rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Ok so whenever I give a friend of mine pb power points, I give him 50. When he disconnects or the next map loads, he gets reset to 0. I've been at this for hours and can't find a way to make it stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illSuperNova Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Check in the pbpower.dat file. Make sure that there is not an extra newline character at the end of the file. I had this problem with my server - i had a newline character there, and it was placing a blank line in between the current power slot and the newly inserted one, and then when PB restarted it wouldnt read past the newline and would not remember the latest additions. Easiest fix: Add his power. Rename the .dat file to .txt. Edit the file, remove the blank line that is in there, and any duplicates that occur of the inserted power. Save the file, rename to .dat. Then either do a server restart or a pb_sv_restart. Then your problem should be fixed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTaz Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Here you go: http://www.evenbalance.com/publications/cod4-ad/index.htm#playerpower The answer you are looking for may be in that article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 I've read this, its like the server won't keep it. I've assigned other clan mates pb points and it stays but for him it won't which is odd. Everytime he disconnects or the next map starts it resets to 0 while my other clan mates pb points stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 is it saving to your pbpower.dat? easy way is to FTP it. i still have a copy for my old S&D server..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yes, I see it in there [03.23.2013 21:36:01] 50 GUID Nickname Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illSuperNova Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yes, I see it in there [03.23.2013 21:36:01] 50 GUID Nickname Is there any whitespace inbetween lines in that file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) nope its exactly like this. If I understand correctly [03.23.2013 21:36:01] 50 a4dfbcf6 Bulldog Edited March 24, 2013 by rgtoxic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMagnet Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 i think he is asking if there are /carriage returns/new lines/enter between the lines of info mine has none you do need to be sure the lines don't run together. it will stop reading after it gets to the first nick position on a line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 The text has no new lines between the them, for example, this is how i see the pbpower.dat [Timestamp] 100 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 80 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 60 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 40 GUID Nickname Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illSuperNova Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 The text has no new lines between the them, for example, this is how i see the pbpower.dat [Timestamp] 100 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 80 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 60 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 40 GUID Nickname The one that works on my server is like this: [Timestamp] 100 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 80 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 60 GUID Nickname [Timestamp] 40 GUID Nickname Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) strange... even though it is like that, my other clan mates pb power will stay except Bulldog's.. Could there be a way to force it to give him PB points every time he connects? Edited March 24, 2013 by rgtoxic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illSuperNova Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 You can set a pb task to re add the power level when he joins the server, but then you are just going to fill the pbpower.dat file with lines and lines and lines and lines of the same command, and thats just silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgtoxic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) You can set a pb task to re add the power level when he joins the server, but then you are just going to fill the pbpower.dat file with lines and lines and lines and lines of the same command, and thats just silly. Although it is silly, its the only I can find to keep him from losing his power... I don't understand why it keeps defaulting to 0 for him but not everyone else. To add When I do his power I get the update from PB Punkbuster Server: Power record updated for Bulldog Edited March 24, 2013 by rgtoxic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illSuperNova Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Add me on xfire: dgensupernova - i'll see if i can help you out. It will be something wrong with the server file setup or something.. i'll help get it working for you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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