Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PC Crash, Freeze, Installation / Zone File Error, Can’t Install, Online Problems, Fixes and Solutions
Written by badguy001
Despite the controversies and criticisms surrounding Infinity Ward’s direction of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, there’s still no denying that they have delivered an excellent game. But not even excellence is enough to keep this hotly-anticipated title from being error free. So if you’re stuck on the desktop screen because of a frustrating crash, then check out the fix guide right after the jump and you might find the solution you need to get you back into the war.
IMPORTANT:
- Update your nVidia and ATI video / Graphics cards to their latest drivers.
- If you have encountered problems or solutions not listed in this guide, feel free to post it in the comment section below. No registration required
- Be sure that your PC meets these system requirements:
OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
DirectX: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation
Problem #1: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 disc is not recognized in the drive
Solution #1: (By Activision Support)
All background applications should be shut down prior to running the game.
1) Go to the Start bar and select Run. (If you are on Vista or Windows 7, hit the Windows key and the R key at the same time)
2) In the Run window, type in msconfig and hit enter.
3) Once the utility comes up, go to the Startup tab and hit the Disable All button.
4) Next go to the Services tab and check the “Hide All Microsoft Services” checkbox and then hit the Disable All button.
5) Hit the OK button and close the utility, and restart your computer when prompted to.
Please note that this method will shut down all background applications including your virus scanning software. If later on you decide you want to re-enable programs that were closed down, you can undo these changes by simply un-checking the Hide all Microsoft Services box and hitting Enable All on both the mentioned tabs.
The Windows OS allows you to have lots of different programs running at the same time. Sometimes these programs do not play happily together and create problems. Many modern games are very demanding on your computer. Some game problems can be solved by making sure that the game is the only program on the field. Limiting the number of other applications and programs running can help your system and program performance across the board, not with just games. Virus scanning and other security programs often use a large amount of memory and access the files on your harddrive frequently. This frequent harddrive access can slow your computer down if these programs are running in the background while the game is running. You should shut down as many programs as possible to lower the amount of memory being used before you launch the game. For Windows XP your system should only be using about 100 to 120 MB of memory before launching the game. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 that number should be around 700 to 1000 MB. You can check the amount of memory being used by clicking on the Performance tab in the Task Manager.
Once you complete the steps above then your system is ready to run the game. These steps can clear up a lot of problems you may be experiencing. Your performance may also increase because you have more memory free and more resources are available to the game. Not only can this make games run more smoothly, but applications can benefit from this, as well.
If you have multiple drives capable of reading the disc, then try installing from your other drive(s).
Check with your drive manufacturer for the latest firmware updates for your drive.
It is also extremely important to ensure you have the latest drivers and firmware for your motherboard components as well. Please contact your hardware manufacturer for instructions on how to acquire and apply the latest updates.
Problem #2: Can’t play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 online / can’t connect to any multiplayer games
Solution #1: (By Activision Support)
Be sure that your computer is not behind a software or hardware firewall of any kind. This includes firewalls built into routers or other equipment, as well as programs like Zone Alarm, Black Ice, and the integrated firewall in Windows XP. Activision does not support the use of our games from behind a firewall. If it is not possible to disable the firewall you will need to open the ports for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty: MW2 transmits and receives network traffic on ports UDP: 1500, 3005, 3101, 28960 and TCP: 27015 (SRCDS Rcon port). Additionally the Steam client transmits and receives network traffic on ports UDP: 27000-27015, 27015-27030 and TCP: 27014-27050 The exact details on opening a port is specific to your firewall. For more information check with the firewall documentation or manufacturer.
Another common cause of problems is a poorly configured router or connection sharing solution. If you are using a router, ICS, NAT or a software gateway you may have problems playing on the internet. This is because the router may not be forwarding the correct information back to your machine. It may be possible to get around this problem using port forwarding or DMZ. You can find more information on configuring shared connections for multiplayer gaming at www.practicallynetworked.com. Please be aware that like a firewall we cannot actively support using shared connections to play online.
The most common cause of problems though is usually the simplest – an overburdened network stack. By default many computers have protocols the average person doesn’t use; things like VPN or NDISWAN. You may want to contact your ISP to find out exactly which protocols you can safely remove. Often times network game problems are resolved by something as simple as removing unused adapters and protocols.
The problem may also be related to the status of your ISP or that of the server. Due to the dynamic nature of the internet and the variable levels of traffic, it is impossible to completely eliminate this error. If you are having persistent problems you may wish to try a different server, or just wait and play a little while later.
If you have an AMD X2 processor on Windows XP please go to http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html and download and install the AMD Dual-Core optimizer and the processor driver.
Problem #3: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 encounters zone file error at launch or during gameplay
Solution #1: (By Activision Support)
Zone file errors are most likley due to a bad install or corrupt game files.
- You can verify the integrity of the game files in the Steam client. In the Steam client right-click on the game and select properties. Click on the local files tab and click the “Verify integrity of game cache” button. You will need to do this for the single player and multiplayer game executables.
- If that does not work you can try to delete the game content and re-download it from Steam. In the Steam client right-click on the game and select “Delete Local Content”. Once you have deleted the content you will need to re-download the content through the Steam client. You will need to do this for the single player and multiplayer game executables.
- If that does not help then you may have a bad disc. Try replacing the game at the store you bought it at. Remember that if you replace the disc you will need to completely uninstall and re-install the game.
If the game still does not work after uninstalling and replacing the disc then you may have a bad piece of hardware like a bad harddrive or stick of RAM. In this case you will have to contact your computer manufacturer to find out how to test and replace any hardware that may be failing.
Problem #4: Can’t play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with a gamepad
Answer:(By Activision Support)
Modern Warfare 2 does not have gamepad support.
Problem #5: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 crashes / crashing at launch / crashes / freezes while playing
Solution #1: (By Activision Support)
- Make sure that you have the latest video and sound drivers from the manufacturer’s website. Links to common video and sound manufacturer websites are listed below:Video:
ATI
NvidiaSound:
Creative Sound Blaster
Realtek Onboard Audio
Dell Audio Drivers
HP Audio Drivers
Asus Xonar - Set your desktop to a resolution of 1024×768, 32 bit True Color.For Windows XP
1) Right-click on your desktop and select Properties.
2) Click the Settings tab.
3) Set your screen area to 1024×768.
4) Set the colors to Highest (32 bit).
5) Click Apply and OK.For Windows Vista\Windows 7
1) Right-click on your desktop and select Personalize.
2) Click on Display Settings
3) Set the resolution slider to 1024X768
4) Set the colors to Highest (32 bit).
5) Click Apply and OK. - All background applications should be shut down prior to running the game.1) Go to the Start bar and select Run. (If you are on Vista or Windows 7, hit the Windows key and the R key at the same time)
2) In the Run window, type in msconfig and hit enter.
3) Once the utility comes up, go to the Startup tab and hit the Disable All button.
4) Next go to the Services tab and check the “Hide All Microsoft Services” checkbox and then hit the Disable All button.
5) Hit the OK button and close the utility, and restart your computer when prompted to.Please note that this method will shut down all background applications including your virus scanning software. If later on you decide you want to re-enable programs that were closed down, you can undo these changes by simply un-checking the Hide all Microsoft Services box and hitting Enable All on both the mentioned tabs.
The Windows OS allows you to have lots of different programs running at the same time. Sometimes these programs do not play happily together and create problems. Many modern games are very demanding on your computer. Some game problems can be solved by making sure that the game is the only program on the field. Limiting the number of other applications and programs running can help your system and program performance across the board, not with just games. Virus scanning and other security programs often use a large amount of memory and access the files on your harddrive frequently. This frequent harddrive access can slow your computer down if these programs are running in the background while the game is running. You should shut down as many programs as possible to lower the amount of memory being used before you launch the game. For Windows XP your system should only be using about 100 to 120 MB of memory before launching the game. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 that number should be around 700 to 1000 MB. You can check the amount of memory being used by clicking on the Performance tab in the Task Manager.
Once you complete the steps above then your system is ready to run the game. These steps can clear up a lot of problems you may be experiencing. Your performance may also increase because you have more memory free and more resources are available to the game. Not only can this make games run more smoothly, but applications can benefit from this, as well.
- Turn your sound acceleration down for Windows XP
1) Click the Start button > Settings > Control Panel.
2) Double-click the Sounds and Audio Devices icon.
3) Click the Volume tab.
4) Under Speaker settings, click the Advanced button.
5) Click the Performance tab.
6) Reduce the Hardware acceleration to Basic, the 2nd notch from the left.
7) Click Apply and then OK 2 times. Run the game now. Don’t forget to turn the acceleration back up to restore the high-end features for your sound card when using other applications.
Problem #6: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 keeps crashes / freezes while installing / during install
Solution #1: (By Activision Support)
- Set your desktop to a resolution of 1024×768, 32 bit True Color.For Windows XP
1) Right-click on your desktop and select Properties.
2) Click the Settings tab.
3) Set your screen area to 1024×768.
4) Set the colors to Highest (32 bit).
5) Click Apply and OK.For Windows Vista\Windows 7
1) Right-click on your desktop and select Personalize.
2) Click on Display Settings
3) Set the resolution slider to 1024X768
4) Set the colors to Highest (32 bit).
5) Click Apply and OK. - All background applications should be shut down prior to running the game.1) Go to the Start bar and select Run. (If you are on Vista or Windows 7, hit the Windows key and the R key at the same time)
2) In the Run window, type in msconfig and hit enter.
3) Once the utility comes up, go to the Startup tab and hit the Disable All button.
4) Next go to the Services tab and check the “Hide All Microsoft Services” checkbox and then hit the Disable All button.
5) Hit the OK button and close the utility, and restart your computer when prompted to.Please note that this method will shut down all background applications including your virus scanning software. If later on you decide you want to re-enable programs that were closed down, you can undo these changes by simply un-checking the Hide all Microsoft Services box and hitting Enable All on both the mentioned tabs.
The Windows OS allows you to have lots of different programs running at the same time. Sometimes these programs do not play happily together and create problems. Many modern games are very demanding on your computer. Some game problems can be solved by making sure that the game is the only program on the field. Limiting the number of other applications and programs running can help your system and program performance across the board, not with just games. Virus scanning and other security programs often use a large amount of memory and access the files on your harddrive frequently. This frequent harddrive access can slow your computer down if these programs are running in the background while the game is running. You should shut down as many programs as possible to lower the amount of memory being used before you launch the game. For Windows XP your system should only be using about 100 to 120 MB of memory before launching the game. For Windows Vista or Windows 7 that number should be around 700 to 1000 MB. You can check the amount of memory being used by clicking on the Performance tab in the Task Manager.
