Modern warfare 2 steam issues

[EVGAGTX260]

"steam was unable to sync your files for call of duty: modern warfare 2 with the steam cloud"

any1 else getting this error once they have activated the game online and then saved and exited the game to change steam back to offline mode as this is now p***ing me off bigtime. please can any1 help me get the game to play in offline mode, i have fear2 and all the half life games on steam and none of them do this when i play them in offline mode.

please any1.......

[Quint]

restart steam and then try.

[EVGAGTX260]

done that so many times, does not work!

[EVGAGTX260]

come guys ure telling me nobody knows what this means "steam was unable to sync your files for call of duty: modern warfare 2 with the steam cloud" ?

[jtm33]

Modern Warfare 2 uses the "Steam Cloud" content synchronisation, basically saving your content online as you go. When you launch Steam offline, it cannot connect to the service, as it is offline. As a result, any progress you make in the game while offline will not stay, as it cannot synchronise your progress. Your progress is retrieved each time you launch, so if you launch in offline mode you may not have any profile progress (not 100% sure on this.)

[EVGAGTX260]

Modern Warfare 2 uses the "Steam Cloud" content synchronisation, basically saving your content online as you go. When you launch Steam offline, it cannot connect to the service, as it is offline. As a result, any progress you make in the game while offline will not stay, as it cannot synchronise your progress. Your progress is retrieved each time you launch, so if you launch in offline mode you may not have any profile progress (not 100% sure on this.)

so basically pc users are forced to play the game online? this is so stupid really, how can steam get away with this, i have other steam games that do not do this! its pathetic if you ask me, will neva buy another steam game again thats for sure, no wonder people pirate games, its because of companies like steam that chase them away.

[RA7]

STEAM = BIG BROTHER.
I might change to consoles these days.

[Anderon]

STEAM = BIG BROTHER.
I might change to consoles these days.

Then why are you here on the Steam forums?

Just here to whine and moan?

Another ♥♥♥♥ing hypocrite to clutter up Steam forums.

GTFO!!

[Blindside97]

Then why are you here on the Steam forums?

Just here to whine and moan?

Another ♥♥♥♥ing hypocrite to clutter up Steam forums.

GTFO!!

lawl mad

ha

[noodlesoup]

Then why are you here on the Steam forums?

Just here to whine and moan?

Another ♥♥♥♥ing hypocrite to clutter up Steam forums.

GTFO!!

bring that ragehammer against every1 here and on the IW forums moaning about how ♥♥♥♥ iwnet is too pls

[ZhugeLiang]

I'm having this same Steam Cloud issue with all my games, if I bypass it I can get into MW2 but it says im not connected to steam or loggged on to steam when I AM logged onto steam and can talk to friends etc.

[rondog]

mine is saying this too...I was able to play earlier today and restarting steam did nothing

[thuguht]

yes i just got this same message. it said i might lose anything ive done if i chose to open it. i dont wanna lose my progress so any info is helpful.

[Darkstar78]

It's happening to both my wife and me on our two systems, as well. It actually happened to me last week for about two days and mysteriously got better on its own. Then it just started happening again about 20 minutes ago. If Steam would give us a response, that's one thing. But since they haven't responded to this thread or any of the other numerous threads that have similar problems, I conclude that they can all choke on a sack.

[Darkstar78]

Btw, here's a link to the other thread that I've posted on regarding COD:MW2 problems:http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1027175&highlight=steam+connect+failed

[EVGAGTX260]

hey guys, looks like i aint the only 1, i have now fixed the problem (cant say on here ), i was tryin to play online instead so i could play mp as well but steam has released the patch and has screwed up mp as well cause when u try and connect it just keeps sayin waiting for other players and neva connects, how bloody anoying just when you thought mp was fine to play they go and screw with that too.
so now u cant play sp offline and u cant play mp online. nice just ****ing nice :-(

[Whups]

Then why are you here on the Steam forums?

Just here to whine and moan?

Another ♥♥♥♥ing hypocrite to clutter up Steam forums.

GTFO!!

:) :D:D:D :cool::cool::cool::) ♥

[Hexinvir]

I had the exact same problem guys and this is how I fixed it. Try going into your task manager and end the processes of the programs and applications that you do not use or need. I tried that, and it worked, so that's my advice

[andlid]

I had the exact same problem guys and this is how I fixed it. Try going into your task manager and end the processes of the programs and applications that you do not use or need. I tried that, and it worked, so that's my advice

:confused: you didnt by any chance spot which service you stopped that made it work?

