Call of Duty online play problems

[sugardaddyhead]

Hi guys,
I bought Call of Duty yesterday from the Mac store and love the Single Player mode. I was trying to get the Multiplayer feature going but it seemed that it could never find a server or game with the "join a game" part. I run airrport express all over the house and get full strength everywhere. Could it be that this game is old enough (1 year?) that noone is playing the multiplayer part anymore or did I not set it up correctly? Just curious.
This game rules either way.

Thanks for your advice!

[thendis]

hey sugardaddyhead,

Not sure if it's the same thing, but it took me a while to figure out what turned out to be incredibly simple.

1) When you go into join game menu, first make sure you have "Internet" selected from 'Source' (click it and it will toggle through local>internet>favourites>),

2) then change the Connection type to what you have int he same way (clicking it will cycle through DSL>IDSN>56k>etc).

3) Click REFRESH LIST. At first I was clicking QUICK REFRESH, which does nothing unless there are servers already there to refresh.

If that doesn't work, perhaps it's your version? Have you updated CoD to 1.5 yet? it's a 333MB download (ouch!).

If worse comes to worst, you can always manually look for active servers, record their address, then hit to ~ button from the main menu to bring down the console and enter:

connect <server IP address>

and you will connect to the server.

let me know how you go.

[thendis]

Originally Posted by BlackFlag

Hooray! Glad to hear you're up and running again!

United Offensive is, at least in my opinion, really quite different. It does offer alternative game modes, rather than simply being a couple of new maps or weapons.
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Depending upon your monetary situation and how much you like CoD, it could be well worth investment.

Well I bought United Offensive...best $40 I have ever spent. It friggin rocks. I have been playing Capture the Flag the most - especially on maps with vehicles. It is so immersive. There is nothing quite like speeding your jeep into enemy lines, then diving into the bushes to try and sneak up to the flag...then getting back into your jeep and making a break for it (and getting blown up by a tank just 3 seconds later!).

I seriously perfer COD:UO to Counter Strike Source. never throught i would say that.

Good call.

[rustach]

I've have two copies of CoD United Offensive on two different Macs connected to my router connected to my cable modem. We're trying to get both of us into the same online game but can't. If one person gets in the other either doesn't see the same game server or stops while trying to load the game map. Is there a way to make two CoD clients join a single game server on the Internet? Or am I stuck because both sharing the same IP address via NAT?
Thanks
Ron

[CaptainQuark]

Originally Posted by BlackFlag

United Offensive is, at least in my opinion, really quite different. It does offer alternative game modes, rather than simply being a couple of new maps or weapons.

Hi BlackFlag! Didn't know you were a CoD UO wallah! It's been a while since I played – been too busy trying to help the peeps on MacOSX.com – but I used to be a fairly dab hand, once upon a time.

I started off with MoH Spearhead and joined a clan. I've kinda abbreviated the ol' name here, 'cos {**9**}*CaptainQuark*[cp] in a non-clan situation causes more problems than it's worth! You might wanna check out the site: {**9**}*TheNiners* Unfortunately, most of 'em have moved on to BF2, so I'm feeling kinda isolated.

So where do you normally play? I keep promising to dust off the ol' CoD UO and recommence dispensing Captainly batterings to all who dare to stand before me, so if you have a regular server you play on PM me the ol' IP and I'll show you a few nifty moves!

[BlackFlag]

Sorry for my massively late reply, Captain Quark! I've just moved into new college accommodation, and I haven't set up my net access yet.

Introduction first: I'm BlackFlag[UK1] from the UK1 clan. Just like your lot, they've switched to BF2 so my major interaction with everyone is organizing the fantasy football! At least now that TeamSpeex is out I will be able to chat with them... once I finally get around to buying my copy of Tiger!

I used to regularly play on the 5thW server, which runs Base Assault maps.

IP = 194.109.217.194:28961

There's nothing like hopping in a jeep and bombing it down to the other team's bases, watching your teammates suddenly jump out and then realizing why they did that as you get blown to smithereens by a lurking tank!

Unfortunately they don't let us play games on the college network, but I occasionally pop home so you might see me on then.