How to Avoid the “Reliable Command Buffer Overflow” Error in Modern Warfare 3
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If you’re playing Modern Warfare 3 on PC and have been playing through the campaign, there’s a good chance you encountered the “reliable command buffer overflow” error in the mission Goalpost. It sucks, doesn’t it? Well, one helpful Call of Duty forum member has figured out how to avoid this error. He said this:
The solution is not to go along the street but jump inside the bulding with broken windows on the right. There will be several enemies there, you will kill them, exit the building on the other side and the checkpoint will save. Going along the street in the open causes this glitch.
Our bro Ron has tried this and confirmed that it work, so just do what the good man says and you’ll be on your way to winning the war and having fun again. Yay fun!
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201 Comments on How to Avoid the “Reliable Command Buffer Overflow” Error in Modern Warfare 3
dodo
On November 8, 2011 at 7:35 pm
It’s working…confirmed!
Botir
On November 8, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Thanks man, it’s realy helped me!:)
Ruski
On November 8, 2011 at 10:15 pm
AWESOME! google always saves the day. Thanks
Fredrick2003
On November 9, 2011 at 12:26 am
I was like aww hell naw son.
Then I saw this post.
Tommy
On November 9, 2011 at 1:24 am
It helps thanks.
MrBurel
On November 9, 2011 at 6:26 am
zomg first i thought trololo whats wrong but now im glad that i found this post
thanks vry helpful
INSTG8R
On November 9, 2011 at 9:52 am
Sad that we need find this kind of solution but hey I will give it a shot
Uxx
On November 9, 2011 at 12:05 pm
THX…. saved me….
apjohns
On November 9, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Yep, worked great. Thanks!
br1gg5y
On November 9, 2011 at 3:29 pm
awesome – worked a dream and saved me another hour trying to work out what was wrong … thank god for google !!
Darkwolf
On November 9, 2011 at 3:32 pm
check here
http://www.giantbomb.com/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3/61-35129/pc-version-how-to-stop-reliable-command-buffer-overflow-bug/35-523460/
an have a good game!
Slick007
On November 9, 2011 at 3:36 pm
oh darn, i not like this solution
cos me last auto-save checkpoint was me already jumping thoguht the window and out again on the right side :’(
NVM i do that chapter again
cos this game is so frickin awesome!, I do it again XD
SwastiKa
On November 10, 2011 at 1:31 am
Its Work , Thx Srsly
Chris
On November 10, 2011 at 4:56 am
It does work.
Thank you very much.
You are THE Member!!!
MC
On November 10, 2011 at 6:40 am
Awesome thanks!!
AnonymousLeech
On November 10, 2011 at 7:56 am
Thanks alot! it works!
MW3
On November 10, 2011 at 9:41 am
Works great! Thanks
v3rsys
On November 10, 2011 at 10:34 am
Thanks a lot ! It works !
Dominic
On November 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm
Its Working 100% confirmed !!!
jeff
On November 10, 2011 at 2:00 pm
thanks a lot! third time ive done the same check point and couldnt figure it out
hadi
On November 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm
very helpful tanks alot
garuda
On November 10, 2011 at 4:25 pm
It’s realy help! Thanks!
elpresidente
On November 10, 2011 at 4:44 pm
awesome help !!!! thanks a lot guys, you rule !!!
Akniff
On November 11, 2011 at 12:35 am
Thank You!!
candik
On November 11, 2011 at 1:56 am
thank you really works
Stalin
On November 11, 2011 at 2:51 am
OMG! thanks to guy who figured it out! your FU**ING AMAZING!
from stalin, with love.
ghost
On November 11, 2011 at 3:58 am
Thanks! It works…confirmed!
Praveen
On November 11, 2011 at 4:53 am
Thanks mate !!! it worked
Marsicano
On November 11, 2011 at 6:30 am
I was recording my walkthrough when I came up with this error, so I need to start it over again :/
Atheridis
On November 11, 2011 at 6:41 am
tnx a lot it help very much
Crackerz
On November 11, 2011 at 8:28 am
Thanks, helped me a whole lot
Val
On November 11, 2011 at 8:34 am
Thx mate! You helped me a lot!
gaus
On November 11, 2011 at 9:38 am
thnks man ! you help me !!
