COD2 and windows 7

Gixer · 3 Jul 2014 at 11:19

I've just put in a new SSD into my system so re-installing everything and I thought I'd put COD2 back on for a little WWII action. I can get the game to install, have patched up to version 1.3 and set to run as administrator. I always get an error about not having the disk in the drive, which I do.

So whether it be right or wrong I thought I'd try a nocd patch as that also saves the hassle of getting the disk off the shelf each time. The game now loads and I can hear the menu / video music but it will not display. By this I mean I can see the COD2 icon in the taskbar, click it, it opens up, I see a black screen, it closes back down to the taskbar.

Most frustrating! Does anyone else have any ideas? It's the only WWII FPS I still own so it'd be nice to get it working.

Cheers

Meekal · 3 Jul 2014 at 11:27

Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode such as XP?

Gixer · 3 Jul 2014 at 11:41

So far I've tried it set with run as adminstrator, run as andministrator and XP sp3, run as XP sp2.

I wonder if it is to do with the GTX780 I fitted recently too as I'm sure it used to work with my old GTX480. I don't however recall any issues with it giving the error about having no disk. I can't figure out what else I have differently this time round, baffling to say the least.

matt_fsr · 3 Jul 2014 at 12:57

Try uninstalling it, and re-install and don't bother with the patches.

From memory, it played fine for me under Win7 x64 and I didn't bother patching it because the patches were pretty much only fixes for the MP side of things.

Gixer · 3 Jul 2014 at 13:23

Thanks Matt. That is something I haven't tried, will give it a shot!

Gixer · 3 Jul 2014 at 13:41

That worked Matt. I say worked I installed, didn't update and applied a nocd patch as it still gave the error about not being able to read the CD/DVD.

matt_fsr · 3 Jul 2014 at 15:37

So the game is now working now that you've got the no CD patch applied?

MoDe · 3 Jul 2014 at 15:42

Sadly, I have my CD Key, but cant find one of my discs, would have joined you for some Kar98k action.

Darg · 3 Jul 2014 at 15:56

MoDe said:
Sadly, I have my CD Key, but cant find one of my discs, would have joined you for some Kar98k action.

If you have a CD key then it's perfectly legal to download the DVD image.

Gixer · 3 Jul 2014 at 17:05

I now have the game working yes but I had to uninstall, reinstall and not apply any updates so my game is at version 1.0

I then used a NoCD file which has the single player working. The multiplayer worked when patched to 1.3 which is weird.

I have a CD key hence no qualms about using a NoCD file as it is the license key I've paid for.

Rroff · 3 Jul 2014 at 17:12

As an aside there is also a startup problem with older COD games if you don't have a microphone plugged in - though it produces a different error or just crashes straight to desktop.