I've got an unusual problem with my PC copy of MW2. Whenever I start up any part of the game, after a few seconds at the main menu it freezes. Keyboard and mouse do not respond and all of the background movement in the menu stops but the music continues as normal. It used to do this every once in awhile but earlier today it started doing this every time I tried to play. The only way I can close it is through Task manager where it says the program isn't responding. A few times it behaved normally, it freezes for just a second and the comes back and a Steam pop-up tells me I can press Shift+Tab to bring up the Steam community. I don't think that temporary freezing is normal and the complete lock up definitely isn't.
Further more, when it has gone through with start up and I attempt to join my friend, it cannot connect to the host and when I invite them and attempt to find a game the entire program shuts down without warning.
I've tried running the .exe in different compatibility modes and as admin with no luck. I've updated my video card drivers and checked for game and Steam updates but nothing is working. Any ideas what could be wrong?
not everyone uses Ninja. Sure, lots of people do and you've still gotta be on your game and pay attention but sometimes it can be really helpful to have that heartbeat sensor.
I've got an unusual problem with my PC copy of MW2. Whenever I start up any part of the game, after a few seconds at the main menu it freezes. Keyboard and mouse do not respond and all of the background movement in the menu stops but the music continues as normal. It used to do this every once in awhile but earlier today it started doing this every time I tried to play.
This is the game waiting for Steam. It doesn't happen for more than a split second at home for me, but at work it sits there for like 10 seconds before resuming.
So any suggestions for getting better (on the pc) other than 'play a lot'?
Also I can't tell what guns some people are killing me with. I watch the death cam but i just don't know what they are. This is where i would normally go to the dev console and look but ohhhh no.
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No, I am not really communist. Yes, it is weird that I use this name.
I suppose I ought to be added to the steam list. My steam name is "luckycynic"
Yeah same here... mine is "SubtleTies" for the few of us playing on the computer.
are you sure thats your name?
ummm... its either that or InitiateFailure. I'm not sure which name Steam uses for user searches. Or for that matter it might even be "rosscourt." That's what my link is at least
Just played a round that was something out of an action movie.
Kill two guys with my M4, run out of ammo.
Kill two with my grenade launcher and the secondary 'nade launcher I'm carrying. Out of ammo.
Use a predator missile on a guy around the corner who was too timid to rush me.
Get one last kill with my throwing knife (which was dumb luck because I forgot I had it and thought I was throwing a frag)
Time for the Snake Eyes build. Akimbo Uzis, Marathon, Lightweight, Ninja and throwing knives.
You mean the Detective Tequila build?
My friends and I rented a movie called City of Violence once and the best part of the movie was that there was a Hard Boiled trailer in the beginning, which made us go rent it immediately after.
On topic: my favorite moments involve finding a group of +2 face to face and you manage to kill them all while moving foward the entire time; getting kills with the primary, followed by secondary, followed by knife.
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Slice like a god damn hammer. LoL: Rafflesia / BNet: Talonflame#11979
Anyone notice how some things (mattresses and the copy machines in Highrise) are totally impenetrable? A steel wall, yeah that makes sense, but bullets should obliterate copy machines.
I don't know about you, but I always buy a bullet proof printer. Its a lot more expensive, but I think the advantages are apparent.
Favela is by far my favorite map, but only with the marathon lightweight commando tac-knife setup. Even better on domination, I just run around all the winding alleys and jump off roofs stabbin folks until it's ac130 time
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I knifed 7 people, the entire enemy team, in a row. Like,literally. They were standing/sitting in a line, I just kept on running from dude to dude stabbing after flanking them.
One of my teammates said "Holy shit dude!". Another said "Yo asshole,you just stole my kill I had that bitch lined up in my scope!"
XBL. Always priceless.
@fleck0: You are good people. We should form a club.
So the Akimbo 1893s are hotter than a nineteen year old redhead. Two lever action shotguns, Marathon, Lightweight, and Steady Aim.
To quote a rather infamous comic....
