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by **ven0m** » Thu May 29, 2008 22:11

..keeps booting me out of games for thigs like 'INIT failure' and invalid .pk3 files , i just updated it thoguh, does anyone have any ideas why it does this? and perhaps how to fix it?

by **warren-the-ape** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:12

Moved: ET Talk > Help Desk

With updating you mean using pbweb.exe?
Could you perhaps post some sceenies of these kick messages.

Make sure you close other programs and check your firewall settings if you havent done so.

by **ven0m** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:12

oops! sorry for posting in wrong forum, i am at work at the moment but last night i realised i had pnkbstrA but not pnkbstrB, so i downloaded it and not sure how it has affected my games on PS#2 (as that was the server i was being booted off), but i quickly jumped into PS#4 and it was fine, no booting.

But obviously PS#2 runs nq and PS#4 runs etpub so not sure if that affects it.

However, i will test it tonight when i get back from work and if it continues i will be sure to get some screenies of those messages and post them here.

Cheers

by **warren-the-ape** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:25

They will be installed both when you install the new pb client: pbsvc.

PnkBstrB.exe will be started when you startup a pb supported game (like ET) and closed after you close the game, so that might explain why you didnt see the process running.

by **ven0m** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:42

Ah ok, if i installed the PB (the one u linked to) would it overwrite the PB i already have or just upgrade it?

I'm pretty certain i have all the latest pb files but would be nice to make sure 100%

by **warren-the-ape** » Fri May 30, 2008 10:46

Just download & startup the program, there is a function in there that allows you to check the connection to the pb servers without installing anything

If everything is 'ok' you dont need to (re)install anything.

by **ven0m** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:27

ok cool thx warren, much appreciated, never had problems with pb before now so i shall give that a try when i get home.

cheers !

by **warren-the-ape** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:52

No probs

But yep, we all know that pb can be a complete Ass from time to time for no specific reason.. :roll:

by **ven0m** » Fri May 30, 2008 22:08

ok, ran that prog and same thign still happens, just says kicked for reason 'pb INIT failure' so i dunno what to do because pb is completely up to date

by **warren-the-ape** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:29

Same thing happens in pbsvc or ingame?
Note that the 'test services' function in pbsvc is just a connection check it doesnt actually change anything. Is everything green in there?

I would also check your firewall settings, give pnkbstrA.exe, pnkbstrB.exe and ET.exe full access.

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