Call of Duty 4 SP quits at Startup, please help!

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Call of Duty 4 SP quits at Startup, please help!

I installed CoD4 on my machine, uploaded the 1.7 patch, and tried to play the game. The Multiplayer works fine, prompts me for the serial number, and takes me to the main menu. However, when i try to boot up the Single Player it bounces up and down in the dock for a couple seconds and then goes straight to an error message. It is not the disk or any of the the third party software, because it works on other MBPs with the same configuration (I did a test install on another to make sure). The problem has to be on my machine.

Below is an extract of the error report for the Single Player error. Can anyone help me find what the cause may be?

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Process: Call of Duty 4 [327]
Path: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1/Call of Duty 4/Call of Duty 4.app/Contents/MacOS/Call of Duty 4
Identifier: com.aspyr.callofduty4
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [85]

Date/Time: 2008-11-08 00:43:59.699 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.5 (9F33)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC BADACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN PROTECTIONFAILURE at 0x0000000000000088
Crashed Thread: 0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 ??? 0x01e13692 0 + 31536786
1 ??? 0x01e13857 0 + 31537239
2 ??? 0x01e13941 0 + 31537473
3 ??? 0x01e13a5d 0 + 31537757
4 ??? 0x01e13c17 0 + 31538199
5 ??? 0x01e12ad3 0 + 31533779
6 dyld 0x8fe12e76 ImageLoaderMachO::doModInitFunctions(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 246
7 dyld 0x8fe0e723 ImageLoader::recursiveInitialization(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&, unsigned int) + 307
8 dyld 0x8fe0e809 ImageLoader::runInitializers(ImageLoader::LinkContext const&) + 57
9 dyld 0x8fe04102 dyld::initializeMainExecutable() + 146
10 dyld 0x8fe07b5f dyld:: main(machheader const*, unsigned long, int, char const**, char const**, char const**) + 2975
11 dyld 0x8fe01872 dyldbootstrap::start(mach_header const*, int, char const**, long) + 818
12 dyld 0x8fe01037 dyldstart + 39

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000022 ebx: 0x01e13640 ecx: 0x00000000 edx: 0x0000000f
edi: 0xf60d18db esi: 0xbfffe124 ebp: 0xbfffe0e8 esp: 0xbfffe0c0
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010206 eip: 0x01e13692 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
cr2: 0x00000088

Binary Images:
0x1000 - 0x3a2fc7 +com.aspyr.callofduty4 1.7 (77195) <fdba00cfe3aa4928a95f2fdd9f9c0743> /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1/Call of Duty 4/Call of Duty 4.app/Contents/MacOS/Call of Duty 4
0x1e27000 - 0x1e4bff3 +libBinkMachOx86.dylib ??? (???) /Volumes/Macintosh HD 1/Call of Duty 4/Call of Duty 4.app/Contents/MacOS/libBinkMachOx86.dylib
0x1e5e000 - 0x1e65fff com.apple.agl 3.0.9 (AGL-3.0.9) <aeab67ef267f8295ae80fddc197b52a5> /System/Library/Frameworks/AGL.framework/Versions/A/AGL
0x1e6c000 - 0x1e6cfff com.apple.Carbon 136 (136) <98a5e3bc0c4fa44bbb09713bb88707fe> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Carbon
0x1e70000 - 0x1e70ff8 com.apple.Cocoa 6.5 (???) <e064f94d969ce25cb7de3cfb980c3249> /System/Library/Frameworks/Cocoa.framework/Versions/A/Cocoa
0x1e74000 - 0x1ef0feb com.apple.audio.CoreAudio 3.1.0 (3.1)

etc....

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.5), 2.2 C2D, 2GB RAM, 8600m GT

Posted on Nov 7, 2008 9:45 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 20, 2008 8:17 PM in response to Jay1329

Same problem here. Curious, what version of COD4 does it say in Finder? Even through I ran the updater, Finder shows the version as 1.5.

