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If you are encountering Call of Duty 4 related problems that are not listed below, please post them in the comments box at the bottom of this page. Posting solutions (working or speculated ones) for Call of Duty 4 on the comment box would be more than welcome.
Problem #1 : Call of Duty 4 Installation error 1305
Solution A : have your CoD4 replaced. It’s possible that your CoD4 disk is damaged.
Solution B : If you do have a legit cd key, and your dvd drive isn’t working for you. Download the torrent from btjunkie and use your cdkey to install it. Let me know if you need help on how to do it. (by Franjo)
Problem #2 : Connection to Server timed out on all Call of Duty 4 servers or no servers listed in the lobby.
Solution A : If you are on a router, Make sure that the ports that Call of Duty 4 uses are properly forwarded
Solution B : Make sure that your firewall is not blocking Call of Duty 4’s internet access
Problem #3 : Call of Duty 4 cannot connect to the master server (”waiting for master server”)
Workaround A : filter the results to display CoD4 servers http://www.game-monitor.com/search.php?game=cod4 (suggested by Rizla)
Solution B: See solution to problem #2
Problem #4 : Installation gets stuck on iw_00.iwd
Solution : No known solution yet.
Problem #5 : Call of duty 4 punkbuster error on startup (”cant run punkbuster”)
Solution : Download the latest punkbuster from http://www.punkbuster.com/ (preferably the one for COD4). (as posted by UGH Hunter)
Problem #6 : iw3mp.exe error in Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer
Solution A : rename mssmp3.asi to mssmp3.bak.(from Elem3nt and franjo)
Solution B : From activision(do this only if Solution A doesnt fix it)
There are some issues running CoD 4 multiplayer on some onboard sound cards. If you have a RealTek(TM) onboard sound card and Windows(R) Vista you should try removing your sound card drivers and allow Windows Vista to install it’s default sound drivers. Please make note of the make and model of your sound card prior to removing it in order to aid in reinstallation at a later date.
To remove your sound card drivers do the following:
- Open the control panel link from the start menu
- Check the programs and features tool to see if your sound card drivers are listed here
- If they are not open the system tool in the control panel
- Click on the device manager task on the left
- Locate your sound card in the list, it should be in the sound, video, and game controllers section
- Right-click on the sound card name and select Uninstall.
If you have a Sigmatel® onboard sound card you will need to install all Windows® Vista updates, and the latest Sigmatel drivers from www.dell.com. Please navigate from the dell homepage to support, your make and model computer, and look for a sound card update.
If you are running the game from a secondary partition, download the latest BIOS updates from your motherboard manufacturer in addition to following the above instructions.
Problem #7 : Call of Duty 4 Error message “DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error”
Solution A : If you have Xfire installed, turn off Xfire (from franjo at CoD4forums.com)
Solution B : Update Xfire to the latest version, they may have already patched it.
Problem #8 : I downloaded Call of Duty 4 optimizer from an unknown dude and it didnt improve the performace of the game
Solution A : Uninstall it, scan your PC for viruses… you’ve just been keylogged.
Problem #9 : when i try to run the single player it tells me to “insert the correct DVD ROM”
Solution : instead of using the desktop shortcut, trying going through the start menu. (from franjo)
if you encountered a problem that is not listed above, please post them in the comments box at the bottom of this page.
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NO Packet flow Help
Single Player mode not functioning. Freezes at initial splash screen. Multiplayer and demo run fine
Exceed min specs
installed latest drivers
reinstalled twice
followed troubleshooting guide at Activision
Replaced game
fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable
how to solve tis?
fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is empty.
how about tis?
multi player fix on reeltec on board audio cards plug in mic i now sounds dumb but it worked on mine and update drivers onreeltec web i run vista
I tried your fix for ( iw3mp.exe error in Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer) And activision’s solution neither of which worked.
Any suggestions?
wow sounds like a really jacked up game
i have this problem: Problem #6 : iw3mp.exe error in Call of Duty 4 Multiplayer
the singelplayer works but the application crash when i want to play multiplayer.. none of the fixes works in vista! any suggestions?
If iw3mp.exe (multiplayer) crashes try plugging in your microphone, for some odd reason that seems to fix it. Sounds stupid but it fixed it for me and many others.
yeah im getting this problem everytime i start it up
_AIL_set_speaker_configuration@16
Screenshot
http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/2462/60785609kl0.jpg
The PS3 version of COD 4 has a particular problem where if you try to plan online, it sits forever on “DOWNLOADING GAME SETTINGS…” or once it unsticks from that you hear the ‘working’ sound (like small servo motor sound) for 10 seconds about rapidly, then the screen goes black and says, “You must be logged into Playstation Network.” Now, i’m no expert but how does this happen when the hardware specs for all ps3’s are so identical that on a straight unfiltered internet connection it won’t connect. It has worked before, for a day, and then suddenly in a game the host disconnected and then after no success. Anybody else having this problem?
Once I plugged something into my mic port on my computer, my multiplayer worked like a charm. That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of and I hope there is going to be a patch for it soon.
installed cod4, played a couple of minutes, then it crashed with the “send & don`t send” error… i reinstalled the game, but the same problem…i have a 2gigs processor, 1gb ram, gforce 6600gt…what is troubling me is that the game worked fine at the beginning, then suddenly this crash
could any1 help me? thans
I have the same problem #6 …under XP…fixes don’t work
i have tried to run single player on cod4,i get a message please insert correct dvd rom and re-start application,
i have also tried from the start menu,also running mulityplayer,then switching to singleplayer to no avail,
done everything on avtivision website in there customer support forum.
it plays great in multiplayer.
realy frustrating,as its a great game.
my p.c is only 3 months old
dell 9200 dimension
2.66ghz 6700
8800gtx nivida graphic`s card
agea pci pyhis`c card 128mb (extreme gaming)
500gb storage
2048ddr ram
dell recomended this p.c for gaming purposes.
anybody`s comment`s would be much appreciated.
regards peter
When I try starting the game, it just crashes with an error report screen. This happens in both MP and SP. I’ve tried updating drivers but it doesn’t help.
