Version 2.212 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.758 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.209 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.757 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.205 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that a non-cheat application has been released that will
trigger PunkBuster Violation #89206. We encourage server admins to give
players the benefit of the doubt with regard to this violation.
Version 2.194 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.181 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.738 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.150 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.140 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.719 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.140 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.710 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.124 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.695 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.100 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.091 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.683 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.683:
- the setting pb_sv_restrictions will now accept a value of 2 for cases
where a server admin wants PunkBuster to be more restrictive with regard
to certain macro or hot key type programs; pb_sv_restrictions will continue
to default to the value of 1; admins who want to enforce the additional
restrictions must configure "pb_sv_restrictions 2" either at the command line
or in the pbsvuser.cfg configuration file in the server's pb folder
Version 2.089 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.086 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.670 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violations #119015 and 119016.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore these violation numbers;
they have been removed from our system.
Version 1.665 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.661 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.059 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.658 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.653 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.052 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.043 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.038 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.630 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #70519.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore this violation number;
it has been removed from our system.
Version 1.610 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.023 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.606 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.600 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.600:
- new setting pb_sv_maxsendrate defaults to 8 (KBps); determines speed at which PB Server sends
pbcl and pbag out to each client that requests an update during gameplay; prior versions were locked
at 2KBps to conserve bandwidth usage during updates; with modern broadband infrastructure, some admins
have asked for the ability to push PB updates out at a higher rate to clients
Version 1.479 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.471 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This version addresses incorrect restriction
kicking for "Corrupt Packet Flow" during map changes.
Version 1.466 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.465 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.463 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.461 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.008 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.459 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.005 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 2.001 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.753 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.751 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.744 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.742 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.739 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.735 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.735:
- the current 64bit Linux PB server version will not auto-update to this new client, 64bit linux admins must
download an updated pbsvnew.so into each 64bit
BF2 server's pb folder and issue pb_sv_restart in order to be able to auto-update to this new PB Client
and the latest cheat detections
Version 1.732 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Client v1.732:
- this edition includes the new PB services, see our PB Services FAQ
for more info
- the current 64bit Linux PB server version will not auto-update to this new client, 64bit linux admins must
download an updated pbsvnew.so into each 64bit
BF2 server's pb folder and issue pb_sv_restart in order to be able to auto-update to this new PB Client
and the latest cheat detections
Version 1.300 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #79013.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore this violation number;
it has been removed from our system.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #59015.
We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and ignore this violation number;
it has been removed from our system.
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #79017
that was active for a short period last week. We encourage admins to give players the benefit
of the doubt and ignore this violation number; it has been removed from our system.
Version 1.265 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This version addresses a bug introduced
in v1.262 released earlier today that causes some 64bit Linux servers to incorrectly kick
players for MD5Tool Mismatch.
Version 1.262 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.289 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.252 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.276 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.247 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This update converts kicking for Cheat
Violation #125003 (including corresponding #98125003) to a Restriction kick. We have confirmed
that some non-cheat programs and drivers may cause this violation to be triggered (such as debug
DirectX drivers). We encourage admins to give players the benefit of the doubt and remove
any bans for this violation.
Version 1.259 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.241 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.240 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.256 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.229 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.229:
- we are opening up beta testing of a new remote control/logging facility
called PBUCON. Admins who wish to be involved in the open beta can find more information here:
PBUCON
Version 1.184 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Release Notes for PB Server v1.184:
- new command "pb_sv_help [filter(optional)]"; admins can use this command to display most PB Server
commands and settings with brief help notes; for example, issuing "pb_sv_help ss" shows the commands
and settings that contain "ss" (screenshot related functions)
- several new settings have been added to allow admins to customize colors in the PB WebTool; issue
"pb_sv_help http" to get the list
We have confirmed that non-cheat software caused some of the kicks for Violation #80121
that was active for a few minutes yesterday. We encourage admins to give players the benefit
of the doubt and ignore this violation number; it has been removed from our system.
Version 1.176 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.227 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.225 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.174 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Due to a glitch on our master servers, many players are getting kicked this evening
for violation #80032 in error. Admins should ignore these violations. The
problem has been corrected at the masters and PB servers will stop kicking for these
violations as their local caches are updated over the next few minutes.
Version 1.219 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.212 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.169 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This version fixes a crash bug related to
starting the PB server with complex nested configs mixed with PB tasks.
Version 1.167 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.164 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Due to a glitch on our master servers, many players are getting kicked this evening
for violations #81104-81107 in error. Admins should ignore these violations. The
problem has been corrected at the masters and PB servers will stop kicking for these
violations as their local caches are updated over the next few minutes.
Version 1.162 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This version addresses various problems with
screenshot corruption reported by admins using recently released v1.161.
Version 1.161 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.199 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This version corrects a bug in the linux (32bit)
version 1.198 that caused it to reflect a prior version number.
Version 1.198 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.123 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.120 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.128 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.115 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
We have updated the BF2 download page to include links to PB server binaries for Linux 64 bit platforms.
PunkBuster for Linux 64 bit currently does not auto-update to the latest version. Until a future version is
released with auto-update capability, Linux 64 admins who wish to run the latest version of PunkBuster can
manually download the necessary files from our Download page.
Version 1.112 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.113 of the PB Server for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
Version 1.111 of the PB Client for BF2 has been released to our PB Master Servers for
auto-update and to our website download page. This is a maintenance release.
The long awaited Battlefield 2 Demo was released today with PunkBuster support. We will be updating this
page during the following days with links to BF2 specific Manuals, a FAQ, etc.