Have a sync issue with my online profile but think it's something to do with my local files on this laptop compared to my PC, I'm going to stop the two steam services:
steam.exe & steamservice.exe and copy accross files from my primary game box!

:cool:

[ruthlessebk]

I FOUND OUT HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. RIGHT CLICK MW2 AND CLICK PROPERTIES. PRESS LOCAL FILES. THEN CLICK VERIFY. THEN IT WILL WORK. HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS.

[wopster]

I FOUND OUT HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. RIGHT CLICK MW2 AND CLICK PROPERTIES. PRESS LOCAL FILES. THEN CLICK VERIFY. THEN IT WILL WORK. HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU GUYS.
I'm sorry to say, but when I right-click MW2 and click properties, there is nothing that says "Local Files". It may be different for 'XP', 'Vista', and 'Windows 7', but I still don't see anything that says "local Files". Maybe you can be a bit more specific, thanks.
Oh, just btw: I'm using Vista.

I have this problem as well, any help is appreciated.
(I have tried all suggestions stated above, I'm still getting the message "Steam was unable to sync)your files for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer with the Steam Cloud")

[ado010]

steam is not working right now. wait.

[Zix]

I'm sorry to say, but when I right-click MW2 and click properties, there is nothing that says "Local Files". It may be different for 'XP', 'Vista', and 'Windows 7', but I still don't see anything that says "local Files". Maybe you can be a bit more specific, thanks.
Oh, just btw: I'm using Vista.

I have this problem as well, any help is appreciated.
(I have tried all suggestions stated above, I'm still getting the message "Steam was unable to sync)your files for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer with the Steam Cloud")

Right click a game on your list and go to properties. There, click the 'Local Files' tab, then choose 'Verify integrity of Game Cache".

Doing that will scan your game files, and if something is missing or corrupt it will re-download those specific files. You won't be able to do it until the steam update is done with though. I've done this with XP, Vista, and 7, so I'm not sure why you can't see it. Maybe you're looking in the wrong spot?

Here's a screencap of what it should look like after right clicking and going into properties - http://i49.tinypic.com/n6ryaq.png

steam is not working right now. wait.

Steam not working had nothing to do with his question, as you can still find the menu regardless if steam is down or not.

[InspectorGadget]

Read the Announcement on the top of the "Modern Warfare series" forum

[Protios]

Steam Cloud is the best PC invention since the internet!

Having my entire config / save files backed up on the internet I can access from ANY PC.

[Teletuby]

STEAM = BIG BROTHER.
I might change to consoles these days.
You will be able to count on better service when your games broken that is for sure.

[wopster]

steam is not working right now. wait.

Thought it was over. I guess I was wrong.

Right click a game on your list and go to properties. There, click the lLocal Files' tab, then choose 'Verify integrity of Game Cache".

Doing that will scan your game files, and if something is missing or corrupt it will re-download those specific files. You won't be able to do it until the steam update is done with though. I've done this with XP, Vista, and 7, so I'm not sure why you can't see it. Maybe you're looking in the wrong spot?
Oh, thanks so much for verifying, I thought that you were supposed to go to properties from the icon on my desktop. Thanks again for verifying.I found it now.


Read the Announcement on the top of the "Modern Warfare series" forum
I did, but I thought it would be done by now, my mistake.

[vixro]

Still not working for me, been down for a couple hours now. Restarting steam does not help.

[InspectorGadget]

Still not working for me, been down for a couple hours now. Restarting steam does not help.


about in 1 hour it works, steam said that the downtime will be about 3hours..

[Bagnon]

Can't play MW2 either. Friends is down for me as well. Same error as everyone else.

[InspectorGadget]

R E A D T H I S & Y O U W I L L B E A B L E T O A N S W E R Y O U R Q U E S T I O N S::eek:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/announcement.php?f=778

[ziggo0]

R E A D T H I S & Y O U W I L L B E A B L E T O A N S W E R Y O U R Q U E S T I O N S:eek:

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/announcement.php?f=778

That's actually pretty hard to read.

[martinarcand1]

Can't you just unplug your internet and play??

or

magically

File>Go Offline

[s..]

"Steam was unable to sync your files for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer with the Steam Cloud"

I had the same problem, my friend told me to do this...

