On a mission to play all the call of duty games. Get me some Black Ops on steam.
The game crashes instantly. The resolution of the monitor changes, then there's a split second of audio from what I assume is the opening logos and whatnot, and the game immediately quits to desktop with no error message, not even in the windows log.
I have tried everything I could find. Video and sound drivers are up to date. Windows is up to date, and a brand new install. Ran steam as admin, ran game as admin, and both. Followed the directions of obscure fixes like changing the desktop resolution to 1024x768 before booting up. Nothing I do makes the slightest difference, it just crashes to desktop immediately.
It gets weirder. Multiplayer works fine. Haven't tried to join a real match, but I was able to play a training mission with bots just fine.
If anyone has any crazy ideas, I'm all ears at this point. Atm, it looks like $40 going down the drain.
Oh, specs.
Core2 Duo E6750, 2.6 ghz
Radeon X5700
Windows 7 64 bit
Intel board, I forget the model