PunkBuster ScreenShot Enforcer 1.4.1.1

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Originally Posted by ty_ger07*:

 

ok. we have to seperate into 2 problems here:

 

1. screenshot request frequency

 

the first request (06:22:32) did not fail. the second request (06:22:59) failed because "Less than 30 seconds have passed since last request". the other 2 requests did not fail because more than 30 seconds had passed since the prior request.

 

the problem here is that you request too many screenshots way too fast (3 (4) requests in 1min 10seconds). therefor, also depending on your pb_sv_ssdelay and pb_sv_sstimeout settings, the client has no chance to even send one successful screenshot (can take several minutes). then the player gets kicked.

 

solution: increase "how many request do you want to send until..." to 4 because: "...PunkBuster will not allow more than 3 screenshots to be requested from each player within any 10 minute period...."

also, you should set punkbuster to automatically request screenshots with the settings from the first post: ssfrom=300 ssto=900 rather than requesting them manually

I do not want to enable auto screenshots. I find it incredibly annoying to look through 100s of screenshots a day for no real reason. Instead, I prefer to have it take screenshots "manually" (but completely automatically) based on suspicious events. And sometimes, these events can occur in close proximity to eachother.

 

Is there any way to make the plugin ignore screenshots taken in close succession?

 

 

2. whitelist

 

now this is just a guess, i have to check it later today.

ReserverdSlots/ServerVIPs are checked by the plugin around every 2 minutes (32 slots. depending on the server load. gonna change this in the future) and when the plugin or the server is started.

i understand you have tested this when your server was almost empty (which is when i would test :-)). then the time between updating the ReserverdSlots is longer. so my guess is: the plugin had not updated its whitelist when the kick/ban happened.

i will test if there is a problem with the whitelist later today.

until then please manually check if your name is in the whitelist.

 

if you have any other question feel free to ask :-)

The server was not nearly empty. There were approximately 10 players (it's a 16 player server) in the server and the server had been online and containing players for a couple hours. The only reason why it may look like a nearly empty server is because I removed all the unnecessary event information from the log I pasted.

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

I do not want to enable auto screenshots. I find it incredibly annoying to look through 100s of screenshots a day for no real reason. Instead, I prefer to have it take screenshots "manually" (but completely automatically) based on suspicious events. And sometimes, these events can occur in close proximity to eachother.

 

Is there any way to make the plugin ignore screenshots taken in close succession?

i see.

yes, i will add that in the next update (i also had something like that in mind)

i dont know how fast i can add this function. expect it in the next days or so :-)

 

 

The server was not nearly empty. There were approximately 10 players (it's a 16 player server) in the server and the server had been online and containing players for a couple hours.

i just tested and the whitelist works. debug level 2 or above will cause the plugin to report:

Code:

PBSSE found whitelisted player, skipping player: playername

please make double sure your ingame soldiers playername (no clantag) is in the plugins whitelist. also check for unneccesary whitespaces in the plugins whitelist.

if you double checked everything and it still doesnt work please tell me. then we have to check this further.

as of now i must say the whitelist works. i just tested and found no error (the plugin reported me as whitelisted)

 

have a nice day :-)

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Originally Posted by ty_ger07*:

 

Yes, I have already made sure that all the names in the whitelist exactly match player names and that there are no extra whitespaces.

 

Our Reserved Slots list is built by an automatic function which checks clan members against their alias in a database provided by the stats plugin XpKiller created. Because of this process, the names are sure to exactly match the player's gamer name.

 

Here is our whitelist:

Code:

DSD-BlackBird
DSD-TheArchitect
2sly2deadly
6real
AceOfAwesome
WereIsMySandwich
Apatheticmonkeyy
DSD-BlueJay2604
BraveRubberDuck
ChampangeCharlie
CsanadEndre
DynamicFactorX
INU-Erazmaz
-lExhibitionl-
FantasticCG
folvik
GoD_Travis_Haley
J3nX
INU-JarneVE
Kylle94
ll-LeoN-ll
DSD-Lithirm
M12Charly
MANQUADGE
Mattpridian
Miksy42
modskillage
moving_afk
DV-Muppenlol
murhakulli
NarkotX92
Norse_Murder
Ossuri
Popsyprebs
Presentteck
RADMAN5240
Raevmunken
DSD-Reaper
sxrouge
simpop552
Superdob
Superpig555
BC_ER80
ll-TeX-ll
Thibaultvdb
tokyofis7
Ty_ger07
walnuts84
DSD-Waterdude
weejboy
xArtefaktx
XPT700
Old_Yogi
ZeeDak
ZenithUSMC
Zodiacnine
zZ-PropheT-Zz

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

Because of this process, the names are sure to exactly match the player's gamer name.

thats good.

