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Issue with Razer Synapse Profile Auto-Switching in COD MW3 2023


YacobMac4

Hi there,

I'm experiencing an issue with my Razer Synapse profile auto-switching in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2023). Initially, everything works fine – the profile switches automatically upon game launch. However, if I minimize or tab out of the game, the profile switches back to my default (previous) profile. The real problem arises when I tab back into the game; the profile doesn't switch back to the MW3 setup.

I did some digging and noticed that the game linking seems to be part of the issue. When I link COD.exe in Razer Synapse, it appears correctly, but upon launching the game, the .exe file changes to cod-22.exe. This suggests there might be an issue with how Call of Duty Headquarters (COD HQ) is configured, affecting the profile switching.

I'm reaching out to see if others are facing the same problem and to raise awareness of this issue. Hoping for a fix from Razer soon, as it affects the gaming experience significantly.

Thank you!

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17 Replies

  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • November 27, 2023

Hasn’t been working for me for a couple of weeks now.  Have to force the profile to COD.


  • Insider Mini
  • 3 replies
  • November 27, 2023

Same here. It operates from C:\Program Files (x86)\Call of Duty\_retail_\cod.exe which is not supported by synapse 3. Old link from previous title doesn’t work anymore. 


  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • November 28, 2023

How you get rid of that sound change? 


YacobMac4
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  • Insider Mini
  • 4 replies
  • November 30, 2023
Mikoto92 wrote:

How you get rid of that sound change? 

Sorry what?


Nyusankin_Fumi

cod-22 seems to be an application of MW2.  Also, sp22 and sp23 are campaigns for MW2 and MW3 respectively.  During the MW3 beta test period, this problem did not occur because MW2 and MW3 were recognized by Synapse as separate applications.  Sent by a Japanese person from Google Translate.


SAGNIKFURY
  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • December 7, 2023

Is there any solution to this yet? I'm also experiencing this. 


YacobMac4
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  • Insider Mini
  • 4 replies
  • December 7, 2023

Not that I know of, other than manually switching to the profile u want while playing or just dont tab out of the game once you are in.


  • Insider Mini
  • 3 replies
  • December 8, 2023

Nice to see that Razer is doing something about that :(

Money paid so not their problem any more.


DigitalSpaceDotName

The same here. Need manually change the profile which is very uncomfortable.


  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • January 1, 2024

Same here. Only reason I buy Razer peripherals and now that doesn’t work. Looking for alternatives.

Brand new Huntsman V2 Analog and Deathadder V2 chroma.

 

 


Victor_Vivero

Same issue here, still no fix to this day


HernandezZ
  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • February 7, 2024

I have the same issue - RAZER please work on a fix


  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • February 20, 2024

Just adding another comment that this is broken. Not sure it will affect Razer’s decision or ability to solve it; however, thought I would just add to the chorus that this is not a one-off issue. The application is simply broken with regard to Modern Warfare 3 and automatic profile switching. (no doubt part of it is the silly COD HQ thing but...)


Experiencing the same thing.

Disappointing when you buy such expensive peripherals.


skyk9
  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • April 9, 2024

I had a Razer mouse way back in the day and loved it but hated synapse, didnt get another razer product for like 6 years until I thought id give it a second chance (Thinking no way its still broken right?) Wrong! Might be worse now. Only works without issues about 10% of the time MAYBE if you open in admin,,, and you google the issues and theres posts explaining the same bugs that are years old,,, This ones only four months ATM but I could bet someone will be reading this 8 months from now still with no fix! I have the keyboard too and the play/pause button only works 50% of the time and theres no fix still (software problem...Ovbs)

Worked with all the other CODs (not flawless…Ovbs, but at least you could link the .exe files into synapse

 


  • Insider Mini
  • 3 replies
  • May 4, 2024

How is this still an issue on all three versions of Synapse (including the beta)? Apparently CoD can’t be added to Synapse after removing it, either. It doesn’t matter which exe you try. I removed the default entry because it obviously doesn’t work, and then discovered that it can’t be added again lmao. Come on, Team Green. What is going on? I get that it’s a bootstrapping issue, but it really should be quite easy to solve..


  • Insider Mini
  • 1 reply
  • August 3, 2024

Same issue. It lets me search for modern warfare 2 (not 3) and link it on steam but not link the cod.exe. and it will not auto switch to any cod profile i play through Call of duty HQ on steam. Awful that this is still the case years into the HQ/steam introduction with no fix from Razer. Well when black ops is out on gamepass I already know there wont be any linking thanks to the bums at microsoft so I guess at this point screw it


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