Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question in PC gaming GAMES http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21442578 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:15:29 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:15:29 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21454314 Keizer :
said by durty_nacho See Profile :

And this is the idea that urks me. What a dumb idea.
I'm just the opposite. I love having my profile on my PC where I can have control of it. I have read horror stories about profiles being lost on their end. At least on my end, I can copy it to another hard drive for safe keeping. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21454314 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:56:03 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21453126 durty_nacho : Thought my QReply didn't take so I did it again and now I have a dual post. Sorry about that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21453126 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:00:08 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21453123 durty_nacho : And this is the idea that urks me. What a dumb idea.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21453123 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:58:59 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21453122 durty_nacho : And this is the idea that I feel is just plain stupid.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21453122 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:58:42 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21449117 anon : only the consoles are kept online/tied to your cd key, the PC however is kept locally just like in COD4.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21449117 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:41:13 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444310 Keizer :
said by Mchart See Profile :

I was almost positive the server kept a copy of your rank. Reason being that when the pirated version was leaked, people were talking about how the pirated CD-Key was giving them rank back.
Well, I'm not too sure then. When I installed COD 5, the first thing I did was figure out the new hiding place for the profile so I could make updated copies from time to time.

It sure starts you back at ground zero if you nuke your profile folder. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444310 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:37:07 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444307 Mchart :
said by Keizer See Profile :

said by Mchart See Profile :

said by Keizer See Profile :

The COD5 profile folder is in a different location than COD4. You will find it at: C>Users>Name>AppData>Local>Activision>CaDWaW>Players.

If this folder gets damaged or corrupted, you will lose your weapons and stats.

I always copy mine to a second hard drive every few days.
Not true, everything is stored on the server this go around. While there is a copy stored on your machine - The server keeps a copy as well. If you loose yours it is re-downloaded.
How is it re-downloaded? Automatically? As a test, I just deleted my profile, and started a round, and all my guns and perks were gone. I stuck my backup copy in place, and everything was restored.
I was almost positive the server kept a copy of your rank. Reason being that when the pirated version was leaked, people were talking about how the pirated CD-Key was giving them rank back.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444307 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:35:05 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444295 Keizer :
said by Mchart See Profile :

said by Keizer See Profile :

The COD5 profile folder is in a different location than COD4. You will find it at: C>Users>Name>AppData>Local>Activision>CaDWaW>Players.

If this folder gets damaged or corrupted, you will lose your weapons and stats.

I always copy mine to a second hard drive every few days.
Not true, everything is stored on the server this go around. While there is a copy stored on your machine - The server keeps a copy as well. If you loose yours it is re-downloaded.
How is it re-downloaded? Automatically? As a test, I just deleted my profile, and started a round, and all my guns and perks were gone. I stuck my backup copy in place, and everything was restored. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444295 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:31:18 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444281 Mchart :
said by Keizer See Profile :

The COD5 profile folder is in a different location than COD4. You will find it at: C>Users>Name>AppData>Local>Activision>CaDWaW>Players.

If this folder gets damaged or corrupted, you will lose your weapons and stats.

I always copy mine to a second hard drive every few days.
Not true, everything is stored on the server this go around. While there is a copy stored on your machine - The server keeps a copy as well. If you loose yours it is re-downloaded.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444281 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:27:37 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444272 Keizer : The COD5 profile folder is in a different location than COD4. You will find it at: C>Users>Name>AppData>Local>Activision>CaDWaW>Players.

If this folder gets damaged or corrupted, you will lose your weapons and stats.

I always copy mine to a second hard drive every few days. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444272 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:24:28 EDT Re: Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444014 Mchart :
said by durty_nacho See Profile :

CoD4 kept MP stats and rankings, guns, etc in a local profile in your file system. This sucked because mine got corrupted one time after my pnkbstrk.sys file caused a bluescreen, and I lost all my guns. Well, I feel it was dumb of Activision to store that kind of data locally anyway. Does anybody know if they changed this in CoD5? If it is now kept on THEIR servers and tied to my CD key I will buy the game.
Yes, it's kept on their servers and tied to your CD-Key.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21444014 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:15:44 EDT Call of Duty: World at War MP profile question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21442578 durty_nacho : CoD4 kept MP stats and rankings, guns, etc in a local profile in your file system. This sucked because mine got corrupted one time after my pnkbstrk.sys file caused a bluescreen, and I lost all my guns. Well, I feel it was dumb of Activision to store that kind of data locally anyway. Does anybody know if they changed this in CoD5? If it is now kept on THEIR servers and tied to my CD key I will buy the game.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21442578 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:54:10 EDT