBuster kicks a player, the message sent to other connected players will now show the last 4
characters of the kicked player's PB GUID after the player's name
- new setting "pb_sv_filewhitelist [game_subfolder] [file1] [file2] ... [fileN]" can be used by PB admins to
limit the filenames allowed in a specific game subfolder; this can be used in conjunction with PB's MD5Tool
to check filesizes and file signatures of the allowable files
Version 1.130 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.121 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.110 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.110:
- addressed bug that was causing linux players to get kicked for wrong version when they had the
correct version
Version 1.103 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.102 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.092 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.092:
- addressed bug that was causing O/S Exception Notices for some players
Version 1.083 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.083:
- fixes bug reported by some Linux players involving hangs upon exiting and relaunching the
game after update
Version 1.082 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.082:
- fixes bug with v1.081 released earlier today that was causing players to get kicked
- starting with this version 1.082, the PB Client now requires the game to be run as the
administrator user or equivalent under Windows XP/2K
Version 1.081 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.089 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.088 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.080 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.087 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
A new PBWEB v1.8 for linux has been released to our Updating PunkBuster
webpage. This version addresses a segfault issue reported
by several linux users.
Version 1.069 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.069:
- contains a temporary workaround for the lockup conflict with nVidia v5x.xx forceware drivers until
nVidia corrects their backwards compatibility issues - the workaround may or may not solve the lockup problem
for individual users depending on hardware combinations
Version 1.072 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. Starting with this version of the PB Server, admins will be able to
perform file checks on connected players during gameplay using the new MD5Tool Facility. Using this
new facility should be considered beta testing until further notice. The MD5Tool Facility is documented
here.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.072:
- new commands pb_sv_md5tool, pb_sv_md5toollist, pb_sv_md5tooldel, and pb_sv_md5toolempty
- new setting pb_sv_md5toolfreq defaults to 60 (seconds)
Version 1.068 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.067 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. We will shortly be releasing a new optional PB MD5Tool Facility for
PB Server Admins who want to check files on connected player systems to detect changes
in game files. Players are hereby warned that any detected attempts to
circumvent PB's new MD5Tool file checks will subject the Player's GUID/CDKey to permanent Global
PB GUID Ban with no recourse.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.067:
- new pb_logmd5tool setting defaults to 0; setting to 1 will cause PB to log all MD5Tool file check
query replies sent to connected PB Servers during gameplay
Version 1.062 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.066 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.066:
- addressed glitch in loading banmask entries from PB ban files
- new pb_sv_maxConUpdates setting defaults to 12; PB Server will not send updates to more than this number of
clients simultaneously in an effort to cut down on update timeouts after a recent PB update
- new pb_sv_homepath command to display PB's home path
Version 1.061 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that new software (Bigpond Toolbar used primarily in Australia) has recently been
released which raises pre-existing PunkBuster violation #60045. This violation number has been removed
from our system. We encourage PB Admins to give the benefit of the doubt to players and ignore
instances of this violation occurring after December 3, 2003.
Version 1.059 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.058 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.058:
- updated PB Restriction kicking
Version 1.057 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.057:
- initial PB Restrictions checking (see post for PB Server v1.061 dated 12.4.2003)
Version 1.061 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. This version includes a new PunkBuster facility called PB Restrictions. By default,
PB Restrictions are Enabled; the pb_sv_restrictions setting may be set to 0 by server admins who do not wish for PB
to kick for PB Restrictions. Kicking for PB Restrictions will be announced to players that join PB servers in the
"WARNING: PB Kicks for ... All PB Restrictions on this server" message shortly after joining a server where
PB Restrictions are Enabled. Initially, this facility will only work properly on
Internet based PB Servers but will be extended to LAN servers in a future update. We expect to activate PB
Restriction logging/kicking after the next PB Client update. Players who are kicked for a PB Restriction will be
notified of the reason they were kicked. Additionally, PB Restrictions will be logged on all PB Servers even
when kicking is disabled.