I am John Wayne in True Grit. I am Charles Bronson in Death Wish. I am Clint Eastwood in all five Dirty Harry flicks and all the best Spaghetti Westerns.....and you, my friend, are fucked.
I almost had the nuke on Free For All on the airport level. 24th kill I killed a guy with the throwing knife. Went to pick it up and got shot in the back by like four guys at the same time. But it still felt great to go 24-0, 32-2 the whole match.
and watching your guy swing those things like some B-Western hero is beyond words.
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Favela is by far my favorite map, but only with the marathon lightweight commando tac-knife setup. Even better on domination, I just run around all the winding alleys and jump off roofs stabbin folks until it's ac130 time
I was 30:1 on Favela earlier today... and I'm not exactly a fan of the map. :P
Still, having my harrier strike and chopper gunner up at the same time? Glorious.
So how many shots can the M1014 do this time around without needing a reload. In the CoD4 Single player according to IW's fictional world, the M1014 has 7 rounds I believe but in multiplayer it is 4.
Just played a game where I bothered to go marathon, lightweight, commando. I've been using commando as a backup defense for awhile, but it's pretty fucking ridiculous that a guy just using a knife can win games so consistently with that setup.
So how many shots can the M1014 do this time around without needing a reload. In the CoD4 Single player according to IW's fictional world, the M1014 has 7 rounds I believe but in multiplayer it is 4.
It had 7 in multi too , it just got nerfed afterward.
"Unlike traditional red dot sights, holographic weapon sights utilize holography to achieve an effectively infinite parallax free distance. Most standard red dot sights use a simpler semi-reflective surface which reflects a projected dot of light while allowing the user to see through the sight. When the eye is not aligned with the center of the standard reflex sight, a certain amount of parallax error can be introduced at longer ranges. The method of holographic projection used by EOTech allows the parallax error to be constant at any range, and never more than the radius of the sight window."
But I highly doubt IW implemented parallax for ADS.
"Unlike traditional red dot sights, holographic weapon sights utilize holography to achieve an effectively infinite parallax free distance. Most standard red dot sights use a simpler semi-reflective surface which reflects a projected dot of light while allowing the user to see through the sight. When the eye is not aligned with the center of the standard reflex sight, a certain amount of parallax error can be introduced at longer ranges. The method of holographic projection used by EOTech allows the parallax error to be constant at any range, and never more than the radius of the sight window."
But I highly doubt IW implemented parallax for ADS.
"Unlike traditional red dot sights, holographic weapon sights utilize holography to achieve an effectively infinite parallax free distance. Most standard red dot sights use a simpler semi-reflective surface which reflects a projected dot of light while allowing the user to see through the sight. When the eye is not aligned with the center of the standard reflex sight, a certain amount of parallax error can be introduced at longer ranges. The method of holographic projection used by EOTech allows the parallax error to be constant at any range, and never more than the radius of the sight window."
But I highly doubt IW implemented parallax for ADS.
Uh what?
Reflex sights are electronic.
And almost all of them are parallax free.
Not all are parallax free. I have used enough cheap ass red dots to know that. But this is a video game.
"Unlike traditional red dot sights, holographic weapon sights utilize holography to achieve an effectively infinite parallax free distance. Most standard red dot sights use a simpler semi-reflective surface which reflects a projected dot of light while allowing the user to see through the sight. When the eye is not aligned with the center of the standard reflex sight, a certain amount of parallax error can be introduced at longer ranges. The method of holographic projection used by EOTech allows the parallax error to be constant at any range, and never more than the radius of the sight window."
But I highly doubt IW implemented parallax for ADS.
Uh what?
Reflex sights are electronic.
And almost all of them are parallax free.
So then is there a difference between using holographic and reflex in-game? Personal preference?
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Further more, when it has gone through with start up and I attempt to join my friend, it cannot connect to the host and when I invite them and attempt to find a game the entire program shuts down without warning.
I've tried running the .exe in different compatibility modes and as admin with no luck. I've updated my video card drivers and checked for game and Steam updates but nothing is working. Any ideas what could be wrong?
