Call of Duty 2 Windows 7 Black Screen

Call of Duty 2

Developers
	Infinity Ward
macOS (OS X)	i5works[1]
Publishers
	Activision
OS X	Aspyr Media
Engines
	IW 2.0
Release dates
Windows	October 25, 2005
macOS (OS X)	June 1, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	86
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, World War II, Historical
Series	Call of Duty

⤏ Go to series page
Call of Duty	2003
Call of Duty 2	2005
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (series)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (series)
Call of Duty: Ghosts	2013
Call of Duty: Online	2013
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	2014
Call of Duty: Heroes	2014
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	2016
Call of Duty: WWII	2017
Call of Duty: Warzone	2020
Call of Duty: Vanguard	2021

Contents

• 1 Availability
• 2 Essential improvements
  • 2.1 Patches
  • 2.2 LuKeStorm's Custom Patch
  • 2.3 Skip intro videos
  • 2.4 Tweaks
• 3 Game data
  • 3.1 Configuration file(s) location
  • 3.2 Save game data location
  • 3.3 Save game cloud syncing
• 4 Video
  • 4.1 Field of view (FOV)
  • 4.2 Windowed
  • 4.3 Frame rate (FPS)
• 5 Input
• 6 Audio
  • 6.1 Localizations
• 7 Network
  • 7.1 Multiplayer types
  • 7.2 Connection types
  • 7.3 Ports
• 8 VR support
• 9 Issues fixed
  • 9.1 Possible fixes for general crashing
  • 9.2 Game freezes during FMV movie clips such as the intro with spinning Activision logo
  • 9.3 Getting automatically kicked from servers
  • 9.4 Game won't start on Windows Vista and higher
    • 9.4.1 Low fps when using compatibility settings
  • 9.5 Game crashes when changing any graphics setting
  • 9.6 "Failed to find Steam" error
  • 9.7 Fix popups textures (disable LOD)
• 10 Other information
  • 10.1 Mods
    • 10.1.1 Back2Fronts visuals
  • 10.2 API
  • 10.3 Middleware
  • 10.4 Console commands
• 11 System requirements
• 12 Notes
• 13 References

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Key points

Mod-friendly.

Requires manual PunkBuster update to play on protected servers.

General information

Official Call of Duty series site

Planet Call of Duty - Very old hub for all Call of Duty games. Has mods, guides, and news on the Call of Duty communities. Hasn't been updated for a while.

Steam Community Discussions

Availability [edit]

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo

The North American retail edition has 6 CD-ROMs to install, while the European retail edition and all special editions are just a single DVD-ROM.

Essential improvements [edit]

Patches [edit]

• Windows (mirror1) (mirror2)
• macOS

LuKeStorm's Custom Patch [edit]

Fixes startup issues (e.g. long black screen startup), removes "Optimal Settings" and "Run in Safe mode" messages and disables intro, it can be downloaded here.

Skip intro videos [edit]

Use the seta com_introplayed "1" command line argument[4]

Tweaks [edit]

There are 3 ways to insert commands.

Use the in-game console[4]
Enable console in the "Game Options". Open it with ~ . Type command and press ↵ Enter. Notes If commands aren't sticking, try putting "seta" before them. If you are in the multiplayer part of the game, you need to place a common slash / before the commands.

Use command with +set prefix as command line arguments[4]

Edit directly the .cfg files[4]

Game data [edit]

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location [edit]

config.cfg contains single player settings.

config_mp.cfg contains multiplayer settings.

Save game data location [edit]

Save game cloud syncing [edit]

Video [edit]

In-game graphics settings.

In-game texture settings.

Field of view (FOV) [edit]

Change FOV with console command[5]
Use the console command cg_fov XX

Change FOV with hex editor[6]

To change FOV for singpleplayer: Open CoD2SP_s.exe (v1.2 latest) with a hex editor such as HxD. Go to address 000A11A0 and change A0 42 (which is 80) to B4 42 for cg_fov 90. To change FOV for multiplayer: Open CoD2MP_s.exe (v1.3 latest) with a hex editor such as HxD. Goto address 000BDF00 and change A0 42 (which is 80) to B4 42 for cg_fov 90. Notes To get a higher value than 90 use this Floating Point Converter.