I tried to go trought the start menu but it still keeps telling me this insert the correct DVD ROM multiplayer works fine.
when i try to run the single player it tells me to “insert the correct DVD ROM” I tried everything to fix it, went onto the support site did everything they said to do. I am really stumped here…
“fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable”
need a fix for this please ACTIVISION
To overcome the “insert the correct DVD ROM” message in single player, do what it says: Re-insert the DVD, wait for it to autostart and then run the game in single player from the dvd splash screen. A bore I know, but it is the only thing we can do until the problem is fixed… Hope that helps.
I don’t have an un-fixable problem. But how do you forward all the ports so CoD4 can communicate with the router?
Kicked when connecting to multiplayer PnkBstr B handshaking failed
tried loading from splash, program folder, start menu and it still says wrong dvd.
For those experiencing the “Connection Time out” error in Call of duty 4, add the [seta cl_connectionAttempts "60"] line to the “…profiles\string\config_mp.cfg” file. this will adjust the timeout delay to 1 minute.
ive also tried loading from the splash screen to no avail.still it say`s insert correct dvd-rom,
iam going to phone acvtivision help line listed on the dvd case,i`ll let everyone know how i get on.
when installing cod4 i get 1305 error reading from file D:\setup\data\main\c\\main\video\sniperescape_load.bik.
anybody have any ideas as to how to fix it?
just tried contacting activision regarding the dvd rom insert correct dvd error,phoned 3 times waiting 25 min to an hour to get connected,give up in the end,iam puttung my game on ebay had enough.they should have done more research before launching the game.
iw3mp.exe error with windows xp i do not run “vista”
it tells me to foward ports that call of duty uses to my router how would one do this?
cod 4 has gone (sold),had so many problem`s,tried everything that activision said to try ,pc ended up crashing several times then program`s just wouldn`t run,my p.c is only 3 month`s old got it recommende from dell for extreme gaming,i can`t even update my driver`s etc the p.c is too new to do that,even contacted dell,they said the copywriting on the game itself sound`s like the problem,the security is so tight that you have to shut any program`s in the background to run the game including firewall`s antivirus software etc,iam not prepared to do that,so games gone i `ll just stick to battlefield 2,(gona buy an xbox)
cheer`s peter
I am playing the single player and the lighting for certain objects flickers on and off rapidly. For example the car that the president is thrown into is a black silhouette.
i get the “please insert correct dvd-rom” only when i use my SATA drive(7170s) it works fine on the same PC with any of my two NEC drives(both IDE)
Single Player mode not functioning. Freezes at initial splash screen. Multiplayer and demo run fine
Exceed min specs
installed latest drivers
reinstalled twice
followed troubleshooting guide at Activision
Replaced game
@ All the guys with “Please insert correct DVD-ROM, and restart the application”, your DVD drive is having a conflict with the protection system that the disc uses, whether it is SafeDisc 4.x or Securom 7.x, I don’t know.
The best bet would be to goto http://www.google.com, and search for the make and model of your DVD drive and Firmware. Example would be if you have a NEC 3550A then you would search for “NEC 3550A Firmware Update”, read the instructions carefully when downloading, as installing the wrong one can damage your drive.
If that fails, it means your DVD drive is too old. Time to get a new one buddy.
I finally got into a server to play this game and was in it for about 5 minutes and then I got this error: The wrong volume is in the drive. Please insert volume COD4MW into drive E.
Any help would be greatly appreciated….
One method of fixing the single player error “please insert the correct disk in the correct drive” message is to go to
the device manager / hardware / find your ATA controller /
click properties / you will then find the primary and secondary channels. Hopefully your cd/dvd rom will be on the
master on the secondary , if not it could be the slave on the master, doesn’t matter. What matters is that you know
so you can switch the correct one. Now after you find the drive , it should be set at like Ultra DMA 66. Change it to
PIO. PIO is the old original, slower than Ulta DMA, but it will force the game to load single player. It wont make the game slower, because your drive is just autherizing the game and then shutting off again. When done click apply, you will then be asked to restart your computor, do so
and it will work. Insert the dvd, let the splash screen come up select single player from there. After you beat the game
switch it back to ultra 66, restart ect. Ultra uses less cpu for watching movies, ripping ect. This works for me, when nothing else, including a re-format didnt.I purchased a collecters copy at Best Buy, I have another computor similar to the one i have to change the dma on, it works fine,
so it is a mistery, I even took the dvd out of that one and installed it into the other, and it wouldnt work, it must be a security bug. later lol
Just wanted to confirm that the microphone trick worked for me too (see #9)
Try to start singleplayer game, flashes the screen, and minimizes to the desktop. Cannot maximise. The game continues playing in the background…. Tried replacing GPU drivers (Nvidia Go 7700 512mb), to no avail…
I try to start the game, something flashes. in the middle of the screen. Looks like a splash screen and then nothing happens at all.
I bought cod4, and I’ve got a problem. Some things in game are totally black, e.g. cars, guns, players, some parts of grass etc. What do to with this problem??