In general, the PB Restriction facility represents a tighter set of parameters for playing on PB Servers. A player who
fails a PB Restriction check should not necessarily be considered a cheater, so we advise PB Admins to consider
initial PB kicks for restrictions to be warnings to the players who are kicked so that they may either honor the
restriction by correcting their setup or play on other servers. However, we also encourage PB admins to deal
with repeat offenders of PB Restrictions as they see fit. The initial group of restrictions will deal with
unusual opengl32.dll access or hooking. Players whose systems do not return proper information about the game using a
single opengl32.dll system file will be considered restricted by this new facility (Note: Anyone still trying
to play PB games running under Windows NT v4 is going to be considered restricted by default). Future updates may
require the most current version of DirectX/display drivers to be installed, etc. We will
gladly accept and consider suggestions for future restriction possibilities from the community via email to
research@evenbalance.com.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.061:
- new pb_sv_restrictions setting defaults to 1 (which means kicking for PB Restrictions is Enabled)
- addressed bug in Linux PB Server that caused PB to not be able to restart itself (such as after an update) on some
Linux servers
Version 1.054 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.054:
- improved internal performance
Version 1.056 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.056:
- new pb_sv_lan setting defaults to 0; when set to 1, PB will behave as though it has no Internet access
- new command pb_sv_badnameempty empties the list of badnames (from PB's memory); the list is reloaded
from the pbbans.dat file once the PB server is restarted
- addressed 'connection interruption' problem that affected some servers
Version 1.049 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.049:
- new pb_lan setting defaults to 0; when set to 1, PB will behave as though it has no Internet access
- addressed glitch with INCLUDE type Cvar restrictions
- new pb_webupdate command adds the PBWEB functionality directly into the PB client; PBWEB should no longer be
required to manually update PB clients; PunkBuster will automatically issue this command when necessary to auto-update
during gameplay before going into distress mode
The ET GUID Auth Server has just been updated to correct a bug that sometimes caused
the "Cdkey in use at different IP Address" message to appear for some players on some
servers when it should not have appeared. Please let us know via email to
support@evenbalance.com if you receive this
message going forward when playing on Internet based ET Servers.
Version 1.040 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. We have confirmed that the latest ET Server update patch released on
June 26th by Activision may cause #90002 violations in PB Clients version 1.039 and prior for players who
are using the server patch as their playing executable. Version 1.040 released today corrects this problem.
We advise all PB Server Admins to give the benefit of the doubt to players and ignore #90002 violations
raised between June 26th and today, July 11th.
Version 1.038 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.038:
- displays #20005 violations but (temporarily) will not kick for them
Version 1.039 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page. Version 1.038 released yesterday contained new built-in checks for
some cheat protected cvars which triggered several #20005 violations. It has been discovered that some
of these players had trailing spaces in the cheat protected cvars for some reason thus setting off
violation #20005. We encourage PB Admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore any
#20005 violations that occurred while running with PB Client v1.038.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.039:
- added code to remove trailing spaces from cheat protected cvars before comparing with
acceptable (default) values
Version 1.038 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.038:
- new command "/pb_alist [slot#]" that shows the list of aliases used by a specific player on the connected
PB server; use the /pb_plist console command to get a list of players and use the PB slot # shown in the pb_plist
output for the pb_alist command; for example, issuing "/pb_alist 3" (without the quotes) into the console
will pull a list of Aliases used by the player in PB Slot #3 and show how many times each alias has been used
on the server plus the date of first and last use; the maximum number of aliases tracked per player by the PB
server is also shown; if the PB Server does not have the Alias Tracking Facility
enabled, then a message to that effect will be displayed when this command is issued; NOTE: this command only
works when connected to PB Servers v1.037 and higher
Version 1.037 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.037:
- new Alias-related feature for servers with Alias Tracking Facility enabled: players who are currently
playing with an alias that is not their most commonly used alias on the server will be denoted with an
"~ALIAS~" prefix in the player issued /pb_plist command; now players can use /pb_plist to easily see if another
player is using a name that is not his/her 'usual' name on that PB server
New detection code was released today that appears to be causing 'Video Hack' violations for players who are
not running hacks. We have temporarily disabled these detections until this issue can be resolved. We suggest
that PB Admins ignore #9xxxx violations that were raised today. 'Video Hack' violations that were raised
prior to today are still valid.
