This page is for the 2019 reboot. For the original 2007 game, see Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. For the updated 2016 version, see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
General information
- Official support community
- Community subreddit
- CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.
- Call of duty Wagers - A Call of duty website featuring clan battles and tournaments.
Availability
- All versions require an Activision account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Version differences
- Pre-orders included a Prestige Token redeemable in Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.
- Standard Edition contains the base game, and the XRK Weapon Pack.
- Operator Edition included the "All Ghillied Up", "Crew Expendable" and "War Pig" Operator Packs, a custom in-game tactical knife and the XRK Weapon Pack.
- Operator Enhanced Edition included all Operator Edition content and 3000 Call of Duty Points.
- Battle Pass Edition contains the exact same content as the Operator Enhanced Edition.
Monetization
Type |
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Free-to-play
| Call of Duty: Warzone Caldera was free-to-play before officially being shut down on September 21, 2023. The campaign and multiplayer modes of Modern Warfare still require purchase. |
Microtransactions
Type |
Notes |
Boost
| A Battle Pass is available to purchase each in-game season, which includes rewards such as XP boosts, weapon blueprints, skins and currency. Battle Pass tiers can be instantly skipped with an additional purchase using Call of Duty Points.[1][2] |
Cosmetic
| Weapon skins, operators and operator skins can be purchased from the in-game store using Call of Duty Points.[3] |
Currency
| Call of Duty Points, alternatively COD Points or CP, can be purchased with real money at an exchange rate of 100 CP per 1 US Dollar.[3] |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video
In-game Graphics settings. (Launch)
Additional in-game Graphics settings. (Launch)
Input
In-game Mouse settings. (Launch)
In-game Gamepad Settings.
In-game Key rebind settings. 1/4
In-game Key rebind settings. 2/4
In-game Key rebind settings. 3/4
In-game Key rebind settings. 4/4
Audio
In-game Audio Settings. (Launch)
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Master, Music, Dialogue, Effects. |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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Dolby Atmos,[10] DTS Headphone:X 2.0,[11] and Windows Sonic[citation needed] HRTF. |
Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
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Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Arabic |
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Traditional Chinese |
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French |
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German |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Latin American Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
Local play |
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LAN play |
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Online play |
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Versus, Co-op 12-20 players in most modes, up to 200 in Warzone.[12] Warzone is cross-play with consoles |
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s)[14] |
TCP |
3074, 27014-27050 |
UDP |
3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
DEV ERROR 5624
DEV ERROR 6036
Instructions
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- Scan & Repair the game in Battle.net.[18]
- Delete everything in
<path-to-game> except Data and repeat the previous step.[19]
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DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error
Delete/rename folders[20]
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- Close MSI Afterburner if it is running.
- Delete or rename the
players and players2 folders inside %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\ .
- Relaunch the game to generate a new
players folder.
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No audio from anyone else's microphone
Go to the sound control panel, then disable all other sound/recording devices and make speaker and microphone the default communication device and/or default device[citation needed]
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Changing graphics settings results in "DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error"
Turn off any in-game overlays like RTSS / MSI Afterburner[21]
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Notes
- Closing out of MSI Afterburner ensures that RTSS isn't open.
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Poor performance (VRAM allocation bug)
Edit adv_options.ini[citation needed]
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- Open
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players\adv_options.ini .
- Change
VideoMemoryScale = 0.9 to VideoMemoryScale = 0.11 .
- Save and close.
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Crash on startup
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Open the Windows System Configuration tool.
- Go to the Services tab.
- Check the "Hide all Microsoft Services" box on the bottom left of the window.
- Click on "Disable all" (This will disable any third-party services during system startup).
- Click Apply then OK.
- Restart the system.
Notes
- Services for game clients and other programs might have to be manually re-enabled, such as Steam, to function properly. Re-enabling services one by one can also be a useful tactic for troubleshooting the exact program that's preventing the game from running.[22]
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- Modern Warfare separates parts of the installation into DLC Packs allowing you to resize your overall installation, however, only having the Campaign pack will cause a hard-crash when accessing the Campaign menu.
Fix for Steam[23]
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- Though not stated, the Special Ops DLC Pack is required to run the campaign.
- Open the game's page on Steam.
- Scroll down and click Manage My X DLCs on the right-hand side.
- Ensure both Campaign and Special Ops Packs are ticked at a minimum (Multiplayer and Survival are optional).
- Check the Manage Downloads page to monitor the installation.