Well.. I have this problem:
Problem #7 : Call of Duty 4 Error message “DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error”
-and I don’t have Xfire. I have tried to close all other programs before entering COD4:MW, but it stille give me this error.
Any solutions that can help me?
I solved it myself. I downgradede my videocard: Radeon 800pro driver 7.8 to 7.4 and now I can enter the game!!
BUT! When if I do anything in the menu it just jump out of the game, with no warnings´or errors… So this is where I stand right now…(so i havn’t played the game yet)..
my cod 4 no start it say Error during initialization:
Video card or driver doesn’t support separate alpha blend, glow will be disabled. Why why why what i do?
Quote “peter — November 14, 2007 @ 5:00 am
cod 4 has gone (sold),had so many problem`s,tried everything that activision said to try ,pc ended up crashing several times then program`s just wouldn`t run,my p.c is only 3 month`s old got it recommende from dell for extreme gaming,i can`t even update my driver`s etc the p.c is too new to do that,even contacted dell,they said the copywriting on the game itself sound`s like the problem,the security is so tight that you have to shut any program`s in the background to run the game including firewall`s antivirus software etc,iam not prepared to do that,so games gone i `ll just stick to battlefield 2,(gona buy an xbox)
cheer`s peter”
You muppet! Dont you know Dell suck ass when it comes to gaming pc’s? Go to a place and get a custom gaming pc built man, thats what i did, none of any ofe the above mentioned problems. Be a true gamer fork out for the hardware to play the games!!
Paul
@ Emil, your card doesn’t support Shader Model 3.0, it only supports SM 2.0b. Here is a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_R420
Looks like you gonna have to get a new card buddy.
i got this error message while playing online last night:
“DW update file error 102
Bo_exception_in_DB”
i got this hours after another ps3 update. it worked fine til now?!?!?!?
can anyone help,downloaded demo,worked fine,did the mission,then crashed to desktop,am runnung kt400 motherboard 1gb ram geforce 7600 2.5+ processor,plus all updated drivers,i carnt under stand why it worked in the first place,i even brought the game,that also played at first on line and single player,activision should be shot for bringing out a game which is totaly usless on 90% of all pc,s
No packet flow error when playing multi player ? What’s the Fix!!!!!
WOW…I can’t believe that plugging my MIC in actually fixed this… How do you explain that as a fix, I didn’t even believe it until I was at the end of my rope and was willing to try anything…it almost makes me angry that that was overlooked by the powers that be.
hi in multiplayer keep gettin this
my name
sript runtime error
(see console for details)
exceeded maximum number of script variable
any clue pls ppl
thanx
When I first start Cod 4 it runs for about 30 sec and then kicks me out of the game and says “unknown windows API function 131136″. It says this is PB related but my PB is up to date. Please help.
To XennoX,
Why do you tell people to by new components for there pc like “Looks like you gonna have to get a new card buddy” or “it means your DVD drive is too old. Time to get a new one buddy”. If you haven’t realized it yet let me shed a little light on the subject for you. COD4 has more bugs in it than a ant farm! Theres nothing wrong with these peoples components!!! If you going to give advice atleast make it intelligent advice.
I loaded this game and played until the car scene where the dude gets shot. The game locks up and I have to reboot. I am running an FX-60 CPU with 2gig of ram and an EVGA 8800GTX card. This should not happen. What can I do??????
RealTek problems here also. The above fixes do not work for me. Any other ideas???
Installed it 10 times already because it will not play, at first I had a firewall issue and I fixed that and now it just keeps crashing after I hit the spacebar to skip the “intro” on MP and SP this is bull I’m getting sick of it. MY NERVES CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!
fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable how to solve tis?
fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable how to solve tis?how how how how how ???????????????
The game keeps crashing even if I let the intro play all the way through. It says it wasn’t properly shut down and to run in safe mode. the characters are completely black. thats if I can get it to load a mission, usually it crashes before I can even go into anything. please help very frustrated. My computer is definitely fast enough to run this I don’t know what the probelm is.
i have this problem when i tried to enter to the firts fase of act II:
Fastfile for zone ‘village_assault’ appears corrupt or unreadable (code 107.)
if you know how to solve please answer me.
“Single Player mode not functioning. Freezes at initial splash screen. Multiplayer and demo run fine”
If your singleplayer just flash but doesnt start here is one way to fix it.. Remove “mssmp3.asi” file from your miles folder and it should run fine.
Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.
how solve this there is some patch
Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.
I really need to solve this. I’ve bought a legal copy of the game and it’s two weeks that I can’t play. Activison, is there a way to fix this?
“Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.” Did you download it from Steam? Have you re-install it?
“Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.”
If you have downloaded it from Steam change the Steam client language to English. Hope that works. -d2b-
No I didn’t download it. I have reinstalled it but it didn’t work. I just bought it in mediamarkt, a legal shop.
Please help me out
Hmm.. Then its harder to fix but still possbile. First thing you can try is this: Copy your “zone” folder from Cod 4 directory (over 2 gigs) and paste it to “C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temp\” or “c:\windows\”.
Hope that works =) -d2b-
Just tried it. Didn’t work. On my other PC, I also get errors on all the files that are in the miles folder. These errors appears before the “Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.” It says that these files are not valid image files
Good luck and thank you
I know someone who couldn’t play the game at all with the original disc in any of his drives until he did a format and fresh install of XP. He had the “please insert original DVD-Rom” error. suddenly it works fine, he had installed Daemon tools and Alcohol on his system in the past. Now he hasn’t got them installed on his PC, and isn’t planning to do so any time soon. The game works fine, the same thing happened with Crysis. Also someone posted that the characters were black, post 58. I had that problem when i updated the drivers on my graphics card, 7900GTX. When i reverted back to an earlier version of the drivers it was OK again. But now i’m having problems with Crysis under Vista 32 bit version, damn thing crashes after 3 min’s. It runs OK in XP.
