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matty1053 wrote:You need ideas ?
Something that is disconnectin from the server
I am gonna play some COH 2 while waiting for a fix hopefully
(Please take ur time devs it's a long game)

Starting PunkBuster Service Tests (v0.993) (08/11/13 13:03:13)
Checking OS
Windows NT 6.1 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64-bit
Checking PnkBstrA service status RUNNING
Checking PnkBstrA Version OK (1036)
Extracting "PnkBstrB.exe" to:
"C:\Users\Anthony\AppData\Roaming\PnkBstrB.exe"
OK
Checking firewall settings OFF
Is PnkBstrA explicitly allowed?
C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrA.exe NO
Is PnkBstrB explicitly allowed?
C:\Windows\system32\PnkBstrB.exe NO
Checking if PnkBstrB is running RUNNING
Manually stopping PnkBstrB STOPPED
Getting port for PnkBstrA OK (44301)
Opening socket for packet send OK
Sending version packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrA OK
Received 6 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
Response = 8081 (ms) Version = v1036
Getting PnkBstrB install instance OK
Sending start packet to PnkBstrA SENT
Waiting for packet from PnkBstrA OK
Received 3 bytes from 127.0.0.1:44301
Response = 16224 (ms) PnkBstrB started.
Load SUCCESSFUL.
Watching for PnkBstrB instance change (1) CHANGED (2)
Getting port for PnkBstrB OK (45301)
Sending version packet to PnkBstrB SENT
Receiving version from PnkBstrB OK
Received 5 bytes from 127.0.0.1:45301
Response = 2995 (ms) Version = 2202
Checking PnkBstrK driver status NOT FOUND
Manually stopping PnkBstrB STOPPED
Removing test PnkBstrB file OK

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Tests finished.

Elephants in the forest wrote:well, about 3 days ago i played 3 fulls rounds. felt content that I had worked the problem out, took a break for a couple days, hopped on this morning, and the problem is back.

Please, PR staff, make it clear that you are trying to help us.

skooterkid23 wrote:Can you guys play BF2 fine? I can't, so it's not PR that's causing the problem, its BF2.

samthegreat4 wrote:I feel you man. It's so terribly strange that it works on my laptop which is using the same connection only wireless. Apparently it's something to do with the Windows installation or something or the LAN drivers maybe.

dave61218 wrote:Devs or tech mods, this single topic has reached 13 pages worth of problems. Can you let us know we are actually being heard?

sprint113 wrote:I had this issue in 0.98, which I initially suspected to be related to punkbuster. This affected both PR and vBF2, suggesting that it is a core engine issue and not directly related to PR. I still have some suspicions that it may be a UDP flood protection that my ISP (Comcast) is using, since I have disabled the router and OS firewall. I monitored a couple rounds with Wireshark and found that I was sending packets out but not getting anything from the server.

Aside from updating and rolling back drivers, I eventually completely wiped BF2 from my system. After which, perhaps by coincidence, I was able to play again (now disconnects occur maybe once every couple hours, if that). If this was the cause, it could be due to BF2's netcode optimizer/latency compenstation values getting thrown off by a bad lag spike and then getting stuck in an invalid region, and the wipe cleared out improper values from the Usersettings.con file.

The other thought could be along the line of why people with X-Fi soundcards cannot play with X-Fi mode/Ultra high sound setting combination. For whatever reason, graphic-intense scenes (e.g. explosions) in BF2 will cause DPC latency to spike up to 2 seconds. This causes various devices to be starved of data. In the case of the X-Fi, this results in corrupted sound. This could also affect network cards in a similar way, causing the card to behave as if it lost its internet connection for a couple seconds, disconnecting from the server.

Getting started
You can find and launch Event Viewer by opening the Control Panel, accessing the System and Security category, selecting the Administrative Tools item, and double-clicking the Event Viewer icon. However, you can also simply click the Start button, type Event in the Start Search box, and press Enter once Event Viewer appears and the top of the results display.

'[R-COM wrote:LITOralis.nMd;1934699']If you want to help us test this,
Set a static IP from router to your PC
change the DHCP CLient Lease time to the maximum allowed, (usually 9999 minutes)
For Cisco retail Routers, should look something like this:
Imageshack - dhcp.png

samthegreat4 wrote:This is what I get, I have a static IP though (setup in my LAN adapter IPV4 tab). Does this still matter with a static IP address?


I'll try PR now.