Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted November 13, 2010 Can't connect to Blk Ops, get a message that the servers are down and to check the Blk Ops servers "are not available at this time" and to go check the status but the status looks okay. http://www.callofduty.com/blackops/status Went to the Activision site and found my question there but the answer is not doing me any good, I do not understand it. https://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=28998&p_created=1289277603&p_sid=LgRknUek&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_srch=1&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9NjgsNjgmcF9wcm9kcz0xLDE3NDgmcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PTIuMTc0OCZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0x&p_li=&p_topview=1 Too much info for me to process. Hopefully this is just a traffic issue. Anyone else have this problem? As you know misery loves company. Any ideas in XI?
Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 13, 2010 Well, I have Googled the message and got to Steams forum page. Only consolation is that I am not the only one with this problem. http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1579980 http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/960189-call-of-duty-black-ops/57086214 Lucky me to have company.
DEEJAYKEG Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted November 13, 2010 There seem to be many issues in these early days. I guess they couldn't beta test with a cast of thousands... My game has been crashing every 3-6 games sometimes requiring a restart of the PC to resume play. It wasn't this bad until the game update came out one day after release - that was supposed to make better use of the quad-core CPU here! I have, hopefully but not confidently, updated the video card driver in case that will do something. Awards
Mazdarati Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 173 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 42 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1399 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 772 Achievement Points: 10017 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 05:55 PM Birthday: 02/08/1962 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2010 Shamu i am having the same problem , i can play single player but cannot get in multi player .... Awards
Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 13, 2010 Question: If the problem is relative to a recent update would System Restore be of any help? My game ran fine until Fri. afternoon. Or perhaps reinstall, and go back to square one without any update installed.
2_MANY_BEERS Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 108 Topic Count: 1049 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 8817 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 3309 Achievement Points: 62219 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2010 I think Phantasm is having the same issues. He can play multiplayer but not single player. Also he is getting cant connect problems too. I was on after work last night and no one seem to have any issues other than people needing kick so XI could get in there.
DEEJAYKEG Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted November 13, 2010 A whole range of connection issues today... That affecting the XI servers is an inability to connect at all. But at least one UK server is also affected and I'd guess that the >1 minute wait to get on anything (compared with around seven seconds previously) just indicates the strain on the network during the first weekend following launch. Awards
Bushape Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 839 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 83 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1334 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 64 Achievement Points: 7776 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 12, 2020 Birthday: 07/17/1958 Posted November 13, 2010 I can't get on MP, haven't tried SP. Sucks. WTF Hopefully it will be fixed soon. Damn It! Awards
Ruggerxi Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 6 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 188 Topic Count: 2830 Topics Per Day: 0.49 Content Count: 12268 Content Per Day: 2.14 Reputation: 13545 Achievement Points: 107551 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 135 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 10 minutes ago Birthday: 08/25/1976 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2010 Sounds like this is clearing up as of 9 am central time Awards
evool Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted November 13, 2010 They brought all the ranked servers down and did something that fucked them up .. but what u can do right now is try a little "force the update"thingy in Steam that might help you a little .. go to your game library .. then right click on BO multiplayer select properties the select local files and go down onto the 3rd tab saying "verify integrity of game cache" and click on it and wait till it finishes ... i know Tball posted that up. it worked for me.
baldie Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 76 Topic Count: 246 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3368 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 2720 Achievement Points: 34260 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2010 well I am getting the bloody message as well and as far as I can find out the whole bloody system keeps crashing they fix one problem only for another to crop up they have even tried to completely shut everything down and did a restart for that to fail.. Fucking great they should have just let us have our own bloody servers this is total crap.......... Awards
evool Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted November 13, 2010 little update ... servers are brought down again as we speak and rolling restarts on its way. sit back and relax and we'll be kicking eachothers ass soon enough
DEEJAYKEG Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted November 13, 2010 We're back to the server browser problems again. XI's have disappeared completely and they seem to have "lost" around 6,000 today! Only a few hundred actually appear and one has to wait for them to trickle down the wire. It's a shambles. Awards
evool Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted November 13, 2010 yes Dj .. they brought servers down that had issues and they are fixing the problems as we speak .. went from over 10 k servers down to 2000.
