QueNNch 515 Report post Posted June 11, 2016 (edited) Hey guys, lately I faced this error and couldn't play CoD4 as it kept crashing Looks like this: Alternative image link It'll make your screen black when you join a server (esp. modded ones) or when you attempt to restart the game. Turns out this is caused due to a DirectX hook/overlay running on your system. Credit to Ninja for pointing this out. So if you face this error, close/kill any overlay programs, such as FRAPS, Rivatuner Statistics server (IMPORTANT: This is most likely the cause), MSI Afterburner, Nvidia Shadowplay and similar. They're usually hiding in the notification area or find in the task manager. However if you get a "iw3mp.exe has stopped working" error, you know to make sure a microphone is plugged in, or alternatively, enable stereo mix recording device (click here for a tutorial on that). -QueNNch Edited June 11, 2016 by QueNNch 2 Cold and AlpHA reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlpHA 34 Report post Posted June 11, 2016 Nice tutorial, very helpful for those who face this problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chemy 25 Report post Posted June 11, 2016 1 hour ago, QueNNch said: Hey guys, lately I faced this error and couldn't play CoD4 as it kept crashing Looks like this: Alternative image link It'll make your screen black when you join a server (esp. modded ones) or when you attempt to restart the game. Turns out this is caused due to a DirectX hook/overlay running on your system. Credit to Ninja for pointing this out. So if you face this error, close/kill any overlay programs, such as FRAPS, Rivatuner Statistics server (IMPORTANT: This is most likely the cause), MSI Afterburner, Nvidia Shadowplay and similar. They're usually hiding in the notification area or find in the task manager. However if you get a "iw3mp.exe has stopped working" error, you know to make sure a microphone is plugged in, or alternatively, enable stereo mix recording device (click here for a tutorial on that). -QueNNch Never had this prob tho and never seen one but thanks for clear instruction for players who will face this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cold 2 Report post Posted June 11, 2016 Well put, good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
