When loading to playonline, loads for few minutes then says"could not connect to server". I can play other games online, just not hot shots golf oob.

The patch should download automatically when your system is connected to the internet. It won't bring back your characters, but will fix any issues that they had to patch.

Their server's are probably down, wait a few minutes and try again.

EA servers are probably temporarily down this happens to me in Madden all the time. I would wait a while to see if the issue still reoccurs. Also, what type of internet are you using wired or wireless? Do you have any DNS errors or are your connected to a shared network?


Rylan

sometimes if you are playing COD4 then switch a game to MOD WAR 2, i have had the same problem, to solve it just take out the router wire and let it reset this should solve the problem.

SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR CONNECTION

try going into settings and figureing it out

sometimes the ethernet cables have shorts in them and cant process the info if you can connect wirelessly to internet your downloads will take maybe a minute longer but for all games you should be just fine

This happened to me as well. The first time, my PS3 seemed to hang during the second update. The next time, I quit the update because I thought the system was stuck in an infinite loop. Turns out that it isn't.

Start from the beginning by deleting the game data file from the PS3 hard drive. Boot up HSG:OOB and wait for it to install. This takes a while, as I think it is something like a 5GB install. When it is finished, go into the game and select the Online option.

You'll see the "Checking version" message followed by a couple of status bars. Depending upon your connection, the update can take anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour. Just walk away and come back to it. When it is finished, you'll be told to press the PS button to quit and then restart the game.

Once back on the main screen, you should see a version # that wasn't there before, on the right side of the screen. You might want to write this number down.

Go back into the Online option. Once again, you'll see a "Checking version" message followed by a couple of status bars. It looks the same as the last update, so you might think this is an error. It isn't. Apparently, rather than updating once to the latest version, the game is going through a series of updates (2 or 3 of them). It's like taking Windows 95, updating it to Windows 98, then updating it to Windows ME, and finally updating it to Windows XP.

Wait for the update process another time or two. For me, each subsequent update took less time. Something like 20-30 minutes for the last one. When you are asked to quit and restart the game, check the version on the main screen. It should be different than what you wrote down after the first update. For me, my updates ended with ver. 090311201. Finally, I was able to select online and it didn't check the version but asked for my login info.

Whenever they update the game, I'm sure we'll have to download the update once again...but hopefully each new update will be minor. But those people who purchase the game brand new will end up going through even more updates with each passing year.

It's the Call of Duty 4 Servers from uploading the Map Pack. Their are alot of players That have downloaded it recently, and it is lagging their Servers. If you just wait a little bit, the problem should be fixed and all set to go.

xbox live has been having trouble for a few weeks now, it gets worse in the evening hours when alot of people are online. just keep trying