...but that's not a true statement.
not everyone uses Ninja. Sure, lots of people do and you've still gotta be on your game and pay attention but sometimes it can be really helpful to have that heartbeat sensor.
Red dot sights, or "Reflex sights", are not electronic.
Thus they do not go away after a EMP bomb.
They do in this game.
This is the game waiting for Steam. It doesn't happen for more than a split second at home for me, but at work it sits there for like 10 seconds before resuming.
Much better.
Why?
Terrorists win.
I think the in-game red dot sight is an Aimpoint, which does use a battery to project the red dot.
Yeah same here... mine is "SubtleTies" for the few of us playing on the computer.
Slice like a god damn hammer. LoL: Rafflesia / BNet: Talonflame#11979
Also I can't tell what guns some people are killing me with. I watch the death cam but i just don't know what they are. This is where i would normally go to the dev console and look but ohhhh no.
are you sure thats your name?
ummm... its either that or InitiateFailure. I'm not sure which name Steam uses for user searches. Or for that matter it might even be "rosscourt." That's what my link is at least
Kill two guys with my M4, run out of ammo.
Kill two with my grenade launcher and the secondary 'nade launcher I'm carrying. Out of ammo.
Use a predator missile on a guy around the corner who was too timid to rush me.
Get one last kill with my throwing knife (which was dumb luck because I forgot I had it and thought I was throwing a frag)
So sweet.
You mean the Detective Tequila build?
I said SNAKE EYES! Tequila would probably have stopping power.
My friends and I rented a movie called City of Violence once and the best part of the movie was that there was a Hard Boiled trailer in the beginning, which made us go rent it immediately after.
On topic: my favorite moments involve finding a group of +2 face to face and you manage to kill them all while moving foward the entire time; getting kills with the primary, followed by secondary, followed by knife.
Slice like a god damn hammer. LoL: Rafflesia / BNet: Talonflame#11979
Also Doves.
Need those for the Tequila build.
XBL: LiquidSnake2061
UAV, Airstrike, and Harriers should do the trick.
Steam Name: Dr.Oblivious
If you can't live for the now, at least live for the future.
One of my teammates said "Holy shit dude!". Another said "Yo asshole,you just stole my kill I had that bitch lined up in my scope!"
XBL. Always priceless.
@fleck0: You are good people. We should form a club.
We need a club title / emblem setup
something knifey
So the Akimbo 1893s are hotter than a nineteen year old redhead. Two lever action shotguns, Marathon, Lightweight, and Steady Aim.
To quote a rather infamous comic....
I am John Wayne in True Grit. I am Charles Bronson in Death Wish. I am Clint Eastwood in all five Dirty Harry flicks and all the best Spaghetti Westerns.....and you, my friend, are fucked.
I almost had the nuke on Free For All on the airport level. 24th kill I killed a guy with the throwing knife. Went to pick it up and got shot in the back by like four guys at the same time. But it still felt great to go 24-0, 32-2 the whole match.
and watching your guy swing those things like some B-Western hero is beyond words.
I was 30:1 on Favela earlier today... and I'm not exactly a fan of the map. :P
Still, having my harrier strike and chopper gunner up at the same time? Glorious.
It had 7 in multi too , it just got nerfed afterward.
So according to Wikipedia:
"Unlike traditional red dot sights, holographic weapon sights utilize holography to achieve an effectively infinite parallax free distance. Most standard red dot sights use a simpler semi-reflective surface which reflects a projected dot of light while allowing the user to see through the sight. When the eye is not aligned with the center of the standard reflex sight, a certain amount of parallax error can be introduced at longer ranges. The method of holographic projection used by EOTech allows the parallax error to be constant at any range, and never more than the radius of the sight window."
But I highly doubt IW implemented parallax for ADS.
Uh what?
Reflex sights are electronic.
And almost all of them are parallax free.
Not all are parallax free. I have used enough cheap ass red dots to know that. But this is a video game.
So then is there a difference between using holographic and reflex in-game? Personal preference?