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I just download Call of Duty 4 from Steam and every time I open up the multiplayer I get the following message:
Your computer appears to have changed since the last time you ran Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Would you like the game to configure itself optimally for your new hardware?
Is there a way I can fix this?
As far as I know, the only difference is (on 360, possibly on PS3 too) there is an achievement for beating the game on one of the top two difficulty settings, and several achievements for beating groups of missions on the top difficulty setting.
One thing you should always keep in mind with Call of Duty games is that the action sequences are completely scripted. Basically, what that means is the game will keep throwing enemies at you or will otherwise not progress the level until you initiate a specific action. In this case, you are faced with this corridor:
The corridor is filling up with flammable gas. Once you pass a specific point in this corridor, shortly after exiting one of the side corridors, Captain Price will say Go! Go! Go! This is your queue that the corridor will be detonated by the opposition. If you listen carefully, you can hear a countdown on the overhead speaker in Russian. You need to make a mad dash to the end of this corridor and exit it before Captain Price shuts the door. He will shout out Move! Move! right before he shuts the door.
I would suggest sprinting for this door as soon as you exit one of the side corridors and make it through the door before Captain Price shuts it, thus:
Best Answer
It's likely that the game is trying to save your configuration settings and failing. Try checking whether or not the files in your CoD4 directory are write protected or not. By default, Steam installs CoD4 to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty 4
But, this may vary depending on your Windows version, 32/64 bit, how you installed Steam, etc.
You will want to at least check all of the .cfg files, although one person had better luck making sure that all of the files in that directory are not write protected.
Some people speculate this is an issue with file permissions caused by the filesystem changes in Vista/Win7, although others have reported issues with Windows XP as well.
For reference, there's a help thread on the Activision site for this, but I doubt that the suggestions there would help.