YACCster Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Howdy folks, It's obvious that Steam has screwed the pooch with some sort of update, decided to back everyone down to 1.6 then update everyone to a non-standard 1.8 community update that we don't currently support and our COD4 numbers are likely suffering because of it. This doesn't effect Disk based windows install folks, Linux based folks or Mac App store based folks just yet. Some Options May be: Go to 1.8, it's been out for a while but 1.8 is not official and it's not available for Linux or Mac and may never be so that cuts out a percentage of our players (and members) that won't ever be able to play on our servers if we do that. Have our Sr folks/programmer types that have some clout Talk to Steam and ask them WTF is going on and maybe throw any weight we have around and see if there is a change that can be made or find out why this is happening? Stay the Course and see COD4 dwindle down to nothing, which will be what the folks who play the other games have been hoping for the last decade plus would happen @Ruggerxi @Sammy @dadda2 @Sitting-Duc @Gatorgirl @BUDMAN @Roxy! what say you all? the time is nigh to act Respectfully, Yaccster Edited May 8, 2018 by YACCster Hoth, TheHammer and iboomboom 3 Awards
Sammy Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 We dont know what this steam 1.8 update is. However codx 1.8 doesnt replace the 1.7 executable afaik so that isnt it. BlackRose and YACCster 1 1 Awards
YACCster Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Author Posted May 8, 2018 1 minute ago, Sammy said: We dont know what this steam 1.8 update is. However codx 1.8 doesnt replace the 1.7 executable afaik so that isnt it. Well then I'd better turn on my Windoze version update again when I hook up my new pc, it definitely didn't update my Mac steam version of COD4, this is so very effed up! Thanks for the additional info @Sammy Awards
YACCster Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Author Posted May 8, 2018 Additional info as per Aspyr the Mac / Linux dev: https://support.aspyr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003410891-COD-MW-4-Recent-update-has-broken-Cross-Platform-MP They don't seem to know WTF is going on yet either Hoth 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 I have never used it but codx does overcome certain limitations that would allow for things like more xmodels and many of the maps that currently fail because of memory allocation issues. So it is something to consider but yes it wouldnt be fair to osx users. Unless they want to go the bootcamp route but that also means buying windows and cod4 again. YACCster 1 Awards
YACCster Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Author Posted May 8, 2018 I wonder if we should set up a steam 1.8 ft server at least temporarily? Awards
J3st3r Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5223 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 5172 Achievement Points: 45901 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 24 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) this is a "fix" for cod4 steam version on Windows OS. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pnmo82n9x5bp5s3/iw3mp.exe?dl=0 or http://d833c39a4a8b920f7d2a-df6872f9497a6cd74503ad01be51357f.r35.cf1.rackcdn.com/File_6412_-_fkliw3mp.rar "Download that exe and put in c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty 4 or where steam is located. Then it will work!!!" I scanned both using Virus Totals online file scanner which uses around 80 scan engines and both are 100% clean. Copied from one of the hundreds of posts people made on the steam forums over the past month and a half. Seems to be the only "fix" until Steam gets there heads out of there ass. Just replace the main exe file with a working v1.7 Steam exe and it will work again. Edited May 8, 2018 by J3st3rXI Roody, YACCster and Truebrit 1 2 Awards
J3st3r Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5223 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 5172 Achievement Points: 45901 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 24 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 If you want to get techy you can always open the exe with winhex or CE and change the version identifier from 1.8x to 1.7. If you can find it in the stack lol. Awards
luke144 Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 25868 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 129 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 268 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 78 Achievement Points: 2948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/26/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 29 Birthday: 11/20/1946 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 Hi Yaccster, I think the second option of having XI's Sr folks/programmers talking to Steam is the best thing to do right now. YACCster 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 Wont matter. We will only know something when there is something official. YACCster 1 Awards
YACCster Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Author Posted May 8, 2018 and More issues today: COD MW 2: Mac to Mac multiplayer accessible only at this time. COD MW 4: Mac to Mac multiplayer accessible only at this time. COD MW3: Mac to Mac multiplayer accessible only at this time. COD MW3: Mac to Mac multiplayer accessible only at this time. Avatar AspyrJason Today at 14:10 Follow We are looking into possible solutions, but have no immediate fixes. Follow this thread to receive email updates when this article is update with more info. Thanks for your patience. Awards
VCmouse Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 27003 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 32 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/08/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 7 Device: Windows Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Hello everybody, one of my clanmembers posted this. Maybe it is usefull for u guys, alot of people seem to struggle with this issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In April Steam reverted COD4 back to 1.6 (from 1.7). If you have auto-updates on, or if you download COD4 from Steam today you will get version 1.6. 1.6 will not allow you to play on most servers, and can also cause other problems too. See Steam change here. Why?: This appears to be related to a pretty severe bug with many Call of Duty games allowing hackers to execute malicious code. More details can be found in this Reddit thread. According to Fraggy over on the CoD4X forums, this exploit is not even possible on CoD4. Prevent:You can set your Steam preferences to not allow updates unless you launch the game (this will work assuming you don't launch through Steam). Tutorial here. Fix: You will need the 1.7 executable file. the CoD4X thread which I assume is legit (not verified). Edited May 8, 2018 by VCmouse YACCster 1
