CoD4 Mac Multiplayer: Most Servers Are Down

[D@tTr@sh1t@1m]

I used to play CoD4 which I purchased through the appstore, and recently I reinstalled the game. The server list comes online, yet many of the servers are not connectable. Most of them gives me an error that says the following:

Downloading: http://188.165.57.239/cod4rd/mods/cod4i/~images_00.iwd
Estimated time left: Estimating
Transfer rate:
0 bytes of 2.99 MB copied (0%)

Though this page itself is already down, and the file cannot be downloaded. Thus most of the servers cannot be accessed. Any ideas on how to get through this problem? I have seen posts that says "It's because of the update", or "The servers are down", or "The servers are spam". Yet when I look at the servertracker and its server descriptions, it says that the servers are still up and that there are still people playing in those servers. Any real solutions on what I could do to access those servers?

[thekillingcrew.com]

All servers are up. Issue is with your Mac. Sell the Mac, buy a WinPC and youre good to go.

[D@tTr@sh1t@1m]

.... That is a greatly useful comment you got there.

[D@tTr@sh1t@1m]

If I could purchase a new computer, I don't think I would go around in forums posting questions like this. I said real-solutions. If you were the customer support, do you think you could get away saying things like that?

[M4rhun]

Originally posted by 航巡鈴谷大明神:

If I could purchase a new computer, I don't think I would go around in forums posting questions like this. I said real-solutions. If you were the customer support, do you think you could get away saying things like that?

EA would

[Sun :)]

so you get servers?, i don't get a single server...

[D@tTr@sh1t@1m]

Here are some additional informations:
- No, I am not considering re-purchasing my macbook for another year, because i don't have money to do so.
- The servers will come into display, yet many of the servers are not connectable because of the un-downloadable file written above.
- The client is recently downloaded from the app-store (osx apple), and I am quite sure the version is the latest because I haven't received any update notices.
- I want to know what that file they're trying to download is supposed to do, and how to access servers that are currently inaccessible.

[IJzzo]

Originally posted by 航巡鈴谷大明神:

- I want to know what that file they're trying to download is supposed to do, and how to access servers that are currently inaccessible.

Servers you are talking about require all the same user-cod4-patch. This is a Windows only patch and there are indeed a lot of such servers. All you can do is to avoid servers showing not "protocol 6" when you click on serverinfo details.

[D@tTr@sh1t@1m]

Thank you I eat Silvers :D. I will try that out. I'll come back if there were any further problems.


Great Appreciations.

[funkynutz]

You could always use bootcamp...

[cad80_99]

Like funky said. If on a Mac to enjoy all the servers you would either need to try a boot camp with windows os or buy a computer that can play cod4 with a win os.

[D@tTr@sh1t@1m]

THANKS PEOPLE FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS. THE SOLUTION WAS FOUND BY "I eat Silvers :D" AND SO THIS FORUM IS CLOSED. THE SIMPLE SOLUTION WAS TO WAIT FOR THE LATEST PATCH, AND LOOK FOR "Protocol: 6" SERVERS FOR ALL APP-STORE CoD 4 PLAYERS FOR NOW.

It seems this problem was not solvable because of the client's basic problem: CLIENT COMPATIBILITY. Yet for people who plays this game from Apple App-Store, the easiest method is to simply not join servers that have anything other than "Protocol 6" notations. Most of the servers are updated (Which is for windows only) and have "Protocol 17". Thus this solution could most likely only be solved through update patch.

I greatly do appreciate all people who came over to provide suggestions, yet I felt the need of saying this: Many people aren't as dumb as you think they are.
-- Basic solutions like reinstalling, finding bootcamp, and repurchasing computers are certainly a good solution, yet I do believe that solution is too far from practical as a forum answer, as I believe many people who came over to the forums must have researched some easy solutions and must have tried them out before they came here. Also, I cannot but say (especially to the comment: Re-purchase a new computer) that the comment was not really smart. I do not think people go around purchasing computers again and again everytime they have game-errors. Thus I do appreciate for the comment, yet I have to say that some of them were simply too "lame". The most technical and practical solution was from "I eat Silvers :D", and so thank you for the temporary solution.

The answer for this forum is NO SOLUTION TO SOLVE THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM, yet at the same time the temporary suggestion is to find servers with the right protocol. Thanks people for the support, and this forum is closed.

[Cunning Condor]

Wait so I'm confused... Hoe do I avoid servers that don't work?