I was about to never play a call of duty again, I bought bo2 and couldn’t connect to online severs at all, so I bought Cold War and ran into this issue… I just wanna play some zombies man😂 your a life saver!!
Oh my life, you honestly saved me so much money. I was worried that I was going to need to spend like £65 on ANOTHER COD Cold War. Thank you for this tutorial. I cannot thank you enough. :)
Is this really how much you enjoy cod? That after them making their 1000th mistake you wanna chuck another £70 at them, ontop of the hundreds you have spend on their other titles and dlcs
Today’s Thursday may 19th , had this problem all day yesterday. 6 hours for the initial download, 6 hours for what I thought needed to be re installed when all I needed to do was this! Thanks man.
@@aftaahlife think what you want Demmy. I contact Microsoft and activision and it was on activision side of problems so better learn your facts there Demmy lmfao. Microsoft refunded me my money and all.. Activision support is TRASH
@@gmcduramax8835 I'm sure someone already explained it but the "purchase game" if you bought it through the Microsoft store which is the route they're angling it in. Would mean that it's a Microsoft side error that activision would offer no support for. It's a licensing issue for ownership of the game.
Thanks so much. I got it when swapping back from playing Cold War to MW. MW said I had to purchase it again. I followed your same instructions and it worked for MW too. I almost lost it but you saved me.
Omg I LOVE YOU!! LOL I've been trying to figure this out for, literally, HOURS. I've also been talking to xbox for hours. They gave up but my little boy had not! Lol I'm just a single mom who is clueless about all is this gaming stuff with a little boy who insists that I know everything!! Finding this video allowed me to tell him that he is right lol
Guys, if you're having trouble with this same issue on Season 3, but you have all content packs installed, there is a FIX for it. Do exactly the same thing in this video but when you go to Manage Game & Add-ons, you want to go to Saved Data and delete from console and then you want to Delete Reserved Space. When you delete Reserved Space, it will close the game down (if not already closed), then exactly the same as in the video above, it will start checking files and downloading.
Thank you so so much I have been like this all day and thought I had done something wrong u also just saved me from a pointless conversation with the Xbox assist people I watched like 20 vids to try and figure it out they made me do a bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with the game itself thank you man 👊
Nothing works for me tho I have it on both PlayStation n Xbox n does the same thing I don’t have any add ons tho I don’t have any content packs mines digital tho I can’t even play it any more I’ve given up with it
bro thank u 😭 I was not tryna pay $60 again after already spending money on a different game the whole week. i had a feeling it was just a missing file issue!!
Dude this is ridiculous. This is same thing that happened to me when I just tried it. Why would they design it so it's so unintuitive that you have to scrounge the internet to find out how to play it.
Never ceases to amaze me that one of the biggest money makers in gaming literally has the most grueling download processes and bugs associated with it. Modern Warfare was no slouch in that department either. This is gaming today folks. Hand them $120 and don't forget the Excedrin.
Ok, first you are my hero as your video started the process of fixing this issue for me! Thank you! However I had to do one more step! When I looked at the content pack, I had packs like 2-4. But there was no content pack 1 which I found suspicious. After much internet research the solution that worked for me was to go to Xbox network settings, advanced settings, alternate MAC address, clear. This reset my Xbox. Then when I went into manage game and add ons, content pack one was there, and not installed. So I installed it as you show in your video here and it did solve the issue!
Thank you so much my boyfriend actually went through the same damn thing and your video really helped we didn’t understand what was going on we had it downloaded even the desk was in the Xbox and it just doesn’t make any sense he was playing it before and all the sudden it did this this is a very good video and will help so many people even though Videos nine months old it helped us right now in the moment!!! 🙏
The tears of frustration I almost shed became tears of joy when I found this video after DAYS of troubleshooting and “tech sup-poor-t” I love you. Sincerely.
THANK YOU!!! I have been sitting here frustrated that I could not get this game to play!! You would think when you install the game, it would install everything!
Hey man I love you so much, I hope you never run into problems. I hope your cereal never gets soggy and you never get sick. I cannot explain how much I love you in English words.
omg thank you so muchhh 🙏 my sister bought this game for my Xbox and I haven’t gotten a chance to play it for a year. this video is the only one that worked for me
For me they arent there. It says 4 of 4 downloaded and only the campaign multiplayer zombies and deadops arcade showup. Also it has been happening for 2 months
it is the 17/07/2023 and i tried everthing but watched this video and done what he said .it worked first time .big shout out to this guy for putting on YT .much appreciated
Thank you so much dude I been wanting to play the cold war campaign because I have fun playing it and I can finally do it. I been trying to fix it for months and didn't know how I wish you have a good night rest every night
if this doesn’t work then it’s a different problem what i did is i went into games and add Ons and if you have an add on called call of duty black ops cold war-free access just uninstall it and start to your game back up it should check for files and then say downloading and after like 5 minutes it should be back on and it will be fixed.
