Call of Duty 2 (2005 - Steam Version) Crash at Launch - 2018

[Radioactive_rat_007]

For several months now I have had an issue with this game. I do not recall when it exactly started and have tried many things to fix the issue.

When clicking on the game to start it (Single player or multiplayer) the screen zooms in to an obscenely small screen resolution (Maybe 600 x 400 or something around that) and shows the start up logo (a soldier with a tommy gun and the title of the game) as normal but cut off by the smaller resolution. After a few seconds the game crashes back to the desktop, the resolution goes back to normal, and nothing else happens. My system runs fine, there are no side effects or additional issues from the crash.

It asks me if I want to use safe mode to start the game every time and regardless of saying yes or no the game crashes the same every time. Hitting cancel just cancels the launch attempt.

I've tried copy pasting the steam.dll thing like so many have said to in older forums and discussions but that hasn't done anything. Compatibility troubleshooter doesn't warrant any different results, and putting it in administraitor mode does not help. I've veryfied the files a hundred times as well as uninstall it and re-enstall it a hundred times, and nothing.

I had it working for a while with no issues then all of a sudden the game stopped working. I use Windows 10 and know it should work for it since I met someone with the same system and it works fine for him.

I'm not a computer techie type guy so I don't know what else to do, and my system is to weak to handle anything of this generation aside from games like this.

If anyone has had this issue or similar some advice would be much appreciated.

If you would like more clarity on my issue in case I rambled too much feel free to ask.

Thanks for reading.

[sparty411]

Try manually editing the config file to fit your monitors native resolution.

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

Try manually editing the config file to fit your monitors native resolution.

Looked for this before and there are only iw files. Idk what those do but nothing but that

[sparty411]

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

Try manually editing the config file to fit your monitors native resolution.

Looked for this before and there are only iw files. Idk what those do but nothing but that

It’s in the “players” folder within the “main” folder. The single player config file is called “config.cfg” and the multiplayer config file is called “config_mp.cfg”

[Thundermate]

same problem here! cant find the configs...

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

Looked for this before and there are only iw files. Idk what those do but nothing but that

It’s in the “players” folder within the “main” folder. The single player config file is called “config.cfg” and the multiplayer config file is called “config_mp.cfg”

That's the thing, I know what solution you're trying to give me but the files don't exist. IDK why they don't because every person who has the game on YT that went into files to talk about all sorts of issues or things to do etc had those files because I saw them glance at it or something.

For me, the players file doesn't exist in the main file because all that exists is iw files and they're all numbered but looking at them does nothing when opened in notebook. Looks like garbled nonsense.

[sparty411]

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

It’s in the “players” folder within the “main” folder. The single player config file is called “config.cfg” and the multiplayer config file is called “config_mp.cfg”

That's the thing, I know what solution you're trying to give me but the files don't exist. IDK why they don't because every person who has the game on YT that went into files to talk about all sorts of issues or things to do etc had those files because I saw them glance at it or something.

For me, the players file doesn't exist in the main file because all that exists is iw files and they're all numbered but looking at them does nothing when opened in notebook. Looks like garbled nonsense.

Now that I think about it, I know why they don't exist. Those files aren't created until your first launch. So, if the game wont even launch, you won't have those files. Derp, sorry.

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

That's the thing, I know what solution you're trying to give me but the files don't exist. IDK why they don't because every person who has the game on YT that went into files to talk about all sorts of issues or things to do etc had those files because I saw them glance at it or something.

For me, the players file doesn't exist in the main file because all that exists is iw files and they're all numbered but looking at them does nothing when opened in notebook. Looks like garbled nonsense.

Now that I think about it, I know why they don't exist. Those files aren't created until your first launch. So, if the game wont even launch, you won't have those files. Derp, sorry.

Huh, that's strange since I've put a good amount of time into it. Perhaps my profile was corrupted? Do you think removing the game from steam, completely deleting all of its files and then buying it again would work? It's only 20$ last time I checked so it isn't a huge loss if I do that. My theory would be taking it off my steam and basically making it start all over, and hopfully resetting any resolution issues in the process. It's a risky idea but I'd like to know another opinion on the matter.

[sparty411]

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

Now that I think about it, I know why they don't exist. Those files aren't created until your first launch. So, if the game wont even launch, you won't have those files. Derp, sorry.