Oh my :/ I need a moment to think about this.. Make sure that you have all drivers and directx etc. what need to be.. I will be back here when i have new idea about this! -d2b-
To Africa
“Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.”
From Activision they said: If you have uninstall the game, delete the game folder, and then reinstall the game and the patches and it still doesnt work.. you probably have a bad disc. Try replacing the game at the store you bought it! Hope you can do it.
-d2b-
croatian: kaj zna?i ovo _AIL_set_speaker_configuration@16 ? to mi javlja kad ho?u igrat igricu. english : what understand _AIL_set_speaker_configuration@16 , this is call me when i wont play a game
I encounter this damn devil… My computer crashes after about… 5-55 minutes of multiplayer! It keeps looping the same sound and ofcourse… The screen is messed up!
Computer should be good enough to take care of it…
And the most weird thing is… That it self the single player can be played almost like 12 hours in a row without a crash, freeze or any lag!
HELP!!!!
I turned off Xfire and I am still getting the Directx error.
Do you have some error message? Tell me littlebit what happens when it crash.
Well d2b.. I get no error messages or have a chance to shutdown the computer the regular way…
And when it freezes the computer… It keeps looping a single sound and the screen gets stuck to the image that was you seeing a second before freeze!
The biggest guess of mine is that this is some random freezing… Because after the freezing… I started the computer up again and played for 4 hours with no crash at all!
Fastfile for zone ‘code_post_gfx’ is corrupt or unreadable.
i dont now this problem
please help me
thank you very much
Mariuspvx… Try searching in the forums of Infinity Ward.
for the error with the ‘put original dvd in drive to continue’ or whatever.
I exited Daemon Tools and turned off my virtual drive from ultraISO and it works fine now.
I bought Call of Duty 4 and it wont even start to install or read the disc on my cdrom drive… so were supposed to have dvd rom for this game only. any way around this?
I’m having the same random crashes as Tribunality.
Random, only in mutliplay, looping sounds and messing the comp. No error messages. I’m force to close it from the task manager. Since it’s always happening with sounds loopig endlessly, I was suspecting a sound issue.
I’ll be glad when I’ll fix that problems, its really killing the mood in multiplay
error 1305.error reading from file E:\setup\data\zone\english\ac130.ff. very that the file exists and that you can access it.
When its installing i get this error message,can someone please help,i even exchanged it for a new one and it still says the same shit come on please!!
I’ve got the same problem as a few people here, no real solution works for me yet, SINGLE PLAYER flashes the splash loading screen, then crashed, I’ve renamed/removed mssmp3.asi to no avail, MULTI-PLAYER works fine, I can join games, host them everything is great, but the reason I want to play…single player, is busted, any new ideas?
All other solutions did not work until I did these:
My specs:
Windows Vista Ultimate
Geforce 8600 GTS 512MB
4GB Ram
E6750 Duo 2.66Ghz
DirectX 10
HD Audio from Vista
Fastfile zone errors:
You need to replace the current ‘zone’ file you have in the COD4 directory with a fresh one. You may try and get it directly from your own CD but that may already be corrupt. I just got my friend’s COD4 CD and took the “zone” folder from that and replaced my old one in the COD4 directory. And now no more errors from the fastfile crap. So you may have a bad disk if you get these errors. Get a new one!
Direct X errors:
Make sure your resolution is the same in-game as your monitor resolution you have for windows. You will get errors if you do not. I had this problem and this solution worked.
iw3mp.exe errors:
Most likely you have Realtek sound installed. Uninstall that and let windows install its own sound drivers. This will take care of that. For some reason I would make sure to have a MIC plugged in just in case…
as soon as i join multiplayer server cod4 crashes and monitor has no signal, but i can still hear sounds
I want an F in refund I exceed the minimum requirments but it crashes every time I open it this is crap
I’m having an issue where mp just locks up my system completely causing a reboot. I have a foxconn mobo with realtek sound onboard and running windows xp. Is there a realtek issue w/ xp as well or just vista? I tried renaming the mssmp3.asi and that didn’t work. Will getting a sound card resolve the realtek issue?
Processor: Intel Core 2 6400
RAM: 2GB
Vid Card: ATI X1900XTX 512mb
Asus p4 3.0, 2048 ram, readeon 9800xt, 200 gig sata, soundblaster audigy2, 500 watt power suply and i just updated all my drivers.
System Falure whilst playing Multiplayer. System just craps itself and boom restart
Hi, I hope this can help some ppl with the issue I described on post 82, the same as Tribunality on post 76.
I read on Charlie Oscar Delta forum that there was some problem with tweaking program such as RivaTuner, wich I am using to control my gpu fan speed… simply disabled it and it has stop crashing in multiplay…
though, I also bought a new sound card (’cause I had other issues with other games with the other sound card I had wich was given with my mobo) and it did fix alot of lag in many games…
So I dont know if its shutting down rivatuner + the sound card or only shutting down rivatuner that works (because even with the new sound card mp crashes when riva fan controller is on) but u might wanna give a try on disabling any tweaking devices such as Rivatuner…
Good luck everyone !
PS : I’m still looking for an COD4 update that would stop all that mess without us needing to shutdown some stuff…
When I try to run COD4, a message comes up that says Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare couldn’t write a file. The hard drive is probably full.