Once you complete the steps above then your system is ready to run the game. These steps can clear up a lot of problems you may be experiencing. Your performance may also increase because you have more memory free and more resources are available to the game. Not only can this make games run more smoothly, but applications can benefit from this, as well.
- Delete all files in the Windows/Temp directory.Windows XP1) Click the Start button > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup.
2) Select the drive you want to cleanup such as the C: drive.
3) Click the Clean up button.Windows Vista\Windows 7
1) Click the Start button > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup.
2) Select the drive you want to cleanup such as the C: drive.
3) Click the Clean up button.- If you have multiple drives capable of reading the disc then try installing from your other drive(s)
- ***NOTE: The following is unsupported by Activision.***We have found the following to help the game install.
- Download Nero DriveSpeed from here. This freeware utility from Nero will allow you to slow your drive speed down, in increments, all the way to 2X. Try setting it to 8X. Some users may have to choose other settings to get optimal results. Your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM must be ATAPI/IDE. SCSI is not supported.If you receive an ASPI related error message when running Nero DriveSpeed, you may have to update your ASPI layer.
Instructions to check and update your ASPI layer - Set your CD-ROM drive or IDE channels for the CD-ROM to run in PIO mode 1 or a lower setting then it currently is at through BIOS. The exact steps for doing this may differ from motherboard to motherboard. You will need to check with your hardware or system manufacturer for more information on this topic.
- Zone Alarm has also been known cause some issues with the installer. If you currently have Zone Alarm installed it is recommended that you uninstall the program, install the game and then you can re-install Zone Alarm on your system.
- Windows Defender and Microsoft Office 2007 have been known to cause errors with the installer. These include errors referencing “msvcr80.dll” and “mpShHook.dll.” If you currently have either program installed, it is recommended that you uninstall the program, install the game and then you can re-install Windows Defender and/or Microsoft Office 2007 on your system. If you do not want to uninstall these programs you can try installing or re-installing Microsoft .Net 2.0. You can get it here. Installing .Net 2.0 has been known to fix this issue without having to uninstall Microsoft Office or Defender.
- If the game previously worked then it’s more than likely that you have a damaged CD/DVD. You can contact us via phone or through the web to arrange for a replacement.
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Hi, I finally got modern warfare 2 to install after having to uninstall and reinstall steam. I started playing and everything works fine. Im running the game on a reasonable spec, and its smooth and has the occasional bit of lag when alot of stuff is happening on screen.
My problem is when you need to use the lazer targeting system or the night vision goggles the screen buggers up and its filled with just a solid colour until I stop using the items. Ive updated my drivers to the latest available ones, did a system and virus scan to make sure there is nothing wrong, its really odd. Everything else in the game works apart from that. Any Ideas on how to fix this little problem?
PC SPEC
2.0 dual core processor
Windows XP
4 GB RAM (Using only 3 because of XP)
NVIDIA 9400gt 512mb graphics card
November 12th, 2009 at 8:27 am
My mw2 multiplayer and i think single player has done it, keeps minimizing itself to the desktop every so often and its really annoying because i cant find the problem.
It re-opens fine and no problems but having it do that in games is annoying.
Does anyone else have similar issues?
November 12th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Здравствуйте люди)) у меня такая проблема когда я первый раз заходил в сетевую игру у меня зашло отлично я поиграл и вышел а когда я захожу снова идёт бсконечное подключение к IW NET
и ешё на каком то форуме прочитал что нужно удалить файл из стима (ClientRegistry.blob)-не помогло((
November 12th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Hello,my problem is that whyle im playing after about 20 minutes the games starts lagging like hell its freezing and the program doesnt respond but when i go to task manager and get back to the game its fixed but after 5 min it happens again so i hope that the above will work
PS My system is very high-end and i smoke MW2
November 12th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
I have installed the game, however when I go to launch it it freezes… it used to say DirectX error. (There shouldn’t be a problem I have many new games that work fine) I am currently seeing if I need to update the drivers on my video card and direct x itself.
VISTA 64BIT
q6600
HD4870
DX10
I am getting really upset at $65
November 12th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Steam went from 80% to 100%, Single player had graphical glitches, all walls black, purple everywhere. sometimes invisible guns, and can’t see anything through the optics.
Then co-op wouldn’t load the Sniper Fi map, crashes every time. Also causes a crash on ventrillo when people talk.
Updated Video, Sound, Direct X drivers,
Checked config.cfg for multiplayer and SP for matching key binds in vent.
Ran msconfig and stopped anything starting at boot.
Backed up and validated game files, didn’t help.
Last resort a completely fresh download and install!
Fingers crossed. Multiplayer is v. good when it does work though. I’ll reserve my judgement on having no dedicated servers for now!
November 12th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
I also have the minimizing problem. It isn’t any program I have running in the background doing it either…like every 30 minutes, it minimizes for no reason.
November 12th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I have a problem, this morning I bought a copy of the game, installed it and played the single player for a while. It worked fine, after that I quited the game, and used the computer to watch some videos. After that, I played some more mw2, then shut it down to internet for a bit.
The third time I tried to start the game it crashed, it happens when it shows the activision logo, at the start. It plays the sound that goes with it, but the animation the logo is supposed to appear with gets stuck and then nothing happens. The screen just freezes, all I can do is hit the windows button to see the taskbar and exit the game from there.
The second time you try to start it, hitting the windows button to get back doesn’t work anymore either, the mouse appears but thats it. Hitting the reset button is my only way out.
I tried everything of the above mentioned at problem 5, and reïnstalling the game aswell.
I’m not sure what my specs are, but I played the game on my computer today, and now it doesn’t work anymore. Normally I’m quite good at fixing this stuff myself, but this time I really think I need some help.
I use windows XP
November 12th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
ATTENTION TO EVERYONE HAVING THE STARTUP SCREEN FREEZE PROBLEM:
Just let the frozen logo sit for 2-4 minutes and magically it will start working.
November 13th, 2009 at 12:35 am
TRH,
I’ve been having the same issue. It runs on like a 30 minute cycle for me; yes, I timed it to check for any correlations between the minimizing and other programs currently running – no luck so far.
Truly annoying, someone please help.
November 13th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I can’t connect to friends party and the same goes for them… But I can join games online fine..
November 13th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
install starts OK, but then at around 30% the game install stops reading from the DVD disk, the estimated time keeps going up but the game install isn’t moving at all. what a joke! my DVD is FINE! tested and working all OK with ANY other DVD & game! waste of time and £40!
November 13th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Im having the same minimizing issue, im there owning some noobs in singleplayer OR multiplayer and it just minimizes…… w—t—f
November 13th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Got a fix for the minimizing,
Go into windows firewall and and then to exceptions. Start the game up then minimize it by hitting the windows key. Now in the firewall exceptions window, check the .mp4 one. This worked for me thank god. no more minimizing.
Hope this helps.
ULoveMe
November 14th, 2009 at 3:02 am
I installed the game it has been working good for a couple of days, then today i tried to open multiplayer.exe and it says “modern warfare 2 did not quit properly the last time it ran”… etc then asks to run in safe mode or not. If i push yes to run in safe mode the res changes to 640×480 then it crashes and i have to do alt+ctrl+del to close mw2 which says not responding. If i try to run multiplayer.exe again it gives me the same error and i choose no to not run in safe mode, then it crashes again and has that little windows thing that moves on a completely black backround. So i have to alt+ctrl+del again and now i dont know what to do, as the game never previously crashed to cause this error to come up, I tried doing a complete install again and that didnt work either. Single player and spec ops seem to work fine though, this only happens with the multiplayer.exe
Please help me as I cant work this out man, this makes me hate computers cuz something is always wrong, i never know how people get reliability its no good u know?
November 14th, 2009 at 3:17 am
I went into steam properties for the call of duty mw2 multiplayer .exe and did the verify integrity of game cache and it said the at the end “1 file failed to validate and will be reaquired” i dont know what that means and all i could do was close the window and it doesnt seem to fix the problem. Where does this error come from and does anyone know how to fix it?
November 14th, 2009 at 9:26 am
when i select start a ne game then a intro will appear.. and its running very slow.. uing core 2 quad , 9800gt ,2gb ram sorry 4 my bad english.
November 14th, 2009 at 12:28 pm
when it loads the game plays ok, however i cannot read the writing on the screen. can you help please
November 14th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Yep same issue…
Keeps minimizing for no reason ! ??
Why ?? please help
Strong rig, only thing running in the background is steam ??
November 14th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
my problem is that it plays fine for all of twenty seconds after I start the game, then the screen goes black and the game crashes
November 14th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I installed the game, no problem (with Steam). When i start the game, my PC restarts after about 2 or 3 minutes. Tried different resolutions, problem is still there.
PC specification: Asus P6T-SE, 12 GB RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Gainward GTX295
November 14th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Hi, I got mw2 yesterday and everything worked fine. I installed it by reinstalling steam because it wanted to download 11 gb of the game but I had the 2 dvds next to me -_-.
Now, the problem : Yesterday, no problem with the single player and multiplayer. Today, I launch singleplayer, I get blue screen of deaths, errors, crashing, freezing, causing me to restart the pc ( it restarts very fast it is a blue screen ) and i lose my progress and have to restart the mission. On multiplayer, I got a freeze and the only way was to restart the pc. What did happen, it is really strange, I run the game on max graphics with 1280 x 1024 resolution. This only happens in mw2 not other games.
Specs :
vista ultimate x64
amd phenom x4 9950 3ghz
xfx nvidia geforce 9800 gt ( non overclocked and overclocked still gives same problems )
4gb ram
650w psu
November 14th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Mine keep minimizing too, game runs fine only have steam running and without fail it minimizes every 20 mins. Annoying in multi player because it disconnects me from my current server and it also happens in single player. HELP!
November 14th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
i have a problem with the changing the resolution on modern warfare 2 when i change it to 1284 by 1040 or any other resolution about 640 by 468 it crashes and sais directx unrecoverable error i have uninstalled the game put it back updated video drivers it still does not work my monitor does full 1080p graphics every game works fine its just this one latest direct x 9 is installed
my spec is
intel qaud core 2.6
asus p5q pro motherboard
32bit xp
4 gig ddr2 ram
radeon saphire 4890 2 gig graphics card
help please
November 14th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
I bought the game for the PC.