Angelz Posted May 8, 2018 Member ID: 24295 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 11 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2311 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 2829 Achievement Points: 20239 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 03/27/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 2, 2021 Posted May 8, 2018 Thank God I have a physical copy. I would of been cursing steam very badly. I hate the fact that there is no way to turn auto updates off in steam or that you have to run the update in order to play the fkn game. I only know of 2 servers in COD4 that even ran the 1.8 patch. I never played in either of them. Oh ya LOL in case no ones knows I HATE w10 LOL ANGUS and YACCster 2
Sammy Posted May 11, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 11, 2018 I dont have the steam version. Can someone send me a copy of the 1.8 steam patched version of the exe? I am curious about a couple things that I would like to check out. YACCster 1 Awards
Truck33 Posted May 12, 2018 Member ID: 20660 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 38 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 40 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 27 Achievement Points: 439 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/03/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 5, 2024 Birthday: 09/18/1970 Posted May 12, 2018 Hellpppp YACCster 1 Awards
Sammy Posted May 12, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 12, 2018 Can we make this a sticky on the main page with something like 'how to fix the steam 1.8 cod4 patch' YACCster 1 Awards
YACCster Posted May 12, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Author Posted May 12, 2018 4 hours ago, Sammy said: Can we make this a sticky on the main page with something like 'how to fix the steam 1.8 cod4 patch' Yeah we need like a permalink and a nice writeup who wants to volunteer? I know @WldPenguin is busy with Nashville stuff @Gatorgirl has to take care of @ANGU5' likely hangover this morning @Ruggerxi probably will be out Golfing on such a nice day I've got to go hang out with the folks at cars n' coffee @Sammy has to figure out what all this 1.8 stuff is about @Roxy! is most probably busy planning her next vacation @BUDMAN is likely banning someone @dadda2 has to be in TeamSpeak with @Sally about something or other of course @Sitting-Duc is breaking something on the site, wow. Roxy!, WldPenguin, FUNky and 4 others 1 6 Awards
WldPenguin Posted May 12, 2018 Member ID: 2995 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 185 Topic Count: 790 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 4709 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 7321 Achievement Points: 51110 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 90 Joined: 11/17/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 02/13/1966 Device: Windows Posted May 12, 2018 Yep.....that about sums it all up Awards
Roxy! Posted May 12, 2018 Member ID: 1812 Group: +++ COD4 Head Admin Followers: 192 Topic Count: 175 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 2398 Content Per Day: 0.45 Reputation: 2404 Achievement Points: 22124 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 09/20/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 03/18/1977 Device: Windows Posted May 12, 2018 10 hours ago, YACCster said: Yeah we need like a permalink and a nice writeup who wants to volunteer? I know @WldPenguin is busy with Nashville stuff @Gatorgirl has to take care of @ANGU5' likely hangover this morning @Ruggerxi probably will be out Golfing on such a nice day I've got to go hang out with the folks at cars n' coffee @Sammy has to figure out what all this 1.8 stuff is about @Roxy! is most probably busy planning her next vacation @BUDMAN is likely banning someone @dadda2 has to be in TeamSpeak with @Sally about something or other of course @Sitting-Duc is breaking something on the site, wow. Hahahaha how you know that about me?? Didn't tell anybody yet ... I'm leaving the 21st of this month ... more updates soon when I get the confirmation YACCster 1 Awards
VCmouse Posted May 13, 2018 Member ID: 27003 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 32 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/08/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 7 Device: Windows Posted May 13, 2018 1.8 patch has some usefull stuff though.. including the ''screenshot'' function Basicly what it does, if you suspect someone from ''cheating'' you can make a screenshot from their screen and see what they see. a example here. YACCster 1
YACCster Posted May 13, 2018 Member ID: 20683 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 138 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 3407 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 4127 Achievement Points: 45800 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 12/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 23 hours ago Device: Macintosh Author Posted May 13, 2018 3 minutes ago, VCmouse said: 1.8 patch has some usefull stuff though.. including the ''screenshot'' function Basicly what it does, if you suspect someone from ''cheating'' you can make a screenshot from their screen and see what they see. a example here. Oh, now that is pretty darn cool, I'm guessing there is some functionality to keep people from using that function for cheating themselves though? Awards
VCmouse Posted May 13, 2018 Member ID: 27003 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 32 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/08/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 7 Device: Windows Posted May 13, 2018 (edited) @YACCster Yeah from what i know there are 2 ''anti screenshotting'' methods. First one will basicly show you a black screen on the screenshot, although if you have a blackscreen i guess the person has something to hide. Second one is that they will get notified when they get screenshotted, and will get disconnected instantly when you screenshot the player. Edited May 13, 2018 by VCmouse
Sammy Posted May 14, 2018 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted May 14, 2018 Could someone send me a copy of the 1.8 steam exe? Want to check it out. Also, how did you find out about the new screen shot thing? Awards
Ripka Posted May 14, 2018 Member ID: 27004 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 4 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 21 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/09/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 17 Device: Windows Posted May 14, 2018 9 hours ago, Sammy said: Could someone send me a copy of the 1.8 steam exe? Want to check it out. Also, how did you find out about the new screen shot thing? https://www.dropbox.com/s/92ihvj6t95gywmu/iw3mp.exe?dl=0 Here you go.
VCmouse Posted May 14, 2018 Member ID: 27003 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 6 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 32 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/08/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 7 Device: Windows Posted May 14, 2018 14 hours ago, Sammy said: Could someone send me a copy of the 1.8 steam exe? Want to check it out. Also, how did you find out about the new screen shot thing? The community / clan i am in is using it at the moment, we have caught over 20 people cheating with this method.
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