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? for COD4 PC players from PS3 owner

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dreamcast87

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I own the PS3 version and playing online for me is *unpleasant* to put it lightly. I hear 360 owners have similar issues. So my question is how is your online experience with COD4?
 
cod4 is fooking amazing online. cod4 online is my "load and play" type game where i can play for a minute to a couple of hours, ie have a short blast of fun or a marathon of carnage hehe. i dont play in servers with less then 40 people lol. the more people in a server the better hehe
 
dreamcast87 said:
I own the PS3 version and playing online for me is *unpleasant* to put it lightly. I hear 360 owners have similar issues. So my question is how is your online experience with COD4?
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Is there an available keyboard and mouse for the ps3? :)

The pc multiplayer supports more players and I never have problems with connecting/being disconnected from games.
 
It isnt like that on the pc, as the connecting to servers system is completly diffrent.
 
dreamcast87 said:
10 to 20 minute wait time to play a match only to get disconnected as soon as you start 8 out of 10 times.
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Yikes. Like jonny said I also jump online for quick games here and there. I'm continually amazed at how quickly you can start shooting from the time you click on the CoD4 MP icon. Refreshing servers is fast, loading the map is fast and spawn times are low.
 
On ps3 there is a kind of lobby system, not stationary servers im sure.
 
WhyYouLoveMe said:
Yikes. Like jonny said I also jump online for quick games here and there. I'm continually amazed at how quickly you can start shooting from the time you click on the CoD4 MP icon. Refreshing servers is fast, loading the map is fast and spawn times are low.
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yea like what he said. cod4 is the best game for a quick blast online, literely if u was waiting on somthing for 5mins, in that time you could have a quick game of cod4 online easily. it leterely takes maybe 30seconds from the moment u click the icon to the moment the server map is loaded and ready for carnage. the maps loads super quick for me on my single core P4 northwood, on a PATA hdd. image how quick it would be on a up to date dual core SATA system :O
 
ring.of.steel said:
On ps3 there is a kind of lobby system, not stationary servers im sure.
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let me tell you i boot up hit the MP icon i wait 5 to 7 minutes for it to start the process for me to go online it's giving me GAME DOWNLOADING SETTINGS then when it does pop up and i select say TDM, FFA, HQ etc it just says searching for games then getting match quality then searching for games again i go through this for about 10 to 20 mins the most and this is every time i play
 
That's pretty bad, this is how COD4 goes for me.
Start up the game - 1sec
Refresh Server List - 15secs for full refresh ( can join the game anytime in the process)
Getting Gamedata/connecting to server - 5secs
Loading map - 5 secs
I am ingame within a minute, usually way less, I never wait for full refresh to finish and loading times are even smaller usually.
 
another reason why I will never use a console thats ridiculous.

If my PC is already on, if not wait 10 seconds max.

double click cod4 multi icon.

game loads instantly, faster than most games actually.

click on join game, if I got to my favorites i join a server I have added to my favorites and load time is described as above, something like 10-15seconds total.

1680x1050 max settings 4xaa 16xaf and I am always 80+, 80fps is the lowest i have seen the hardest maps to render with huge fire fights, usually I am averaging 150's up to 300.

I feel bad for the ps3 and xbox people because this is my favorite fps multi EVER, but I would never even bother with consoles for FPS nevermind online.
 
I had great experiences with CoD4 on Live right up until all their server craziness started up. Games ran smoothly, lag free at least 95% of the time, and you don't have to worry about hackers. I'm sure they'll get Live fixed and the game will work as it's supposed to again, but until then it really is irritating to try and get a game in with friends. I completely agree with that.

That said.. I prefer the console version multiplayer to the PC. That's not something I say often, but in this case I find it true. If you enjoy any actual tactical thinking or the occasional slower paced game then the PC version is almost unplayable. Most of the game's maps are tiny relative to a lot of other games and aren't well suited for the playercounts that a lot of people that run PC servers have set them up for. Think of Counter-Strike servers that run Dust with 32 players. Maps like Countdown devolve into quake-style twitch fests instead of a game where thinking tactically or going for a more stealthy approach really gets rewarding.

The Big Team Battle playlist on Live can feel hectic and crazy even with just 18 players on some maps. Maps like Showdown? Forget it. Playing them on the PC with 32 players is just ridiculous. If they give CoD4 some much bigger maps I'll be all over the PC version. For now though I just can't get into it.

If you like the idea of CoD4 with a much faster pace than you've gotten when you have managed to play on your console, then by all means shoot for the PC version. You'll probably be happier with it.

If you like the game the way it is now and just wish it worked better.. then stick with it. Live will get fixed and things will improve. It just might take a few weeks. I'm willing to wait for that though. The PC is far more hectic an experience and it's all the worse for it. The 360 version has it's fast paced crazy moments but you get a lot of games that move a little slower too and it adds some variety to the experience.
 
The server browser for the PC sucks, but luckily we have game-monitor.com

I find games there, then just copy and paste the IP address into the console. When I find a server I like, I add it to my favorites. I have a nice little list there and just choose the one I want to play on.

It's literally never more than 20 seconds between clicking on the COD4 icon and choosing weapons.
 
kumquat said:
The server browser for the PC sucks, but luckily we have game-monitor.com

I find games there, then just copy and paste the IP address into the console. When I find a server I like, I add it to my favorites. I have a nice little list there and just choose the one I want to play on.