 

thx for providing your whitelist. i will test for errors using that as soon as my server is back up...R33 mess :-(

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

thx for providing your whitelist. i will test for errors using that as soon as my server is back up...

i have just tested with your whitelist and i must say it works on my server (my "onegrizzlybeer" successfully received SSs were dropped for testing)

 

Code:

[17:17:45 68] PBSSE PBScreenshot requested: onegrizzlybeer
[17:17:45 68] PBSSE ------------------------
[17:17:45 68] PBSSE requests: 4 successfully received: 0 onegrizzlybeer
[17:17:45 68] PBSSE found whitelisted player, skipping player: onegrizzlybeer

please also check that you have the latest version (you most likely did that in the first place i know :-) just to make sure)

i'm sorry, but i dont know where the problem is at the moment, but i try to reproduce it.

 

one thing that could help in reproducing this error is to get a lot of whitelisted players on the same server (which i understand is the case on your server. unlike on my where its ~4 whitelisted players at the same time)

 

it would help alot if you could get as many of your above listed players (your whitelist) on my server, so i could monitor the plugin.

its this one: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...Bans-MetaBans/

 

you are all whitelisted and kick/ban is not activated. idle kick is deactivated until 16 players so feel free to idle. this is the only way to reproduce the error i see at the moment.

 

for anyone else who is reading this: can anyone else confirm this error or is the whitelist working for you?

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.2.2

1.2.2

-NEW: Option to log all debug output to a file (PBSSELogFile.txt) in the Plugins/BF3 directory (use with caution)

-NEW: Filter to drop PBScreenshots request if requested too fast after each other (3 minutes)

-FIX: Whitelist was updating too slow under certain circumstances

 

I do not want to enable auto screenshots. [...] Instead, I prefer to have it take screenshots "manually" (but completely automatically) based on suspicious events. And sometimes, these events can occur in close proximity to eachother.

 

Is there any way to make the plugin ignore screenshots taken in close succession?

thx for the idea. it is implemented now.

 

As a way to debug this and judge how many folks really are blocking screenshots, enable a LOGGING only feature which would write to the default log folder.

this is now also available. however i would advise to only use the logfile function on your local computer (not your procon parent layer server)

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.2.3

1.2.3

-FIX: minor code fixes (everything runs much smoother now :-))

 

im also sorry for the high frequency of updates in the last time. now all problems should be sorted out.

this version should last much longer (fingers crossed) :-)

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Originally Posted by EBassie*:

 

PLUGIN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.2.3

1.2.3

-FIX: minor code fixes (everything runs much smoother now :-))

 

im also sorry for the high frequency of updates in the last time. now all problems should be sorted out.

this version should last much longer (fingers crossed) :-)

Don't apologize for frequent updates mate! It's highly appreciated!

 

So.... thanks!

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Originally Posted by dyn*:

 

Don't apologize for frequent updates mate! It's highly appreciated!

 

So.... thanks!

HERE HERE!!

 

Thanks for implementing so many of our requests.

Checking previous logs to see if we've caught any blockers yet... just updated to the version with dedicated logging. This will make it much easier.

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Originally Posted by EBassie*:

 

Hey Grizzlybeer, I may have stumbled upon a bug.

 

Just minutes ago this player was banned "stephen uk2k7" while returning screenshots.

Yes, you see it correct. This player has a space in his name.

 

I've seen more players with spaces in their name and I have NO clue how they manage to do that.

Maybe it has something to do with having a PS3 or XBOX account too.

 

Here's the profile of the player on Battlelog: http://battlelog.battlefield.com/bf3...ephen%20uk2k7/

 

From Punkbuster logs:

Code:

[11.15.2012 17:49:31] Screenshot C:\games\bf3\retail\98365\pb\svss\pb000767.png successfully received (MD5=E30C89E2A9D21657237E8462DEC5CC12) from 1 stephen uk2k7 [-------PBGUID REMOVED------(-) 92.25.131.180:3659]

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

Just minutes ago this player was banned "stephen uk2k7" while returning screenshots.

Yes, you see it correct. This player has a space in his name.

 

I've seen more players with spaces in their name and I have NO clue how they manage to do that.

now that is a good trick :-) i thought spaces were not allowed but you are right. i found at least 2 more players that have spaces in their names (1 of them has only a pc account. are spaces allowed in origon names? like having an account name in origin with spaces and then you get that name as a playername in bf3...i dunno :-)).

 

i will release an update today to fix this (succesfully received screenshots were not identified correctly like you said)

thank you very much for spotting this

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Originally Posted by Phil_K*:

 

i thought spaces were not allowed but you are right.

Expect the unexpected.

This is what the last published docu for BF3 says about it...

Player name

The "player name" (referred to as "Soldier name" in-game) is the persona name which the player chose when logging in to EA Online. The exact specification of a player name (length, valid characters, etc.) is currently unclear.

... and it's not a joke. 8-)

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Originally Posted by EBassie*:

 

Expect the unexpected.

This is what the last published docu for BF3 says about it...