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Answer 2

Nov 21, 2008 9:56 AM in response to Kristopher Skellington

I hope this helps.

I read on these forums somewhere that the unibody MBP's video card(s) are not compatible with COD4.

Please search these forums as I am sure someone asked about this problem.

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Answer 3

Nov 24, 2008 8:51 AM in response to Leester Flores

eh. I guess that's what I get for being bleeding edge..

So folks, looks like the solution is to sit tight and hope that Aspyr comes up with a patch in the near future.

K

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Answer 4

Ricktoronto

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Nov 24, 2008 9:29 AM in response to Kristopher Skellington

Are there no support resources with the maker of the game? Online help, a forum?

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Answer 5

Nov 24, 2008 8:00 PM in response to Ricktoronto

Aspyr's answer to me in an email was:

"Unfortuantely(sic) we don't support the new Mac laptops at the moment for any of our titles, so we can only provide limited support."

Which translated into English says "SOL buddy, until we get to it." I understand though. I'm sure we'll see a patch soon.

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Answer 6

MDJong

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Jan 4, 2009 5:04 PM in response to Jay1329

I was searching the web for a solution to this problem... Eventually I ended up with this http://www.aspyr.com/product/info/63
It might not be a solution, but atleast it shows something of what is wrong. I have already found out that if the bottom item on the list (Video Card(Intel)) is marked red, meaning it is not meeting the standards, you must get your mac reset from a server, or atleast this is what worked for me.

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Answer 7

ellergek

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Jan 4, 2009 6:01 PM in response to Jay1329

I have a late 2008 Unibody 2.53GHz MBP and am having no problems playing COD 4 using the 9600 GT card; I have not downloaded the afore-mentioned update, but I am able to play COF 4 for up to 60 mimutes per session so far w/o any problems. Just to confirm, I am playing the MAC OS X version of COD 4, and am not using Boot Camp, Windows, etc.

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Answer 8

Jan 27, 2009 11:07 PM in response to Jay1329

Hi Guys,

I got same COD4 SP crash on my MacPro early 2008.

But one strange thing is that I got this working prior I upgrade to a bigger internal HD...

When I installed first COD4 on by original boot disk (WD 320Gb), everything worked fine.
Few weeks ago I bough Samsung Sinpoint F1 1To disk, and used SuperDuper to get all files from my old disk to the new one.
Everything were fine exept the COD4 SP that were crashing.

I tried a complete de-install/re-install (without forgetting preferences, and other plist files from aspyr/cod4). But this doesn't help.

I opened a ticket on aspyr support web, and I provided all data possible (crash dump, specs and so one). BUt still no answer yet 😟

Anyway, I have a way to play to COD4 SP... it is to boot on my old HD... weird.
I really would like to have COD4 working from my new HD, as I would like to used my old one for other stuff so...

I will keep you informed.

Best regards

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Answer 9

i.3d

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Jan 27, 2009 11:20 PM in response to Jay1329

Usually those crashes are caused by an "ungraceful" exit of the game (crash) or trying to switch applications (CMD+TAB) while in the game.
The fix procedure is to make a copy of the "Players" folder and reinstalling the game; then moving the "Players" folder back to the install folder.
That has worked for many, hope it helps.
See you in COD.

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Answer 10

Jan 30, 2009 5:49 AM in response to caribou_fr

Hi guys,

I found the solution.

In fact the concern can be fixed by re-applying the last MacOSX update.
On my Mac I have the last 10.5.6 level of MacOSX, I just re-apply the MacOSX 10.5.6 update, and then COD4 SP starts without any crash.

This is weird but true.

I saw on some forum that few monthes ago a guys fixes the same issue by applying the 10.5.5 update (10.5.6 was not out at this time)

Cheers

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Answer 11

Mar 18, 2009 10:16 PM in response to caribou_fr

I can corroborate that reapplying the 10.5.6 combined update after installing COD4 did solve my problem with the crash on startup in single-player mode. Now I know how bad I am at FPS games.

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