It's literally never more than 20 seconds between clicking on the COD4 icon and choosing weapons.
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How does it suck? I do not play COD4 anymore but the server browser has remained practially the same as COD1, what is so bad about it? I find it nearly perfect..
 
dreamcast87 said:
10 to 20 minute wait time to play a match only to get disconnected as soon as you start 8 out of 10 times.
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The online play with 360, from what i've seen, is ridiculous. I've only seen Halo 3, but the way you don't browse servers, but rather get matched together with people of supposedly similar talent is stupid and took a very long time.

CoD4 on PC is a case of clicking the MP icon, no disc needed, selecting multiplayer in the menu, then choosing whichever server is lowest-pinging, and hardcore.
 
Wally said:
The online play with 360, from what i've seen, is ridiculous. I've only seen Halo 3, but the way you don't browse servers, but rather get matched together with people of supposedly similar talent is stupid and took a very long time.
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Its a load of crap, why cant they just introduce real 50 player servers.
 
aFive said:
How does it suck? I do not play COD4 anymore but the server browser has remained practially the same as COD1, what is so bad about it? I find it nearly perfect..
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Doesn't let you filter Hardcore mode or not, doesn't let you search, takes ages and ages to populate, doesn't include many many servers, etc. Half the time I load the thing up it only "gets" a couple hundred servers, total, if that (sometimes I get a couple dozen) and reports ping times in the hundreds of ms despite the fact that I can connect to one of my favorites with a sub-80ms ping.
 
wtf is wrong with the pc server browser?

its the same for virtually all FPS online !

I hit refresh and 11,000 servers come up for FFA alone and it takes liek 10 seconds

whatever
 
kumquat said:
takes ages and ages to populate, doesn't include many many servers, etc. Half the time I load the thing up it only "gets" a couple hundred servers, total, if that (sometimes I get a couple dozen) and reports ping times in the hundreds of ms despite the fact that I can connect to one of my favorites with a sub-80ms ping.
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There must be somthing wrong with your setup then.
 
kumquat said:
The server browser for the PC sucks, but luckily we have game-monitor.com

I find games there, then just copy and paste the IP address into the console. When I find a server I like, I add it to my favorites. I have a nice little list there and just choose the one I want to play on.

It's literally never more than 20 seconds between clicking on the COD4 icon and choosing weapons.
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it was on par with other games that I played and certainly wasn't consolelized(GoW anyone?). The only server browser that I like better is steam's.
 
ring.of.steel said:
There must be somthing wrong with your setup then.
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Oh yeah? My "setup"? What's wrong with "my setup"?

You guys are pretty defensive about a game's *server browser*. Game-monitor.com is ten times better than what's built into COD4.
 
HTML: 
reports ping times in the hundreds of ms despite the fact that I can connect to one of my favorites with a sub-80ms ping.

I have the same problem since the patch 1.4 whatever and I have read online others experiancing the same. On the server browser it will report like 400ms but inside the game I am at what I was before the patch often down in the 70ms. It's a pain I have learned to deal with.

I do agree it could be much better. When me and my friend picked up the game the same day and wanted to play together it was a painstacking process making sure we got in the same game.
 
Bomber18 said:
HTML: 
reports ping times in the hundreds of ms despite the fact that I can connect to one of my favorites with a sub-80ms ping.

I have the same problem since the patch 1.4 whatever and I have read online others experiancing the same. On the server browser it will report like 400ms but inside the game I am at what I was before the patch often down in the 70ms. It's a pain I have learned to deal with.

I do agree it could be much better. When me and my friend picked up the game the same day and wanted to play together it was a painstacking process making sure we got in the same game.
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The obvious answer is to just type in the IP address manually. No waiting for anything to load, no browsing, no checking server names, nothing. Just ~, /connect [ip address] and go.
 
kumquat said:
Oh yeah? My "setup"? What's wrong with "my setup"?

You guys are pretty defensive about a game's *server browser*. Game-monitor.com is ten times better than what's built into COD4.
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Well you seem to have problems that others dont, so it must be your setup or its in your head.
 
ring.of.steel said:
Well you seem to have problems that others dont, so it must be your setup or its in your head.
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Or if you keep up with COD4 at all, I'm not the only one that has these problems. Most people that I know in "the real world" experience similar problems and another poster in this very thread has reported that he has experienced it.

You're welcome to stop by my house and show me what's wrong with "my setup" though.
 
kumquat said:
Or if you keep up with COD4 at all, I'm not the only one that has these problems. Most people that I know in "the real world" experience similar problems and another poster in this very thread has reported that he has experienced it.

You're welcome to stop by my house and show me what's wrong with "my setup" though.
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Well if you keep 'up to date' with your cod4 installation maybe you wouldnt come across this.
 
ring.of.steel said:
Well if you keep 'up to date' with your cod4 installation maybe you wouldnt come across this.
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I must be behind the times with my ancient 1.4 installation. I guess most other people are using the 1.5 patch that they downloaded from the future.
 
kumquat said:
I must be behind the times with my ancient 1.4 installation. I guess most other people are using the 1.5 patch that they downloaded from the future.
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Well there is obviosly somthing wrong with your installation or your system, otherwise you wouldnt be experiencing problems, at 99% of people are not.
 
So from the majority of the post's it looks like the pc version and even the 360 (prior to Live! wigging out) have had minimal to no issues...I'm trading that bastard PS3 verison in and getting the pc version tomorrow i'll let you know how it goes if you can check my sig to see if i meet the minimum requirements
 
ring.of.steel said:
Well there is obviosly somthing wrong with your installation or your system, otherwise you wouldnt be experiencing problems, at 99% of people are not.
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That's your logic? That since the problem is somewhat common but not universal, it's impossible for it to be a software defect? That if the problem isn't experienced by more than 5% of users the problem is absolutely and without question the user?

That's really the story you're sticking with?
 
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