Modern Warfare 2 players locked out of PC beta: How to fix
A glitch for Modern Warfare 2 players on PC is locking them out of the Open Beta, but there is an easy way to avoid it.
The Modern Warfare 2 early accessOpen Betawent live for Xbox & PC on September 22. Playstation players can also access the Beta.
The second and final Beta Weekend increases the level cap to 30 from 15 and adds two Invasion maps. Modern Warfare 2’s first Beta weekend received harsh criticism, targeted atmini-mapchanges, theperk systemrework, andglitches.
Infinity Wardaddressed several community concerns, but the latest bug affecting PC players adds insult to injury.
How to fix getting locked out of Modern Warfare 2 PC Beta
CharlieINTELreported an issue of players getting locked out of the Beta on PC.
“If you restart your PC, Steam/MWII will ask for your phone number verification again. However, if you re-enter the same number multiple times, you’ll be locked by Steam,” CharlieINTEL Said.
NOTE: For#MWIIplayers playing the beta on Steam (PC), if you restart your PC, Steam / MWII will ask you for your phone number verification again. However, if you re-enter the same number multiple times, you’ll be locked by Steam.Do not restart your PC multiple times.
To prevent a lockout, do not restart your PC multiple times.
Getting locked out is not the only problem experienced by PC players. Popular Warzone streamerSwaggreported crash issues and claimed to crash six times within the first few hours of playing on PC.
The Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 PC development team issued statements regarding the crash issue and lockout problems.
We’ve also identified an issue for brand new#MWIIplayers on Steam, as upon creating your ATVI account, it’ll generate a random username if you didn’t already have an existing account linked.Please feel free to change it during the process.
Beenox stated, “please feel free to change it during the process,” meaning players should change their username to prevent getting locked out after entering the same one multiple times.
As for the crash issue, the developers said, “if the game requires a reboot, make sure to relaunch manually.”
We will provide any updates if the development team finds a more permanent solution to the lockout problem.
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