Call Of Duty 2 Troubleshooting and FAQ

GRUNGE · Joined: Feb 03, 2006 Posts: 3

ruffaz it seems that we both have a similar setup...with me too the only setting i cannot change without an error is the driectx option it is set at directx 7 for rendering and if i move it to anything else i get an error...does anyone know why this is happening?? i mean im playing cod 2 fine right now just with directx 7 rendering...i want directx 9! hopefully nvidia will fix this if its there problem or activision will fix it if its their problem...

woutercv · Joined: Feb 06, 2006 Posts: 1

Hey guys,
I get the 'Video card or driver doesn't support alpha blending' error. I assume this is because I got the S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR? Only option buying a new video card?

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

Hello and welcome to Lockergnome WCV!

Your graphics card isn't supported by the game so a new graphics card is in order unless of course your using a laptop in which case you can't upgrade the graphics card.

ruffaz · Joined: Feb 05, 2006 Posts: 3

Hey grunge who knows?

A vertex buffer is a way of sharing rendering info between the GPU (on your video card) and the CPU. For some reason on certain configurations of directx hardware, the code they've written to distribute this info is making our systems freak out.

I pity the programmer who has to trace this one back.... Like I said, no fix here. Wait for a patch.

ruffaz · Joined: Feb 05, 2006 Posts: 3

Ok all fixed.

[crossposting across a few forums because it's the only fix I've ever seen, apart from the fluke with the 77.7 nvidia driver dude.]

I had probs with the puter so I formatted and reinstalled. Just as an experiment I installed a slipstreamed xp with sp1, to see if would make a difference, and it fixed it right up. NO more directx errors. It'd be interesting to see how many people with this problem are running Service Pack2, because if they all are, then Microsoft broke the game.

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

Thanks for the tip!

r_russ08 · Joined: Feb 10, 2006 Posts: 1

I can play COD2 as an admin. but cannot under another users name on the same computer. When I try and play it gives the following file write error...

"Call of Duty® 2 couldn't write a file. The hard drive is probably full."

Thoughts? Ideas?

BTW...very nice forum.

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

Hello r_russ08 and welcome to Lockergnome!

As far as a know the game requires the user account being used to have administrative rights.

lawyer007 · Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Posts: 2

tk_kingofcamelot · Joined: Feb 13, 2006 Posts: 1

So I finally got the Call of Duty 2 and installed it but when I try to run it I also get the message: "Your video card or driver does not support alpha blending"!!! Mad

Now in the requirements on the back of the COD II box it says SUPPORTED CHIPSETS are among others: ATI Radeon 9600! so since I have ATI Radeon 9600 Pro I though that I will not have any problems but I was wrong. How can they say that ATI Radeon 9600 is supported when it is not!?

My question is then, does anyone have a easy sollution? a link to some fix? new driver? or anything helpfull? This is irritating since all my other games work just fine like the Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood or the 3D game Rome: Total War. So personally I think it is stupid of the developers to make such tricky and bad requirements/instructions. Better support from them should also be provided.

It is really irritating that for a silly $50 dollar game I might have to upgrade my alreaddy upgraded one year old Graphics Card which will cost again about $150 - $299. Sad

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

Hello Tomas and welcome to Lockergnome!

Try updating your driver, link is on my signature.

lawyer007 · Joined: Feb 12, 2006 Posts: 2

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

ngreen · Joined: Feb 16, 2006 Posts: 2

I got call of duty 2 just the other day and hav installed it on my computer. It runs the opening videos (activision, infinity ward, and the call of duty 2 vid) and then at the end of the cod video it fades to a black screen, where it plays music but nothing comes up on the screen. it just stays black. if you wait about a minute the background image comes up.. like u know with the gun, bullets, map, grenade etc. all lying on the table but there is no text or anything. i can press the directional buttons on my keyboard and it makes a sound like it is on a typewriter or something.. i press enter and it makes the same sort of noise but no action.. anyway.. its realy frustrating.. i only got a new nvidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card a week or so ago.. all the drivers are installed.. i hav 1GB of RAM.. Pentium 4 2.4GHz processor.. everything that is required if not better.. and it wont work. Why? Why? haha any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.. because im so angry.

Thanks

ngreen · Joined: Feb 16, 2006 Posts: 2

to add to the frustration, sometimes wen i click on the icon to open it from the desktop or wherever it comes up with the call of duty splash image and freezes for about 2 minutes.. wen i go into task manager it says that call of duty is not responding.. then all of a sudden afta about 2 minutes it maraculously starts playing the intro videos.. but then once it gets to the menu the same problem as above.. any help ever so greatly appreciated.. im in desperate need.

thanks to any1

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

Hello Natey and welcome to Lockergnome!