@@jdc864 yeh every thing else should be there but if you have an add on called call of duty cold war free access are call of duty cold war zombies free access are both then you need to remove them and it will let you play.
Life saver, thank you so much. I was just trying to play zombies and just had that downloaded and once I downloaded all the content pack it worked. No you don’t even need the whole game downloaded, you just need all the content pack downloaded to make it work.
@@warrodsequen6384 what I did was when j went on Cold War and when it says to buy it click the switch users then go on another account and then it’ll say connecting and give it time and then boom it might work
I've been having the same problems, but I have everything under Cold War already downloaded and the same screen keeps popping up when I try to launch the game on my Xbox One S. Nothing is ready to be installed.
Yeah same it has been this way for 2 weeks for me and I’m hoping this update will fix it. My friend said that some people were reinstalling the campaign and it worked but I haven’t tried it yet.
I have the same problem then I re installed it didn't work so I'm installing it rn + 1 add on which is the free access so I don't know if it'll work thats why
Same thing on mw2!! I’ve been playing everyday since it came out, and today it gave me the same error. Followed your vid to the T, and worked!! Thanks so much!!!
I love you and I hope nothing but the best for you in life. Thank you for single-handedly solving your problem that took me a full year when all it took was one video.😂
Ngl this is the most helpful video I recently switched to Xbox and finally got Cold War on it and I couldn’t figure out how to play it because of this problem until I found this video
I cannot thank you enough holy moly I hope your cereal never goes soggy and your coffee never goes cold
What if they like their coffee cold, maybe hope that their coffee never gets diluted instead?
@@robertphister4932 They aren’t human
@@robertphister4932 I like my coffee cold. I have a cpu heatsink as the base and a copper cup for my coffee to sit on top. Every work day.
Yes dude yes
Last but not least hope he don’t stub the big toe
This guy is single handedly more helpful than all of the activision tech and support thanks
Yes facts
And it’s still like this
The way this man just explained is how everyone needs to explain videos like this
2 years later and this is still helping people. I hope you sleep good tonight brother!
Almost 3, just got the game for my bro to play with me and this happened
I was about to never play a call of duty again, I bought bo2 and couldn’t connect to online severs at all, so I bought Cold War and ran into this issue… I just wanna play some zombies man😂 your a life saver!!
I have been absolutely raging for the past 2 days thinking there were small scratches on the disc thanks soo much god bless you!
@Macfade Hey dude did you figure it out yet as I'm still having this problem?
Modern warfare ,cold war and vanguard is all saying this for me .I've deleted and reinstalled and it's the same .yet ww2 works ..any idea ?
Oh my life, you honestly saved me so much money. I was worried that I was going to need to spend like £65 on ANOTHER COD Cold War. Thank you for this tutorial. I cannot thank you enough. :)
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Is this really how much you enjoy cod? That after them making their 1000th mistake you wanna chuck another £70 at them, ontop of the hundreds you have spend on their other titles and dlcs
Literally had this problem few minutes ago and found this video now it’s connecting,thought I was gonna have to get a new one too😂
Thank you so much this was really scaring me i did not want to have to pay another $60 for a game I already own
Did it work bro?
@@lavarshennaidoo238 yeah
same, just got a new xbox, I didn’t want to pay another 60$😂😂
It wouldnt let you pay another 60$ anyway if u try purches it it says u own it
Life saver, spent hours trying to figure this out before finding your solution, thanks man
Today’s Thursday may 19th , had this problem all day yesterday. 6 hours for the initial download, 6 hours for what I thought needed to be re installed when all I needed to do was this! Thanks man.
Man i can’t thank you enough this is why I’m TH-cam certified cuz Microsoft’s support is absolute dog water
That wouldn’t be on Microsoft that would be on activision
@@gmcduramax8835 it would be on microsoft if its taking away the game from us
lmao your IQ is dog water it’s not microsoft’s problem
@@aftaahlife think what you want Demmy. I contact Microsoft and activision and it was on activision side of problems so better learn your facts there Demmy lmfao. Microsoft refunded me my money and all.. Activision support is TRASH
@@gmcduramax8835 I'm sure someone already explained it but the "purchase game" if you bought it through the Microsoft store which is the route they're angling it in. Would mean that it's a Microsoft side error that activision would offer no support for. It's a licensing issue for ownership of the game.
