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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 · PC · version Launch (Oct 2026)

DirectX error crashes on PC

UnconfirmedUnpatched

Updated

PC players report the game crashing with a DirectX error, during matches or at startup. No acknowledgement found.

Lifecycle

Reported · stage 1 of 5

6days open

Since first report

  1. Reported (reached) · now
  2. Confirmed (not yet)next
  3. Acknowledged (not yet)—
  4. Partial (not yet)—
  5. Patched (not yet)—
In current stage 6d
Workaround none yet
Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Platform
PC
Affected version
Launch (Oct 2026)
Kind
Bug
Confirmation
Unconfirmed
Patch status
Unpatched
First reported
Last updated
Latest fix or workaround
None on the record
How we label issues

Kind

  • Exploit: Repeatable and clearly advantageous to the player using it; essentially cheating.
  • Bug: Everything else: crashes, launch errors, broken features, visual or audio faults.

Confirmation

  • Confirmed: A developer or official account acknowledged it, an official known-issues board lists it, it appears in official patch notes, or 100+ corroborating posts on X were actually counted.
  • Unconfirmed: None of the above yet. Press articles are reports and never confirm an issue on their own.

Patch status

  • Unpatched: Known and open; no fix has been claimed.
  • Reported as unpatched: Players credibly report it persisting, including after a fix claim that never appeared in patch notes.
  • Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
  • Reported as patched: A developer, official account or player says it is fixed, but no official patch notes list it.
  • Patched: Official patch notes (a Steam news post or the publisher's patch notes page) list the fix, and nothing credible says it still happens.

Active means still affecting players: Unpatched, Reported as unpatched or Partially patched. Patched and Reported as patched issues are closed.

Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.

Signed-in community members can report new issues and suggest status changes, such as Fixed or Still unpatched, with their platform, version and a source. Every report and suggestion is reviewed by an editor before anything on the record changes. A new issue is published only when the report has at least three independent sources (distinct accounts, or distinct sites for web pages, after blocked sources are removed), unless the owner approved that issue by hand. Approved input appears as a dated Update from the xploitr community source on the issue's timeline, credited to the member's username (reports can opt out and stay anonymous); nothing is counted or published automatically.

Impact bands

  • 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
  • 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
  • 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
  • 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
  • 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.

Each issue has a dated timeline of updates (report, acknowledgement, announcement, fix, workaround). Update summaries are our own words; quotes and excerpts are the source's words, or our English translation when marked.

Estimated impactEstimated impact 7.0 out of 9.9, HighOur estimate from how many players it reaches and what it costs them.

Updates · 14

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  1. Report

    Oct 23: a PC player is dropped to the desktop after 3 or 4 Multiplayer matches with no error code.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “I can get 3-4 games in mp and then just get booted to desktop with no crash report or error code.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  2. Report

    Oct 23: random DirectX error crashes on an RTX 2080 Super with clean drivers and everything up to date.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “i7 9700k + RTX 2080 Super. Game is on steam, clean GPU drivers installation, everything is up to date and every other game I get this at random moments and game crashes..”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  3. Report

    Oct 24: constant crashes even after updating drivers and changing BIOS settings.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “Im having crashes left and right with mw4, ive updated drivers, changed bios settings and still nothing. Message says.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  4. Report

    Oct 24: the game keeps crashing with a DirectX error and will not connect to the server.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “game keep crashing saying DirectX error and wont connect to server”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  5. Report

    Oct 24: another player gets it about every two hours on a 7800X3D and RTX 5080.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “also get it, 7800x3d 5080 every 2hrs or so”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  6. Report

    Oct 24: a player gets a DirectX driver timeout error while other games run fine.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “DirectX driver timeout error with Kernel ll something. I've tried everything I can. I can play any other games including Wardogs lol with no issues at all. But usually anywhere from 5-10min into a…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  7. Report

    Oct 24: a PC player on an RX 9070 XT gets the same DirectX error in DMZ, Campaign and Multiplayer.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “Same error every time. happened in DMZ, Campaign and now multiplayer”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  8. Report

    Oct 25: a player now mostly gets a black screen with buzzing audio, like a GPU hang, instead of the DirectX error.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “yes it does give a directx error but now most of the time the screen blacks out and buzzes like a gpu hang”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  9. Report

    Oct 25: a player on a 7900 XTX still crashes with a DirectX driver timeout after updating the BIOS and all drivers.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “updated to latest BIOS, and all drivers. Game still crashes randomly with a DirectX driver timeout. Sapphire 7900xtx”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  1. Report

    Oct 25: another RX 9070 XT owner still crashes on AMD driver 26.10.1 after a clean driver reinstall and lower settings.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “i have the latest amd drivers 26.10.1, crashed before. did and ddu and reinstalled the drivers, lowered my settings game still crashes. rx 9070 xt at 1440p, i can barely get 70fps without frame gen…”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  2. Report

    Oct 25: a Steam player gets DirectX Error 0x00001338 with updated drivers and verified files.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “I keep getting this error [ DirectX Error: 0x00001338 (0x37B0C471) N ]yet I have all my drivers updated and files are verified.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  3. Report

    Oct 26: a player in a DirectX-crash thread says it seems common on AMD graphics cards.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “Seems to be a common issue with AMD graphics cards.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  4. Report

    Oct 27: a player on an AMD 7800X3D and 9070 XT crashed in DMZ and again while editing weapons.

    Community report · Steam · Forum reply ·
    “it crashed once during DMZ and just now while editing weapons. AMD 7800x3D and 9070XT.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum reply · Open source
  5. Report

    Oct 27: a player still gets frequent DirectX crashes after trying every fix they could find.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “I have been trying every possible solution I could find on the Internet to fix the frequent crashes on this game.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
Sources · 1414 CommunityCommunity report · reddit+ 13 similar community reportsShow all →
Community reportreddit
“I can get 3-4 games in mp and then just get booted to desktop with no crash report or error code.”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “i7 9700k + RTX 2080 Super. Game is on steam, clean GPU drivers installation, everything is up to date and every other game I get this at random moments and game crashes..”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “Im having crashes left and right with mw4, ive updated drivers, changed bios settings and still nothing. Message says.”
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