I installed it and installed the Steam application, registered it and waited for Steam to do its thing.
I ran the game running a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 bit edition on a Q9450 and 4GB ram on a 300GB VelociRaptor running a LG Blu-ray Burner as the optical.
The game starts fine, the intro and epilogue all works fine. After the training part, it start with the blown up bridge, the canal, and a couple of enemy soldiers firing on the opposite side of the canal.
I start playing and proceed onto the Humvees with the minigun mount and after going through a cloud of dust of which a building had just been blown up. The game suddenly crashes and my screen turns pink with checker coloured sequences. I try to get back to the main O/S, but it does nothing and I have to do a hard reset every time.
I updated my drivers to the latest Nvidia version for 64 bit compatibility on a XFX GTX 260+.
I have tried numerous times and it just keeps crashing.
The only thing I suspect is perhaps I have not installed the drivers for my motherboard and other attached peripherals, however Windows 7 just installed its MS generic drivers… which sort of saved the trouble.
Will check this through.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I installed this game on my windows 7 64bit with 8G ram and ATi 3870 Graphic card, after installation, I clicked icon on the desktop to play, but nothing happened, it can not be launched. so what’s the problem?
November 15th, 2009 at 7:33 am
The game seriously needs a PATCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 15th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Same here Marco,I have Ge force 9800GT video card but nothing happens any idea why?
November 15th, 2009 at 9:03 am
I did some research and i found the problem.you have to copy instalation disk 2 into the instalation folder on your hd and the game will work.the folder in the disk 2 is called skidrow and has the craks for your game.enjoy
November 15th, 2009 at 10:00 am
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HOW DO U FIX THIS
November 15th, 2009 at 11:58 am
this game has some real problems, the game is installed i clink on multiplayer then go to play then it cuts out and returns me to desktop, anyone have ideas what to do. seems like a waste of money so fare
November 15th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
@Tolwyn: I have the exact same problem. Have you figred it out?
November 15th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
i decided to run the game in safe mode but cant seem to get it to run in normal mode again.
ware are the settings for this?
am i gonna have to download it all again?
November 16th, 2009 at 3:31 am
This game is fantastic, when it runs. Problems I’m having are cannot connect to multi-player games (Unable to connect to host). Joining mp games half way through/just as they are about to finish No overclocks.
All other games work fine including COD WAW which use DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!
November 16th, 2009 at 3:33 am
dunno what happened there: Join games halfway through/at the end, PC crashes with sound loop and video freezes. Worked okay 13/11/09 until patch released 14/11/09. Seriously considering getting money back.
November 16th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
———————>I just bought i new graphics card after finding out that my previous card didn’t have the requirements for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. After I installed this graphics card and the game, I went straight to Multi-player. After a while through a map, the computer instantly freezes. 1. Virus-scan is already off 2. I went to the steam community and checked not to be bothered in game 3. I ran DXSETUP, didn’t work…. After all this work I thought that my new video card might be bad. I went back to Best Buy to trade the graphics card in for a better one. When I got home I installed this new graphics card, nVidia GT220 1024MB. I started playing, and the same thing happened after about 20 minutes of gameplay. Will somebody please help me!!! I’M DESPERATE!!!!!!
November 17th, 2009 at 1:19 am
PLEASE HELP……..while installing this amazing game…..i get an error sayin dat airport ff is corrupted and comes with 3 options….ABORT RETRY and IGNORE………………ive clicked on retry again n again but still it is showing the same error………….please help if there is any solution for this problem
November 17th, 2009 at 9:06 am
*I need help :[
First of all what cpu do u have , which motherborad and what os . It seems to be a problem with the cpu or maybe memory failure.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:12 am
*Arshan
Try installing the game again and if that doesn’t work try deleting the file and do a right click on Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 – Multiplayer and select (in steam –> games) Properties and click on the Local file tab and then just do a Verify integrity of game cache this is going to check the files for this games and if a map is missing it will download it automaticly .
November 17th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I had experienced crashing and freezing in certain map’s loading screens. My PC totally freezed (or crashed to desktop), and had to restart/Alt+F4 to get it working. Those maps were estate and underpass, sometimes derail and scrapyard if i remember right. But maps, such as favela or afghan, i never experienced such problems, exepct random crashing during gameplay, but not map loading screen. I also had crashings in singleplayer, specially in last map where shepherd gets killed. I located the culprit, and it was ‘shadows’ option in graphics settings. By disabling ‘shadows’ my COD MW2 started working properly; I’ve had no crashings ever since. Hope this helps someone. And, heres my rig: ATI 4870 x2, catalyst 9.4, E8500 @ 4GHz, ASUS P5Q, Corsair Dominator, 2x 2GB 1066 MHz, 750W chieftec PSU. I tried catalyst 9.10 drivers too, but they didn’t make a difference.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
With firewall zonealarm pro ….. If cod6 gets a new update and you forget you check firewall settings and open game it freezes and you can’t place ctrl alt delete… you must restart computer.
Why is the game overriding this?
can’t place ESC or nothing.
If I overclock my video card ATI EXPL same thing if firewall asks for approvals when opening game your fucked. need to close computer and RUN eventvwr to figure problem.
OS XP PRO.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
With firewall zonealarm pro ….. If cod6 gets a new update and you forget you check firewall settings and open game it freezes and you can’t place ctrl alt delete… you must restart computer.
Why is the game overriding this?
can’t place ESC or nothing.
If I overclock my video card ATI EXPL same thing if firewall asks for approvals when opening game your screwed. need to close computer and RUN eventvwr to figure problem.
OS XP PRO.
November 17th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Hey
I have a specific freezes problem only at the Contingency lvl.
I got old Drivers for my ATI 1950 pro from Peak, cause it don’t recognize the card when installed new drivers now i have 8.5 while 9.3 is out…
oh and this is wat happens: Im playing the Contingency lvl and always after the bridge were you are being chased by a BMP It blipz a few times and wants to go to desktop. Most of the times i can play for 1 minute more and then it freezes totally, forcing mee to reset.
does anyone Know a good solution?
November 17th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
My
Specs
are
AMDX2@2.31Ghz(4400+)
2GBram@800Mhz
80gb+320gb+1TBharddisk
9600GT(512mbDDR3)
WinXPMCE(OS)
Running@maxGRAPHICSsettings(sorryMYspacebarISbroken!)
butGAMEPLAYisCHOPPY
RUNSreallyslowATtimesBUTfastATsomeOTHERplaces!
triedREDUCINGgraphicsSETTINGSbutNOeffect!(stillCHOPPY!)
becomesSLOWatSOMEplacesANDfastATotherPLACES
NOTaGPUissuesCOZloweringGRAPHICSsettingsDIDNTwork
iSAWaLOTof
HDDactivityEACHtime(place)whereTHEgameSLOWSdown!
looksLIKEitsSWAPPINGmemoryAlot
seriously!!!!!!!!!!!!!InfinityWard!!!!!!!!WTF??????????????????????
November 17th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
well it works perfectly for me the only problem i have is that it just does not find a 100ms host to get in is there any way to change this value to 150 or 200 or make my own host to people around my country join… thanks!
November 18th, 2009 at 5:17 am
I think my problem is just the drivers… gonna buy some new components soon!!
Goodluck resolving your problems!
November 18th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Hello. I’m having this stupid problem. I install the game, i played it the 1st time without any problem but after that, on the 2nd chance i tried to play game keeps telling me error files, i check integrity of game cache it tells me i have to re-download 71 files and i wait wait wait wait… Then it’s all fine again i cain play the game. Next day when i try to play again same s*** i get file error. what’s happening here?
November 18th, 2009 at 8:37 am
My steam disconnects and reconnects every 30 mins… wtf only with this game. they must sort this shit out.
November 18th, 2009 at 8:58 am
HEEELP !!!When I start the game and play the 1st mission it finishes and when i go to the 2nd my pc restarts. I have Nvidia 8600 Gt 1024 mb, Cpu intel core quad 2.4 Ghz,OS XP, @ GB RAM. PLZZZZZZZZ HEELP.
November 18th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I’ve had issues with MW2 freezing in game. I have a GTX260 with the lastest nvidia drivers. It has only happened a few times and usually after I’ve been playing the game for a while, but it is very annoying. It gave me an error once that the video drivers stopped responding or something, but usually I have to manually restart.
November 18th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
OK, So when i play solo campaign, those little loading animations start up to keep me busy as the mission loads. But after my mission loads, the game closed it self and send me back to the desktop, and i was able to play till the wolverines mission, in the midle of the mission send me back to the desktop and since then I haven’t been able to play any mission, i did every thing is post in here, download drivers, change resolution, sound, start up booting sequence, nothing works!
thank you for your help!!
System: Core 2 duo 1.86Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, Nvidia 8500GT 512Mb.
November 18th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
OK, So when i play solo campaign, those little loading animations start up to keep me busy as the mission loads. But after my mission loads, the game closed it self and send me back to the desktop, and i was able to play till the wolverines mission, in the midle of the mission send me back to the desktop and since then I haven’t been able to play any mission, i did every thing is post in here, download drivers, change resolution, sound, start up booting sequence, nothing works!
thank you for your help!!
System: Core 2 duo 1.86Ghz, 2 Gb RAM, Nvidia 8500GT 512Mb.
November 18th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I have the same issue that TRH reported…. I played MW2 for about 6 days straight with absolutely no issues. Now, when playing multiplayer, every now and then the game just minimizes to the taskbar. It doesn’t necessarily crash, but it minimizes in the middle of games. Anyone know of a solution for this. I have made sure that there are no other applications running in background, other than antivirus. I also made sure there are no Steam windows open. Not sure what to do about this. Thanks.
November 19th, 2009 at 2:13 am
hi i am tring to install it on windwos 7 after first 5 minutes my computer restarts pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeee help.
Time of this report: 11/19/2009, 19:11:21
Machine name: SUNNY-PC
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: GBT___
System Model: GBTUACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 2044MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2044MB RAM
Page File: 712MB used, 3374MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 9600 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0622&SUBSYS_82881043&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1265 MB
Dedicated Memory: 499 MB
Shared Memory: 765 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: 193FW
Monitor Id: AOC1980
Native Mode: 1440 x 900(p) (59.887Hz)
Output Type: DVI
November 19th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Hi I had problems with PC cod mw 2 freezing at the multiplayer load screen!!! Seem to have fixed it……..uninstall the game & the Steam app then make sure all folders left over are deleted, then reinstall the game & the Steam app!!!worked for me: 0 good luck everyone.