Nass
On November 11, 2011 at 1:34 pm
Got the glitch. Searched the glitch name on Google. Landed here. Worked perfect, thank you buddy =)
revoliuy
On November 11, 2011 at 2:37 pm
thank mate … it work
Robert G
On November 11, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Thanks it worked. I have being stuck here for a while now. Thanks
tracer
On November 12, 2011 at 5:56 am
worked.. thanks a lot
ahmad
On November 12, 2011 at 8:01 am
u r awsome it realy helps for me thnxx!!!
sputnik3179
On November 12, 2011 at 8:06 am
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
polemix
On November 12, 2011 at 11:10 am
thanks man!!
its work!!
lodwayne
On November 12, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Do anybody know what causes this error in the 1st place?
r3act
On November 12, 2011 at 4:15 pm
Thanks a lot guys!
Sunil
On November 13, 2011 at 5:50 am
Thank u so much…
curbly
On November 13, 2011 at 1:59 pm
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its is working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D:D:D:D:D
Petronylek
On November 14, 2011 at 12:18 pm
THX from CZ
Manny
On November 14, 2011 at 5:21 pm
This helped SOOOO much after dwl’ing the game!!!
Tapas
On November 14, 2011 at 8:21 pm
OH…. SUPERB. IT’S REALLY WORKING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MR MAN
On November 15, 2011 at 1:34 am
TX very much!!
Captain Devastator
On November 15, 2011 at 8:00 am
Thanks a Lot! Google Saves the Day thanks for posting this!
srkiboy
On November 15, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Thanks mate its working you are awesom
Mimile
On November 15, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Nice Nice!!!
Coburn
On November 16, 2011 at 3:27 am
Will test this out. I thought my copy of MW3 was glitched or something. Thanks for confirming it’s a temporary fix, peeps!
ayap
On November 16, 2011 at 3:33 am
you sir, just save my day
ramtin
On November 16, 2011 at 8:01 am
Thank you so much.You saved my life
QALAB ABBAS
On November 16, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Superb Solution
EmpEroR
On November 17, 2011 at 2:02 am
AWESOMME !!! LOVE U MAN!! THIS TOTALLY WORKS !!
EmpEroR
On November 17, 2011 at 2:03 am
AWESOMME !!! LOVE U MAN!! THIS TOTALLY WORKS !! great work
ash
On November 17, 2011 at 2:08 am
oh thank god i got u guys
emre
On November 17, 2011 at 4:15 am
thanks , you really saved me.
CcubeF
On November 17, 2011 at 6:08 am
Thanks,man!!!You were a great help!!!=)
omarsito
On November 17, 2011 at 8:14 am
thanks a lot man! you rock
ravi
On November 17, 2011 at 10:02 am
working baby
Vladica
On November 17, 2011 at 5:35 pm
Thanks mate !!! it worked yeeeeaaaaaaaa
khashayar
On November 17, 2011 at 9:48 pm
it works
thanks a lot
rollingdice
On November 17, 2011 at 10:44 pm
it works! Thanks a Lot!
subho
On November 18, 2011 at 12:57 am
gr8 guyes
subho
On November 18, 2011 at 12:58 am
its works
fabio
On November 18, 2011 at 3:51 am
i would try that if it still lagged, i thought it was my mistake, but then i read your solution and it actually works!thank you
SERGHEY
On November 18, 2011 at 6:44 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnYZHZisaw
here is a video with the solution … it’s working !
mauro242424
On November 18, 2011 at 7:44 am
thank you very much
SCOOPS
On November 18, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Works a treat, thank you very much my good man !
confirmer
On November 18, 2011 at 5:55 pm
8:53PM on 11/18
Confirming it worked. I just played through it, got the error for the first time while fighting on the left side of that street, crashed, alt tabbed, googled, found this, tried again. My game resumed right before the area I crossed the street to the left, so I went into the first broken window on the right and just fought through. I’m 5 or so minutes after where it crashed after, just alt tabbed to make this post.
Thanks.
DDG
On November 19, 2011 at 8:52 am
Yes, it did help. THANKS!! Hopefully there will be a game fix out soon to fully remedy the game from the program level.
vi
On November 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Thanks a ton guys!
Man
On November 20, 2011 at 12:11 am
Thanks broo…it working..
ljopi
On November 20, 2011 at 4:21 am
hell yeah! thanks!
CODer
On November 20, 2011 at 6:27 am
Thank you very much.
