Remove Punkbuster in next update

[Heaven]

Hello.

PunkBuster -should- now be removed from Project Reality for the simple reason of it being a complete and utter waste of time.



On Windows 7, Windows XP, and now even on a new computer, Vista Ultimate get that ONE error that stops me playing games other than training.

Why so?

I don't even know (/rhyme)




What you'll probably say:

Question/Query related to cheating

So what? It's Project Reality, it's a mod. Theres no gain in hacking in PR, so you're going to a chance of seeing a hacker 1/500,000 if it's PR.


Other PunkBuster positive comment

PunkBuster is -not- a positive thing.
In Vanilla BF2 it is because there are lots of hackers there, but not on any other mods. Nope.






In simple:

Windows XP, 7, and Vista Ultimate on a new computer get kicked by PunkBuster because it LAGGED A BIT

There won't be any cheaters, or at least your chances of one are going to be the size of the Andromeda galaxy (in other words, it's going to be one of those once-in-a-lifetime moments in PR).

So why bother with PB when it's just causing lots of problems for Project Reality?

Personally, just remove it and probably many PB related problems towards PR will go away.





Please ask and such, there may be stuff I forgot to list and/or I don't know about.

Personally, PB for custom mods like Project Reality need to be sorted with.
Like, "Is it needed?" "How well does it keep those at bay?" "How many people has it banned because of hacking?" "Is it effective?" etc



Through past PR experience I see no need to hack, as you won't gain a thing, and it's a great game that you wouldn't really be bothered hacking in anyway. Too much fuss.

[boilerrat]

What about those rare cases that there is a hacker?

I use windows vista along with steam and fraps running without being kicked, I also do not have the best internet speeds.

You are just the minority really, there aren't too many other options for anti-hacking.

PB is a server owner's choice really, it has nothing to do with the content released.... those servers don't need to use it.

[0331SgtSpyUSMC]

seems like you should be looking in tech support section and not posting in suggestions.

[0331SgtSpyUSMC]

plus hacking is not always about gaining something, rather disturbing and disrupting the gameplay itself

[Heaven]

seems like you should be looking in tech support section and not posting in suggestions.

I was actually about to post it but I wasn't sure, honestly.
It sounded more like a suggestion. :/

[Heaven]

Yeah but mostly it's about gaining something.
But it still creates a very big annoyance when playing Project Reality.
I actually cannot play any Deployment servers.


Woah how did this split up into two posts :l

[crazy11]

Hello.

PunkBuster -should- now be removed from Project Reality for the simple reason of it being a complete and utter waste of time.

It is not a waste of time and there is a very good reason why it is in PR.


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