 

 

... and it's not a joke. 8-)

Yeah, that has been in the server docs since the first docs were published, a year ago.

But when I try to change my name I cannot use spaces

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.2.4

1.2.4

-FIX: Playernames containing spaces were not identified properly

 

... and it's not a joke. 8-)

hehe funny :-)

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Originally Posted by DomesticViolenz*:

 

Could you add a funktion that Black PBSS will get auto kicked ?

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Originally Posted by Legate*:

 

Could you add a funktion that Black PBSS will get auto kicked ?

Could be an interesting feature but at this time the 90% of PBSS are black and is Origin's issue not cheats...

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

Could you add a funktion that Black PBSS will get auto kicked ?

unfortunately this is not possible. every pbss (including black) has a unique md5 (visible in the punkbuster log). so there is no way for procon to detect a black pbss.

when the origin issue legate mentioned is fixed, you can use http://www.pbscreens.com/ to detect black pbss

 

Could be an interesting feature but at this time the 90% of PBSS are black and is Origin's issue not cheats...

yeah that sucks...

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.2.5

1.2.5

-NEW: Option to add multiple usernames to get notified (5. Notify -> ingame username)

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.3

1.3

-UPDATE: You can now download/update PBSSE directly through your procon gui.

 

note that it may take some time until the plugin is available in the packages tab in procon. please be patient :-)

you can also download the latest as always here

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Originally Posted by LumpyNutZ*:

 

So, i assume theres nothing to do aswell if they again start "not to block" but sending those 1x1 screenshots again?

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

So, i assume theres nothing to do aswell if they again start "not to block" but sending those 1x1 screenshots again?

no. unfortunately there is nothing we can do on the plugin side.

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Originally Posted by EBassie*:

 

Hey grizzlybeer,

 

I've another request.

 

Lately I've been auto-banning a lot of players that were idle for a whole round. When being idle and the focus is on the desktop PBSS seem to fail almost 100%.

 

Is it possible to disable the check when players have 0 points? Or skip players with 0 points?

 

Last couple of days I was out of town and now I get back I have to double check about 20 players.

From which 90% were just some random player being idle...

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

will be added in the next update (i dont think there should be problems implementing it)

 

maybe around the weekend. along with alot more stuff i have laying around :-)

 

Hey grizzlybeer,

 

I've another request.

 

Lately I've been auto-banning a lot of players that were idle for a whole round. When being idle and the focus is on the desktop PBSS seem to fail almost 100%.

 

Is it possible to disable the check when players have 0 points? Or skip players with 0 points?

 

Last couple of days I was out of town and now I get back I have to double check about 20 players.

From which 90% were just some random player being idle...

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.3.1

 

1.3.1

-FIX: Added option to exclude players with 0 score from check (idle players).

 

Hey grizzlybeer,

 

I've another request.

 

Lately I've been auto-banning a lot of players that were idle for a whole round. When being idle and the focus is on the desktop PBSS seem to fail almost 100%.

 

Is it possible to disable the check when players have 0 points? Or skip players with 0 points?

 

Last couple of days I was out of town and now I get back I have to double check about 20 players.

From which 90% were just some random player being idle...

thx for the idea

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

PLUGIN HAS BEEN UPDATED TO VERSION 1.3.2

 

1.3.2

-NEW: Added option to automatically delete Non-ReservedSlots/ServerVIPs from the Whitelist.

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Originally Posted by FISHBONE89*:

 

Can you help me?

When i use in procon this: "Trigger PB Screenshot", then in PunkBuster console I get this information:

"PunkBuster Server: Screenshot D:\gameserver\85.14.231.129\BF3\pb\svss\pb000053.p ng TIMED OUT after 545 seconds (slot=0)"

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Originally Posted by grizzlybeer*:

 

"PunkBuster Server: Screenshot D:\gameserver\85.14.231.129\BF3\pb\svss\pb000053.p ng TIMED OUT after 545 seconds (slot=0)"

this message tells you that the pb screenshot could not be taken (timed out after a certain time period). the reason for this is most likely (99%) the player left before the screenshot was taken. (note that it takes some time from clicking "trigger pb screenshot" to the screenshot being actually taken)

 

you should not worry too much about these messages. PBSSE will make sure that players with 4 requested pb screenshots deliver at least 1 succesful pb ss. players that leave the server are cleaned from the internal playerlist.

 

i hope this helps you :-)

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Originally Posted by Dudenell*:

 

edit: wrong topic reply

 

But I do have a question, this works on screenshots that show as "not returned by client"?

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Originally Posted by EBassie*:

 

But I do have a question, this works on screenshots that show as "not returned by client"?

The answer to that question is YES, but also for "Screenshot transfer was incomplete" (if I'm correct)

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Originally Posted by jking54*:

 

Hi, I'm going to give this a try but are the default options suitable for most? Certainly looks and sounds promising, thank you.