Interesting Problem solving post

[.TuG.Bulldog]

Taken from IW forum

 

Breaker look at the wireless bit!!!

 

General COD4 Issues

 

COD4 crashes when i try to change graphics / sound settings

XFire has been known to be one of the causes for this. Solution is to close XFire when making these changes.

 

Everytime i try to connect to a server i watch the counter go to 10 and then get 'Connection Timed Out' error

This is probably because the master server cannot deal with the amount of players in COD4, theres a way around it tho.

Type this into the console:

/cl_connectionattempts 60

You should have more luck joining servers now, if you get bored of waiting on the timer screen you can type:

/disconnect

To cancel joining the server and go back to the main menu.

 

Im trying to connect to an INTERNET server with more than 1 pc behind a router, but only 1 can connect!

Right click on your CoD4 desktop shortcut, select properties, and change the text in the target box to this (or similar)

"C:\Program Files\Activision\Call Of Duty 4 - Modern Combat\iw3mp.exe" +set net_port 28960

In other words add "space"+set net_port 28960 to the shortcut.

Player No.2 must make it +set net_port 28961

Player 3 +set net_port 28962

Player 4 +set net_port 28963 and so on

Don't forget the space between exe" and the plus sign.

Each player must have a different port from the others.

 

I cant play COD4 SP because it asks me to insert the correct DVD. But i have it in my drive

* Hold down the left shift key when inserting the game disc if this problem is occuring on launch.

* Make sure you have 32 bit drivers for your CD-ROM drive.

* Set the CD-ROM cache size to zero.

* Change the DMA setting on the CD-ROM drive.

* Make sure the drive letters for the CD-ROM is set correctly.

* Make sure that the location for CD music to play is set correctly.

* Make sure your system can successfully play Audio CD's.

* Turn off Auto Insert Notification.

* If you have the CD burning software Alcohol 120% installed you need to turn off all of the emulation options.

1) Go to File > Options.

2) Click on Emulation in the menu to the left.

3) Uncheck all options in the window to the right.

* If you have CloneCD you need to turn off the Hide CDR media setting. This setting is accessable from the task tray icon for clone CD. Right-click on the icon and uncheck Hide CDR media.

* If you have an Nforce based motherboard go to http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp and get the latest Nforce drivers for your motherboard chipset.

 

I have a Nvidia 7xxx GFX Card and get black objects in the game world / I get flickering lighting effects when they should be solid

You should go and download the Nvidia Forceware Beta 169.04 (169.09 will have flickering for some) driver as this is known to fix this issue.

Download from:

Vista (32bit) 169.04

XP (32bit) 169.04

Also goto Microsoft Site and download / install the latest Directx End-User Runtime.

 

When i look into the 'ironsights' the screen goes black,white and all blurry

Turning OFF 'Depth of Field' in the graphics options is known to fix this.

 

I get really bad lag when airstrikes happen. I cant move

Make sure your antivirus is not running while you are playing. This can cause lag with airstrikes because you get sent a lot of data to tell your client where the bombs are dropping, where the planes fly to / from and all the other stuff that your client is usually getting sent too.

 

I get a DirectX error / Crash to desktop (CTD) when trying to change settings

Make sure you are not running Xfire when trying to change graphics settings because this is known to cause this error.

You can change settings manually by going into the cod4/players/yourname folder and editing the config_mp.cfg file.

To change the screen resolution:

search for "seta r_mode"

change the mode in the quotes to one you know works well.

e.g.

seta r_mode "1024x768"

you can also change other settings this way if you look through the config file a bit

Also having the ATi Tray Tools on screen display running is known to cause this.

 

I cannot run iw3mp.exe / iw3sp.exe it errors with 'iw3xx.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close'

There are a number of possible reasons for this happening:

Realtek onboard soundcards - Make sure you are using the newest drivers available. Some have reported that having a mic plugged in can fix this problem.

Realtek onboard soundcards - Sometimes disabling / enabling these can make it work (even if you dont use them for sound)

Realtek onboard soundcards and vista - Sometimes uninstalling the realtek driver and letting vista find its own works.

AthlonXP and Sempron (not 64bit) - Go into the cod4/miles folder and rename 'mssmp3.asi' to 'mssmp3.bak'. The miles sound system included is known to have issues with 32bit processors. NOTE: This will disable ambient music in the game. An alternative mssmp3.asi can be found Here! so you can have music.

