- Upload mbl.dat to /System/pb on the game server
- Open one of your PB logs in /System/pb/svlogs/ and look at the first line. It should say something like:
| [04.29.2008 20:16:13] PB Log File C:\games\AA\AAServer_444444\System\pb\svlogs\00000001.log Opened for AAO (w) |
Pay mind to bold part. That is the absolute path to the PB folder on the server, which is where the banlist will be. We'll need this for the next step...
- Open the file you use to configure Punkbuster. It's usually pbsv.cfg or pbsvuser.cfg. In that file, add this:
| pb_sv_banload [path to Punkbuster folder]\mbl.dat |
In the above example, the full line would be:
| pb_sv_banload C:\games\AA\AAServer_444444\System\pb\mbl.dat |
- Ok, that's it! Restart the server and you should be good to go! But it's often best to check your server's log to make sure that you did it right and that it's being loaded. The log you want to check is called Server.log. On the majority of providers, this file is in /System. For SeeMePlayMe customers, there is one in System which isn't used, and there is another inside /System/pb. You can check both if you aren't sure which one. Just open Server.log and search for "bans" and you should see a line that resembles this:
| 05/25/08 08:12:18 Log: PunkBuster Server: 60434 Bans loaded from 1df72a9d8a4663b5322b |
If you see that, it's being loaded just fine.
- Every Monday, this banlist is updated with the newest bans from the major anticheat organizations. It's important to keep your banlist up to date. Just re-download the banlist and upload it to the server, replacing the old file.
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