November 19th, 2009 at 6:35 am
I PAYED 49 FOR THAT FUCKING GAY GAME AND I GET CRASH AND BLACK SCREEN HOW TO FIX IT!?? OMG, its the fucking first time any game crashing on my com
November 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Same problems.First the screen was turning pink with checkers all over.My system is overclocked but it doesn’t happen with other games.Tried XP x64 and & x64(they’re on two different drives btw).Game freezes, and I have to do a hard reset.Other games like crysis,cod4,codwaw run fine.
AMD A64 3700+ 2.54 GHz
Geforce 8800gt 670/1675/1950
Cooler Master Extreme power 600 PSU
Seagate Barracuda 500gb,WD caviar 80gb
Asrock K8NF4G SATA-2
2GB PC3200 RAM
191.07 WHQL
November 19th, 2009 at 10:45 am
#1 if you can help it DO NOT get the STEAM version of ANY game. It’s not worth the hassles. #2 update ALL respective drivers that would effect the said game. #3 exceed min. requirements for the game. Also where lag is concerned even on high end machines like quad processors it can lag a times. The one main reason for lag even on high end rigs is because of certain eye candy options that are turned on. So to reduce lag TURN OFF Anti Aliassing and Antiscopic Filtering because they both add more pixels on the screen for your card to render causing lag. Also TURN OFF Dynamic Shadows because it also adds a ton of extra graphics your card has to render and it’s just as bad as AA & AF for that.
November 19th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Mine installed no prob. Just running Very Very slow and jerky.
I have intel pentium 4 3.2GHz
2gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 2400 pro 512mb Graphics
Windows XP
It is really pissing me off!!!!!!
November 19th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
hey, i have a problem with joining friend in party and thy have the same as me
thx
November 19th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
i’m encountering a problem where i will lose my internet connection only when i play mw2 multiplayer. it’s very random, i could play for a few hours or i could only play for a couple minutes before getting disconnected. there’s other ppl in this household that won’t have this issue. i’m on my 3rd wireless network card. i found other people on this forum http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/modernwarfare2/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-52279867&pid=951942 that are having the same exact problem. is there a fix available?
November 19th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
I have a problem, when sliding down thew slope in Contigency, it freezes, then says Please free up 5 mb of space on the game drive. PC, through Steam. Any help is greatly appreciated.
November 20th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Hi my only problem is Most of the writings on game (95%) are not the letters, It’s like multi-coloured squares, figures, mostly pink.The game runs OK, but I can’t read nearly anything like game options etc.What’s wrong??? Any1 know? It’s just them writings not the letters, some little squares. Thanx if replied,Kriss
November 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am
i have a problem, when im in the game lobby waiting for other people it never funds anyone
November 20th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Lag spike when I have the most green bars in MP
November 21st, 2009 at 1:44 pm
*master1515
I have an alienware. I have a ASUS motherboard, i run MSI BIOS and I run Windows XP professional with 2GB of memory
November 21st, 2009 at 10:08 pm
game plays okay so far -BUT- the words on the screen are in Klingon [or related] script
pentium dual core with 4GB ram and a 1 GB vid card
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:51 am
MW2 Works fine when loading and in lobby. Once I start playing it will just freeze and will have to do a hard restart. One time I caught an error that showed that my video card driver just stopped working. I updated my drivers and it still does the same exact thing. Only freezes when in game. BTW playing it in windowed mode.
Vista 64 Ultimate
ATI 4890HD
AMD 9950
8GB RAM
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
mine was crashing all the time after about 15mins of gameplay!! so i followed the above instructions above for disabling all start up programs and other services, this seemed to work straight away as i played for a couple of days with absolutley no probs. Now its started again! crashing after about 15 mins! driving me mad!
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
*I need help:[
It is probably the windows , beacuse i had some problems with the Xp i had SP3 (service pack 3 ) and i got errors when i was playing now im using windows 7 and no more errors . So if u got any windows like Vista or 7 try installing it and maybe tht will fix ur problem. I had an error saying visual studo (which is part of the game) has encounterd a problem so it stops working and ask me if i want to do something bla bla bla so on
So maybe there is something with ur OS .
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Bought the game and it came with DVD’s. Installed ,tried to play and it just freezed at startup. I found on some forum that the DVD’s are the cause of the problem, so I downloaded it again from steam and I haven’t got any problems. So if you installed from the dvd’s, download the game from steam and voila.. Posting this reply cos I didn’t find this info easily and tought it would be a nice gesture.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Windows 7 ult. 64 bit…high end rig….SP works fine, MP doesnt work at all….says I have “Strict” NAT setting even though I dont have a router….menu works fine and I can connect to ppl but as soon as I do it starts showing weird colour boxes flickering all over the place, cant move, hear sound fine, eventually crashes but I usually just alt-ctrl-dlt it since I know its not gonna work….looks like no one is posting solutions to the huge list of problems this game has…I bought this for MP only….$70 down the drain unless someone figures out all the bugs…
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:15 am
Make sure your power supplies are strong enough for you video cards.
And more watts does not mean there using them all the time.
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:54 am
Ok.. Now a have the freeze effect again.. Played yesterday and now it freezes again. sigh
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 am
found something.. you dont need to alt+ctrl+del if it freezes, you just need to wait the freeze out.. took about 2 mins.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:21 am
Yes my game also freezes after aprox. 1/2 hour of play.
Im on xp, nvidia gfx and creative sound.
All up to date with newest drivers.
Its a pile of bugger
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Im raver shockt form how maney people have had problums with this game, i got to say ive havent had 1 problum at all (yet) , ges im lucky
this is my rig
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 975 @ 3.33GHz (4 cores using hyperthread Shows 8 [LOGICAL] cores at ~3.3GHz)
Memory: 12278MB RAM (12gb)
Hard Drive: 500 GB
Video Cards: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 (2 cards at 2gb of GDDR5 ram yousing cross fire setup
Monitor: panasonic 32inc HD TV
Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: 5.1 digital audio/video control center with 400w sub
Keyboard: logitech internet 350 keyboard
Mouse: logitech G5
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002)
Service Pack 2 (6002.lh_sp2rtm.090410-1830)
Motherboard: P6T SE
Computer Case: Antec nine hundred
sorry had to brag lol but it did heart the pockit (it cost alot of money) but it was worth it to play these new hd games at 1920x1080p with no lag what so ever and record with xfire with no problums
well i no this relley isent the place to say this and maybe my post will be deleted but i thought i would share my expereance with cod mw2 with you all and sorry for eney bad spelling (im not that good)
best ove luck with every 1 that has a problum hope you find the fix fastly to enjoy the game like i did tock me 7h41m and thats not bragin cas thers proble people that can do it in haf the time lol.
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
You could try getting riva tuner software and put your graphic cards fan to max speed and try setting lower graphics. It could be that it’s over heating. some nvidia cards have been getting this problem. anti-aliasing off at least. I have xfx 8800 gt and it has problems with heat.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:01 am
dear gamebrood crews!
hi I just wanna say thanks a lot b’cuz listed that fix for our common COD 6 problems! I have a problem too actually that are not listed so i’m just gonna tell y’all.
I had played the game till the end. Finished! I was having fun playing it for 2 days. Yea i played for hours.
But the problem is when it went on loading screen. There is a bar that is telling us the loading point correct?
During the loading bar want to finish loading of course, the loading screen goes fine, showing the briefing of the next level yes? But right after the loading far finished it point, the loading screen goes lag.
What I really mean was, it goes like straight lagging as in it was showing slow and there was like 0.5 sec of lagging then it played repeatedly and it was kinda boring and annoying. I mean I can just press the esc to go on but it’s kinda ruined the gameplay, as I was unable to completely understand the next level and the whole game.
I bet some of us still trying to find the answer but couldn’t.
So please help me yeah?
my system is
9800 gt nvidia
3 gb ram
xp
November 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Dear RIPPED OF SOLIDERS !!!
I can tell u it aint a problem with WIN / VISTA
I have a brand new Win 7 x64 with all the freaking updates and tweeks u can get, still i get a freeze lagg at start up on game!
But if u hold on for 2-4 min it starts working again.
And the awser i get from Activison is nothing i whant to post here
all thay say is try this try that… so u dont think we have done that alredy !!!
FIX A UPDATE OR WE WILL RETUN GAME
November 24th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
when i play mp and load some maps it freezes on me. FUCK IW
November 25th, 2009 at 6:16 am
COD4 MW 2 when click on play button system restarts system specs are below.
VISTA Ultimate
Intel Core 2 Quad 6600
4 GB Ram
nVidia 9800 GT 1GB DDR3 Graphic Card
7.1 Sound Card
Any Help Please
cncman@gmail.com
November 25th, 2009 at 8:28 am
been playing fine until i got the the level when you’re chasing the other boat, down through the rapids, the the boat goes in the helicopter.
well… that levels ends and the game crashes out.
no apparent reason, and the game, sound and graphics have been fine. apart from this little problem!
November 25th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Well my game freezes at the start-up. I tryed every thing i found and doesnt work. I have a original copy, bought it for 50€. Please someone help me make the game work cuz im loosing my mind. (First i had pirate version cuz i couldnt wait but i bought the original one cuz i like to support activision and to have less problems. With pirate one it worked great with everything on high, now i cant even start the game)
Tommy
November 25th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Its not only freezing here…..it also went straight to this game too!!
November 26th, 2009 at 6:43 am
ok i finaly got Mw2 i have the steam account and all i was ready to play only jjust finishing the download but then it came up with Updating Call Of Duty: Modernwarfare 2 estitmating time to play was 3 DAYS!!!!!!! basicly im pissed i was hoping for a game to download and play please help me to make the update speed up…
November 26th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
@EDDIE
I have the same “resolution” switching/crashing problem it also crashes when changing other video related settings like aspect ratio.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:25 am
wat bull ****, i bought this game ran the setup, it installed steam, i had the dam discs right there but it downloaded the game aswell, god knows why, and i installed it, played for 2-3 minutes and my computer shutsdown. WTF!, and my computers new as, Q9550 2.83Ghz, 8GB DDR3 2000 RAM and 1TB HDD GTX260EXTR GPU with a 1000W PSU, and a 23′ Monitor, man doesnt it piss you off when games have errors as bad as this!?!?!