Give this man 1 million subs! Straight to the point!
Thank you, its my day off and all I wanted was to Play a little COD!!
Three years later in this video is still helping people thank you so much
Your the man!!! Resolved our issue and really appreciate you taking the time to share the knowledge!
Glad it worked.
I’ve literally raged the past 3 days trying to get this to work
Bro fr this was so annoying I’m so happy now
Same here
mine still doesn't work smh
@@zerograv1ty11 did u find a way yet?
@@josemata169 did you find a way?
Thanks so much. I got it when swapping back from playing Cold War to MW. MW said I had to purchase it again. I followed your same instructions and it worked for MW too. I almost lost it but you saved me.
Omg I LOVE YOU!! LOL I've been trying to figure this out for, literally, HOURS. I've also been talking to xbox for hours. They gave up but my little boy had not! Lol I'm just a single mom who is clueless about all is this gaming stuff with a little boy who insists that I know everything!! Finding this video allowed me to tell him that he is right lol
3 years later and still helpful. Thanks man
It worked. Oh my god it worked. And I bought the cross gen bundle back when I had the Xbox one so I can play the series X version now 😭😭 you’re a hero
Guys, if you're having trouble with this same issue on Season 3, but you have all content packs installed, there is a FIX for it.
Do exactly the same thing in this video but when you go to Manage Game & Add-ons, you want to go to Saved Data and delete from console and then you want to Delete Reserved Space. When you delete Reserved Space, it will close the game down (if not already closed), then exactly the same as in the video above, it will start checking files and downloading.
i have this exact problem in seson 3 but the thing is that i play on PS4, do you have any idea how to fix this problem on this platform?
Omg thank you this worked bro
Nvm it didn’t work it still says I have to buy it
thank you for this good sir i’ve reinstalled this game six times and finally decided to search for ways to fix it
I'm trying to fix mine now
Thank you so so much I have been like this all day and thought I had done something wrong u also just saved me from a pointless conversation with the Xbox assist people I watched like 20 vids to try and figure it out they made me do a bunch of stuff that had nothing to do with the game itself thank you man 👊
I cannot thank you enough my dad bought me this game so I thought he would have to buy it again or something but thanks it really helped me out
Bruh its August 2023 and this problem still exists. Thank you for the vid, it helped me
Hi I was wondering if it worked for you as all my add ons and content packs are Installed and it still says I need to purchase the game
@@Hendo_010 yeah it did work. I also deleted the reserved space before watching this vid, maybe that could fix it
Nothing works for me tho I have it on both PlayStation n Xbox n does the same thing I don’t have any add ons tho I don’t have any content packs mines digital tho I can’t even play it any more I’ve given up with it
Just letting you know, a year later this is still saving wallets! Thanks man
As a representative of the month of May, I stand by this method. Got the still working stamp
@@grabberp5173 please help mines not working still 😭
@@A-Constant-Lull did you ever get it to work
@@willkeith1217 you won't believe this but I got pissed and bought the newest Xbox and it worked 🤣
bro thank u 😭 I was not tryna pay $60 again after already spending money on a different game the whole week. i had a feeling it was just a missing file issue!!
Glad I could help
Dude this is ridiculous. This is same thing that happened to me when I just tried it. Why would they design it so it's so unintuitive that you have to scrounge the internet to find out how to play it.
Bro I tried to find a vid like this for days wtf
Never ceases to amaze me that one of the biggest money makers in gaming literally has the most grueling download processes and bugs associated with it. Modern Warfare was no slouch in that department either. This is gaming today folks. Hand them $120 and don't forget the Excedrin.
This man has surpassed Indian men tech repair videos. I hope you get the absolute best head of your life
This videos pushing 2 years and it works baby IT WORKS
Best video help so far. Not too long. Straight to the point and detailed
man I don't even know how to thank you, I was already going crazy with this problem. a hug from Brazil🇧🇷🇧🇷
Your literally a life saver keep it up man
Thanks for checking it out.
I need help with it still
@@akaScratch still need help
Ok, first you are my hero as your video started the process of fixing this issue for me! Thank you! However I had to do one more step! When I looked at the content pack, I had packs like 2-4. But there was no content pack 1 which I found suspicious. After much internet research the solution that worked for me was to go to Xbox network settings, advanced settings, alternate MAC address, clear. This reset my Xbox. Then when I went into manage game and add ons, content pack one was there, and not installed. So I installed it as you show in your video here and it did solve the issue!
