RivaTuner and Battlefield 2142 PunkBuster

Thanks, will send it a few hours later. AFAIR you were requesting G15 support, so you'll be able to test it too.

 

Fine, I hope that the protection really jammed their scanner so PB cannot longer hurt hardware via RT.

Thanks, I'm waiting for results

G15 LCD fully mirrors anything you send to the server's OSD via RT.
So monitoring module must be enabled then RT will show on LCD all graphs having "Show ... in On-Screen Display" ticked in the properties.

 

Thanks for confirming. I'm really glad to hear that RT's protections are able to close the door in front of PB's nose.
By the way, have you noticed increaced CPU load with 2.03? With the protections active I expect to see CPU load jump form typical 0-1% to to 2%-5% (depending on amount of displayed hardware monitoring graphs and GPU model).

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Guys, I need a couple more BF 2142 testers to ensure that the protection is 100% working then we'll be able to start massive closed beta-testing and publicly announce 2.03 with anti-PunkBuster protections here at Guru3D. So if you were affected by PB issues in BF 2142 and wish to test new version - please drop me PM.

 

I see, thanks

 

Sent

 

Thanks for good news. I've sent alpha of 2.03 to two more guys. If they'll confirm it too - we'll start global closed beta testing on Monday then release new version within a week as usual.

 

Sure. Give me your email address via PM and I'll send you 2.03.

 

Thanks for good info. If everything will go that smooth, massive beta testing of new version will start on Monday.

But to be honest I'm still in doubts if it is a good idea to release such workaround for PB's issues from my side. After a month of silence from Evenbalance I clearly see that unfortunately they don't seem to be interested to fix or at least document issue. I'm afraid that if I'll put a workaround, they'll relax completely and simply expect that developers of ATITool, PowerStrip and other affected tools will do the same. Don't want to spread such mine for my friends, but see no other choice.
Maybe at least full description of the latest PB's unsafety (those who beta-test 2.03 can see a draft of it in release notes) will slap Evenbalence and finally push them to actions...

 

Yes. Part of 2.03 release notes:

- Added generic support for Logitech G15 keyboard LCD display. Now RivaTuner automatically maps all hardware monitoring statistics displayed in the server's On-Screen Display to the keyboard's LCD display, however power users may disable this behavior with MapOSDToLCD registry entry. Also RivaTuner provides command line switches for connecting to (LCDC/LCDCONNECT) or disconnecting from (LCDD/LCDDISCONNECT) G15 LCD, allowing you to bind these actions with hotkeys and easily reconnect to LCD (e.g. after resuming PC from suspended mode). Please take a note that these command line switches are added to the list of predefined applications available in regular launch item editor.