Fast file for zone ‘common’ appears corrupt or unreadable (code 107.)
Here is the deal my brothers. This is a temp fix but damn, no one else had had anything that worked. After you replaced the iw3sp.exe and you try to run the SP and it fails with the aforementioned error try the following, my brother found this after four hours of bull shizz, But there was a post earlier that really helped You need to replace the current ‘zone’ file you have in the COD4 directory with a fresh one inside your program file x86… zone.. english..etc Take that one common or both but not anymore than those two common files. Then inside your C:\Program Files (x86)\Activision\Call of Duty 4\Modern Warfare double click the iw3sp.exe. It should load right up. HOWEVER. something happens to those files because my brother has to do it every single time he wants to play SP. We think something happens to the files once activated???? Who knows. Hope this helps. Thanks to Tom on post #85!!!!
We are both running vista 64bit. He has a intel quad core with 8GB of ram so kiss it. =)
I have 32 bit vista home premium but when trying to intall COD4 it gets past key input and the freezes around installing english language. The tech lads at my works have built the Pc for me and all specs are fine. We just cannot seem to overcome the problem. I’ve spoke to people who are running COD4 on vista 32 without problems. We have updated all drivers, so not sure if direct x or similar thing stopping progress. Please help pc is christmas present for my son and dont want to disappoint him
To:ian — December 20, 2007 @ 3:26 am
A little more info to help you out. Kick out all your system specs..be detailed on you video card. Also, please inform if you have any other games installed and are running fine. I understand so far that you are not having any error messages but freezing. Shout back.
I have ATI Radeon 9250 which is to my understanding doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements, however when I try starting the game it says “Error during initialization:
Video card or driver doesn’t support separate alpha blend, glow will be disabled.”
Okay, I don’t care about this “glow” but the game still won’t start, is there a way I could modify some file so that the glow is disabled by default?
Thanks in advance
Hi. I have a problem that I can’t understand why it happens. When I’m going to start the game I got an error that says [ Couldn't load image "village_assault" ]. I tried to do the installation again but it did the same error. Could you give me a little help please?
Driver doesn’t support alpha blending?
it should let me play anyway right?
Hello!
I get random freezes and crashes while playing COD4 MP, i can play about 10-30min when the game freezes and then i even cant get back to windows it is so freez!?
here is my stuf –>
Intel dualcore 6300, 8800gtx, memory 2G, directx 9.0c, audio SB X-FI Pro gamer, display 22″ viewsonic.
i use rivatuner for 8800gtx fan.
I have read through all of these posts and I have come to the conclussion that this game is bug ridden.
I am getting an error message as follows -
(error 1305 - error reading from file:
E: Setup\Data\Main\video\jeepride_load.bik)
which results in the following error message -
(error: -1603 Fatal Error during installation
consult Windows Installer Help (Msi.chm) or
MSDN for more info.)
What’s the deal? My system meets requirements, except that I have a radeon 9200 series graphics card. If I have to go drop another $200 for a little better card, Ima be pissed.
Why can’t I even get it to install? Please help.
I got this for christmas and don’t want to return it,
but if I have to… argh.
PLease help!!
Thanks.
Juat installed Vista and graphics card (8600gts) and my PC freezes and reboots after 5-20 mins. Any ideas would be welcome
I’ve replaced my COD4 Disk three times and still get install error 1305 - has anyone been able to fix this problem?
For the ps3 version of cod4 the game keeps freezing in act 1 mission 4, at any time during that mission. Also the multiplayer is broken.
i have an athlon xp 3200 (2.2 ghz and a geforce 7300 gt (agp slot) 1 gigo ram. when I first load the game I can do the first training mission, no lag or anything-works great. Then it loads next mission and just before the mission starts the game ends and I am back to desktop. No error message nothing. It sometimes will do this when I first start the game (before getting to options screen) I have disabled the introplay and tweaked my graphics, putting them all low and then back to optimum reccomended setings and same thing.
What bugs me is that when it has played it has played flawlessly, making me feel that my comp can handle it fine even though I am just barely below min requirements. Any ideas?
Well, i got the issue with the zone. I Bought the game from steam and i cant go to the store as activision said. What do i do? I cant get it to work, just keeps downloading and downloading ;( why ? i wanna play my whole weekend is runied now. damn u. i want my money back.
Wow, well I have found a fix for my issues. Thought it was a graphics thing, but it wasnt. It was the protection on the cd itself. I had alcohol 120% loaded on my computer (cd emulation software). The software was disabeld, but still present on my system. I removed it from programs and now my game runs perfectly on its quality reccomended settings. Yehaw!. I hope this fix helps others.
I have a problem where I am playing cod4 on PC and after a rnaodm amount of time (could be 5 mins, could be 2 h) it will crash, the whole sound lags out and my pc is crashed (the sound repeats) then all the xp etc I gained that round is gone.
I have updated drivers/ changed them to older ones to no avail.
My pc specs;
nVidia geforce 8600M GT
2 x 2gig ram.
2.0 x 2 ghz
Vista 32- bit
Ihave a major problem my game won’t start it says DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error.
Check the readme for possible solutions.
I have tried re install but it didn’t work
Please help me
I am playing single player and if i try to skip into the game crashes. When i let the intro go on, i start my SP game and the computer just shuts off and crashes. My computer meets the system requirments
i cant use the “create a class feature when im online, but this is on ps3. I am well past the stage when i should be able to use it, and i cant contact infinity ward by any means, its pissing me off big time.
i have refreshed my list of servers (multiplayer) but now there are no more servers to chose. i’ve also tried to refresh it again but there are still no servers
i have the latest patch and i’ve played online untill that incident.
does anyone know what i should/can do???