November 27th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
I have this installed on a 1beyond dual quad core Xeon 1.6 with 3GB of RAM and a Matrox rt-x2 video card. It constantly crashes. When graphics get choppy and the game runs slow, expect a crash. Then, when you restart…even the game and machine, it takes you right back to the first mission like you have never played before. Hmmm. Thinking of trying it on the laptop with the dual core 2.1 & 4GB of ram. Would thing a high-end video editing machine could run a game, but I guess not. Looks like you might need a few grand in hardware upgrades every 2 years at this rate of you want to play.
November 28th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
‘disk read error’ WHAT THE FUCK!!
so you made a game thats filled with errors, you cunt!
GIVE MY MONEY BACK !! or GIMME A PATCH !!
I hope i could sue you for fraud, for that is what this is.
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Game crashes at loading of new map, played it for a while, including the level im on currently, quit, and restarted today.
Game keeps poping to desktop as soon as it is done loading, it doesnt finish the vid, so its not a resorce allocation error or a graphics error.
The given solution, of disabeling all addins and switching to 1k7 resolution in windows doesnt fix this error, for Win XP or for Win7.
Problem seems to lie in a profile error, most probably steam related, tested a new windows account with same installation, gives a wright error (not enough diskspace) ofcourse with between 50-300 gigs free on all partitions thats not true, reinstalled game under original windows account, problem persists, reinstalled under a difrent account and it works, untill ofcourse the problem starts up again.
The problem is not related to OS, Installed addins or programs, drivers or otherwhise.
There is an error in the game that needs to be attended, good luck.
PS, not gonna pop in a full system info tree, surfice to say running the game on full is a breeze, that part at least is well done.
December 4th, 2009 at 1:47 am
After playing the game for about 20min or so, the screen goes black and white and in triangles. I can move for about 5 seconds then my whole computer freezes.
XP Pro SP3
E8500 3.16ghz duo core
4gb of ram
nvidia 9800gx2 1gb
December 4th, 2009 at 6:02 am
I installed MW2 in my pc and ran the game, it was working fine for 10 minutes, but after that suddenly it crashed, and the problem persists even after i have tried the solution provided by activision. It does not work, and is making me mad now. I was very excited about the game, but here its creating tons of problems.
December 9th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I am having also game freezes sometimes after 5 minutes somtimes after 30 minutes it just depeends you cant even ctrl+al+del it i have to restar the whole system. I am running Windows 7 x64 ati 4890 video card this is pissing me off
December 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
When i try to start up my game i get message stating:
It appears that Modern Warfare 2 did not quit properly the last time it ran.
Do you want to run the game in safe mode?
This is recommended for most people.
It will change your system settings but not your controls.
If i click yes or no the message goes away then nothing happens. Does anyone know of a fix for this?
December 10th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
My game crashes/hangs after minutes of playing. I have to restart the system. I also tried reinstalling and the above ‘solution’. The game still crashes.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Hello Folks,
My problem is that multiplayer dosent work, bought the game through steam, crashes on start up when i open it from the desktop shortcut, and when i open it from the ingame main menu it crashes with this error:
“”
Error:
Could not start process ‘iw4mp_ceg.exe’
(null)(0×80041002)
Modern Warfare 2 Console:
—– Client Initialization Complete —–
Attempting 44 kHz 16 bit [Windows default] sound
—– R_Init —–
Getting Direct3D 9 interface…
Pixel shader version is 3.0
Vertex shader version is 3.0
Shader model 3.0 code path is available.
Using Shader model 3.0 code path because it is the best available path on this hardware.
Attempting 1024 x 768 fullscreen with 32 bpp at 60 hz
Game window successfully created.
Using 2x quality 0 anti-aliasing
Creating Direct3D device…
Com_TouchMemory: 0 msec. Using sum: 0
Loading fastfile code_post_gfx
Loading fastfile patch
Loading fastfile ui
Loading fastfile common
Initializing render targets…
Requested frame buffer to be 24-bit color with 8-bit alpha
DirectX returned a frame buffer that is 24-bit color with 8-bit alpha
Initializing static model cache…
Initializing dynamic buffers…
Initializing particle cloud buffer…
Creating Direct3D queries…
Setting initial state…
Ignoring asset ‘coop_lobby’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘leave_lobby_warning’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_video’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_advanced_video’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘apply_picmip_popmenu’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_audio’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_controls’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_voice’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘options_graphics’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘options_graphics_texture’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Ignoring asset ‘options_graphics_defaults’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and ui
Video memory for device: 497 MB.
Rounded video memory size: 512 MB.
Available DirectX texture memory: 1835 MB.
DirectX reports 512 MB of video memory and 1835 MB of available texture memory.
Using video memory size to cap used texture memory at 496 MB.
Using reported available texture memory: 496 MB.
Texture detail is set automatically.
Capping texture detail based on virtual memory of 2047 MB to prevent out-of-memory failure.
Using picmip 0 on most textures, 1 on normal maps, and 1 on specular maps
——- sound system initialization ——-
——- sound system successfully initialized ——-
GamerProfile – Updating for controller #0 without saving.
Reading profile for controller 0
GamerProfile – Updating vars for controller #0.
GamerProfile – Updating vars for controller #0.
GamerProfile – Updating for controller #0 without saving.
— Common Initialization Complete —
Working directory: c:\program files\steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2
UPNP: Got a response from a device!
UPNP: Got a response from a device!
UPNP: Got a response from a device!
UPNP: Got a response from a device!
UPNP: Got a response from a device!
Setting our NAT to Open
******************Set External IP******************
Our external IP is 69.181.56.30:28960
Our internal IP is 192.168.2.3:28960
Sent to LSP: HELLO: LSPXUID 110000100f50ef6 – GT “col_davis” – MID 0 – HD “yes” – WS “yes” – BTN
“buttons_default” – STK “thumbstick_default”
Save Message First Frame Shown: 3445
Ignoring asset ‘options_graphics’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘options_graphics_texture’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘options_graphics_defaults’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_video’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_advanced_video’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘apply_picmip_popmenu’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_audio’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_controls’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
Ignoring asset ‘pc_options_voice’ of type menu, between fastfiles patch and common
quitting…
—– CL_Shutdown —–
———————–
—– CL_ShutdownOnceForAllClients —–
———————–
Unloaded fastfile common
Unloaded fastfile ui
Unloaded fastfile patch
Unloaded fastfile code_post_gfx
Unloaded fastfile patch_code_pre_gfx
Unloaded fastfile code_pre_gfx
ERROR: No languages available because no localized assets were found
Could not start process ‘iw4mp_ceg.exe’
(null)(0×80041002)
“”
Ive already tried the “Problem #5: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 crashes / crashing at launch / crashes / freezes while playing” fix, unfortunately it was ineffective, the problem still remains.
Im running an Acer Aspire Desktop
Q9300 intel Quad Core,
8G ram
1.6T harddrive
nvidia GeForce 9800GT graphics drive
All Drivers are up to date, I hope i didnt waste $60 on this game.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Just started getting the ‘freeze at launch’ error. The game has been prompting for me to run it in safe mode basically every time I start it up, but up to now it has been working alright. I’ve reinstalled… updated drivers… validated files in Steam Properties… tried running in the specified resolution and still it takes 5 mins to get to the black screen of FAIL.
I’ve been running this game at full tilt with my rig since I first got it. Guess I’ll just have to go screw off for 5-10 mins before playing each time. This customer is unsatisfied….
December 15th, 2009 at 9:31 am
when it loads the game plays ok, however i cannot read the writing on the screen. can you help please
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1594/pic5839tmp.jpg
Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee somebody …..POST A Solution for this
Im having the same problem
Ive updated the Drivers
December 15th, 2009 at 9:34 am
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/1594/pic5839tmp.jpg
Need a solution for thiss pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
December 19th, 2009 at 5:33 am
hi,
I recently purchased MW2 on PC. When i tried to install it, it starts off smoothly but it then says: Invalid drive E (error 1327). can anyone plz help me?
December 19th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I did everything, still crashes to desktop after loading.
———I did Everything——————
December 19th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I have installed this game on my computer. I play it daily. After about a month of play this window comes onto the screen
“steam has found a problem with your local games file. Gamefiles will now be re-acquired from the steam servers.”
When you click OK nothing happens. What is up with this message?
December 21st, 2009 at 1:42 pm
I did eveything too and still crashes on startup. Steam starts automatically installing something, It says nothing else but “installing then a percentage”! and opening after it still crashes.
It was working fine for the first month or so. And ramdomly works every now and then.
Got 2Gb free in RAM so it ain’t that.
Very frustrated with this. I claim it is something to do with steam.
December 21st, 2009 at 2:31 pm
the game crashes to desktop after loading the mission. special ops are ok but singelplayer is not! the system is good enough! does anyone know how to fix it?
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Here are few other tips.. if (some of) the above do not work.
Go to System panel and then hardware.. uninstall the graphic and both the HD Audio drivers (beta drivers if you installed those), reboot and install the version before the beta drivers..
Another tip may be; Installation of the latest EC Generic HID drivers, if they are already installed .. a proper reinstallation (fix) may be done.
Reboot and all should be fine.
December 24th, 2009 at 11:18 am
* * * * REAL FIX FOR CRASH * * *
I am running Windows 7 x64. After installing and starting the game the game crashes and goes back to the desktop with no error.
Here is what I did to fix it. Real Simple.
1) Uninstall the MW2
2) Browse to the DVD and right click on the MW2 installer file.
PROPERTIES > COMPATIBILITY > RUN THIS PROGRAM IN… Choose Win XP SP2. Check off “RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR”.
Now double click on the install file and re-install the game.
Run the same compatibility mode for the game as you did for the installer. (right click on the file etc…)
I tried absolutely everything and this was the only thing that has worked. I am now able to play the game, no crashes!
If this works for you post back here in the affirmative so everyone else can benefit also.
ENJOY!
December 25th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Modern Warfare 2 hangs in install screen.
How to?
December 25th, 2009 at 8:21 am
i get this error:
Error during initialization:
Video card or driver doesn’t support separate alpha blend, glow will be disabled.
can anyone help me? when i press ok nothing happens and i waitted over 30 minutes
December 26th, 2009 at 7:26 am
FOR “DISK READ ERROR”:
download this patch. it worked for me…
http://www.kickasstorrents.com/crack-and-patch-for-cod-6-by-iran-torrents-t3228114.html
December 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Hi,
I haven’t found my problem in none of these posts.
When I try to start the game it crashes my pc. it does a complete reboot. The game asks me to run in safe mode the next time, when I do this (sometimes) i get to the start-up menu. but when the game is starting it crashes again doing a complete reboot. I updated all my audio and video drivers, but this doesn’t help.