Windowed [edit]

Enable windowed mode using the console.[7]

Press ~ and the in-game console will appear. If it doesn't appear go to Game Options and make sure the console is enabled. In console, type in /r_fullscreen 0 to enable windowed mode (or /r_fullscreen 1 to enable fullscreen mode) and press ↵ Enter. Type in /vid_restart and press ↵ Enter to restart the game's renderer and apply new settings. This only applies to the single-player component of the game. For multiplayer component of the game, use the CoD2MPWindowed.

Frame rate (FPS) [edit]

Remove 91 FPS cap in multiplayer.
Look for seta com_maxfps 85 in your config_mp.cfg file and set 85 to 0.

Input [edit]

In-game key map settings.

Audio [edit]

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1.0, 2.0, 3.0; A3D 1.0 and 2.0 can be forced with mss_3d_provider Aureal A3D 2.0 (TM) or mss_3d_provider Aureal A3D Interactive (TM) and snd_restart commands.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Only available in China Mainland (People's Republic of China) retail release.
Traditional Chinese				Only available in Taiwan (Republic of China) retail release.
Croatian				Fan translation; download
Czech				Only available in Czech/Slovak retail release.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, link #1, link #2.
Italian
Japanese				Only available in Japanese retail release.
Korean				Only available in Korean retail release.
Polish				Only available in Polish retail release.
Portuguese				Only available in Portuguese retail release.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation.
Russian				Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Slovak				Use unofficial Slovak language file (Windows). Also contains localized textures and videos.
Spanish
Thai				Only available in Thai retail release.
Indonesian				Use the Indonesian Subtitles mod.

Network [edit]

In-game multiplayer settings.

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	28960
UDP	20500, 20510, 28960

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support [edit]

Issues fixed [edit]

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game.

Possible fixes for general crashing [edit]

Crashes when launching the game (possible fixes) [citation needed]
Turn Steam overlay off in properties. Turn off any program that overlays a GUI in the game (teamspeak GUI overlay) etc. Turn on stereo mix under recording tab in sound properties. Plug in a microphone.

Game freezes during FMV movie clips such as the intro with spinning Activision logo [edit]

The fix is to force the CoD2 exe file to only use one processor core, but that doesn't mean the problem is exclusive to multicore processors; the same thing happens even on a Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading. Note that opening the Task Manager after starting the game and setting the process CPU affinity from there does not work. We have to get a little more involved than that. One last thing: the following directions are for the singleplayer exe file. If you find you need to apply this fix to multiplayer as well simply repeat the steps for CoD2MP_s.exe.

FMV freezing [citation needed]

Download imagecfg and extract it into the installation folder. Make a backup copy of your CoD2SP_s.exe since we are going to be altering it. Open a cmd window and move to the installation folder. Enter this command: imagecfg -u CoD2SP_s.exe. If it worked you should see a little report saying the affinity has been set to a single processor. The -u switch makes the application only run in uni-processor mode.

Getting automatically kicked from servers [edit]

Kicked from servers [citation needed]
Turn Steam overlay off in properties. Update PunkBuster manually.

Game won't start on Windows Vista and higher [edit]

On some systems the game won't start on Windows Vista, 7 or higher.

Enable compatibility settings [citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game> . Enable the following compatibility settings for the CoD2SP_s.exe and CoD2MP_s.exe files: Compatibility mode (Windows XP (Service Pack 3)). Run the game (CoD2SP_s.exe for Singleplayer, CoD2MP_s.exe for Multiplayer). Notes: Compatibility can be also enabled using a batch file, example: set __COMPAT_LAYER=WinXP start "" CoD2MP_s.exe

Low fps when using compatibility settings [edit]

Because running in compatibility-settings gives DirectX some unnecessary flags, in-game-fps can be highly reduced on some systems.