If u have Realtek driver in vista dont Uninstall jus set to stereo mode to play cod4mp
Hi i’ve found that by uninstalling “PowerISO” or any programs similar removes the error of singleplayer not loading due to “cannot find file insert correct dvd” or whatever the warning was. hope this helps
stu
PROBLEM with Install with COD 4, PC on VISTA.
” Error: -1632 The temp folder is on a drive that is full or inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have write permission on the temp folder.”
Dell 1521 core duo 3ghz, 2.0 gig ram, vista with latest updates, 80 gig free, running as administrator, xp sp2 compat mode flag set…..
Have verified that user can write to the TEMP dir, and /windows/temp…
very frustrated with this situation…
CORRECTION 2 ghz cpu not 3.
PROBLEM with Install with COD 4, PC on VISTA.
” Error: -1632 The temp folder is on a drive that is full or inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have write permission on the temp folder.”
Dell 1521 core duo 3ghz, 2.0 gig ram, vista with latest updates, 80 gig free, running as administrator, xp sp2 compat mode flag set…..
Have verified that user can write to the TEMP dir, and /windows/temp…
very frustrated with this situation…
i have the problem directx encountered an unrecoverable error but i dont have Xfire on my computer! and every other thing i can think of seems to be fine! i have directx 10, and i even installed directx 9c and this is my first game! im not very smart with computers so please help me, thank you!
Hi all, does anyone has the same problem or solution for it? During installing CoD4 it got stuck at around 70% on the file “launchfacility_b_load.bik” and simply doesn’t move on any further.
My system specs Vista 64bit, Intel Quad Core, 2 X 2GB RAM, MSI Geforce 8800GT, 500GB Seagate SATA HD, 2 X Samsung DVD-RW.
Could it be that I’m installing using a DVD-RW instead of a normal DVD-ROM drive?
Changed the DVD from retailer twice so could not be disk error.
Will try later to install on my XP Laptop to see if it works.
The feeling of having a good game not being able to play it is bad
Thanks all! Happy New Year 2008!
I can see that ALOT of people are having the ERROR 1305 issue, and that replacing the disk does not help. Same here. Its getting very frustrating. Hope Activision or IW will give us a little more help. Any help would be appreciated. Argh.
Hi this is regarding to the error 1305 for call of duty 4: Modern warfare.
I believe I have resulted the conclusion of this.
You have to do a clean boot on your operating system.
That’s what I did and it worked. Please do this at your own risk, if you feel necassary please contact activision.com for more information or your computer manufacturer. But I can say I did it and it worked for me.
Here is the instructional website
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353
goto start>run>
Type: msconfig
A window will pop up and in the “General tab” click selective startup. Uncheck all of these, then hit OK.
It will prompt you to restart your computer then after that his complete go back to the same place.
Start>run> type: msconfig.
Then hit: Normal Startup - load all device drivers and services.
Then hit okay then it will prompt you to restart again. Then after it restarts insert your game and have a go, it should work..
Let me know….
I keep getting pelase insert correct disk and press restart to continue and i cant even play multiplayer it shuts down with the message the program has stopped unexpectadly .
PLEASE HELP , Ive updated everything and did everything i was told by help options
when i try to start the game i get this message:
code_post_gfx
please help me
—Important!—
I was having the same issue that quite a few here were having. CoD 4 would constantly crash, either right after playing the intro videos, in the main menu, after playing for a short amount of time, and I would have stutters in the main menu aswell. Changing the resolution or sound settings would also often cause a crash or lockup.
I tried everything I could find, changing to 800×600, turning down or turning off sound accelleration, turning off DirectX video accelleration, updating all drivers, ect. ect.
I also tried renaming some files in the “miles directory”, didn’t help. The best I could get was a couple minutes of play-time before a crash.
BUT!
I FOUND A FIX! At least it fixed my problems, completely!!! : )
What did I do? Well, I deleted the entire “miles” folder in the CoD 4 directory. Yeah, you would think those would have been important in some way. But, the only difference I noticed is that I have not had a single problem of any sort since I deleted that stupid directory and all of the files in it.
I do not know if there are any adverse effects, or what they are, but I’m assuming those were some kind of sound settings. Whatever they were, they don’t seem essential or even important.
SO, if you are having constant crashes on loading, stuttering, stalls, lockups, even DirectX errors, try deleting your “miles” directory! It worked for me! : )
whenever i try to start up the CoD4 multiplayer it works fine, but if i try to play my single player it says “Please insert the correct DVD-ROM, select OK and restart application” ive tried reinstalling it, and i only have one drive so i cant try doing it in another. Ive even tried to start it up from the programs menu and no success. Any clues?
I cant connect…keeps saying PnkBstrB.exe keeps failing….. How do u fix it?
PLEASE HELP ME!!! This is that dam error I’m getting and I cant figure it out! Create2Dtexture( pops_alpha,256 1, 0, 51, ) Failed;
invailed call
By the way, I personally can’t get the game to run correctly using an ATI Catalyst driver newer than version 7.7. If you have an ATI card and are having problems using a newer driver, try using version 7.7.
IF you can’t get help on here or other forums, goto activision.com and then explain your situation to them as close to exact of the error as possible, show them pictures if you have to, if they can’t help you which they should be able to, then go to your computer manufacturer and get help there, like mine is an HP computer, you should find direction.
UPDATE to post 114 for Error: -1632.
After no help from Activision or Installshield i decided to completely reload Vista.
