Hi,

I encounter some troubles trying to play with america's army.
Game installation is fine, Punkbuster update run well, but when I try to
connect to a game server I was kick for "Game Hook" ?
Sometime I've got a failed to connect to MSB server just before this
infamous kick ;-)

So I suppose the raison is coming from :
- Security model of Vista
- or Punkbuster compatibility (I've already post a support request to
evenbalance. thx).

Software configuration :

Windows Vista Home Premium Beta 2 Buid 5384
America's Army 2.6
Punkbuster Client version v1.240 A1366

Internet Connection
DSL > 784Kbits

Hardware configuration
Dell Dimension 8300
P IV 3 GHz
1.5 Gbits RAM
120 Gbits HD
FX 5200 128 Mo RAM NVidia Video card



I appreciate any suggestion.
Thx and best regards.
xavier

Yes, it's a known problem. It's something that Punkbuster is going to have
to fix. It's because the application isn't running with full admin rights,
with the security model.

Of course, there was one game that worked with Punkbuster... I think it was
CS:S.

Dustin Harper




"xavier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:017A7A4A-E951-4ADA-81FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I encounter some troubles trying to play with america's army.
> Game installation is fine, Punkbuster update run well, but when I try to
> connect to a game server I was kick for "Game Hook" ?
> Sometime I've got a failed to connect to MSB server just before this
> infamous kick ;-)
>
> So I suppose the raison is coming from :
> - Security model of Vista
> - or Punkbuster compatibility (I've already post a support request to
> evenbalance. thx).
>
> Software configuration :
>
> Windows Vista Home Premium Beta 2 Buid 5384
> America's Army 2.6
> Punkbuster Client version v1.240 A1366
>
> Internet Connection
> DSL > 784Kbits
>
> Hardware configuration
> Dell Dimension 8300
> P IV 3 GHz
> 1.5 Gbits RAM
> 120 Gbits HD
> FX 5200 128 Mo RAM NVidia Video card
>
>
>
> I appreciate any suggestion.
> Thx and best regards.
> xavier

Thank you for your help.

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

>
> Yes, it's a known problem. It's something that Punkbuster is going to have
> to fix. It's because the application isn't running with full admin rights,
> with the security model.
>
> Of course, there was one game that worked with Punkbuster... I think it was
> CS:S.
>
> Dustin Harper
>
>
>
>
> "xavier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:017A7A4A-E951-4ADA-81FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I encounter some troubles trying to play with america's army.
> > Game installation is fine, Punkbuster update run well, but when I try to
> > connect to a game server I was kick for "Game Hook" ?
> > Sometime I've got a failed to connect to MSB server just before this
> > infamous kick ;-)
> >
> > So I suppose the raison is coming from :
> > - Security model of Vista
> > - or Punkbuster compatibility (I've already post a support request to
> > evenbalance. thx).
> >
> > Software configuration :
> >
> > Windows Vista Home Premium Beta 2 Buid 5384
> > America's Army 2.6
> > Punkbuster Client version v1.240 A1366
> >
> > Internet Connection
> > DSL > 784Kbits
> >
> > Hardware configuration
> > Dell Dimension 8300
> > P IV 3 GHz
> > 1.5 Gbits RAM
> > 120 Gbits HD
> > FX 5200 128 Mo RAM NVidia Video card
> >
> >
> >
> > I appreciate any suggestion.
> > Thx and best regards.
> > xavier
>

I had the same prob with Enemy Territory having pb tell me I had a permanent
hardware ban which scared the crap out of me. running with full privileges
however I could connect to any server.

--
Gabriel Lozano-Morán
The .NET Aficionado
http://www.pointerx.net

"xavier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:017A7A4A-E951-4ADA-81FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I encounter some troubles trying to play with america's army.
> Game installation is fine, Punkbuster update run well, but when I try to
> connect to a game server I was kick for "Game Hook" ?
> Sometime I've got a failed to connect to MSB server just before this
> infamous kick ;-)
>
> So I suppose the raison is coming from :
> - Security model of Vista
> - or Punkbuster compatibility (I've already post a support request to
> evenbalance. thx).
>
> Software configuration :
>
> Windows Vista Home Premium Beta 2 Buid 5384
> America's Army 2.6
> Punkbuster Client version v1.240 A1366
>
> Internet Connection
> DSL > 784Kbits
>
> Hardware configuration
> Dell Dimension 8300
> P IV 3 GHz
> 1.5 Gbits RAM
> 120 Gbits HD
> FX 5200 128 Mo RAM NVidia Video card
>
>
>
> I appreciate any suggestion.
> Thx and best regards.
> xavier