Windows 7 giving me trouble, Can't get a damn ETkey?


(-diesel-) #1

So I try to play and I get kicked from punkbuster saying I cannot play with no CDkey… I peek around on the web for like an hour and I learn that I’m missing a file called ETkey in etmain, and the way to get it back is to either update punkbuster (did) or to type pb_cdkeyreg in console. I typed the command into the console yet I still do not have the etkey file in etmain and I still get kicked by punkbuster.

What is going on? It worked fine on XP, but not on windows 7, I tried to run ET as an administrator and even put compatibility mode on xp SP2. Help please??

Update:
According to forums this is the response I should get when I type Pb_cdkeyreg… But I never get the bolded message.

^5PunkBuster Client: Cdkey Registration Request sent to GuidAuth Master at 192.246.40.62:27960 (1668161374)
^5PunkBuster Client: Cdkey/GUID Registration successful (/home/andrea/.etwolf/etmain/etkey)


(stealth6) #2

if you join a punkbuster enabled server you should automatically get a key


(-diesel-) #3

It isn’t though. Thats the prob.


(stealth6) #4

ye I noticed so since another topic popped up right after yours, I guess pb is having troubles again.


(hellreturn) #5

Make a ticket here:

http://evenbalance.com/troubleticket/new_ticket.php?game=et

PB Auth server seems down or unless they have some another issue.