Electronic Arts and ontwikkelstudio DICE have not yet responded to the problems. This declaration targeted solutions, such as completely removing and re-installing Punkbuster, seem, however, not for all gamers and/or all of the servers to work. Our approach, technology, and experience have made PunkBuster the top-tier anti-cheat solution in the video game industry. For more than 15 years, the staff members at Even Balance have worked to identify and remove cheaters from dozens of on-line games. EA apologizes if youve been wrongfully banned from Battlefield 3, but there’s not much it can do about it. Welcome to Even Balance, Inc., home of PunkBuster, the original anti-cheat system. Released PC PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 PlayStation Network (PS3) Battlefield 3 is DICEs third numerical installment in the Battlefield franchise. Because Punkbuster requires that the server and all players have the same version of Punkbuster, that cause problems. EA Investigating Incorrect Battlefield 3 PunkBuster Bans. Battlefield 3 using Punkbuster - Battlefield 3 - Giant Bomb Follow Battlefield 3 Game » consists of 15 releases. In the topic it is suggested that the version of Punkbuster that on the server side is rotated does not match the version that the clients use. You might also want to make sure the Punkbuster service is running and that Punkbuster is up to date. I suppose some overly eager virusscanners would do so. It usually fails to communicate if youre blocking Punkbuster somehow.
The cause seems to lie in the anti-cheat software Punkbuster. Re: Battlefield 3 PUNKBUSTER Error « Reply 5 on: January 08, 2012, 06:22:08 PM ».
Now has the topic on the Battlefield 3 forum, 28 pages, mostly filled with complaining gamers.
Gamers get an error message when they connect to a server or to about a minute afterward, after which the game is terminated and gamers the following error. The reports of gamers that Battlefield 3 can’t play by the ‘Corrupted File/Memory ’-error message came up before, but since Tuesday, suing a large number of players about the same issue.