[Bug]: PunkBuster for Call of Duty and Battlefield

[BestNoob]

User story

Add needed PB basic files for the servers

Game

Call of Duty 4

Linux distro

Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Debian 12, Debian 11, Debian 10, Debian 9, RedHat 9, RedHat 8, RedHat 7, Other

Command

command: monitor, command: details, command: update, command: mods-install, command: mods-update, command: console, command: install, command: update-lgsm

Further information

Why do you guys have not added the base pb files to CoD and BF servers ? https://community.pbbans.com/files/category/7-legacy-punkbuster-files/

!Attention! PB - PunkBuster needs Windows + Linux files inside his folder to work for Linux and Windows players !

To stream to PBBans etc. you can use my pbsv.cfg as base configuration https://github.com/BestNoob/pbsv.cfg

i mean you can leavbe it disabled as standard but please add the BASIC files so admin can get it to work by just enabling it: in startparameters: +set sv_punkbuster 1 in config file: set sv_punkbuster "1"

cheesus why is security and anti cheat still such a issue in 2024 ?

Relevant log output

No response

Steps to reproduce

1. start a gameserver
2. no anti cheat enabled, no punkbuster and also none of the ingame anti cheat mechanism by the gameservers (ok VAC is enabled by standard for steamservers)

[BestNoob]

CoD4x doesnt use PB and CoD2 and CoD5WaW have issues with PB ...

[BestNoob]

But finally you can use it to run a normal server for official CoD4 v1.7 and v1.8 Servers. Also PBBans Streaming is still usable.

Can you add Official Server Setup or is there a reason u only support CoD4x ?

[dgibbs64]

I dont have any real knowledge of this kind of thing. If we are missing the Punkbuster files in the archives I think it makes sense to add them. Apart from that I don't know much about punkbuster. Maybe a guide in the docs would be useful to help improve security for servers.