This fixed the problem. COD4 now works fine.
next step will be to completely wipe the POS Vista from the machine and install XP Pro.
Lou~Too bad we all have to go through drastic events to just get the game to work.
It’s a fun game, but I think it needs reconsidering if they come out with CAD5.
Or atleast have people who can work through any known issues with the next game. But I do commend them for getting this game out, it is fun.
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I’m having all sorts of problems with my COD4 at the moment. Funny thing is, I initially installed the game and played it straight away (in single player) and it worked fine for the 2 hours or so that I was playing it. After saving and quitting without any errors, I went back to it later to play some more, only to find that the gameplay was really slow and jerky.
I have no idea what was causing that, but after saving and quitting normally again, I restarted my PC and tried again. This time when clicking on single player shortcut, after a long delay, it would come up with a not very helpful Windows error about iw3sp.exe.
I couldn’t understand why it was doing that either, so i uninstalled and re-installed the game. Only to find that at the end of the installation process, it was having troubles reading the game DVD and now does nothing at all when trying to play the single player game.
Anyways, I will try all solutions listed here when I get home this evening and will let you know what works.
Good luck everyone else
Gary
OK, well I got mine working again, by changing the DMA setting on my cd-rom drive and I also disabled the autorun feature. Not sure which one worked and don’t want to mess around with it now as I’m just glad I got it working again!
Anyone having problems, you can find most solutions on the activision website: http://activision.custhelp.com
On the left you should see a link for ‘Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare PC’.
Hope this helps
Error during initialization: Video card or driver doesnt support seperate alpha blend, glow will be disabled.
i have a good video card so im sure thats probably not the problem, maybe i just need some new drivers, could anyone point me in the right direction?
ok,
COD4, MUTIPLAYER START UP. I have a new PC vista 32 been playiing the game fine for weeks. Recently my monitor shuts down and PC remains on even hear the sounds. Is this a virus? Monitor is new. It is not a temp issue. Any fixes out there.
Have to say, this sucks. Had COD4 working fine and completed the single player. Upon attempting to start playing multiplayer, I got the serial key error- someone else using my key. So I uninstalled the game with the intention of changing the key (not knowing then that you can do it via the registry editor) and now the thing won’t play again! I think the problem is due to me SPLITTING the ISO file and burning it onto disk and then trying to get in back together rather than using the actual disk (lost doh). Figure I must’ve damaged the file then. I originally had problems with the “miles” folder, but fixed that. Had the code_(something)_gfx.ff error. Said it was corrupt or unreadable- and yet now that error message doesn’t come up! Instead the screen just goes black for a moment and then crashes back to the desktop. I have to quit the program through the task manager. And the annoying thing is, single player doesn’t work either! Any ideas? I have googled this for ages, but no-one seems to have a real idea. I think I will just download the Razor1911 version coz there is no way I’m going to buy another copy.
Sorry about the length, I’m a bit annoyed.
Hey yall i am having trouble with multiplayer. Whenever i get on a server i play for about a minute then it logs me out so far iam lvl seven and i have been at it for weeks any tips?
Thanks, Mike
Still any advice?
Mike,
“COD4: couldnt write a file, the hard drive is probably full”
is making my life hell. I work at the local library, and we have 17 computers. the computers are set up with multiple accounts I.E. Admin acct, Gamer acct, and training account. i have installed the game to the administrator account and inserted the shortcut and enabled the shortcut to the gamer account. The game runs fine on the admin acct, but i get the error “”COD4: couldnt write a file, the hard drive is probably full” on the gamer acct. but…. there is plenty of space on the HD. are there any easy fixes for this that anyone knows about?
Re-Formating the drives on all 17 computers is NOT an option. any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
When i try to install call of duty 4, halfway through the installation it restarts my computer.
when i quit the game on the muliplayer options my computer freezes and nothing can be done, except restart my computer, i did not have this problem till i formatted my computer.
I figured out how to fix the problem with mine all u do is un-install the game when it says “would you like to install punkbuster” SAY YES OR ELSE IT WONT WORK!!!
Your Staff sergent MIKE
Sounds funny, but if you have this mssmp3.asi issue and you are not getting fixed it with those A and B options. You think your last resort is to plug-in your mic, and bad fortune is following you, so you dont have mic. DONT FORRY, you can replace that mic with your headphones! Just plug it in as a mic and good luck to the multiplayer.
Problem #4 : Installation gets stuck on iw_00.iwd
Solution : No known solution yet.
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I had this problem, and at the time my processor was stuck at 100% usage constantly. After i fixed that, when re-installing the game it no longer got stuck at iw_00.iwd . I suggest those who are having this problem Check their CPU usage. IF you have your CPU running 100% Constantly that may be your problem.
hope this helps.
Not sure how my Processor got freed up all i know is I had a power Outage this morning and it was fixed.
The multiplayer version works fine however whenever I start the single player one it immediately reboots the pc with no error message. I’ve installed all the patches sequentially and am running a Athlon 64×2 4600+ a 7900GTO 2gig RAM 800Mhz and 320 gig HDD
The game works fine buy al the characters are pitch black
HI!! I’m having a problem with the game my friend let me borrow his game and i installed it and I’m having problem 2. It works fine on his and i can play single player but i can’t play mutiplayer I’m having problem 2. Why can’t i play. I don’t get it i reinstalled it 2 times.
Hello!
I’ve downloaded COD4. I installed 1.4 and 1.5 patch. When I start MP, everything works good without problems, but I can’t even run SP. When I start SP, the picture “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” shows up and then it’s over. I have waited a lot of time, but still nothing. I stay on deskop. I first ran MP too and clicked on “Single Player” tab, but it’s same as I would run from deskop. Can anyone help me?