Huh, that's strange since I've put a good amount of time into it. Perhaps my profile was corrupted? Do you think removing the game from steam, completely deleting all of its files and then buying it again would work? It's only 20$ last time I checked so it isn't a huge loss if I do that. My theory would be taking it off my steam and basically making it start all over, and hopfully resetting any resolution issues in the process. It's a risky idea but I'd like to know another opinion on the matter.

Have you tried verifying the cache?

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by NOGWARTZ:

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

Huh, that's strange since I've put a good amount of time into it. Perhaps my profile was corrupted? Do you think removing the game from steam, completely deleting all of its files and then buying it again would work? It's only 20$ last time I checked so it isn't a huge loss if I do that. My theory would be taking it off my steam and basically making it start all over, and hopfully resetting any resolution issues in the process. It's a risky idea but I'd like to know another opinion on the matter.

Have you tried verifying the cache?

Yes, multiple times. Uninstalled and re installed the game multiple times, copying the Steam.dll file some people mention and still nothing. I've exhausted every option that I could think of.

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by Thundermate:

same problem here! cant find the configs...

Do you have the same issue as I described in the original post?

[Dyren]

Hi, so I had the same problem - no config files, game start does some strange zooming and then crash.

I finally got into menu of the game and interestingly, it had nothing to do with all the solutions everyone is trying to give - no steam.dll copiyng, config edit, even changing registry.

What solved my problem is changing graphic procesor you are running the game with. I know there are many problems with laptops that have dedicated nvidia and second integrated card.

When the game was started with integrated card it crashed, when i switched settings in nvidia control panel to start game with dedicated card, the game worked.

So try to right click CoD2SP_s > run with graphics processor > dedicated graphic card. When you do this, next error will probably pop out, so choose open Nvidia control panel button and when you are editing 3D settings, choose "add", find COD 2 singleplayer and at step 2 choose your dedicated graphic card, don't forget to save changes and now try to run Cod2SP_s as administrator.

Hope it helps, best of luck!

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by Dyren:

Hi, so I had the same problem - no config files, game start does some strange zooming and then crash.

I finally got into menu of the game and interestingly, it had nothing to do with all the solutions everyone is trying to give - no steam.dll copiyng, config edit, even changing registry.

What solved my problem is changing graphic procesor you are running the game with. I know there are many problems with laptops that have dedicated nvidia and second integrated card.

When the game was started with integrated card it crashed, when i switched settings in nvidia control panel to start game with dedicated card, the game worked.

So try to right click CoD2SP_s > run with graphics processor > dedicated graphic card. When you do this, next error will probably pop out, so choose open Nvidia control panel button and when you are editing 3D settings, choose "add", find COD 2 singleplayer and at step 2 choose your dedicated graphic card, don't forget to save changes and now try to run Cod2SP_s as administrator.

Hope it helps, best of luck!

How exactly would I go about doing that? Right clicking on that COD 2 file doesn't bright anything different up aside from the compatibility trouble shooter, security and such things and running the program as administrator.

I don't have a Nivida graphics card, I have a Intel HD Graphics 520 mobile that came with the laptop. It's pretty crap and is what prevents me from playing pretty much anything too graphically demanding.

[pedro_ferreira5]

hey guys. check this 2 videos. it worked for me
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_dZQy1gf8&t=58s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv9wqp7fNjk

[Radioactive_rat_007]

Originally posted by pedro_ferreira5:

hey guys. check this 2 videos. it worked for me
~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_dZQy1gf8&t=58s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv9wqp7fNjk

Those solutions don't work for me. My screen doesn't go completely black it just goes really small before crashing back to the desktop or steam. Doesn't require me to go into task manager it just doesn't launch period. I checked. Thanks anyways.

[boki0011]

Originally posted by Radioactive_rat_007:

Originally posted by pedro_ferreira5:

hey guys. check this 2 videos. it worked for me
~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_dZQy1gf8&t=58s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv9wqp7fNjk

Those solutions don't work for me. My screen doesn't go completely black it just goes really small before crashing back to the desktop or steam. Doesn't require me to go into task manager it just doesn't launch period. I checked. Thanks anyways.

I have the same integrated graphic card in my laptop, and the same happened to me - game would not get to main menu, it would just show the small windowed game logo, and then it would get back to windows.

When I updated my graphic card everything worked perfectly.

Here is the link to the drivers update:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27988/Intel-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-10?product=88355