First of all the Geforce 5200 graphics card isn't the fastest thing in the world.
Have you tried lowering the resolution and quality settings?
Have you downloaded and installed the latest drivers? (link on my signature).

Zeliard · Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 3

Hi.
I've been playing COD 2 since it came out without any problems at all.
Just this week it's been giving me problems. I can play in multiplayer for hours and suddenly while switching maps it'll crash my comp, as in bring it down all the way, no display, motherboard making a weird "boo doop" alarm sound. It's not the overheat alarm, that one's different plus the software for the board shows that it's running cool enough. Have to flip the main power on the back off & on then hit the power button to restart. Windows doesn't report any errors. Checked the logs in the Administrative Tools and no errors there.

This first started when a server suddenly switched between 3 maps real fast, the owners were trying to pick a map to play. Now it's doing it at random, though I can get at least 2-3 hours of play time in. When it goes to change maps it just happens sometimes.
No clue as to what is causing it. The only thing that's different is it now has the extereme+ mod installed (by servers), and it ran for 2 weeks with that mod without any problems. Any ideas as to what is going on and how to fix it? Here's the system specs:

Operating System
Windows XP Professional (build 2600)

Enclosure Type: Desktop

Processor a
1.85 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Main Circuit Board b
Board: http://www.abit.com.tw/ NF7-S/NF7,NF7-V (nVidia-nForce2) 2.X,1.0
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 11/22/2004

Drives
Memory Modules c,d

177.43 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
83.11 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON LTR-24102B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST3160023A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 4LJ1DCFE, rev 8.01, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD400BB-75AUA1 [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMA6R2352236, rev 18.20D18, SMART Status: Healthy

512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' is Empty
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (FAT32 on drive 1) 40.01 GB 1.33 GB free
f: (NTFS on drive 0) 137.43 GB 81.78 GB free
Network Drives
None detected
Users
[blanked by myself]

DISABLED Marks a disabled account; LOCKED OUT Marks a locked account

Lexmark Z52 Color Jetprinter on USB001

Controllers
Standard floppy disk controller
NVIDIA NForce MCP2 IDE Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]

NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 [Display adapter]

Proview 18.0 [Monitor] (18.0"vis, April 2002)

Bus Adapters
XMASSCSI SCSI Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x)

Other devices
Santa Cruz™
Santa Cruz™ Game Port
Santa Cruz™ WDM Interface
Communications

NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter
primary Auto IP Address: [blanked by myself]
Gateway: [blanked by myself]
Dhcp Server: [blanked by myself]
Physical Address: [blanked by myself]

Networking Dns Server: [blanked by myself]

UMAX Astra 3400

SideWinder Game Pad USB version 1.0 [Joystick]

Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard

Microsoft USB IntelliMouse Optical

Generic USB Hub

USB Printing Support

USB Root Hub (2x)

BTW, I should mention that C: is not my primary HD, F: is, and COD2 is installed on F: so it shouldn't be a vmem problem. Also belarc doesn't see my DVD Writer on there but that's ok.
No other applications have given this problem in the past, and don't do so now. It's just CoD 2, and it only crashes the comp when it's loading maps. If all else fails I'll just reinstall the game but seeing if there isn't something I can do before resorting to that.
Any help you can give would be appreciated, thanks.

ZEUS_GB · Joined: Jan 14, 2003 Posts: 5061 Location: UK

Hello Zeliard and welcome to Lockergnome!

What error beeps do you get?
1 long 3 short, 1 long 8 short.....

Zeliard · Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 3

2 beeps, same intermediate length but with different sounds. Doesn't sound like normal POST beeps so I'm guessing it's something A-Bit put into the motherboard. They're not the "claxon/siren" sound that it makes in case of an overheat.

ken.corr · Joined: Feb 24, 2006 Posts: 1

Hey Dudes,

I’ve different problem with COD 2. Every time I run it gives me this error below...

----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
Mismatched REF_API_VERSION: expected 59, got 60
-------------------------------
Error during initialization:
Failed to initialize renderer: version mismatch.

If update graphics card drivers. Uninstalled COD 2, deleted the COD 2 folder in Program files and reinstalled. Installed direct x 9c off the DVD and I download to be sure direct x. But still gives me the error. I’ve no problems running any other game.