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RealityClash

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#68824 28-Sep-2010 22:56

Hey all,
At the moment I'm rather f***** off because for about the 3rd or 4th time ive gotten into a Modern Warfare 2 server thats unlocked everything and leveled me up to 70 and just completely defeated the purpose of the whole game.....
Can someone please tell me a way to backup my online profile so I dont have to deal with this bulls***
again in the future?...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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#385696 29-Sep-2010 00:24

^^ If you don't want to deal with that again, go outside.

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RealityClash

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Master Geek

#385698 29-Sep-2010 01:33

haha very good idea.
sorry for the aggressive post everyone, I can just get a "little" annoyed at things like that sometimes :P

If someone does know a way to backup your profile though, thatd be great :D

cgrew

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#385752 29-Sep-2010 09:56

I'm sorry I can't help you with this - I play MW2 on the PS3 :)

Sounds like the PC servers have quite severe issues..

RealityClash

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Master Geek

#385941 29-Sep-2010 16:50

yup they sure do. getting into one bad server will ruin your whole account sadly :/

FreakyKiwi

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Master Geek

#385944 29-Sep-2010 16:59

Then dont connect to hacked servers...IWNet is the only online play supported and only play private games with those you know and trust...

FreakyKiwi

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Master Geek

#385952 29-Sep-2010 17:07

However all your MP profile is stored online in the "Steam Cloud" so if you play with these files, you may have bigger issues...

You need to backup the files in the following folder, not sure what exactly you need but would pay to get it all...

(steam install directory)\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2\players\

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RealityClash

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Master Geek

#385976 29-Sep-2010 18:09

FreakyKiwi: Then dont connect to hacked servers...IWNet is the only online play supported and only play private games with those you know and trust...

You dont get to choose the server you connect to because Infinty Ward was idiotic enough not to include dedicated servers into MW2. And play in private games on MW2 isnt an option for me as I dont know anyone else that plays MW2 on PC (all my mates have either xbox or ps3)

RealityClash

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Master Geek

#385980 29-Sep-2010 18:14

FreakyKiwi: However all your MP profile is stored online in the "Steam Cloud" so if you play with these files, you may have bigger issues...

You need to backup the files in the following folder, not sure what exactly you need but would pay to get it all...

(steam install directory)\steamapps\common\call of duty modern warfare 2\players\

Yea thanks for the advice. I just copied the whole 'players' folder not long before my account became hacked but im not sure what to do with the folder I copied, Ive tried replacing the backed up folder with the current one but it does nothing sadly :/
Am I missing a step that you know of?

FreakyKiwi

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Master Geek

#386081 29-Sep-2010 22:02

Cant say its happend to me yet and I do play a fair bit...

You would need to open the game properties in steam and delete the cloud files (before you copied them back over). The exit steam, copy over your files and restart steam.

RealityClash

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Master Geek

#386134 30-Sep-2010 00:50

thanks for the tip. I tried that but after Ive deleted the 'local game content' from the 'MW2 multiplayer properties' then replaced the current players folder with my older backup one, (exiting steam in between) I then went back into steam to try play the game but it wouldnt let me till I had downloaded the local game data again :(

Any more ideas?

RealityClash

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Master Geek

#386136 30-Sep-2010 01:47

Juts found this great backup tool that does everything I want to :D
And so far from what Ive read everywhere you cant get banned for using it because you can only edit settings in your config files that the game allows.

Heres a link if anyone wants it, well worth a look :)

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1248572

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#386386 30-Sep-2010 16:24

mw2 just uses some notepad files in your steam folder to store all your info.
i got 10 prestige in 2mins, just edited my level and total xp. also made my primary weapon scar-h and my secondary scar-h.
the next day, i changed my rank back to prestige 1.

its easy, just change the values in the notepad file. as for backing up, copy and paste it to another location

RealityClash

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Master Geek

#386431 30-Sep-2010 18:43

yea i thought it was as simple as that aswell, but i could never get that way to work for me cause of the 'steam cloud', thats probably just me doing something not quite right though haha

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#387491 3-Oct-2010 22:13

steam is great, but i think its more of a hassle now.

FreakyKiwi

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Master Geek

#387552 4-Oct-2010 09:11

Nothing worng with steam and I love how it syncs your profiles

- its not actually a steam issue, remeber steam does not host the games...and the issue is dodgy people and their dodgy hacks...

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