Call of Duty on Windows 10 - mixed results

Call of Duty and Call of Duty United Offensive on Windows 10

I tried posting to Activision's user community, but could not figure out how to respond to a post that was already there.

So, for those wondering if CODUO works with Windows 10...

I originally tried performing an ISO install onto a laptop, so that I didn't have to worry about breaking my desktop/gaming machine.  In short, I could not get it to work.  BUT... I was playing online with my Windows 7 desktop, and one of the guys that I regularly play CODUO with said it worked fine. 

So, I decided to trust him with the idea being that... maybe it takes a better machine/video card???  I don't know.  Either way, I took a chance.  In short, CODUO is working on my gaming PC which is now running Windows 10.

To recap:

I did NOT get it to work on my laptop - I tried lots of things (drivers, admin rights, every compatibility mode); I continued to get some sort of buffer error.. Even ran filemon/regmon to try and resolve - no joy.

But, it worked on my PC (specs above).

Good luck !!!!  There is hope.

Wakanuki

Wakanuki@yahoo.com

Already?

In the picture is Obama (left), and George (right).

Has it been 8 years already? Boy, that flew... didn't it?

I'm not blaming Bush for everything, I think Clinton screwed up with the free trade agreement...

It was pretty cool watching all this on the Internet.

Now lets start fixing things.

- Wak

Don't have a virtual cow.

With this posting... all I'm doing is coining my own phrase:

Don't have a virtual cow!

I "Googled" it - NO HITS! Mom would be proud...


- Wak

Feeling the economic pinch.

The prices of things are getting out of hand.

Gasoline.
Food.
Electricity/Natural Gas.
Health care costs.
Prescriptions.
Taxes.
Taxes.
Taxes.

We are fortunate enough to make decent wages. And our family is even more fortunate to be seemingly healthy... But, the increased prices have driven us to make some changes.

Almost all of my past years salary increase went DIRECTLY back to my employer to cover the monthly co-pay increase we were also given (I'm not kidding). And, that is their plan for the next few years. Meanwhile, other costs continue to rise sharply.

So, in reality - WE ARE MAKING A LOT LESS EACH YEAR.

Although we make decent wages - We aren't swimming in money - In fact, we were always generally careful with what and how we spend our money. We're not expensive foods like steak every week, nor do we buy expensive toys or clothes. We generally eat dinner at home, and brown bag our lunches about 4 days a week. Our television signal & ISP costs are at the lower end of the spectrum; We have the cheap DSL ISP package (768k @ $17/month) and have the $50/month satellite dish for television.

With all the rising costs - We decided to start cutting some of our costs.

These are some of the things that we did to reduce some of our living costs:

First of all... We don't buy the high-priced foods. When blueberries are $2.50 for a small pkg - we're not getting blueberries. Grapes @ 2.99/lb = no grapes.

Some of the brand named items are going away too... I don't NEED to buy Colgate toothpaste, nor Charmin toilet paper. If the price isn't right - we've just been getting some other brand of product. I finally gave up on my "Dry Idea" deodorant from $3.27 for 2.5 ounces to the much cheaper Mennen speed stick (It cost a little over $1 and lasts just as long).

The Satellite dish - we just knocked it down to the $30/month package. The kids still have their stations - My wife and I lost some of the channels we would have watched if we had time time.

I still cut my own grass, and if the weeds need spraying - I'm the one doing it. Around here, that's usually a task that some lawn care place is doing for the home owners.

Phone - We're considering just having my wife's cell phone and losing the land line (we'll see).

Next, we're also considering a smaller house... We're currently not in a large house, but neither one of us think that things are going to get better anytime soon. So, we're trying to READY ourselves for even worse financial and economic conditions.

I know other's have it worse... I'm not trying to complain that I only have 100 channels of crap on my TV. But, I think you see my point... And, NO I dont' have a widescreen LCD TV. It's an old 27" CRT.

- Wak

Just watch this.... no really!

Why isn't this on headlines everywhere???

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/159/the_kanzius_machine

- Wak

Movie Review: Across the Universe...

Around here, this movie snuck in almost unannounced... And kept its existence pretty quiet.

Maybe it should be considered a musical... Being a Beatles fan, and not a fan of re-makes or new interpretations... I'd have to say that it's amazing how well they incorporated many of the Beatles songs within the movie; they really seemed to fit well. Those singing the songs, also did well. Their voices did not harm my enjoyment of the songs. For a while, I think I will see movie images when hearing some of my old favorites.


The story line was nice... a couple spots were a bit strange and twisted, but overall - enjoyable to watch (and listen). I don't like bad things happening to good people, and I'd say there was nothing too upsetting with this movie. I watched it twice, which cleared up a few question marks.

This musical/movie touches on love, life, jealousy, family, friendship, Vietnam and more...

I'm glad I watched/listened to it... you too may want to give this a go...

- Wak

CODUO - corrupt missing sound files FIX

Potential Solution or Fix for CODUO Call of Duty United Offensive corrupt of missing sound files.

Although my part-time blog was not intended to be a technical repository... It seems to me that this may help someone else; I had a hard time fixing this.

Problem: New install of COD/CODUO results in receiving a corrupt of missing X number of sound files.

I read where some thought it was a sound driver issue... Others thought corrupt discs. That may be for some, but after installing/comparing and uninstalling and re-installing again (4 or 5 times), I think I may have a solution that may work for some others.

Potential Solution:

I kept installing COD and CODUO immediately after. Once I decided to install COD ONLY and reboot, then install CODUO - IT FINALLY WORKED. Prior to that I kept installing COD then the CODUO add on - each time resulting in a runtime error.

I hope this helps someone else... Leave a note if this solution worked for you.

Thanks.

Been a while...

A lot has happened, but for all of us time has passed...

This all started with my being way to stinkin' busy at work. But, I'm not going to get into all that - short story - I didn't get a bonus. Work is still busy, but not as bad as before.

Nukie is still Nukie - not much has changed for him and his family (they are doing well).

Onion Pi is still Onion PI (be nice... remember to be nice)...

My family is doing well, the baby is not a baby. She is a walking, talking toddler. And my other two are still good kids. Wife's good.

Gaming - I still play online games, but not as often as I would like (I'm addicted to CODUO).

Dad (Archie) - is doing pretty well.... but, we found out a 'couple-few' months ago that he has cancer. The good news is that he is not in pain, and there is hope that they can treat him (that's what we know for now). Either way, cancer of course is bad news. My Uncle Joe has been fighting it for four or five years now, and his fight ended this past weekend. Tonight we are attending his wake.

I hope all is well for everyone out there !