Thankyou dude i will fiddle you later🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much my boyfriend actually went through the same damn thing and your video really helped we didn’t understand what was going on we had it downloaded even the desk was in the Xbox and it just doesn’t make any sense he was playing it before and all the sudden it did this this is a very good video and will help so many people even though Videos nine months old it helped us right now in the moment!!! 🙏
Omg thank man I was literally stressing myself out
Not all hero’s wear capes some wear hats 🧢 thanks alot still works a dream 💪🏻
Thank you sm it wasn’t working on my lil bros xbox and we finally got it to work ☺️
Thank you man. I have no idea why they would make 10mb content files “optional” when it literally requires it to work
Bro, thank you so much. Was trying to fix this for days. Lol
the content packs aren’t there for me, the only things are campaign multiplayer zombies and dead ops arcade.
Did you end up fixing it? I have the same issue
Me as well
I have the same issue did you ever fix it?
Same here
Same here
Thx you bro I've been trying to find videos for this for a week now
2 yrs later and they still haven't fixed this issue. I had to come here to figure it out. Thanks a lot!
The tears of frustration I almost shed became tears of joy when I found this video after DAYS of troubleshooting and “tech sup-poor-t”
I love you. Sincerely.
Appreciate the video, this fixes season 5 as well.
Do you know if it fixes season 6 aswell?
Season 6 and all
thank you so much, i literally bought it on disc and digital and it still wouldnt work, ive been unable to play for almost 2 months now
I looked at the games and addons and I clicked select all and didn’t see any of the content packs
I have the same issue. No idea how to fix it
Exact same thing today. Any fix yet?
Me too idk what to do
@@paytonconrad7213 did u manage to fix it?
Bo6 problem here. you’re a life saver years later.
THANK YOU!!! I have been sitting here frustrated that I could not get this game to play!! You would think when you install the game, it would install everything!
I don’t see the contant pack
Guys if your game isn't working make sure the content pack 1-4 are downloaded
I did all tje steps it dnt work any thoughts
@@zavyt1445 oh I'm not sure then all I did was download pack 1-4 and it started working
Mines doing the same I don't have campaign installed i doubt thats a reason
@@kennychadwick_yt4546 yea its not I dont have it either
For me it shows that it doesn’t have any downloads it just shows the game
Thank you so much man. I really appreciate it. Wondering why I couldn’t play it lmao, my first time downloading it on Series X
Oh thank you man ! I was just emailing the seller of my game lmao I said “ I should TH-cam it really quick and see” .. thank you
Holy guacamole I can’t not explain how much this helps. One of the best content creators I’ve ever seen. Hope u have the best of day
Thanks! You too!
I have this same problem, only the content packs aren’t there
So do I idk what the issue is
God bless you
I barely seem my mum and she gave me 60 pounds to get it and it didnt work and you just made my day
Hey man I love you so much, I hope you never run into problems. I hope your cereal never gets soggy and you never get sick. I cannot explain how much I love you in English words.
omg thank you so muchhh 🙏 my sister bought this game for my Xbox and I haven’t gotten a chance to play it for a year. this video is the only one that worked for me
Nothing seems to work for me this looks like a great method but it says on mine that I only have 6 downloads it's not popping up the other 6.
Me to bro
Same
Thank you!!! I wanted to get Cold War back because vanguard was trash.
For me they arent there. It says 4 of 4 downloaded and only the campaign multiplayer zombies and deadops arcade showup. Also it has been happening for 2 months
I uninstalled the 4 content packs and reinstalled it and it seems to do something
@@stfu2511 wym they deleted permanently
You saved my life your cereal is never soggy and your bread is never moldy
it is the 17/07/2023 and i tried everthing but watched this video and done what he said .it worked first time .big shout out to this guy for putting on YT .much appreciated
If you are on PS4 just restore licenses
i restored my license but it still not working :c
You saved me, thank you soooo much bro I was so pissed at first. Thanks again :)
I'm on Xbox and it's still not working for me
Who knows how to fix it on ps4
@@jaydendunn1167 I've done that and it still says it?
Wish I would have watched this sooner, thank you.
I have all of them downloaded but it still doesn’t work
Same
Thank you so much dude I been wanting to play the cold war campaign because I have fun playing it and I can finally do it. I been trying to fix it for months and didn't know how I wish you have a good night rest every night
Glad to know this worked for everyone else. I followed all of the steps and still wants me to purchase the premium version .