I can proceed the game since your knowledge!
wizo6
On November 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Thanks a million!!!!!!!!!
jbb
On November 21, 2011 at 3:58 am
its awsome….and woking 100%…..
thanks……very mmuuuuchh…!!!!!!!!
warrenjones
On November 21, 2011 at 10:51 am
Is this glitch caused by the crack xD?
fuzzer
On November 21, 2011 at 12:20 pm
THANKS ALOT
rage971
On November 21, 2011 at 3:12 pm
It works.! Thanks!
Megahmad
On November 21, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Thnx! I love you xD I was like wtf is going on !
Karim M
On November 23, 2011 at 2:34 am
Many thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
adith
On November 23, 2011 at 6:09 pm
it worked! I almost desperated… thanks mate!!
gwamaka
On November 23, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Thanks sooo much…its working
ezio
On November 24, 2011 at 8:26 am
when i go to the 1st checkpoint of the game in 1st mission, this error message is coming ‘SaveDevice_PC-TempSaveGame: cannot open file for saving’ how can i solve this problem??? plz help me!!!!!
West''Frost''West
On November 25, 2011 at 3:34 am
my friend!! you save my day!!
thank you my friend!! 
thank you
Cyborg
On November 25, 2011 at 8:04 pm
You Saved the day bro.
Shahryar
On November 26, 2011 at 1:30 am
THX! I LOVE YOU THX! THX
):)):)) 
Noel
On November 28, 2011 at 3:47 am
thanks bro…now i finally got through it….been wondering for days on how…thought something was wrong with my video card…hehe…tnx..
Panos
On November 30, 2011 at 8:39 am
Hell yeah baby hahahahaha nice yeahhhhhh!!!!I love this man who write i really love with hahahaha thank you very much and Greattings From Greece..MW3 GR Babies kisses to all and thanks again
Mohhammad in iran
On November 30, 2011 at 12:07 pm
oh my god thank you veryyyyyy much
thanks agian
Shon
On November 30, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Tz awsam tz working..
vipin
On November 30, 2011 at 11:09 pm
thanx its realy works
Ganz-X
On December 1, 2011 at 5:29 am
Thanx it helps
jojo m
On December 2, 2011 at 9:17 pm
thanks dude it works
TJ
On December 3, 2011 at 2:18 am
Really thanx
R0Ck
On December 3, 2011 at 5:14 am
THanks dude!!!
Google for the win!
Udaya
On December 3, 2011 at 6:41 am
I really helped,
thank you very much….
Taos_Greece
On December 4, 2011 at 7:54 am
Yes, that really helped me out! Thanx a lot my friend!
Hesam Hoshyaran
On December 4, 2011 at 9:45 am
it works, thank you :X
MIHIRAN
On December 5, 2011 at 9:02 am
nice………………… it’s work………….
i can finish the mw3…………..
thanks………………
marai…………
sri lanka
Sajeev Wanigasuriya
On December 6, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Yayyyy! It worked! Goooooogle, I love u! And Mr. Phil Owen, im so gratefult to u fo saving ma day!!!! Thanku vert much!
Aamir
On December 6, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Thnx Bro…
iceage2k2
On December 7, 2011 at 12:58 am
it freaking work and even those freaks in there are caught by surprise.
matt
On December 8, 2011 at 5:31 am
this saved my ass
mostafa
On December 9, 2011 at 4:03 am
WONDERFULL IT’S WORKED.
Arvinth
On December 9, 2011 at 6:14 am
Very Thanks
Naruto
On December 9, 2011 at 8:29 am
working…thanks for help
John Roll
On December 9, 2011 at 7:12 pm
thanks a lot dude
nice!
Daniel Thomas
On December 10, 2011 at 2:19 am
thanks man! feels great to be able to play the game again. I thought the files were corrupt but anyhow you saved me.
Andrew Solomon
On December 14, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Thanks heaps guys. really helped.
tansky
On December 16, 2011 at 12:24 pm
Really useful. Shame on U Treyarch!
Cai
On December 17, 2011 at 3:53 pm
This really works!I originally thought it was the problem of my computer.
Alen
On December 18, 2011 at 7:02 am
what do you say on this: why don´t we collect some money and buy that guy one nice Christmas present
Murdika & Darrel
On December 19, 2011 at 9:30 am
Thanks so much dude, it really help us. it’s not the game issue but player issue.
Martin
On December 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Thanks for sharing!
thauanreis
On December 20, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Thank you guys,it´s helped me a lot.
Thank you very much form Brazil.