I could play my game perfect for a little while, but now it crashes all the time. I don’t get it. I spent hours trying to do things with my resolution. But nothing helps. The crash is very agressive and not healty for my pc !!!! I didn’t change anything and now it crashes ???
My PC:
Q8200 @ 2.33GHZ
3.5 gb
ATI radeon 4870HD
Windows XP service pack 3
PLEASE HELP !!!
December 26th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
I am getting the same problem as george is! All the fuckin writing in the game is jibberish! WTF is this? anyone know???
December 28th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Joe’s REAL FIX.
I’ve recently tried joe’s fix, However I didn’t have the installation disk as i’m away from my home for christmas, Furthermore I just tried changing the compatibility on the startup (game) file. Initially it didn’t work but a day or so later i got a prompt on startup of the game talking about the compatibility options. I ok’d that and for the first time since the crashes started, I’ve been able to run the game in two consecutive days crash free.
Not saying that is will work for everyone and i don’t won’t to test fate. I’ll report back in a few weeks to let you know how it is gettting on or early if i stumble across a crash.
If this is a fix for now. JOE you are a LEGEND! it has been driving me insane.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Hey there,
Umm i just bought this game and it came with 2 discs which one is for windows xp cuz disc 1 isn’t loading its saying theres and error with the windows logo or something please help!
December 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I FOUND A FIX!!!
IF YOU’RE CRASHING OR IF YOU HAVE SINGLE-PLAYER LAGGING ISSUES;
DO THESE BOTH!!!
1. Change the “mssmp3.asi” file (miles folder) to “mssmp3.bak”.
This solves crashes in Modern Warfare 2. ( Did this also for Call of Duty 4)
2. Changing all of the advanced graphic options from Extra to High.
VOILA!
December 28th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
*EDIT!
*FIX!
I FOUND A FIX!!!
IF YOU’RE CRASHING OR IF YOU HAVE SINGLE-PLAYER LAGGING ISSUES;
DO THESE BOTH!!!
1. Change the “mssmp3.asi” file (miles folder) to “mssmp3.bak”.
2. Right-click the game and run it in compatibility mode for Windows XP (SP2).
3. Changing all of the advanced graphic options from Extra to High.
*FIX!
December 28th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
*EDIT!
*FIX!
I FOUND A FIX!!!
IF YOU’RE CRASHING OR IF YOU HAVE SINGLE-PLAYER LAGGING ISSUES;
DO THESE BOTH!!!
1. Change the “mssmp3.asi” file (miles folder) to “mssmp3.bak”.
2. Right-click the game and run it in compatibility mode for Windows XP (SP2).
3. Changing all of the advanced graphic options from Extra to High.
*FIX!
December 31st, 2009 at 6:47 am
hey i just bought mw2 for the pc
i installed it and played it
but at cliffhanger my game crashed and since then i cant even start the game
at the crash it said a directx error occured!!!!
heeeeeeelp!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pc specs
amd phenom II 4×3,0
4 gb RAM
ati hd4870 512 mb
gigabyte ultradurable 3
December 31st, 2009 at 11:23 am
Hi, I have a problem with DirectX.Turn on SP, NP probably will soon úvodvodní icon jumps there fault relay error DrectX error
DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error.Chech the readme for possible solutions
THX
January 1st, 2010 at 9:21 am
I am a Windows support professional. I am not a games expert but my son plays Call of Duty 4 on my PC for several t=years without problems though there were many bugs when he migrated from COD 4. This Christmas we installed Cod MW 2 from disks. with XP +SP 2, NVidia Ge force, 8800GTX, Dual Core AMD Athlon 64 FX-62, 2800 MHz (14 x 200) and Samsung 2693 digital display. At first if worked OK using the configuration setup for COD 4 but after about thirty minutes play the game crashed and returned to windows.
We have tried running it with a clean install of XP+2 and win 7 and a minimum configuration -that is no programmes except the game and that crashed in the same way. We then in XP tuned the NVidia (December 2009 WHQL drivers) with fine tuning for three hours. The game just crashed sooner.
So I think that this game is definitely compromised software and users who find it crashes will have to wait until the authors have got the bugs out of the software. My impression is that Activision have degenerated into marketers who do not care id their game works properly and they released this game too early to catch the Xmas market – they were very successful – and they have little incentive to improve the software. I have not seen a word from them about the problems even though from Google web search it is evidently widely spread.
For me, now that Xmas is over and mys on and his children have gone home I shall leave the game on the gaming drive where it is installed and if next Christmas he has not found a solution I shall remove it and he van play Cod 4 while he is here.
I recommend all users not to waste time trying to fix Cod MW 2.
Happy New Year to All
from
Old Uncle John
January 1st, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Aight.. got some bad ass problems here
No problem installing the game and it havnt crashed so far, thou the text is gone?! its like matrix signs instead of english w-t-f? so if anyone can find a solution please tell robinjonsson92@hotmail.com
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:11 am
Game has ran fine for me at high settings. until the load at the end of the river chase. The loading bar is almost complete when it errors. says that there is not enough memory and that it failed to load a 2d texture. I cannot move peyond this point. I know there is more than enough memory for this game to run fine. I have tried validating the game files and it comes back clean. I have also updated the graphics drivers with the same result. Safe mode does not help either. I will try a reinstall even though I would rather not. I have not seen anyone with a simmilar problem on this board. Dissapointed to say the least.
SYSTEM
Intel Q9650
Abit IX38 Quad GT MOBO
4GB DDR2
Nvidia 9800GTX
Vista home premium 32bit
January 2nd, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Ok guys this is how a fix the game fro crashing it works in multiplayer i think will do the same for single player,
ok here it is on your desktop will appear the two call of duty modern warefare2 icons right click on any of them go to compatibility mode and switches it to run in windows 2000 it works for me i test it and played 2 hours and 25 min straight without crashing.
i used to crash every 15 min sometimes 25 min my game used to crash and make that weird sound that you have to restart your pc again well that fix it for me hope it help you guys too.
Oh btw im on windows xp pro idk if that will work for any other operating system gl and good night.
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:09 pm
OMG best game ever but only the fucking Directx Freeze.black screen problem fucks me up Please help!!!
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:36 pm
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2\Redist\DirectX run the directx setup again and it will update it
January 6th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
As soon as i start the it shows the logos and stuff then it goes to the main menu, and all of the words are ****ed up. There just random shapes and impossible to read. any ideas to fix this?
January 7th, 2010 at 6:38 am
Intel Prntuim 4 3,0GHz
2,9GHz CPU speed
1,5GB RAM
ATI radeon 3650HD 521mb
As you can see my specs are well above minimum,
but still MW2 is acting weird on my PC.
My internet connection is fine, and I’ve never
had any problems with any other online game.
My scenario:
1.start up MW2 MP
2.find a match
3.the maps starts loading
why does this take so long?
4.it disconnects
this happens on all maps and all gametypes
sometimes im lucky at Rust or Wasteland.
This is the weird part:
for example, i start loading Underpass.
it disconnects, then i start loading Derail,
it disconnects, BUT, i get again Derail.
and it just loads within 5 seconds and i finally
get into the match and have no lag what so ever
and get some kills.
if i cant get a solution for this problem,
i hope that they will put a “select a map” feature
in the next patch so i can choose (for example) Afghan
all the time, so it loads within 5seconds, and doesn’t
disconnect every time i get another map.
January 7th, 2010 at 7:35 am
my computer turn off when I play mw2
January 7th, 2010 at 7:51 am
my computer turn off when I playing mw2
January 7th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Rowan Sörelid -NL i think your CPU is a little behind buddy
January 8th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Hi there! I have a multiplayer problem with this game. I open iw4mp.exe, I can hear the music but I can’t click or move anything. Even the mouse isn’t moving…
I am open to suggestions…
Thanks!
January 10th, 2010 at 10:21 am
I was playing campian then it just quit by its self it keeps on doing that. Please help
January 11th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Report back for joes real fix! after a few weeks of playing i’ve had zero problem without the re-install on joes fix.
YOUR A LEGEND JOE cheers
January 14th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Had Modern Warfare 2 working great on Windows 7 Home Premuim, Quad-Core i7 2.66Ghz 6GB ram machine. Updated video card to nVidia GTX260, and Soundblaster XF-i soundcard. Updated all drivers to current versions. Now, program won’t load. Goes to black screen. Checked task manager, and process states the program is not responding. Uninstalled Steam and all MW2 programs. Reinstalled everything, still the same issue remains. Got frustrated and reformated main drive and reinstalled windows 7 as well as all drivers, etc. Still, when starting MW2, program goes to black screen. All RAM checks out as fine with memtest, no MB issues, no video or sound card issues, and I’m frustrated! Every other program works perfectly with the exception of MW2.
Any ideas?
January 18th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Have you tried JOES REAL FIX further up? not for the same crash but it worked for my crash to desktop
joe’s was on 24th dec
hope it helps
January 19th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
I’ve ran in to a pretty strange problem – my game crashes when I load a new map, right at the end of the loading process “iw4mp.exe” crashes and I have to restart the game.
After a restart or a fresh start I can load the first map with no problem but the second map always makes the game crash, always the second for some reason.
Ive tried to un-install it and re-install it, didnt help, but I forgot to remove the cache files in the steam folder I just removed it via “add / remove programs” but im testing a re-install again this time with removeing every single COD file on my computer before re-installing.
January 20th, 2010 at 7:55 am
I’ve encountered the same problem as ‘Silentbob’. My game also crashes after loading a new map. 9 out of 10 times it’s when i’m loading the 2nd map. The first one is no probem, but when the game is over and the next map is loaded the game crashes because of a problem with iw4mp.exe.
I’m really getting frustrated I’m playing the game now for 2 months, with no problem at all and suddenly yesterday this shit started. And no I did not install or changed anything to my computer, what might have caused this! So if there’s anyone with the same problem who FIXED it…..I would really like to know how!!!!
ps I allready checked the integrity of the game cache and that didn’t resolve the problem
January 22nd, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Greetings
When I play CoD MW2 with my friends. At the end of the loading screen I get “Awaiting Challenges…1…”. According to my friends it means that I’m the host. Most likely true due I’m the only one with the NAT on open instead of strict. But about when Awaiting Challenge goes to …2. or …2… it goes rampage and get stuck on and no dots ‘r adding and number wont go to 3 etc. Around ± 15 seconds my screen turns black and my windows 7 64x gives a error and it will look for a solution that doesn’t help at all. Then I have to quit the game by taskmanager.