I've been hoping to try and figure out what does this or what circumstances are different for the people this doesn't work for.
Thank youuu!! I’m so happy i fixed it for my boyfriend 🤣🤣🤣
I'm a bit late but those content packs aren't even showing up just free access
Sane
Same
if this doesn’t work then it’s a different problem what i did is i went into games and add Ons and if you have an add on called call of duty black ops cold war-free access just uninstall it and start to your game back up it should check for files and then say downloading and after like 5 minutes it should be back on and it will be fixed.
You’re a major G
is dead ops arcade supposed to be there?
@@jdc864 yeh every thing else should be there but if you have an add on called call of duty cold war free access are call of duty cold war zombies free access are both then you need to remove them and it will let you play.
i did that and it didnt work
@@ginngy893 are you on xbox?
i’ve been looking for a video exactly like this, walked us through it at all. thanks bro
Life saver, thank you so much. I was just trying to play zombies and just had that downloaded and once I downloaded all the content pack it worked. No you don’t even need the whole game downloaded, you just need all the content pack downloaded to make it work.
Mine says on 4 of 4 not 6 of 6 I can’t fix it help
if you find a fixfor that lemme know cause my system says 4 of 4 too
Sam and there aren't any content packs for me just free access
Holy shit, you’re a life saver man! Thank you, god bless! 🙏
I did that and my shit still says that rip
Same
Have you found a fix?
@@warrodsequen6384 what I did was when j went on Cold War and when it says to buy it click the switch users then go on another account and then it’ll say connecting and give it time and then boom it might work
@@ragingphoenix3398 thank you so much god bless up
@@ragingphoenix3398 THANK YOU SO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!saved me from buying it again
Thank you so much! Ur a life saver. I’ve been trying to figure out why it didn’t let me play. Again THANK UUUUUU🙏
Thank you so much man, was pissed off, couldnt play the game for weeks, now I can, thank you!!!
As of two weeks now I cannot play have re downloaded 4 damn times!!!
Same
Same and it’s getting really frustrating
Same here going on 10 redownloads I gave up never spending another dime on Activision stuff.
Same here man
@@C14222K u sure it works ?
I've been having the same problems, but I have everything under Cold War already downloaded and the same screen keeps popping up when I try to launch the game on my Xbox One S. Nothing is ready to be installed.
Yeah same it has been this way for 2 weeks for me and I’m hoping this update will fix it. My friend said that some people were reinstalling the campaign and it worked but I haven’t tried it yet.
@@jacobcooper1221 it doesn’t work tried it twice
I have the same problem then I re installed it didn't work so I'm installing it rn + 1 add on which is the free access so I don't know if it'll work thats why
yeah mines still messed up anyone know yet how to fix it...?
Same but I have the original Xbox one
Mine still says that an I can’t figure anything out
Are you still not able to play it?
Same thing on mw2!! I’ve been playing everyday since it came out, and today it gave me the same error. Followed your vid to the T, and worked!! Thanks so much!!!
You’re honestly the best, fixed it for me too here!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Holy crap dude seriously saved my life I can’t thank you enough🔥🔥
You’re welcome
This is the first comment I ever put on TH-cam in 10 years ! Thank you so much for that explanation !
It’s crazy I’m coming back here a year later I really appreciate it and i hope you never stub you toe again
A year old the video is tried it now and it works you freaking legend
Your a god oh my gosh it’s been a year with this problem
Thank you so much. I can't express how thankful I am right Now
Thanks for watching! I’m super thankful for that.
You are a legend for posting this on TH-cam this was happening to so many people
THANK YOU, YOU ARE A LEGEND
I love you and I hope nothing but the best for you in life. Thank you for single-handedly solving your problem that took me a full year when all it took was one video.😂
Ngl this is the most helpful video I recently switched to Xbox and finally got Cold War on it and I couldn’t figure out how to play it because of this problem until I found this video
Thanks dude I really just couldn’t get my Call of Duty copy to work thanks for posting this for people like me
Thank you so much like I would never thought of this without you, so thank you so much and have a great day😊👍
Holy cow; thank you! This was so frustrating. Happened on both my PS5 and Series-X.
you deserve the whole world man. This is my favorite game to play and I was so sad that I was going to have to buy it again. YOURE THE BEST 🙏
Your the best you saved me money 💵
Thank you it was driving me crazy not being able to figure out what was going on to play