PunkBuster Client Logs

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PunkBuster Client Logging
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Client logging is having PB log all messages to a log file located in your PB folder named pbcl.log. This is handy to get your guid, find out why you are PB kicked, find the server ip of a server and even logs other players kicks.


Client Logging Setup
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What you need

- Text Editor
- PBCL Config


Setup Logging

To enable this you need to have the pbcl.cfg file in your root PB folder (Windows Vista and Windows 7 users please read the note at the end of this document). The contents of this file should contain the following:

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pb_MsgPrefix "[skipnotify]PunkBuster Client"
pb_Sleep 500 
pb_LogToFile 1 
pb_SsLog 1 
pb_SsSave 1

If you want to see all the PB messages on the screen use the following to replace the first line:

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pb_MsgPrefix "PunkBuster Client"

This will however spam a lot of PB messages on the lower, middle of your screen (Max 3 lines showing)


Retrieve your PB GUID

Once PB logging is enabled join a PB enabled server. Load into the server and join a team.

Now you GUID should be saved in the log. To get it open the pbcl.log file and search for:
PB Server assigned guid = <guid>

The full line should look like the following:

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[date and time] PB Server assigned guid = 289e3ab09c9b0334530be5a78aeff1f0

Now you can use this to search ban lists to see if you're banned should you get a Prior Kick/Ban message from PB.


Note for Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users

Please note that Windows Vista and Windows 7 stores the logs and other PB files outside the game folder commonly located at:

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C&#58;\Users\<User>\AppData\Local\PunkBuster\<Game>\pb\

You can enter this to view the PunkBuster working folder for the current user and select the game you wish to setup logging for:

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%USERPROFILE%\Appdata\Local\PunkBuster\

or

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%LOCALAPPDATA%\PunkBuster\

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Put the pbcl.cfg file in this location for each game you wish to enable logging for. The log file will be saved here.