Network errors are a gamer’s worst enemy. This could be higher ping, a lot of packet loss, or even bad servers of the game. Unfortunately, these errors also make their way to the new Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone. The latest update for Season 4 of the multiplayer is causing a lot of issues for the players.
Glitches and bugs are not new for Call of Duty: Warzone players. Even the Season 4 rollout had a weird error where different players reported different size of the update. While the official size provided by Infinity ward tweet was around 44 Gigabytes for some players, the game update showed up as 85 GB.
After the update, players experienced Dev Errors in the game. The error messages provided by the game were very vague. The game only provided an error code, and the game community was extremely slow in providing an effective remedy. Now that the online community has found fixes for most dev errors, the game is currently showing a new kind of glitch.
Most of the players are now experiencing an error message that says “Unable to Access Online Services” when they try to access multiplayer mode in the game. Currently, this error is not limited to a single platform like in the case of Dev Errors. The console players are experiencing this issue as well.
Now there are multiple reasons for a network error like this. The issue could be at the client-side, meaning there is something wrong with your network connection. It can also be a server-side problem. To make sure it is not a problem with your computer or console. Head over to this website and make sure that all services are online.
Having done that, we have now narrowed down the problem to our system. Here are a few things you can try to fix this problem.
1. Restart Wireless Router:
The ‘unable to access online services’ error appears redundantly in all network-related issues, and there is a reason for that. Restarting your wireless router flushes any information present in the router. It also, in some cases, changes your IP and DNS. A newer IP will ensure that if the previous one was blocked due to some reason, you could now connect successfully.
This will also force a reset of your wireless connection. Restarting your router is simple plug out the power cable for a few seconds and then plug it back in, and that is it. The router will reconnect to the ISP, and the problem should be gone.
2. Reset Wireless network Adapter:
Sometimes a problem with the network adapter access point can cause users to experience connectivity issues. There are two ways to go around doing this. The easy way is to launch a Windows troubleshooter and wait for it to identify the problem. To do that, simply right click the wireless icon in the taskbar and select “Troubleshoot Problems”.
To manually reset your wireless adapter, right-click the network icon in the taskbar and choose the option that says Open Network and Internet settings. Click on change adapter options in the window that pops up. The following window should now open up.
From here, right-click your wireless adapter and select disable. Wait for a few seconds while Windows attempts to disable the device. Once it’s greyed out, right-click it again and choose to enable.
3.Check Network Usage:
Sometimes other applications running on your computer can clog up your internet connection causing lousy connectivity. To check and fix this issue, search for resource monitor in windows search. Once the resource monitor opens up, go to the Network tab, and look for any apps behaving unusually.
Right-click the process taking up your network bandwidth and select end process. This should kill the task, and your network should work correctly now.
4. Use A Wired Connection:
Wifi is excellent for internet streaming and other internet uses, but it’s far from optimal for online gaming. Using a Wireless connection not only increases the latency, but it also adds factors like packet loss.
Consequently, for gaming, it is always recommended that you use a wired ethernet connection. Not only will this ensure a better Ping in your games, but it will also make sure that you have no packet loss. As a result, a wired connection is the only way to get the best network connection.
5. VPN:
Always make sure that your VPN is not running in the background when you launch the game. Most of the VPNs create a virtual network adapter that can interfere with the game. Also, using a VPN changes your IP address.
Most of the IPs are the same, and game developers mostly block these addresses. Even if by some chance you do manage to get your game running with a VPN, you will not get the perfect experience. VPNs will change your network route and regions so you might get unusual ping and loss.
6. Restart your PC:
If you haven’t restarted your PC until now for some reason, you should. It is a good practice to restart your pc or console regularly if you keep on getting errors. Restarting will clear out the RAM and any temporary files. And, hopefully, this soft reset is all that you need to get back into the game.
7. Reinstall Call of Duty: Warzone
If you’re still getting the same ‘unable to access online services’ error after you’ve gone through all of the methods above, your only last resort would be to reinstall the game. Sometimes, game files just get corrupted and it is hard for the built-in Battle.net repair tool to detect them. So, the only thing that you can do now is to completely delete the game and get a fresh install.
Hopefully, the methods given above have solved ‘unable to access online services’ errors. However, if you are still experiencing the same issue despite going through all that then you might just be out of luck. What you can do now is to contact the developer directly through their official support channels and ask for their guidance on the matter.
Call of Duty: Warzone is a free-to-play Battle Royale mode for Modern Warfare. You can download it from right here.