anyone who speaks different languages can help me with forums from another country, this topic has been discussed on foreign forums. I have been talking to my friend on xfire and he and I thought that it could have been an issue. Hi i upgraded from win7 (offical) to win8 (official) last night I can start (admin and/or compatability mode) bf2142 (also removed and fresh install, + last update), but after some seconds in a game, i get : Unknown Windows API Funktion 131124 So in uninstalled all evenbalance Punkbuster.Recently I had to uninstall and reinstall 2142 because of launching issues.The only possible causes of this problem that I can think of are. I tried re-installing, updating Punkbuster and runnig it as. PB IMPORTANT: RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrB.exe initialization failedĪnd seconds later I am kicked with a blank Punkbuster box at the main menu of the game. The screen gos black (so it appears to start) but then it goes back to the desktop with the message: 'BF2142.exe has stopped working'. If its PunkBuster, its still EAs problem because 99 of the servers use it. This is in contrast with the official EA v1.51 updater, which is INCREMENTAL and can only be applied to v1.50.

It may be 2142 or it may be PunkBuster, but the fact of the matter is, is that EA has been very reluctant to even admit there is a problem. This is a FULL updater, which means it will take any prior version of Battlefield 2142 (thats currently installed on your system) and completely update it to v1.51 (i.e. Official servers were shut down on Jduring the mass GameSpy server closure by Glu Mobile that occurred that day. As far as calling it bad code, the whole Battlefield series has been plagued wth bad patches and glitches. Whenever I am kicked I recieve this message. Battlefield 2142 (also known as BF2142) is the fifth installment in the Battlefield Series and was developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts. Lately, when I join a server I am always kicked by Punkbuster.

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