Version 1.036 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.036:
- new (optional) Alias Tracking Facility that allows admins to set up PB for tracking different names used by the same player (GUID)
- pb_sv_aliasmax setting defaults to 0 which means alias tracking is disabled; set to some value above 0 to enable and to specify how many aliases will be stored for each GUID; if the player uses more aliases than the max, the later ones will be ignored
- the below commands/settings apply when pb_sv_aliasmax is set above 0 (enabled as described above)
- pb_sv_alist command lists all aliases used by each GUID; the PB slot# must be specified after the command (the slot# is shown by the pb_sv_plist command); the first column in the output states how many times a player (GUID) has used that alias; the 2nd and 3rd columns state when the name was used the first and last time (year-month-day format); the 4th column displays the actual alias used
- NOTE: to search for a specific GUID even if the player is not currently connected, use pb_sv_alist (same as above, just specify full 32 character GUID instead of slot#)
- every time a player joins or changes player name, the PB server will check to see if the name being used is already logged in the Alias database; if so, the count is incremented and the Date last used field is updated; if it is the first time for a given alias/GUID combination, then a record is appended to the pbalias.dat file in the 'pb' folder
- the new pb_sv_aliasfn can optionally be set to any file on the file-system to direct PB to use instead of the default pbalias.dat file (must specify full path or else the file will be stored in fs_basepath location)
- new command pb_sv_aliaswrite is used to write all the aliases in memory to disk; if desired, an alternate filename (other than pbalias.dat) may be specified after the pb_sv_aliaswrite command to have PB write the Alias database to the alternate filename
- NOTE: using pb_sv_aliaswrite is optional as PB updates the database at every map change automatically; however, the map change updates only append new information to the file and thus cause it to grow greatly in size on busy servers; conversely, the pb_sv_aliaswrite command writes a fresh copy of the entire Alias database to disk, this may take a number of seconds on very busy servers - for best results, we recommend starting up a 'dummy' game server just to issue this command and then exit so as not to adversely affect gameplay on populated game servers
- new command pb_sv_aliasload loads the Alias database from the pb_sv_aliasfn file (or default pbalias.dat file accordingly); PB will load the database automatically on startup if pb_sv_aliasmax is set to non-zero in the pbsvuser.cfg file; this command is provided only as manual method to load an Alias database for a running server
- new setting pb_sv_aliasautoload defaults to 0; if set to 1, PB will reload from the Alias database file after each map change; this is useful for cases where multiple servers share an alias database file so that each instance of PB gets updates from other servers sharing the same file; NOTE: on busy servers, using this function will increase map load times and should be used only after careful experimentation on your server(s)
- new setting pb_sv_aliasmaxenforce defaults to 0; if set to 1, PB will kick players who try to use more than pb_sv_aliasmax number of aliases; also if set to 1, PB will warn joining players just like it does for extended ascii characters, etc.
Version 1.037 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.037:
- Fixed bug in v1.036 that may cause increased network traffic problems on some systems during gameplay
Version 1.036 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.036:
- Fixed bug in v1.035 that may cause minor lag on some systems during gameplay
Version 1.035 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.035:
- fixed a bug that affected cvar warnings from some servers
A new facility is being developed for the Enemy Territory edition of PunkBuster called the Alias Tracking
Facility. For PB Admins who wish to enable this facility, PunkBuster will track all aliases (different player
names) used by each player (GUID) as well as how many times that GUID/alias combination joins the server,
when each alias was first used, and last used. Functionality is provided to allow multiple servers on a
single box or a LAN to share one PB Alias database file. Experienced ET/PB Admins running popular public servers
who are interesting in helping beta test this facility should email us at
testing@evenbalance.com
and let us know of your interest - please provide at least one server IP:Port where this will be tested. Once
out of beta testing, this facility will be expanded to include additional functions and tracking capabilities.
A sample/suggested cvar config for PB Admins has been added to our ET
download page.
Players who are getting "Empty CDKey" messages trying to connect to PunkBuster ET Servers may
attempt a manual CDKey registration. Press the tilde key (the ~ key) to bring down the game console from
any game screen and enter the following command (without quotes): "/pb_cdkeyreg". You should see a
message stating that a Registration Request was sent to the GuidAuth Master Server. After a few seconds
(perhaps up to 30 seconds) you should see a message stating that the CDKey Registration was successful.
After that, there should be no more messages about an Empty CDKey when trying to join a PB Server.
Players having problems with this procedure (or any PB-related problems in ET) should email
support@evenbalance.com and describe in as much detail as
possible the problem encountered.
Version 1.034 of the PB Client for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.034:
- addressed a bug whereby some cvar warnings were not being displayed to players on the playing screen
A new PBWEB v1.4 has been placed on our download
page for Win32 and Linux that supports manual download of PB/ET files for players and admins
whose PB is not able to auto-update.
Version 1.033 of the PB Server and v1.030 of the PB Client for ET have been released to our
PB Master Servers for auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.033:
- added text to WebTool Game Settings screen denoting which game settings are latched
Release Notes for PB Client v1.030:
- added additional parameter checking for pb_ssoptions command
Version 1.032 of the PB Server for ET has been released to our PB Master Servers for auto-update
and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.032:
- new pb_sv_guidauth setting defaults to 1 meaning that the PB Server requires connecting
players to properly authenticate with the PB Master GuidAuth Server; when set to 0, PB allows
all players to connect without the authentication requirement
- new pb_sv_lanmask setting defaults to ""; this setting tells PB that players who connect
with an IP address matching the specified value are connecting from a local LAN (without setting
this properly, LAN players may get a "CDKey in use at different IP Address" message upon
attempting to connect); For example, if the LAN IP Address of the Server is 192.168.1.1, then
issue /pb_sv_lanmask 192.168.1
- PB Server now checks the type of game server (via the 'dedicated' cvar) and if it is set to
1 for LAN-only play, then PB allows all players to connect without the authentication requirement
The initial PB release for ET unintentionally includes invalid violation #60056. We are in the
process of auto-updating PB for ET to remove this violation. PB Admins and players should
ignore instances of this violation as it may be raised by recently released non-cheat/hack
software.
Enemy Territory Map Test has been released with integrated PunkBuster support.
