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 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:12 pm Post subject:  Problems booting COD2 |
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Has there been a Windows update recently that fucks COD2 up or something?
Mine stopped working about a week ago so I've just done a fresh uninstall/re-install. Still fucked.
I just get an insta-crash when I run it, even if I run as admin.
Anyone else having this problem? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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Sorted it.
Apparently it just doesn't work with non-USB headphones.
I'm getting a deja-vu feeling about this post now. Have I had this problem in the past? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:33 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| Nickenstein wrote (View Post): | Sorted it.
Apparently it just doesn't work with non-USB headphones.
I'm getting a deja-vu feeling about this post now. Have I had this problem in the past? |
Odd...I used to play with non USB headphones. Do you have separate outputs for CODEC and analog?
Or maybe....it's just those goofy Brit motherboards. Don't they come with a
Tea slot right next to the PCI slots? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| -=EC=-Gimp wrote (View Post): |
Or maybe....it's just those goofy Brit motherboards. Â Don't they come with a
Tea slot right next to the PCI slots? |
Hehe. Yeah, I didn't have the crumpets turned all the way up. ;)
I don't think non-USB headphone are the actual problem. I think it's a case that both headphones and a mic need to be connected. So I'm using my shitty non-USB ear-buds for sound, but I also now have a broken USB headset plugged in, and it's detecting the microphone on those and working. Or something. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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Yeah, I think it's the mic.
By the by...what the fuck are crumpets anyway? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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A bread product, primarily eaten toasted.
>> CRUMPETS WIKI << |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:17 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| Madfecker wrote (View Post): | Fuck me, we invented the yanks but now we've got to teach 'em tea-time etiquette and what is acceptable to eat!
Grits = not acceptable.
Crumpets = acceptable and nice to eat.
Grits = shit - do NOT eat.
Crumpets = lovely toasted with a nice spread of Lurpak. Mmmmmmm.
Grits = refer to above. Lots.
BTW, I've got two crumpets connected by a piece of string plugged into my MB and I can hear you lot clearly enough. Especially Gimp shouting:
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Have you had grits? Cause by golly they'll kick any crumpets ass any day in my book...prolly. Oh, and grits eaters never refer to their food as "lovely". That's an adjective reserved for those soft curvy womenly types...and what in the hell are Lurpak? We are talkin about food here, aint we? |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:10 am Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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Grits, Oats, Cream of Wheat, Gruel...It's all fucking shit. The texture is akin to runny snot and boogers.
As for Nick, USB headsets/microphones are known to cause issues with CoD and Win7. Enabling stereo mix on my recording devices through realtek fixed my issues a while back. Control Panel:Sound:Recording:Right Click and display disabled devices:Enable Stereo Mix
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=308575
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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On reading the new posts in this thread, I immediately got up from my desk, went to the kitchen and had a slice of bread with Lurpak on.
Even boring old sliced bread turns amazing with Lurpak! And is the ideal lazy-man snack to have while you wait for the kettle to boil! ;D |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| Nickenstein wrote (View Post): | On reading the new posts in this thread, I immediately got up from my desk, went to the kitchen and had a slice of bread with Lurpak on.
Even boring old sliced bread turns amazing with Lurpak! And is the ideal lazy-man snack to have while you wait for the kettle to boil! ;D |
huh...upon reading the new posts here, I immediately got up and smacked my wife in the ass...
...and it's a lovely one at that.
(close your ears, Arty) |
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| I had teh same problem with Realtek sound and no mic hooked up. Instant crash. Although on Windows 8 COD2 refuses to load without making me wait 10-15 minutes before the menu screen appears. I have solved this by using 7 for COD2. Works just peachy then. |
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| Madfecker wrote (View Post): |
He said: 'Good shot. Got you right in the cunt'.
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Hehe! Pure class! ;D
@House -
Runs fine on Win8 for me (however I am running the version that I installed on my Win7 partition through Win8 so there is no system registry info getting in the way.)
So if you are running Win8 just try running COD2 that is installed on the Win7 partition (probably shows up as E: drive when you are in Win8 or something that is not C: anyway). Just make sure it's set to WinXP-ServicePack3 compatibility and run as admin. So you don't have to switch OS when you fancy shooting things.  |
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 11:27 am Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| yup mine HAS to have our usb webcam plugged in which has a mic, other wise ista crash |
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 3:05 am Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| Rain wrote (View Post): | | yup mine HAS to have our usb webcam plugged in which has a mic, other wise ista crash |
Yep, it's defo I a microphone detection thing on Win7 and up. I've tried a few combinations and it works fine just as long as you have something plugged in that Windows detects as a microphone (be that on a web-cam/headset/ or just a dead wire jacked into a mic slot like I have.)
I'm assuming that when the program starts, it tries to create an IDIRECTSOUND8 interface for voice recording (that's a DirectX thing for sound capture, it's how the game/program 'talks' to the sound card). And the code in COD2 doesn't quite deal with 'not finding the microphone' properly. |
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| Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: Problems booting COD2 |
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| Thanks Nicky (you kawk). I shall try that. |
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