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I'm sure I've seen it mentioned in this thread but is anyone having a problem with the game minimizing to the desktop or found a solution to fix it?

Rather frustrating being on a good streak then it switches to the desktop and by the time I switch back I'm dead....:(
 
Check this out. Someone enabled the console through a hack of sorts, and so people are able to modify a load of game settings, check the video out.

It's all ranked on IWNet as well, haha!

 
I love MP but damn, I suck so hard at it, I have to turn it off. I had an enemy lv 70 player running around with dual 1950? shotguns and stood absolutely no chance.

I think I must be painted bright red.
 
My thoughts so far after levelling up to 24.

At first i thought the IWNet setup was OK, I had no problems and got on to servers ok and now play Hardcore TDM and SD and enjoy it. However..... I am getting increasingly more perplexed by the time it takes to get into games and also the fact that I always seem to be on servers with people not speaking to English.

Last night I played for 2 hours and everyone was french! I checked my Steam download settings and I am set to UK so I dont know why this is happening. Also the matchmaking facility - how does that work then - it seems to me that the matchmaking is there to ensure that at least two people at level 55 onwards get to flaunt their perks and gear and kill you continuously into the bargain until you get bored or they leave. I am playing against people who have had a couple of 24 hour sessions - know the maps and I am getting naded straight after leaving spawn and not even getting to understand the maps. Not really fun which is what IW kept harping on about...although I suppose if your at level 55 then its great!!

Also I am getting slightly more lag in games now and some times i just get kicked from the lobby without even getting into a game.

Its a good game, and I enjoy facets of the mp experience but overall its not as gripping as COD4 mp.

Here is an example real life scenario (for TF2, COD4, ETW or L4D) - Wife makes me a cup of tea, she puts it on my desk and I grunt appreciation (sometimes!), I continue fragging - an hour later I remember my cup of tea - reach for it and its ice cold...bugger I am tealess.

Here is an example real life scenario for CODMW2 - Wife makes me a cup of tea, she puts it on my desk and I grunt appreciation (sometimes!), I continue fragging until end of map - reach for cup of tea - drink tea....still hot...go to kitchen nab some biccies and go back to helm - drink tea to completion and then wait for next game to start.

Now its ok if you a tea addicted gamer but I prefer to play, play, play! I will carry on playing it but more as a drop in bit of fun than a serious longterm digital partner. Its true - for PC gamers IW have dropped the ball somewhat - never mind, no point complaining its their game after all they can do what they like with it.
 
starskysdad said:
My thoughts so far after levelling up to 24.

At first i thought the IWNet setup was OK, I had no problems and got on to servers ok and now play Hardcore TDM and SD and enjoy it. However..... I am getting increasingly more perplexed by the time it takes to get into games and also the fact that I always seem to be on servers with people not speaking to English.

Last night I played for 2 hours and everyone was french! I checked my Steam download settings and I am set to UK so I dont know why this is happening. Also the matchmaking facility - how does that work then - it seems to me that the matchmaking is there to ensure that at least two people at level 55 onwards get to flaunt their perks and gear and kill you continuously into the bargain until you get bored or they leave. I am playing against people who have had a couple of 24 hour sessions - know the maps and I am getting naded straight after leaving spawn and not even getting to understand the maps. Not really fun which is what IW kept harping on about...although I suppose if your at level 55 then its great!!

Also I am getting slightly more lag in games now and some times i just get kicked from the lobby without even getting into a game.

Its a good game, and I enjoy facets of the mp experience but overall its not as gripping as COD4 mp.

Here is an example real life scenario (for TF2, COD4, ETW or L4D) - Wife makes me a cup of tea, she puts it on my desk and I grunt appreciation (sometimes!), I continue fragging - an hour later I remember my cup of tea - reach for it and its ice cold...bugger I am tealess.

Here is an example real life scenario for CODMW2 - Wife makes me a cup of tea, she puts it on my desk and I grunt appreciation (sometimes!), I continue fragging until end of map - reach for cup of tea - drink tea....still hot...go to kitchen nab some biccies and go back to helm - drink tea to completion and then wait for next game to start.

Now its ok if you a tea addicted gamer but I prefer to play, play, play! I will carry on playing it but more as a drop in bit of fun than a serious longterm digital partner. Its true - for PC gamers IW have dropped the ball somewhat - never mind, no point complaining its their game after all they can do what they like with it.
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I have been having problems with the match making recently too. I seem to be spending more time in the lobby than ingame. I like to play CTF and there's no express version yet :(

I also find - for me, anyway - that the MP doesn't hold on to me like COD4 MP did.
 
What's even worse, when you get chosen as host even though your computer and connection is no where near good enough, you get loads of crap of people who are lagging around the screen.

Its not my ****** fault!
 
McGray said:
I'm sure I've seen it mentioned in this thread but is anyone having a problem with the game minimizing to the desktop or found a solution to fix it?
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Are you accidentally hitting your windows key? If you have xfire running in the background and hit the windows key, it will minimise to desktop.


Goater666 said:
What's even worse, when you get chosen as host even though your computer and connection is no where near good enough, you get loads of crap of people who are lagging around the screen.
Its not my ****** fault!
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I know what you mean except I'm the opposite. I'll join a game and be stuck with a crap host until they leave, then more often than not, I get picked for the host and everything is fine. (I have a 1.3MB upload). Why can't it pick me from the beginning?
 
Nah not running Xfire.

I could be hitting the windows key but it's the same k/b set up I use for all the other COD's and never had this problem....
 
Tripnologist said:
I know what you mean except I'm the opposite. I'll join a game and be stuck with a crap host until they leave, then more often than not, I get picked for the host and everything is fine. (I have a 1.3MB upload). Why can't it pick me from the beginning?
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I leave straight away as i know its me that causing it :(

What's worse it goes down as a loss on the stats i think.
 
Another thing that gets on my **** about this game, that bloody knife. In close quarters it seems people like to run towards you and hit you with that, and unless you pump half a magazine into them more often than not they receive some damage while you die. What total tard thought a 1 hit melee weapon (regardles of where it hits) was a good idea? Same crap that occured all the time in the last snorefest mp component as well.

And its made even easier this time around thanks to that commando bs that extends the range.
 
Goater666 said:
I use a modified firmware for my netgear and i've had no problems hosting.

http://dgteam.ilbello.com/
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Goater666 said:
What's even worse, when you get chosen as host even though your computer and connection is no where near good enough, you get loads of crap of people who are lagging around the screen.

Its not my ****** fault!
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You said you had no problems hosting, you are? :confused:


Anyway, i think i may have fould the problem, but need to go play again as i haven't had chance since i changed something, hopefully it'll be fine as i have a good connection so will be able to host a lag free game. :D
 
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