Fixing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 errors

Fixing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Errors, Freeze problems, Crashes and Install problems

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List of Known CoD MW2 errors and solutions/workarounds

Problem #1 : Call of Duty Modern warfare 2 “Steam – Error This game is currently unavailable.

Please try again at another time.” and ‘Steam Error – 55′

Solution : Restart Steam. If that doesnt fix it restart your computer

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Problem #2 : Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Crashing to desktop at startup/launch

Solution :

# 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.

credits: BurtonJ

Problem #3 : Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 2 Crashing / Freezing ingame

Solution #1 : just disable Steam community in-game.

credits: icc

Solution #2 : just go in Steam\SteamApps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2\Redist\DirectX and run DXSETUP.

credits: Fulger

Solution #3 :

# 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.

# 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.

credits: BurtonJ

Problem #4 : Modern Warfare 2 sound skipping/stuttering in cutscenes/intro/ingame

Solution : Turndown direct sound acceleration

# 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 #5 : Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 IW4SP.EXE error / “No IW4SP.EXE error”

Solution : In the game list in steam, right click on the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 then click “Verify Game Cache”

credits: Phatfish

Problem #6 :Modern Warfare 2 Text and Texture problems / distorted

Solution :

If you are having problem with blury text (you can’t read anything) do this!!

First update graphic drivers (even if there isn’t new/updated drivers download current version and install it again)

Than go to this site and download this codec.http://www.majorgeeks.com/Win7codecs_d5959.html

Restart your computer and try the game

credits: M3do

Problem #7 : Modern Warfare 2 Install error “Failed to run install script” (common on Modern Warfare 2 error on Windows 7)

Solution :Start -> my computer -> right click dvd drive -> explore -> right click on setup.exe -> run as administrator

credits: Vinny

Solution

1. Launch STEAM and click the ‘My Game’ Tab.

2. Right click on Empire: Total War and click ‘Delete local content’. The non-installed information will appear next to the game.

3. Insert Disk 1 into your DVD drive and close Steam (File, Exit).

4. From the Windows Desktop, click on the Start Button, (XP) click Run (Vista) type Run into the Start Search box and choose Run from the list.In the window Run box enter the following:

c:\program files\steam\steam.exe -install E:

– If your CD/DVD drive is not E: please change it accordingly.

– If Steam is not installed within c:\program files\steam, change the path accordingly.

5. Press OK, Steam should now start the installation from the Disk 1 and will ask for Disk 2 a bit later on.

6. At the end of the installation process, Steam will connect on Internet to download a small update which should take no more than few minutes.

credits: szpar

Problem #8 : How to Backup saved games and profiles for Modern Warfare 2 (Call of Duty)

Solution :

If you are having trouble with the Game or you have to format your PC and don’t know if your Savegame is still there after reinstalling Modern Warfare 2, here is the solution:

Just go into the Modern Warfare 2 folder:

D:\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2

and just mack a Backup from the folder named “players”

Thats the whole savegame from the Singleplayer.

credits: Thormod

Problem #9 : Modern Warfare disk 2 cannot be read

Note : Many review companies have been stating that the second disc (which apparently contained bonus content) will not run in most drives.

credits: Sir

Problem #10 :How to enable console for Modern Warfare 2

Note : Modern Warfare 2 does not have a console terminal… sucks

Problem #11 : Modern Warfare 2 error Create2DTexture(3_cursor3, 64, 64, 0, 861165636) failed:

8876086c = Invalid call

Solution : In the steam game menu, Right-click the game, go to properties, click the “Local Files” tab, and verify.

credits: Freyar

Problem #12 : Modern Warfare 2 error “code_post_gfx_mp.ff failed to load:

Solution : Reinstall the game, or verify the game cache in stead (check solution to problem #11)

credits: Freyar

Problem #13 : Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 locks up and need to reboot to recover

Solution : i reinstalled punkbuster and i have not had any problems

credits: SouthSide

Problem #14 : MW2 error “Could not find zone ‘localized_common_mp.ff’ error”

Solution : Right click on the game in Steam > Properties > Local Files > Verify Local Cache

credits: Adrian

Problem #15 : Modern Warfare 2 Zone bug. (or if you can’t tell it’s the error sound and black screen).

Solution : You can first try verifying game files under the game properties from My Games tab in steam. This found a bad file and “replaced” it without really replacing it.

Go to Steam/steamapps/common/modern warfare/zone/ and delete the .ff causing the problem. Then reverify. This will really download a new version and decrypt it. Everything should run fine.

credits: Craig

Problem #16 : Modern Warfare 2 DirectX audio problem on Windows 7 Pro (64 bit) Error says “C:\Windows\system32\XAudio2_1.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. etc…” that comes up on install (fatal) AND at program launch (not fatal).

Solution :

Workaround for Installing (found elsewhere online)

1 – install Steam if you don’t already have it

2 – exit steam (File > Exit)

3 – in a run box (windows key + r) type the following:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe” -install D:

Include the quotes and change ‘D:’ to be your DVD drive if you have toWorkaround for running once installed

1 – the game will run after steam tries and fails to install DirectX again… probably because you’ve already got DX11 installed. It’s just a PITMFA having to wait.

credits: Kyle’s mom

Problem #17 : Modern Warfare 2 error message “ran out of memory”

Solution : changing the “Texture Quality” to “Automatic”.

credits: zaninif

Problem #18 : Post Your error at the comment box below if you are experiencing errors that are not listed here

Solution : Help out and post solutions to Modern Warfare 2 errors at the comment box below if you know one

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