ET: Punkbuster Problem

(Kanedat) #1

I have a problem with Punkbuster and Enemy Territory, it also happened while playing the Map Test Version.

When I activate Punkbuster and join a server which has Punkbuster running, the game freezes after a random amount of time. Sometimes it freezes after 1 minute, another time after 5 minutes and so on.

The amount of time is random, but never longer than 10 minutes.

Wheen freezing, the sound turns into a loop and it is not possible to do anything. (alt + f4, ctrl + alt + del, alt + tab… doesn’t work).
I need to turn the PC off manually and reboot it.

If I deactivate Punkbuster and play on a server without Punkbuster running, everything is ok.

System:
P4 2,66 GHZ
512 MB RAM
120 GB HD
ATI Radeon 9700

(It’s a Dell Dimension 4550)

(=MLK=FOO) #2

Sound card??? Latest drivers if so?

(Freedom[]Tickler) #3

I had probs geting kicked off PB servers and went to evenbalance.com and manually updated all the PB files. Worked fine after that, so Id try that first.
If this issue only occurs when PB is enabled, that would be most likely tree to bark up. Otherwise, try un/reinstalling ET and manually updating files.

Updating your video and sound drivers is always a good idea, so do that too

(Kanedat) #4

Soundcard:
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz

It’s not the date of the PB files.
I’m not getting kicked off the server, the whole system just freezes.

I had the problem since the 1st day of the Map Test, hoped they fixed it with the full version, but obviously didn’t.

(colic) #5

It isnt a problem with ET its a problem with your system! More likely graphics related. What drivers are you using for your radeon 9700?

Also how much memory are you allocating to the card in the BIOS? I would suggest 356Meg. Also what AGP x is the card running at?

Is Hardware acceleration all the way up? If so take it down one notch see if that helps.

Sound loop probs have been a problem ever since the first demo of the RTCW are very common in wolf and other openGL games!

Strange it dont happen on PB servers though!

Seem to remember another problem with PB where it was freezing people for a coupe of secs but not totaly like you.

But before anything download the latest files from www.evenbalance.com thats the safest way to start :slight_smile:

(Kanedat) #6

Got it fixed through a similar topic on the planetwolfenstein forums.

/pb_system 1

Had no problem since I did that.