Thanks.
After instaling and playing the whole game once I’m unable to start the game. After clicking the shortcut or the link in the startmenu form Vista I get the error message “insert the correct DVD ROM”. It all worked fine but now it ……..
I finished the game with no problems, but then whenI play the arcade version, I get to the sniper section of level 2 and go to shoot the machine gunner through the wall, and the game freezes and I get a DirectX error, I don’t have any problem other then that, any idea how to fix it?, I have all the lates DX updates. It seems to be the only problem.
MY problems is: it says that COD4 could not write a file. the hard drive is probably full…what the hell does that mean what does it mean my hard drive i cant play on my sisters vista account but i can play on my brothers???
I Have a pretty new pc with Vista 32bit a dlink router and roadrunner cable internet connection currently faster than any other connect and pay out the nose for it. I was able to play for about 5-10 minutes on the multiplayer mode before it knocks out my interent connect totally. I have no trouble with the single player mode. I have forwarded all the ports
ran diagonsics on my pc and even fully opened my pc on my router to the internet and still only CoD4 crashes my internet causing a full modem reboot. Can someone please help me.
Got MP crash on Vista64 with RealTek onboard sound, but connecting the mic solved the problem … feally funny
@152 : yeah i get that too. i need to connect my mic in order for the Call of Duty 4 multiplayer to work
i try to play the game but it crashes on start up
it worked somehow last night though?
when i try to run the single player it tells me to “insert the correct DVD ROM”.. None of the soøutions seemed to work, god damned.. U used 2 months of working to get this game.. HELP!
hi!
i got this error that make crash my game it goes like that
Fastfile for zone ‘common’ appears corrupt or unreadable (code 107.)
i have 2gb ram
7300nvidia 512m
3.2amd 64 bit
sound blastar live 5.1
blah blah blah
so! i exced the minimun req so i re intallled the game and it say the same
help help !!!im in crisis!!! ahhh!!! 911 ! u.s army anybody!!?
When I played Call of duty 4 the game worked fine before but it used to lag but not anymore… now after I played multi player the single player stopped lagging but the background music played through the single player wasn’t played. The game getting dull without the background music.
well i got a problem I insert my call of duty 4 disk into my dell XPS 600 upgraded rom graphics and stuff running vista so it meets the requirements.. so its in the dvd drive and for some reason it wont read it i check my computer still not there i double check autorun is on and it is i restart my computer and try numerous things and still nothing im desperate and i need help. thank you
hi i have a problem that i have not yet seen any1 with or heard about any1 with it .. basically ill start up cod4mp connect to a server play for about 2 mins then my screen just goes black with the no signal message on my monitor. sumtimes this results in my computer automatically restarting or just freezes and stay black so i have to turn it off and on again..any suggestions?
my specs are:
windows xp sp2
asus a8v
amd athlon 3500+
saphire radion x1950 pro
3 gig ram
thnx
I have cod4 and it wont play at all saying my brand new windows vista home premium 64 bit edition isnt a valid operating system.
Intel core two duo 2.4
4 gig ram
512 meg nvidia 8600M gt
I have only days before I cannot download anything to fix this, please somebody send me help Id like to play this 60 dollar game!
sorry for the double post,
Even the patches wont work wats up with that?
When I start up Single Player it closes the game and the
“Don’t Send Error” Comes up on the screen. Then it says I can try playing with Safe-Mode but the same thing happens. Please How can I FIX this?
OK, after reading through all these posts, it’s clear that this son of a bitchin’ game has issues with the singleplayer error message, “Please insert the correct DVD ROM.” I have reinstalled twice, same message each time. Un-installed/Re-Installed PunkBuster, no difference. DirecX 9–installed. Activision says it’s firmware and contacting HP (the DVD +/-RW manufacturer) was not successful (they couldn’t tell me jack sh*t). Installed/Reinstalled motherboard drivers. I noticed on the box, it says that the game has “Anti-theft” technology or some bullsh*t so perhaps it was doomed from the start. I would really like to play this game and not sell it….CAN ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME?? This is clearly a problem that needs to be addressed publicly.
This is only with Single Player. My Multiplayer works fine and runs very smooth.
The error is iw3sp.exe which comes in the Error Report.
I tried -Removing the Miles folder
-Changing mssmp3.asi to mssmp3.bak
-Removing mssmp3.asi
-Reinstallig many times
-Updating/Lowering drivers.
I have a Intel QoadCore 2.41Ghz
750GB Harddrive
4GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card
Anyone know how I can make my Single Player game work?
This is only with Single Player. My Multiplayer works fine and runs very smooth.
The error is iw3sp.exe which comes in the Error Report.
I tried -Removing the Miles folder
-Changing mssmp3.asi to mssmp3.bak
-Removing mssmp3.asi
-Reinstallig many times
-Updating/Lowering drivers.
I have a Intel QoadCore 2.41Ghz (Windows XP Pro SP2)
750GB Harddrive
4GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Graphics Card
Anyone know how I can make my Single Player game work?
I have vista x64
tried uninstalling realtek + installing defalut
anything in microphone port?
even headphones!?
same problem as others X(
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: iw3mp.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 4797d45e
Fault Module Name: iw3mp.exe
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4797d45e
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 002764f3
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
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i got it
put a headphone in the microphone spot and it worked
wow how stupid is that?
I cant verify the code on multiplayer, it says that the code is invalid, my freind told me to verify th