Nick Brunt Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I've just bought COD4 Modern Warfare over Steam and installed it. Single player works great. However, when I try to load up multiplayer it says that as it's my first time, it needs to update PunkBuster. PunkBuster then starts up an auto-update dialog and says "Downloading global config files" which hangs around for about 10 seconds then says "Downloading of global config file failed for the following reason: connect() timed out!". COD does then start up but PunkBuster doesn't work so I can't enter any games. I've tried restarting, updating drivers and all sorts. I've looked all over the web for fixes. Quite a few places suggested downloading PunkBuster files manually which I have done (from http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=dl-cod4.php) but it still insists on auto-updating each time I start up COD multiplayer. I've tried installing PunkBuster separately (with the intention of then adding COD4 to it) but each time I try to set it up it tries to auto-update and fails. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit. I'm at uni and there is a proxy but the EvenBalance site says that that shouldn't be a problem. Anyone have a solution? Please don't fail me Neowin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Having same problem here over normal home adsl network. Other games works fine. Single player COD4 works fine. I bought mine copy weeks ago and only got to play it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brunt Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brunt Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Bump? Is there realy no way of resolving this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterceptorX Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Having same problem here over normal home adsl network.Other games works fine. Single player COD4 works fine. I bought mine copy weeks ago and only got to play it today. Define "other games" please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 BF2, Trackmania, Halo 2, TF2. They all play fine online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duality Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I assume you have tried PBSetup? http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InterceptorX Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 BF2, Trackmania, Halo 2, TF2. They all play fine online. Well I sure am glad that you don't have PB problems with Trackmania, Halo 2 and TF2. Because if you did something would be seriously wrong. All I can sugest is that you file a support ticket with Even Balance. I know its not fun, they have horrible customer support. I got about 2 responses from them a week, so I took about a month for them to let me know I wasn't the only one that was having a problem and that they would have a update out soon to fix the problem, and then close my support ticket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brunt Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 I assume you have tried PBSetup?http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsetup.php Yup I've tried that. Several times. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duality Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 You could delete the PB folder from your COD4 installation and then use PBSetup to reinstall punkbuster. Once that is done, use the PB Service installer (http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/pbsvc/pbsvc.exe) to uninstall and then reinstall the punkbuster services. That would be the equivalent to an entirely clean PB install, so that should sort it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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