COD 5 hangs at "Setting up game..." screen on PC

Vgamer1 · 10-13-2009, 06:13 PM

Hello, great forum. I've been searching for an answer for this for about 3 days now with no luck. This is in reference to COD WAW on PC. Tried port forwarding, disabling firewalls, etc.

Here are my specs:

-Windows XP Pro SP 3
-Intel dual core processor @ 2.70 GHz
-4 Gigs of ram
-NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS

I'm behind a lynksis WRT54G router. I'm using an Airlink 101 300N Wireless PCI Adapter. My ISP is SBC.

When I try to join online games, it hangs at the "Setting up game..." screen. My computer will remain there until a new round begins, then I automatically enter the game. At least that's what I think is happening.

Like I said, I've tried port forwarding. At the moment I have 20800, 20810, and 28960-28970 open. I've tried disabling both my windows firewall and my router firewall. I also read somewhere to disable the "block anonymous internet requests" feature on my router, which I also tried.

I'm also running AVG Free and Ad-Aware in the background. I just tried exiting both programs in addition to putting down my firewalls and port forwarding with no results.

Any suggestions?

**5NIPER_WOLF** · 10-14-2009, 11:33 AM

Hello and welcome to TSF

Try to forward the following ports:80,443,3074,3075,3478,3479,5223

Vgamer1 · 10-14-2009, 04:16 PM

Wow, worked like a charm. Thank you.

10-13-2009, 06:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vgamer1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows	COD 5 hangs at "Setting up game..." screen on PC Hello, great forum. I've been searching for an answer for this for about 3 days now with no luck. This is in reference to COD WAW on PC. Tried port forwarding, disabling firewalls, etc. Here are my specs: -Windows XP Pro SP 3 -Intel dual core processor @ 2.70 GHz -4 Gigs of ram -NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS I'm behind a lynksis WRT54G router. I'm using an Airlink 101 300N Wireless PCI Adapter. My ISP is SBC. When I try to join online games, it hangs at the "Setting up game..." screen. My computer will remain there until a new round begins, then I automatically enter the game. At least that's what I think is happening. Like I said, I've tried port forwarding. At the moment I have 20800, 20810, and 28960-28970 open. I've tried disabling both my windows firewall and my router firewall. I also read somewhere to disable the "block anonymous internet requests" feature on my router, which I also tried. I'm also running AVG Free and Ad-Aware in the background. I just tried exiting both programs in addition to putting down my firewalls and port forwarding with no results. Any suggestions? Last edited by Vgamer1; 10-13-2009 at 06:18 PM.

10-14-2009, 11:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
5NIPER_WOLF Senior Tech, Games Team Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 3,251 OS: Windows VISTA Home Premium 64-Bit/Fedora 11/Mandriva/WinXP SP3 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: COD 5 hangs at "Setting up game..." screen on PC Hello and welcome to TSF Try to forward the following ports:80,443,3074,3075,3478,3479,5223 __________________ Apps - CCleaner FireBug Network Mapper WinDirStat Process Explorer SpeedFan Info - Very Important NVIDIA Drivers ATI Drivers PSU Info I do not give support with MSN/E-mail or Private Messages.

10-14-2009, 04:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vgamer1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows	Re: COD 5 hangs at "Setting up game..." screen on PC Wow, worked like a charm. Thank you.