1: Enter STEAM and right-click <Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer> and enter properties.
2: Press on; "Local files"
3: Press on; "Verify integrity of game cache..."

then it should load and stuff- after that it should be done.
but this didnt help me because. the server was down

so i waited to the next day, and it was all good :)

[leafan101]

You think YOUR pissed off? I lost all my Spec Ops progress a few days ago because of this crap.

[RiffRaff1800]

Steam is unable to sync...WTF?

I PAID for this game and I except some service/guarantee here.

What did I pay for? For ##*ing steam-sh#t....

I said it before and I will always say this: COD6 is my one and only stea-crap-game I ever bought.
None of my friends will support this Big-Brother-Crap-Software as well...it sucks sooo much and its making me mad!

Nobody need steam..no dedicated servers,...no custom maps...it sucks and sucks.

Thats a pure Rip Off

I hate steam:o:o:o:o:o

[KillBilly]

Steam is unable to sync...WTF?

I PAID for this game and I except some service/guarantee here.

What did I pay for? For ##*ing steam-sh#t....

I said it before and I will always say this: COD6 is my one and only stea-crap-game I ever bought.
None of my friends will support this Big-Brother-Crap-Software as well...it sucks sooo much and its making me mad!

Nobody need steam..no dedicated servers,...no custom maps...it sucks and sucks.

Thats a pure Rip Off

I hate steam:o:o:o:o:o

Waaaaa- Well quit buying their Damn product then.

No need to be a Cry Baby, Good God its just a "Freakin Game".

[EagleEye30]

"steam was unable to sync your files for call of duty: modern warfare 2 with the steam cloud"

any1 else getting this error once they have activated the game online and then saved and exited the game to change steam back to offline mode as this is now p***ing me off bigtime. please can any1 help me get the game to play in offline mode, i have fear2 and all the half life games on steam and none of them do this when i play them in offline mode.

please any1.......



By any chance. have you updated yourself to the new beta UI interface. When i did, i couldn't do any gaming for the longest time until i realized what had happened. Try going back to the old version UI if this is what you have done.

[freedo50]

Steam was working fine for me until I enrolled in the Beta of the new UI, when it f***ed up. I found that I couldn't get out of the Beta before the update was publicly released, and now I'm getting this can't connect to Steam cloud message pretty much all the time. I've tried deleting ClientRegistry.blob about a million times, and most often it doesn't work. I've tried verifying the game cache, and more often than not it doesn't solve the problem. I've now tried opening any port steam wants in my firewall, and still no joy.

This is really beginning to get me down, as I do really like steam, and the convenience it offers, but this is just hopeless...

Incidentally, every now and again (maybe 1 in 100 tries), the game will work fine.

HELP!!!

[barcabal]

another one here.
cant play multiplayer at all and the sologame as it wont sync with the steam cloud.
Come on steam whats happening!!!!!!!!!!
Ive paid amoney for a service and geting none. please help.

[wafleman]

same thing happening to me :( steam really sucks...either steam needs to fix these problems they have or i want my f*ing maney back. modern warfare 2 wasnt able to sync my files for 2 days now.!! it still hasnt! and if it doesnt work, i know i bot it at best buy, but steam needs to put $60's on my credit card! fix this ! and why the hell do we NEED steam for COD?!!? thats freaking ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. >:0

[Stu Alpha]

Don't necropost.

And someone already theorized that it's a bug in the game.

[wafleman]

and, steam support doesnt help at all!!! i cudnt get anything, not one thing to help me with this. steam is very disapointing. its a good idea for a program, but it SUCKS

[Stu Alpha]

It's a problem with the game MW2 itself.

Don't expect any fixes for it though.

[cob36440]

Same thing is happening to me. I was just on last night with no issues.....

[scrubbycritter]

There is alot of complaining. I have the same problem only it is with Metro 2033, but this kind of stuff happens when you run a huge network such as Steam. You cannot expect everything to be perfect 100% of the time because I think we can all agree on this "♥♥♥♥ happens." I think Steam does a fine job. Yes I have problems from time to time but for the most part, Steam gets those issues resolved fairly quickly. So search around for the answer or wait and then try to play the game again.

[SnatchAx]

I agree Scrubby....For the most part, They do well. Think about it like this, We deal with one issue, they are dealing with Hundreds of thousands of issues. How often do you see a post that says "Great Job"...never. We only post when we Bxxch about something. :-)