Punkbuster Error: MD5Tool Mismatch Troubleshooting

[alec89]

I get MD5Tool Mismatch something about kozelsk/client.zip
Figured out that the problem for me is caused by Skype. Whenever Skype is running i keep getting this error every 20 min or so.

Infact today i was playing, and i opened Skype and the second Skype opened it gave me that error.
I did some testing turning off skype, i ran smoothly all day yesterday. Then i opened skype and in 20 min i was kicked.

Hope this helps, if noone has not noticed this yet...

I have the same problem about kozelsk/client.zip and MD5Tool mismatch, it usually kicks me from the server for 5 minutes, what gives??? And I dont use skype. I usually play PR with my friends over team speak, but it didnt happen before, right after the 0.87 got released. And funny thing is that on some, just some servers it works fine without the kicking. But on all the CHICAGO servers it always kicks me after like 5 minutes. So anyone from the chicago servers please update your stuff and all, k? lol. Cuz I like those servers! CHICAGO KASHAN is win.

[HunterMed]

Which size does the original shaders_client.zip in bf2 have? 180 or 210?

[Blacklung]

keep getting MD5Tool Mismatch: CoreDLL.dll (len=204 since I installed latest patch. Any ideas of how to fix this issue?

[airforce09]

even when i tried to fix it, such as deleting the cache's,adding new folder, it kept happening..I have Vista and the problem got worst when i was trying to fix it...now THIS TIME, when the map's done loading, on the selection kit thing, i got kicked and says "MD5Tool Mismatch"...it kept saying that why?

[BogusBoo]

I know why.

it happened to me, when i installed FH2.

its cos you've been messing with the shaders for FH2, its tricky but works.

Okay, Re-install Bf2 and PR and all the other mods you have for BF2! Re-install and it works like a trick!


Tell me your outcome, it worked for me.

[Dunstwolke]

Anyone got a link to the default 1.5 BF2.exe? I just got kicked from TG because of a mismatch.

[pagman95]

Hey im getting kicked the whole time for
MD5TOOl mismatch:Mods\bf2\shaders_client.zip (len=204
I run on Vista home premium 64 bit.
The error came after installing Forgotten hope.

[prowill]

what is pr.exe i just use the shortcut and it still kicks me

[DevilDog812]

sorry, found a post with a fix

[Pajibioniskis]

I recently installed Win 7 and now i have problem after problem. Main problem was with memory .dll error that i solved using this https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f358-s ... users.html guide. But now PB is kicking me because of Md5tool Mismatch:bf2.exe(len=204 . If i understand correctly PB thinks that this file is corrupted?
Maybe someone know how to cure this.

P.S. found few things on forum and tried them. It didnt helped.

P.S.S sorry for rusty en.

[SnipingCoward]

that it seemed to work is kind of amaizing since BF2 1.5 should not have this large address aware problem anymore (you did install bf2 1.41 and 1.5 patches, right?)
the reason you are getting kicked now is ofc that you modified your BF2.exe file
revert your BF2.exe and try running PR in administrator mode

[Pajibioniskis]

Things i installed:
1. BF2
2. patch 1.41
3. patch 1.5
4. pr 0.87 core (it was in my pc)
5. pr 0.87 level (it was in my pc)
6. pr 0.9 core
7. pr0.9 levels

[SnipingCoward]

that sounds alright if you mean part 1 and part 2 on .9 installer (fyi: the .9 installer should have removed the older versions)

instead of the depricated memory.dll fix you should really revert and try running as admin
and

... set your lighting to medium (dont confuse with lighting detail)

[Rawhide]

Changing Lightning to Medium instead of low helped me, will try more later today and if it is working for a longer period

[Rawhide]

Yep, changing the lightning settings made this MD5Tool mismatch disappear for me

Also got this answer from PB regarding a ticket I made to them regarding this:

Note #2: This kick has been added by the serveradmin to check the integrity of certain files on the client. These checks are not default and have to be manually added by the server-admin.

When you are kicked for a MD5Tool Mismatch you will always see the file in question.

Example:
MD5Tool Mismatch: etpro/cgame_mp_x86.dll

Basically there are two different causes when you are kicked for a MD5 violation:

* The file DOES exist on your pc, while the server expected you would NOT have it

* The file does exist on your pc, while the server expected a different version (different MD5 hash).

When you are kicked for such a violation, check if you have this file or not. When it's not part of the default installation of the game, deleting this file might be needed. When you do have this file, make sure you have the original and latest official version of this file. Reinstalling of either the latest game patch(es) or the game might be needed.

[DrKush]

i can't rename that file to .bak...wont let me..so now what do i do?

[DrKush]

i get the md5 thing for "dgbhelp.dll" what's that? how can i fix it?

[Patton17]

I also am getting the MD5Tool Mismatch Shader kick. I usually get kicked around 30-45 minutes into a game.

I deleted and reinstalled everything and the problem persists. I attempted Kilroy's fix but I am not computer savy at all and had trouble figuring the steps out. If there is a way to go over those steps again in a simplier way (i.e. for the computer illiteriate) I'd greatly appreciate it.

I am running PR on Windows Vista. I believe Kilroy's fix was for XP. I'm not sure if that is where I am running into trouble but again any help would be appreciated.

It really blows getting kicked off of a game 30 minutes in and I've been playing PR since one of the earlier releases all the way up to .9 and this is the first time anything like this has happened.

Thanks in advance!

[Makaidos]

didn't work!!!! pisses me off... this is too buggy....

[Patton17]

Ok I was kicked again today here is the Punkbuster message I was given:

MD5Tool Mismatch: Mod\pr\shaders_client_pr.zip (len=2048 )

Any ideas on how to correct this?

Keep in mind I've never had this happen with any other version of PR.

Windows Vista (32bit)
Intel Quad Core 2.4GB
5Gbs RAM
Nvidia 8800 GTX

Thanks!