Saryat khan
On December 21, 2011 at 10:57 pm
thanxx mate….threat neutralized!
….
Debarshi
On December 25, 2011 at 8:29 am
Thank you very much man……..
thank u
beeplorizon
On December 29, 2011 at 7:26 pm
thx
pred
On December 30, 2011 at 5:31 am
thanks!
Mayank Saxena
On December 30, 2011 at 8:07 am
thanks man you are awesome!!!!
Sharad Vikram SIngh
On December 30, 2011 at 11:20 pm
thanx buddy…
sujit
On December 31, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I tried to do what mentioned above. but when the game load within seconds this error come… And am not able to play ampaign and am stucked with this mission… Plz somebody help me …!
Simon
On January 1, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Great, worked! killing more Russians
Frank
On January 3, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Excelente funciona al 100% gracias
Nipuna
On January 4, 2012 at 11:06 am
Thanx dude..
A7MoOoD
On January 4, 2012 at 12:42 pm
THX,WORKED 4 ME !!
Dodge
On January 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm
awesome man it works thanks alot
Zoffix Znet
On January 8, 2012 at 10:41 am
Thanks man! I was so upset with this glitch!
Muhammad Yousuf
On January 11, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Thanks alot.
jodatnia
On January 13, 2012 at 8:53 am
tanx It works for me
ALI
On January 14, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Thanx alot it works 100%
gdbismi
On January 15, 2012 at 3:35 am
Works– Cheers—
Jeff
On January 15, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Works! Good Job!
Pety
On January 16, 2012 at 12:02 am
Thank you, i was about to download a patch or other rip but this is ok. THANK YOU
ladaka
On January 18, 2012 at 11:03 pm
heyyy… thanks a lot…. i’ve 2 time reinstalled the game, but still same error… matter is this much only………………………………..
Anderson
On January 19, 2012 at 7:16 am
Thanks dude, you saved my vacation, now i can rest and relax. Cheers from brazil. Good 2012 for all cod players over there.
tpraymark
On January 19, 2012 at 10:06 pm
its realy working tnks guyz for all your help!!!!
ruturaj...khopoli
On January 22, 2012 at 9:31 am
thanku v.much.. I was so upset for 15mins…bt it wrkd.. Thanx 2u or else i was realy gona sue d prsn who sold me dis game…:)
Dennis
On January 25, 2012 at 6:47 am
really does help me a lot.THX to the internet and helpful friends!
yatindra
On January 28, 2012 at 12:01 am
thank u
THANKS!!!
On January 30, 2012 at 6:18 am
YOU WERE RIGHT IT WORKED!!!
John_Nickel
On January 31, 2012 at 11:44 pm
Thanks
Nipun
On February 4, 2012 at 4:58 am
aaaaaaaaaaaawessssssssssssssssssooooooooooome !! lets get back to the duty !!!!!!! awessssssooommeeeeeeeeee !!!!!!!!!!
hanibal
On February 4, 2012 at 9:28 am
awsome .Thanks man,u helped alot.
vimal
On February 5, 2012 at 4:59 am
too gud man……u r a life saver …
Guilherme
On February 5, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Thank you.I was really pissed off with this glitch.It’s a good thing that I can fix it so easily.Hooray!!!
regz
On February 7, 2012 at 6:21 pm
hey! nice itz work, thank you so much!!
Joseph
On February 10, 2012 at 12:35 am
thanks a lot bro..
kamran
On February 11, 2012 at 12:34 am
i knew that …
Vaishnav
On February 14, 2012 at 12:24 am
Thanks a loooooooooooooooooooooooot bro…….
Abdul Ahad
On February 16, 2012 at 8:47 am
Thanx its working brother
daki
On February 18, 2012 at 1:36 am
Thank you a lot
now can i play 
iEarthquake
On February 19, 2012 at 3:12 am
It was annoying and than i saw this post. In google we trust. <3 THANK you a lot!
Sam Supreme
On February 19, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Thanks a lots from Malaysia..
it help me
huge relief
nyomanwira888
On February 21, 2012 at 7:25 pm
its great, thanks to the tricker .. im happy
luminel
On February 21, 2012 at 10:26 pm
After seeing a million “thank you, it worked”, I have faith that this solution will work for me too.
I’ll try it out ASAP.
Thanks in advance.
realp17
On February 23, 2012 at 11:18 am
uhhh!!! awesome it works thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
Khaled Al Asad
On February 24, 2012 at 7:17 pm
Thanks it worked
mbah
On February 24, 2012 at 10:19 pm
damn it!!!!!!!!!
