Not Launching/Crashing with No Error Code

[Bruiser]

I have noticed 2 main issues since I've gotten back into MW3 (2023-2024)

1. The game will crash sometimes mid match with no error code, even after playing for 20-45 minutes with no problems. (This happened more to my friend rather than me)

2. My game would simply not launch after pressing "Play", it would begin to launch and then ask me if I wanted to start in safe mode. Even if I was fast enough to click yes or no it would crash and the "Play" button would go green again.

So these are some of the things I've tried to fix these problems that you can try too. I found these "fixes" across Reddit, Steam Posts, etc. As of now my game is starting but we'll see give it a day LOL

1. Check for Windows update.

2. Update your graphics driver.

3. Disable or uninstall 3rd party controller software as these are sometimes detected as cheating software.

4. Turn off GPU acceleration in Discord.
Voice & Video --> Scroll down to Advanced Section --> Hardware Acceleration toggled off

5. Disable full screen optimizations
Steam --> Right Click Call of Duty --> Manage --> Browse Local Files --> Highlight "cod" application file with a Left Click --> Right Click and select Properties --> Compatibility --> disable full screen optimizations

6. Don't run program/game as administrator
Steam --> Right Click Call of Duty --> Manage --> Browse Local Files --> Highlight "cod" application file with a Left Click --> Right Click and select Properties --> Compatibility --> Don't run program/game as administrator

7. Verify Game Files Integrity
Steam → Right Click Call of Duty → Properties → Installed Files → Verify Integrity of Game Files

8. Enable Graphics Performance Settings
Windows Search Bar type “Graphic Settings” → Call of Duty HQ → Options → High Performance and Enable “Don’t Use Optimizations for Windowed Games”

9. Delete Call of Duty Document (Honestly not sure what this could do to help but I tried it LMAO)
Windows Search Bar type “Documents” → Click Documents → Find Call of Duty File → Delete File

10. Launch the game through Geforce Experience.

11. Close every non necessary program and overlay via Task manager.

Big “Fixes”

1. Redownload Call of Duty

2. Downgrade your Graphics Driver to the Recommended Drivers
Modern Warfare 3 has old “recommended” graphic drivers that you could try as maybe a new driver you installed is bad. This recommendation is from January.
https://support.activision.com/modern-warfare-iii/articles/pc-system-requirements-for-modern-warfare-iii

[jamesB0ng]

dev needa fix

[The Crazy Gringo]

All this, just to launch a game?
My Game Pass version crashes after trying to load campaign single player and even hard crashed the entire PC yesterday.
We need a proper solution.

[LycanBlood]

i tried it all and still not launching
my internet speed is 4Mb limited 400gb quota / month for 170$ and took me 10 days to download it i played 4 games and crashed so no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ way to redownload it

[Maddshooterxx]

im getting 5 to 6 crashes a day now this isnt what i paid for the cheaters hackers bots alone have killed it for me