++ COD4 Admin Totty Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 30308 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 10 Topic Count: 39 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 861 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 902 Achievement Points: 7918 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 10 Joined: 07/02/22 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 08/28/1973 Device: Linux ++ COD4 Admin Posted November 13, 2010 my game only shows 27 svrs availabe with nearly 6000 offline so i think it may be a victim of its own success and drashed a large part of the steam setup somehow,kill you all in cod4 ftag instead Awards
Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 13, 2010 evool but what u can do right now is try a little "force the update"thingy in Steam that might help you a little .. go to your game library .. then right click on BO multiplayer select properties the select local files and go down onto the 3rd tab saying "verify integrity of game cache" and click on it and wait till it finishes ... i know Tball posted that up. it worked for me. Did not work for me. I can't even get to where you can see the browsers. I start the game to load, the little circle thingy freezes and I get the can't connect message. This is not looking good.
Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 13, 2010 Still can't get MP to load at all, posted an inquiry in the Steam forums, will see what is offered if anything.
Mazdarati Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 173 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 42 Topic Count: 96 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1399 Content Per Day: 0.24 Reputation: 772 Achievement Points: 10017 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 05:55 PM Birthday: 02/08/1962 Device: Windows Posted November 13, 2010 Shamu i had to dump everything and reinstall and it worked ... Awards
Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 13, 2010
Shamu Posted November 13, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 13, 2010 Mazdarati Shamu i had to dump everything and reinstall and it worked ... Guess that's what I will also do later tonight. I have my Config saved and will try to paste it in and see if I keep my rank.
Shamu Posted November 14, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 14, 2010 Deleted Steam and reinstalled, same damn problem. I did use my existing Steam account instead of creating a new one. Could that be a problem?
Shamu Posted November 14, 2010 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted November 14, 2010 BTW, this is the message I get even after a reinstall: On the reinstall I used my same Steam account ID. Maybe I should create another ID????? I am close to returning the damn game.
DEEJAYKEG Posted November 14, 2010 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted November 14, 2010 Shamu BTW, this is the message I get even after a reinstall: On the reinstall I used my same Steam account ID. Maybe I should create another ID????? I am close to returning the damn game. I got this message, last night, having been kicked from the game, when trying to re-connect. You should be fine using the original Steam ID and that'd retain the progress you'd made so far. The damned crashes are as big a pain as the connection problems. I have very little running in the background but I am darned sure I am not going to take a firewall down and expose my PC to port scanners et al. Haven't Activision heard of PC security??! I run AVG Internet Security and that has a gaming mode that ought to cater for the demands of the game whilst keeping the shields up. Awards
Gump Posted November 14, 2010 Member ID: 1060 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1120 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted November 14, 2010 For the crashes make sure directx 9.0 is up to date, you can try any or all of these to eliminate steam as the cause; (1) Disable Steam Cloud sync: Right click on Black Ops Multi in steam games Go to Properties / Updates / Uncheck Enable steam cloud sync. (2) Disable Ingame Steam: Steam / Settings / In Game / uncheck “Enable Steam Community In-Game” (3) Lower the CPU Priority on Steam process: open your Task Manager click the "processes" tab - then click "steam.exe" go down to "set priority" and set to "low".
evool Posted November 14, 2010 Member ID: 721 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 277 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1516 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/01/1970 Posted November 14, 2010 Shamu .. i got this message about 4 times yesterday .. they are still having network issues and theres nothing wrong with your game what so ever ... just force the update and ull be fine ... game has bugs right now but they are working on it and things will be fine in the near future im sure. and no need to return the game.
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