Now I know why I don't want to become a PC Gamer!!!!
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You dodged a bullet there...it's appalling!
did I not say that on a reply on page 1 reply 8
As for the lag best thing to do is go here http://www.pingtest.net/
Tell us the results
In my day, you had no internet.
You just had to fix it
That must have been a long ****riendly time ago, I distinctly remember hunting through usenet to get the right balance of emm386.sys, himem.sys and interrupts to get DOS games working.
That said, punkbuster was always a bag of junk and should die in a fire.
You calling me a killer!!! lol I'm not sure if you're basing this on opinion or fact but I'm almost certain you're wrong!!! And it's ok, no kids live next door . The powerline adapter is definitely something I'm considering!
Yupe, thanks to you I got it working!!!! I'll do that now.
So these are the results.
Packet loss = 0%
Ping = 20ms
Jitter = 1ms
Sounds good to me??
Edit: Went back to try online again and I get kicked straight away because it can't connect with pnkbstrA.exe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was working a couple of hours ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Packet loss = 0%
Ping = 20ms
Jitter = 1ms
Sounds good to me??
Edit: Went back to try online again and I get kicked straight away because it can't connect with pnkbstrA.exe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was working a couple of hours ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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In my day, you had no internet.
You just had to fix it
Haha, this is so true. My voyage of discovery started with me typing 'help' at the command prompt. There was an 'A:\' prompt, and I had no idea how to get Prince of Persia to run
We literally had to teach ourselves, because Google was not invented
Amazingly, we somehow figured it all out.
PC gaming is just picky with its friends, but give your PC some TLC and a few quick internet searches and normally you'll be up and running within 10 minutes.
What with Steam, Windows 7, auto updating etc PC gaming is now easier then ever before. I remember the days of DOS and creating boot discs with config.sys files with a little loaded as possible to claw back as much base memory as possible..
Remember 640k would be all we'd ever need - right?
PC gaming is after 20 years at it myself is now so simple that I reckon kids today should be made to build, configure and try to run Tie Fighter on a self built DX2 66 with DOS and Windows 3.11
they'd not complain anymore after trying to do that with no internet..!!
What with Steam, Windows 7, auto updating etc PC gaming is now easier then ever before. I remember the days of DOS and creating boot discs with config.sys files with a little loaded as possible to claw back as much base memory as possible..
Remember 640k would be all we'd ever need - right?
PC gaming is after 20 years at it myself is now so simple that I reckon kids today should be made to build, configure and try to run Tie Fighter on a self built DX2 66 with DOS and Windows 3.11
they'd not complain anymore after trying to do that with no internet..!!
Did you try running that pbsvc file after putting it in the PB folder? I know you found the services in the syswow64, but this file will make sure they're running currectly too
Also, run the pbsetup just to make sure PB is updated as that might be while you're lagging out due to PB being in pain in the backside (as usual) 
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I'm sorry your having issues, but if you want to play the most powerful and liberated of gaming platforms your going to need to cahonie up and accept that you will have issues at times due to PC being a platform with a ridiculous amount of software and hardware combinations.
I hope you stick at it but these issues aren't as common these days as say 5-10 years ago, heck i remember the days when you didn't have the net for help and that was truly frustrating.
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Yeah, things are better now.
I had a 486 DX33 with 4MB ram and was devastated that there were games I couldn't get to run because I didn't have enough free memory even though they said min requirements 4mb ram on the box.
You soon learned all the tricks possible to free up as much memory as possible, including boot-disks
I had a 486 DX33 with 4MB ram and was devastated that there were games I couldn't get to run because I didn't have enough free memory even though they said min requirements 4mb ram on the box.
You soon learned all the tricks possible to free up as much memory as possible, including boot-disks
A third party off the shelf solution is likely quicker, cheaper and more reliably deployed than one built from scratch in house. The last thing a dev studio wants to have to do is go and build their own security stuff, they want to focus on actual game development.
Please tell me you are one of those people who sleeps with their mobile switched on and under thier pillow?
If not then, then please start doing this. If you have your WiFi router in your bedroom, please make sure it is positioned as close to your head as possible. I also recommend that you drink more, smoke more, and take more drugs. I would also like you to change your diet to three fry ups per day, and if you are on the move, only ever eat at McDonald's.
I am advising you to do this, not because I hate you and want you to die sooner, but because I know you are smart enough to see through all those phoney baloney health scares, as your desperately (un)funny cartoon demonstrated.
There is a few annoyances sometimes but the experience of gaming on PC is much better than consoles... And you can plug in a controller and play like a console on your TV except the graphics are 10x better. No reason to own a console really except for money and a few exclusive games.