It works
Thank’s bro………..
nikhil
On February 25, 2012 at 7:40 am
thanks alote it realy works thanks
sumit
On February 27, 2012 at 1:01 am
Thanx man..saved anger & time,too.
Nipuna
On March 6, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Thankz man. u saved the game. really helpful
Wimpy
On March 10, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Thanx A Million dude , Hadn’t it been For You I would had Quit playing such an Awsome Game
DEnnY
On March 18, 2012 at 12:32 am
WOW, thx a lot, I’m in your debt!!!
Raiyan
On March 20, 2012 at 12:41 am
it really works..!!!!!you saved the day man!!!!
d96213
On March 24, 2012 at 8:23 pm
this is soo great ! thanks alot cuz i thought the game was not good and wanted to reinstall thanks for saving me from half an hour of waiting
Shahzaib
On March 27, 2012 at 7:58 am
Thanx a lot man….this is working. What a deadly bug. But thax to you.
Tuetuopay
On April 8, 2012 at 8:57 am
Thanx a lot guy !!! It worked as expected
Once again, google is your friend !
Roach-MAn
On May 8, 2012 at 9:12 pm
Hell yaa it works
figured out that by myself though. But there arent several enemies ,there will be couple of your team mates, you’ll encounter the enemies as you proceed forward. I had to play that part 2-3 times to figure out the solution of command buffer overflow,lol
Ispanika
On May 11, 2012 at 1:48 am
Ty, really helped me !
maivhs
On May 21, 2012 at 9:20 pm
thank you mate …. it really worked !!! hi 5
godo
On June 1, 2012 at 10:32 pm
thx man ..i apreciate that..
Name*
On June 16, 2012 at 3:15 am
thanks it works
Irosha
On June 16, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Thanks Its is working.. even with a downloaded copy….lol
zandrx
On July 6, 2012 at 6:14 pm
its great…really work..thnx a lot
Khondokar Murad
On July 11, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Thanks . Its working for me
dragos
On July 12, 2012 at 6:16 am
tx man…..save my life:)
Dilip
On July 19, 2012 at 8:21 am
Cool it works…. thanks
MT3G
On July 22, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Thanks a bunch – it worked – and I’ve managed to deal with Makarov so now I’m waiting for Black Ops 2….MW3 – done.
Foad
On July 26, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Merc, Thanks <3
Ritesh
On August 2, 2012 at 12:12 pm
thanks dude
Abdul Wahab
On August 2, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Thanks It really worked
chitaks
On September 9, 2012 at 3:32 am
Thank you
jon
On September 9, 2012 at 8:36 am
so it’s a software glitch?
i’am gonna try to play it later to see for myself.
thanks
tanmay3810
On September 28, 2012 at 9:49 am
tytytyty…. thanks dawg u helped me ty….
nAPY
On October 9, 2012 at 7:16 am
nice ! LLG (long live google and the users who write all of this)
mayur
On October 22, 2012 at 2:37 am
thanks a lot, it worked !!!
Yash Aggarwal
On October 22, 2012 at 8:10 am
Really worked man,Thanks!
karthi2525
On October 24, 2012 at 11:03 pm
it’s working
,… thank’s man,..
Dev
On November 4, 2012 at 12:47 am
thnxx guys
Athe
On November 7, 2012 at 5:44 am
Ohh! At lst…done thkz a lot guyz 4r postng….thz post
petros
On December 17, 2012 at 7:12 pm
this is good ,, it worked for me
good job
gaya
On January 15, 2013 at 11:27 pm
it’s working bro.thanks
saad
On February 1, 2013 at 3:54 am
hi there, i’m playing CODMW3 SP without steam…in the 1st mission an error usually ocuurs “please free 5mb of space in game drive” While i’ve plenty of space PLZ help me…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saad
On February 1, 2013 at 4:02 am
hi there, i’m playing CODMW3 SP without steam…in the 1st mission an error usually ocuurs “please free 5mb of space in game drive” While i’ve plenty of space PLZ help me…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’ve waited so long to play this game & i’m very desperate to play this game .please help me Phill Owen
BiLLY
On March 30, 2013 at 9:10 am
_|_ take this and suck my ass…
Akash
On April 13, 2013 at 7:18 am
Thanks a Loooooooooooooot bro.