Dual X2900xt in crossfire mode - Downloading the WDM driver from the Ati/AMD Site is known to fix this.

 

I get random freezes and crashes while playing COD4

Rivatuner, ATiTool, LCD monitor tools, NTune (NVidia Control Panel) and possibly any other hardware monitoring program installed and running when trying to play COD4 could possibly be the cause.

Either close these applications or uninstall them and the problem should go away.

 

I get random lag spikes in MP and have a wireless connection to my router

This can be caused by the 'Wireless zero configuration' service in windows.

To fix it you should install the application which came with your wireless card or dongle to control it instead of using the windows config.

 

I get a crash with 'DirectX has encountered an error'

Update your DirectX to the latest version from the Microsoft Site

Make sure your drivers are upto date (For NVidia cards try the 169.04 beta drivers)

You may need to reinstall the game to fix this.

 

I have Vista 64 and the screen is freezing and the game crashes with 'Direct3d9::Present' Error

This can be because your directX installation is out of date. Goto the Microsoft Site and download / install the latest Directx End-User Runtime.

Try the nVidia 162.50 drivers. That fixed the problem for some people.

XP/2000:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_162.50.html

Vista 32-bit:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_162.50.html

Vista 64-bit:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1699

 

I get a crash with 'Fastfile for zone 'some_filename_here' is corrupt or unreadable.'

You will probably need to reinstall the game to fix this.

 

COD4 wont start. It errors with 'Video card or driver doesn't support separate alpha blend, glow will be disabled.'

This means that your video card is not supported. Onboard video chips, Nvidia cards older than the 66xx series and ATi older than the 98xx pro series are not supported by COD4. This could also be a driver problem so make sure your video drivers are upto date.

 

 

COD4 Issues with PunkBuster

 

I cant enable PunkBuster. How do I install it?

Insert the COD4 dvd into the drive and browse it. Run pbsvc.exe to install PunkBuster.

You may need to reinstall the game and choose to install PunkBuster this time when it asks you.

 

I got kicked for 'PunkBuster Init Failed'

This usually means your punkbuster isnt upto date. Get pbsetup run it and add Call Of Duty 4 to the list of games. Then hit check for updates. This should fix the problem.

 

RESTRICTION: Unknown Windows API Function[131133]

Apparently using the built in interface by steam in COD4 is cheating. Atlest it is according to punkbuster. To get rid of this error message open up steam and go to [ Settings -> In-Game ] and uncheck the Enable Steam Community In-Game button

 

RESTRICTION: Service Communication Failure: PnkBstrB.exe handshaking failed.

If you get this message it because your Punkbuster files are corrupt, missing or simply forgotten by PB. To fix this you should reinstall the punkbuster service module and reupdate PB. To do this you can go to your steam/steam apps/common/call of duty 4/PB/ folder and run pbsvc.exe to reinstall it. After that you should re-update it by using the pbsetup.exe.

 

I get 'PB Client in Distress' error messages

This is a problem with the PunkBuster authentication servers. Theres nothing you can do about it.

 

I get kicked with 'Ignore queries #9006' message from punkbuster

You have to open UDP port 28962 for Punkbuster Update.

You can manually update with 'pbsetup.exe' from the Evenbalance website.

[.TuG.JJUK]

Yes i found an interesting one as well

 

 

Problem : THIS GAME SUCKS BIG TIME

 

Solution : FOOK IT IN THE SKIP

 

 

 

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[.TuG.Bulldog]

JJ ..... The new forum spammer.

 

Sorry dave your out of a job, jj's got all the negative contribution we need.

 

If you hate it so much jj why dont you pick a new game for us all to play?? everyone one else has fun playin but im sure we would all be happy to try something else and have just as much fun. (that was a seriouse comment by the way no abuse intended)

[.TuG.JJUK]

If there was one i would buy it and although we are all sooooooooo happy with this one im sure we would be queing to grab anything to take us away. But yes its fun while everyones on, i personally am frustrated by it.

 

Ps: i could never take the forum whore away from dave, breakers next in line.

[.TuG.DaveAlmighty]

JJ ..... The new forum spammer.

 

Sorry dave your out of a job, jj's got all the negative contribution we need.

 

What!? No way! I spam way more. Spam spam spam spam SPAM! Look at teh post counts!!!

 

My average spammage is the highest next to beaver's:smile:

Ps: i could never take the forum whore away from dave, breakers next in line.

 

He's just a wannabe me. We even share the same name.