Advanced FPS fix for when running in compatibility mode [citation needed]

Get the Compatibility Toolkit from this Microsoft page and install. Run the Compatibility Administrator (32-bit). Select New Database (1) and press Fix. Fill in the vendor name and the program name, as well as the location of the program. Press next. Tick Compatibility Mode and choose Windows XP SP3. Press next. Untick fix DXMaximizedWindowedMode. It will give a warning, press yes to continue. Select fix DXPrimaryEmulation, click Parameters, enter: -DisableMaxWindowedMode and press OK. Press Next. After that press Finish. Press Save, select the database name and save it to a location. Press File - Install. Close Compatibility Administrator. Because it will conflict with what we removed, you should now revert the compatibility fix you did to CoD2SP_s.exe and CoD2MP_s.exe above.

Game crashes when changing any graphics setting [edit]

In the graphics option menu, set the "Rendering Method Preference" to DirectX 9.

If the game crashes when trying to change the renderer, either modify the game's configuration file manually with a text editor or apply compatibility settings (see Game won't start on Windows Vista and 7 for details).

Alternatively, if none of the fixes above worked, and the game still crashes, then go into the compatibility settings for the CoD2SP_s.exe and CoD2MP_s.exe files and check the box that says Disable Fullscreen Optimizations. See how to disable Fullscreen Optimizations for details.

Another workaround is to start a new game and then change graphics settings from there.

"Failed to find Steam" error [edit]

Get the Steam.dll file[8]
Go to <Steam-folder> . Copy the Steam.dll file and paste it into <path-to-game> . Run the game.

[edit]

1. Use "gfx_d3d_x86_s.dll" from this mod
2. https://www.moddb.com/games/call-of-duty-2/downloads/call-of-duty-2-single-player-improvement

Other information [edit]

Mods [edit]

Back2Fronts visuals [edit]

A mod which adds new sounds, textures and more.

API [edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 9
OpenGL	2.0	macOS only.
Shader Model support	3

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				32-bit only.[9]

Middleware [edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System Speex	6.5e ?
Cutscenes	RoQ	[1]
Anti-cheat	PunkBuster

Console commands [edit]

See command line arguments on how to use the following options.

Command	Description
ai_corpsecount [1-64]	Controls the amount of dead bodies on the screen.
g_brass 0	Disables the shells flying out of your gun when firing.
cg_marks 0	Disables bullet holes and explosion marks.
cg_drawFPS 1	Show FPS counter.
com_hunkMegs [num]	Adjust the amount of memory used for graphics. Higher values may decrease loading times. It is not recommended to use more than half of your total memory.
com_maxFPS [num]	Adjust the FPS cap.
r_drawsun 0	Disables the "sunblind" effect.
r_lodScale [1-4]	Adjusts the rate that objects lose detail, lower is better.

System requirements [edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1700+
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 7 series

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7.5	10.9
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7300 ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB of VRAM

Supported ATI chipsets: ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 9000, ATI Radeon 9200, ATI Radeon 9500, ATI Radeon 9600, ATI Radeon 9700, ATI Radeon 9800, ATI Radeon X300, ATI Radeon X550, ATI Radeon X600, ATI Radeon X700, ATI Radeon X800, ATI Radeon X850

Supported Nvidia chipsets: Nvidia GeForce2 Ultra, All Nvidia GeForce 3/Ti Series, All Nvidia GeForce 4/Ti Series, All Nvidia GeForce FX Series, All Nvidia GeForce 6 Series

Notes

1. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES% , %PROGRAMDATA% , or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2630/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2630) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

1. ↑ Call of Duty 2 Officially Announced - IMG News Discussion - Inside Mac Games Forum - last accessed on 2016-7-23
2. ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
3. ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} TweakGuides.com - Call of Duty 2 Tweak Guide
5. ↑ ^{[citation needed]}
6. ↑ ^{[citation needed]}
7. ↑ Verified by User:Tecc on 2021-04-29
8. ↑ Steam Community Discussions - Multiplayer Startup issues
9. ↑ MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions – Aspyr Support

Call of Duty 2 Windows 7 Black Screen

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