Please help thank you infront.
January 28th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Hi,
I am having an error where on load up on either multiplayer or singleplayer it freezes at the small screen. The yellowish MW2 loading screen. Then I Ctr Alt Del to see if anything is happening. It says Modern Warfare 2 is not responding. Ive tried reinstalling MW2 and Steam. Also verified the integrity of the game. Ive pretty much done everything that has been mentioned.
Core 2 duo 3.0
8gb ocz ramm
80gb hd (plenty of space)
2x 9800GT 512mb cards
It ran fine for about 2 weeks. Then this happened. It also prompts me to run in safe mode, and still gets frozen on the same loading screen.
Help anyone?
January 28th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Hi,
I am having an error where on load up on either multiplayer or singleplayer it freezes at the small screen. The yellowish MW2 loading screen. Then I Ctr Alt Del to see if anything is happening. It says Modern Warfare 2 is not responding. Ive tried reinstalling MW2 and Steam. Also verified the integrity of the game. Ive pretty much done everything that has been mentioned.
Core 2 duo 3.0
8gb ocz ramm
80gb hd (plenty of space)
2x 9800GT 512mb cards
It ran fine for about 2 weeks. Then this happened. It also prompts me to run in safe mode, and still gets frozen on the same loading screen.
Help anyone?
January 28th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Hi,
I am having an error where on load up on either multiplayer or singleplayer it freezes at the small screen. The yellowish MW2 loading screen. Then I Ctr Alt Del to see if anything is happening. It says Modern Warfare 2 is not responding. Ive tried reinstalling MW2 and Steam. Also verified the integrity of the game. Ive pretty much done everything that has been mentioned.
Core 2 duo 3.0
8gb ocz ramm
80gb hd with plenty of space
2x 9800GT 512mb cards
It ran fine for about 2 weeks. Then this happened. It also prompts me to run in safe mode, and still gets frozen on the same loading screen.
Help anyone?
January 28th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Hello
I am having an error where on load up on either multiplayer or singleplayer it freezes at the small screen. The yellowish MW2 loading screen. Then I Ctr Alt Del to see if anything is happening. It says Modern Warfare 2 is not responding. Ive tried reinstalling MW2 and Steam. Also verified the integrity of the game. Ive pretty much done everything that has been mentioned.
Core 2 duo 3.0
8gb ocz ramm
80gb hd with plenty of space
2x 9800GT 512mb cards
It ran fine for about 2 weeks. Then this happened. It also prompts me to run in safe mode, and still gets frozen on the same loading screen.
Help anyone?
January 29th, 2010 at 3:39 am
@ everyone with comp restart problem
its a problem with overheating my computer was over heating every 5 mins because the game needs a high processing power the comp gets hotter so u have 2 get like a fan or something but the multiplayer is fucked up badly
January 29th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Howdy! I bought Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a day or so ago. It works fine and has no problems, so now I wanted to start playing Single Player and have fun doing some missions, that worked fine too, just till I reached Act III: First mission. When I try to load the first mission in Act III the screen just freezez while it’s on the loading bar. If I do CTRL+ALT+DELETE, I can hear the sound in the background, but then when I try to open the game again from the desktop, it’s just black screen but with the sound in the background. How to fix the loading freeze problem, does anybody knows? Thanks
!
January 31st, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Hey everyone! I’ve been having same issues like many other also. Freezing at the loading screen, directx -error, create 2d texture -error and black screen between map change(at loading screen). I play only Multiplayer.
I was sick restarting the game after few matches especialy while playing with friends. And seeking solution thru the internet for many days…
…BUT NOW I HAVE THE SOLUTION FOR YOU! THE REAL SOLUTION!
I wont take probs of this becouse they belong to guys here: http://translate.google.fi/translate?hl=fi&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.i3d.net%2Ftechnical-support-cod6-mw2%2F91437-create2dtexture-error.html
But all in all what you have to do is:
-Set ALL video settings to HIGH instead of EXTRA
-Set Specular Maps OFF from the video settings.
-AND if some error still occurs set your game resolution to same as your Desktop one
I was glad to help you! Have a nice gaming everyone!
February 1st, 2010 at 8:44 am
Hi, I was trying to install the game on my computer. The first time my as soon as the disk went into my drive, I would get the blue screen and had to turn my computer off. Following this, I installed the latest driver for my graphics card and the install started fine. As my computer went through the install, I got to the part where you need to insert the second disk. When I did this, it again went to the blue screen again. I tried reinserting the disks again but I keep getting the blue screen. I went onto my steam account and saw that the install was paused, so I clicked the continue download option and its installing the components, but i dont know if the install will work. When looking at your steam game list, does it only show the multiplayer and single player options? Is there a separate link for the spec ops or is that on the single or multiplayer selections? ill write back in when my download is finished.
February 1st, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Selecting multiplayer causes the game to crash. I get the same message as davis. Its quite annoying as the multiplayer mode is the best part of the game
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Hi guys
Read all your posts cause i’m helping someone who gets a weird grey or brown hangup after a short while ingame. I tried all, from BIOS update, driver cleaning (due to old nvidia), AV uninstalling, service deactivation etc. etc.
Turns out all i needed to do was to yank out the Creative X-Fi. This is not the first time i have seen Creative causing crashes, and it’s the reason why i ALWAYS just stick to the onboard sound. Most of those are fine for games, and those who say they can hear better gamesound using some expensive card must have special ears.
So if you haven’t tried it, then i suggest you do.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
—-TO EVERYONE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH FREEZE / CRASH AT LAUNCH!!—-
For singleplayer, If it freezes normally just letting it sit there for a couple minutes works, if not please talk to Activision, for this was not my problem.
For MULTIPLAYER, the solution i was given seems very sensible and seems very widespread seeing no one has found many solutions yet. Here it is, go to “My Computer” and type in the map C:\ Program Files\Steam\Steamapps\common\Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2\zone then click on english folder, delete all the files in this folder (Trust Me I’ve spoken directly to Activison Support for an hour a day 4 days this week trying to get this problem fixed) Now delete all the files in that folder.
Next verify File Integrity by double clicking on the Steam icon in your little icon tray, go Games Tab, Right click on Call of Duty Modern warfare 2 Multiplayer , then go Properties, Local Files, Verify Integrity of Game Cache.
**How it Works**
It’s because the Function “Verify Integrity of Game Cache” only looks for corrupt files and sometimes you have some files that are corrupt but that “action” simply overlooks them because the file is only partially corrupt. So deleting it and doing the “action” “Verify Integrity of Game Cache”, will RE-DOWNLOAD the file and it will not be corrupt.
Hope this all helped and good luck finding a solution!!!!
February 5th, 2010 at 6:03 am
My problem is only with the multyplayer. I play with lag spikes while my internet connection is 100% green in bars. I have no idea what it can be, cuz I know it’s not my internet connection. When the game is searching for a host it’s 100% me, because my connection pwnz the rest of the people.
When I am the host, the whole game goes into slow-motion. It goes slower when there is alot of dynamic lightning and faster when in tight spaces. Everybody is effected by this, cuz im the host.
The weird thing is, Ive got a great pc that should easily play it on maximum settings. I play any game on maximum. For example, the singleplayer and co-op of mw2 plays suberp on my machine. It’s just the multyplayer thats so screwed up.
I have read 1 other person on this whole list who had the same problem as me. So this problem is pretty unique. I hope someone can help me. I have tried anything I know could help.
I installed a new driver for my graph card, didnt work so I down-graded it, still didnt word so I upgraded it once more.
I upgraded direct x 9 to 10, didnt word so I downgraded to 9.
I completely removed the game and steam and re-installed, didnt work.
I formatted everything on my pc, including windows xp and installed vista, the newest drivers and mw2. (there is nothing else on my pc but that) and still the problem exists (it even became worse, now I have 1 fp10s). Still the singleplayer plays awesome and I dont have any problems with it.
Who knows about this and knows the solution ?
February 10th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Bug fix: “Call of Duty:Modern Warefare 2 back to desktop crash”
How to fix the ‘back to desktop’ crash that is apparently irregular in occurrence but stops being able to play the campaign.
If you have an ATI graphics card(or maybe another type I haven’t tested anything else) go into “Catalyst control center”, “Advanced…”, the “AI” tab, and tick the “disable Catalyst A.I.” box. Normally that should fix it.
Things i have noticed:
-this only seems to happen under windows 7 x64 bit
-my graphics card is a “ATI mobility Raedon hd 4650″
-my control center version is 2009.0804.2223.38385
Hope this helps others but I’ve tried everything and this is all that works.
February 10th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Bug fix: “Call of Duty:Modern Warefare 2 back to desktop crash”
How to fix the ‘back to desktop’ crash that is apparently irregular in occurrence but stops being able to play the campaign.
If you have an ATI graphics card(or maybe another type I haven’t tested anything else) go into “Catalyst control center”, “Advanced…”, the “AI” tab, and tick the “disable Catalyst A.I.” box. Normally that should fix it.
Things i have noticed:
-this only seems to happen under windows 7 x64 bit
-my graphics card is a “ATI mobility Raedon hd 4650″
-my control center version is 2009.0804.2223.38385
Hope this helps others but I’ve tried everything and this is all that works.
February 12th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
hi……i tried this and my game now works…..hope it helps some of you….cheers all………….
Please try the following: Exit Steam entirely. Browse to your Steam installation (Usually C:\Program Files\Steam\) Rename the “steamapps” folder to “old_steamapps” Re-launch Steam and re-install the game. Once the installation is complete, test the issue. If this resolves the issue, you may copy the new files into the “old_steamapps” folder and rename it to “steamapps” to restore your other games without re-downloading. If the issue is not resolved, you can rename the folder back to avoid having to re-install other games.
February 17th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Hi ive recently bought the game cod mw2 but after the training part the first mission the game crashes on me fist solid colors then nothing happens it sucks couse i got a high end computer made by me after years of building custom gaming rigs and all the games i’ve played this is the first time i’ve seen this happened to me i play gta 4 all my settings at max..
specs
core2quadq6700 2.66 o/c to 4.5 water cooled
8gbs of ddr3
xfx 790i motherboard
3 way sli xfx 9800gtx
vista64bit ultimate
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
When i Launch COD: WM2 it pops up a message saying (DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error). do u know anything that will help me or if its my system not the game.
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Hey i have ben having problems with COD: WM2. when i go to launch the game it will laod half way then pop up an error saying (DirectX has encountered an unrecoverable error) if u can help me that would be nice i have tryied reinstalling the game, updating pc, and checking for errors in dxdiag.exe. it said i have no problems. im out of ideas. i had this game for almost 2 months and its ben running fine till now. if u have any info that will help me plz reaply to my eamil thanks….
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:29 pm
okay, i have downloaded modern warfare 2, but when i double click iw4sp.exe it says “make sure modern warfare 2 is run fro the correct folder
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPP!
February 24th, 2010 at 3:14 am
whenever i go to open up call of duty 6 it shows the screen with the guy on it then the screen goes black which usually happen but then it just freezes and i have all the minimum requirements to run the game what is the problem
PLZ help
March 6th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
I got another solution for the crash to desktop Problem….
you can try to delete the data from the players directory … the config and the setting files… yiu can also first make a backup to be save.
It worked fine for me
March 6th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Just bought Modern Warfare 2 a day ago, the problem I face is where ever I start Single Player or Multi Player I will encounter the freezing startup logo screen where the screen just goes black (audio can be heard) and a second later it show the infinity icon and then logo. Finally it went to the main menu.
Is it a wide spread issue?
Is Steam or IW know about this issue?
And this game needs a PATCH.
Btw, I have exceed the min. requirement to run the game.
March 9th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
hi, my problem with CoD MW2 is that I can’t play in fullscreen.. it always run windowed even if I adjust teh settings.. how do I solve this?
March 11th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Hey I got a crappy call of duty as well for here it comes.
When I start the game the screen freezes and unfreezes in about every 5 seconds now I brought the drives to their latest version still no effect so I thought it must be my pc so I checked on my laptop and the same problem it does say my NAT is strict which is bollocks for when I first installed it…it had been open for months…anyways it worked fine for a couple of months and all of the sudden I have this problem and the funny thing is the game works perfectly but only when I started it up and leave it be for 20 mins and it works like diamond.
Anyone got suggestions,ideas? anything extreme is welcome as well
March 16th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Hey guys i got a seriously problem well, Im installing call of duty modern warfare 2 again in my other pc. When the downloading is finished my singleplayer works but my multiplayer mode doesnt work it always saying me ”Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 2 – Multiplayer Updating 30%(the number is an example) and when the updating is finished i run it and it says me an error with an english language pack and then the updating is restarting at 0%…
What i have to do please answer me
Thank you
March 16th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Hey guys i got a seriously problem well, I’m installing call of duty modern warfare 2 again in my other pc. When the downloading is finished my single player works but my multilayer mode doesn’t work it always saying me ”Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 2 – Multiplayer Updating 30%(the number is an example) and when the updating is finished i run it and it says me an error with an English language pack and then the updating is restarting at 0%…
What i have to do please answer me
Thank you
March 27th, 2010 at 3:09 am
pls help my moderfucking mw2 says cannot find file for saving pls help !!!!!!!
March 30th, 2010 at 6:16 am
My Modern Warfare 2 says right after I open it says “Steam Must Be Running To Play This Game”. An the funny thing is that my steam is running…Please help me!
March 30th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Windows 7 64-bit Home premium
Intel Core2 Q9400
4GB DDR2 1100mhz
nVidia GTX 285
I am playing MW2 Multiplayer using Steam. The game starts just fine, but I get a black screen and can still hear the sounds. I’ve updated my graphics card and sound drivers, still doesn’t work. Deleted, and re-downloaded it and it still doesn’t work. Please help.
Thank you
April 8th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
hi, i play to COD4 perfectly in single player but when i go to multiplayer after a time a blue screen apair and restart my computer?? why and how i can fix this?? i refresch my drivers and clean up all my computer and after that a very don’t know what i can do.
thx
April 14th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
i have installed the game corectly but when i click on the desktop shortcut, it does’nt starts
my pc specs are-
Intel core 2 duo- 2.93 Ghz
RAM-3.25 GB
OS- Windows XP Service Pack 3
Ati graphics card- 1GB (Radeon HD 4350)
Please help me
April 15th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
I have a problem which described above that – when start multiplayer on MW2 it starts fine you enter server it loads game, then play for 5 min or less and it suddenly crashes. Then safe mode yes or no doesn’t matter still don’t work, same issue all over again on any resolution. I’m really disappointed that 35 pounds wasted on game that can’t play on line. All my drivers are up to date, I’ve even updated bios on my motherboard from 1st to 6th generation that still didn’t help. Steam never released any patches, I’ve waited 2 months for them hoping that they might resolve the problem. All other games that i have work fine. I have High-end PC but this MW2 just woudn’t have it… :O My Spec – Gigabyte GA-ma790gp-ds4h, Ati radeon 4870×2, 4 4gb corsair 1066 ddr2 ram, Corsair 1000W power supply, windows vista 32bit, AmD 9950 black edition.
April 18th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
my disk 2 will not load it freezes
April 20th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Hello, please help me with my game! I Just bought it and everytime I go to load it the starting logo comes up, then everything goes black and freezes! Then sometimes I can manage to get it to the startup menu, but then it loads off the screen leaving the right end of my screen Black! My pc is good enough to run the game so please help me!!!!
Thanks
April 20th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
I’m now playing CoD MW2 and just before Act 2 Mission 2 (The Hornet’s Nest) it appears an error and the game shuts down, leaving me back to the desktop. I’ve red that’s an usual error but no one knows how to fix it. Could you help me guys?
My Specs: C2Q Q9400, P5QD Turbo, 4Gb Gskill DDR2, Ati HD 4870 1Gb, Corsair 550Vx, Windows XP 32bit (3,25Gb RAM at most)…..
April 22nd, 2010 at 5:42 pm
Hey i’m wondering what’s with this game. I recently got it and installed it and everything is working just fine until the game locks up. The game racks the temperature of my graphic card to like 80C ~ 100C and sometimes just turns off the screen. I was confused until i found out that when i restarted my computer my graphic card cooled down to 75C and i knew it over heated. Can someone tell me a solution to this problem by emailing me to uchiha-blood@hotmail.com. It might be my retail casing or something but it seems to really rack the temperatures to the point where it just locks up and i can’t play. It doesn’t happen when i play gears of war or left 4 dead 2 or rainbow six vegas 2 but only modern warfare 2
April 26th, 2010 at 7:21 am
i installed steam but when i enter the game to play they write steam must be running to play the game and yes i do have a steam account
May 7th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
when i start the game up it shows a little screen saying game will be ready to start in 54 minutes. What is this abour? i have never battle to start up a game like COD MW2. It has taken me 2 hours to install and start up the game and i am still waiting to start the F@#$ng game for the first time. is there a message they want to send out to not play games any more. Cause if this is going to be the future of playing games I definetly won’t bother any more.
May 9th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Okay so i am Having a multi player problem for modern warfare 2 for pc. I am a windows 7 user and the problem is every time i go into multi player and move from left to right it is very touchy. It moves very quick and gets choppy and every time i fire my weapon it sounds different now its so shitty pls someone help
May 18th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Hi, I was playing call of duty MW2 online my PC when it froze and a warning for my computer came up saying someone got into my windows. It wound up being a virus that keeps bringing up software for me to buy. I took the computer to my friends house and they restored my computer to a week before and then we bought McAfee Virus protection and installed. Now I am having issues trying to get into multiplayer games. I have managed to get into a few free for alls, but for some reason on any other type of game it brings me to the screen where it is searching for games/players and then just searches and never finds anything. While doing this i receive no error messages. Also when i am trying to join invites or games with my friends on Steam i get an error “Unable to join game”. My friends say i might just have to reinstall CoD, which i would rather not do because i will loose all progress i have made. If anyone can help with this problem plz let me know! Thanks!
-Mary
May 22nd, 2010 at 9:19 pm
i play one whole match online then in the middle of loading the nexted map its says Directx encountered a error that is unfixable
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
I FOUND OUT HOW TO STOP THE CRASHING! Changing the desktop and shuting down the other apps WONT work. What u have to do is to go to C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2\zone\english and look for the file mp_playlist.ff or mp_playlist.dlc1.ff IF the files are not there than that is the problem, u have to look for them(i found mine in the steam folder). If they are there than they might b corrupted so delete both of them if u have them both. this worked for me hope i works for u
May 26th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
OMG i love you jeremy, you have saved my game! I have tried for days all these odd methods but none worked. My friend said to delete only 1 of the things u said to delete, but no luck. Thank-you for saying to delete both, you’re a lfie saver!
May 29th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Jeremy, you are the man. Could not play multiplayer at their latest update. Went to steam support and none of their solutions worked. I tried your suggestion and problem gone. Got to go play now. Thanks.
May 29th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Jeremy, you are the man. Could not play multiplayer after MW2 latest update. Went to steam support and none of their solutions worked. I tried your suggestion and problem gone. Got to go play now. Thanks.
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:54 am
JEREMYS ONE WORKS!
Thankyou, mine was broken for about 2 weeks now its fine because i deleted the files Jeremy said!!
June 10th, 2010 at 12:10 am
I have the exact same problem as you, Mat, as well as what I read to be a few others….and I’m trying your solution. It’s DLing the content now – here goes nothing…
July 3rd, 2010 at 4:38 am
I have a preoblem, when i play mw2 for like one hour and somtimes longer and somtimes less. mw2 just freeze and your her like when music hangs up. And then the computer just reset itself. This have not happend to other games just mw2 . My video card is ATI Radeon HD 3800 series. Sorry for my bad english
July 3rd, 2010 at 4:43 am
I have a problem, when i play mw2 for like one hour and somtimes longer and somtimes less. mw2 just freeze and I listen like when music hangs up. And then the computer just reset itself. This have not happend to any other games I played. My video card ATI Radeon HD 3800 series. Sorry for my bad english
July 19th, 2010 at 6:55 am
why when i play cod mw2 occours shimmering textures problem…
My system :
Geforce 6600GT 512MB DDR2 128Bit
Forceware 258.96
setting on game :
640×480
refresh rate 60hz
texture automatic
all off, like aa, shadow, dll
how i fix that problem?
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:32 am
i get the foolowing error
directx encountered a problem please see the FAQ
i reinstalled directx but still i get the same error
July 28th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error.
Check the readme for possible solutions.”
System Information:
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp.060411-1541)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: n/a
System Model: n/a
BIOS: n/a
Processor: Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 3.06GHz
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Page File: 388MB used, 2073MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
August 14th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Patch for Call Of Duty 6 Modern Warfare 2
for those with the “disc read error”
direct link : http://www.mediafire.com/?44tz6balgz4y6cs
August 31st, 2010 at 8:11 am
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