- Next time you open the game, you'll now see a Shader Installation Progress message for the Special Ops pack.
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Fix for Battle.net[citation needed]
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- Select the game on Battle.net.
- Click the Settings icon next to the blue Play button.
- Ensure both Campaign and Special Ops Packs are ticked at a minimum (Multiplayer and Survival are optional).
- Click the blue Confirm button.
- (Optional) Open the game, navigate to the Graphics menu, and under your Display settings click Restart Shaders Installation.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
12 |
Uses D3D12on7 on Windows 7. |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Middleware
- Uses RAD's Oodle compression.
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
Havok |
[24] |
Cutscenes |
Bink Video |
1.300o. |
Multiplayer |
Battle.net |
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Anti-cheat |
Ricochet Anti-Cheat |
[25] |
Understanding the configuration file
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Most of settings are
stored in
config.cfg
. The values can be easily edited with a text editor, but all their names are obfuscated.
// generated by Infinity Ward, do not modify
setcl 30049418 "140" <==
setcl 49997308 "0.5" <==
setcl 58932476 "27GL850" <== Monitor model to display the fullscreen window in
setcl 75087430 "1" <==
setcl 100298170 "200" <==
setcl 135805301 "0.6" <==
setcl 174982485 "1.5" <==
setcl 194177937 "1" <==
setcl 204768854 "0" <==
setcl 228392943 "1.5" <==
setcl 239490324 "1" <==
setcl 263809092 "0" <==
setcl 283349319 "12" <== Mouse sensitivity
setcl 300071733 "0" <==
setcl 390858914 "0" <==
setcl 405012731 "0" <== Dynamic resolution
setcl 412725085 "1100" <==
setcl 431324756 "1" <== Motion blur (both "world" and "weapon" seems to just write 1 to this)
setcl 438033235 "0.75" <==
setcl 442075206 "0.25" <==
setcl 459540817 "-1" <==
setcl 461165839 "1" <==
setcl 471390880 "0" <==
setcl 497895430 "-1" <==
setcl 500533217 "51557914" <==
setcl 502072820 "1.2" <==
setcl 503885063 "16.11.2" <== Minimum recommended (required?) driver for AMD
setcl 506914818 "28" <==
setcl 524633178 "7" <==
setcl 530869264 "0.8" <==
setcl 549656596 "2072.43" <==
setcl 576994415 "0" <==
setcl 578190563 "default_communications" <== Audio device to use for VoIP?
setcl 625258013 "subtitle" <==
setcl 649200945 "1" <==
setcl 651190804 "1.5" <==
setcl 662286220 "1" <==
setcl 670213830 "1.5" <==
setcl 683401118 "0" <==
setcl 695904642 "5" <==
setcl 728921641 "1" <==
setcl 741529514 "0" <== Depth of field
setcl 763756775 "1" <== Audio volume
setcl 834974127 "SMAA 1x" <== Anti-aliasing
setcl 870012236 "420" <==
setcl 875970007 "1" <== Particle quality (1 is the low setting, 0 the high one)
setcl 876099564 "2" <==
setcl 880871712 "0" <==
setcl 895653276 "1920x1080" <== Display resolution (fullscreen only, windowed is handled by resizing game window borders)
setcl 901605185 "0" <== Bullet impact & sprays
setcl 918242844 "3" <==
setcl 927356470 "Enabled" <== Cache spot shadows
setcl 971698222 "50" <==
setcl 993324516 "1" <==
setcl 1010551079 "60" <== Menus framerate limiter
setcl 1023710916 "mw_default" <==
setcl 1112114094 "1000" <==
setcl 1116474394 "1" <==
setcl 1120557623 "0.4" <==
setcl 1178686240 "330" <==
setcl 1310823371 "0" <==
setcl 1389640589 "Off" <==
setcl 1392059387 "1" <==
setcl 1414304430 "375.70" <== Minimum recommended (required?) driver for NVIDIA
setcl 1429023948 "0.25" <==
setcl 1445079425 "0.8 0 0 1" <==
setcl 1455453918 "0" <==
setcl 1481207725 "1" <==
setcl 1503870259 "1" <==
setcl 1503912771 "1" <==
setcl 1511138344 "720" <==
setcl 1529983144 "0" <==
setcl 1539706852 "1" <==
setcl 1589004716 "1" <==
setcl 1607162157 "GTAO & MDAO" <== Ambient occlusion
setcl 1612582153 "500" <==
setcl 1621853845 "-1" <==
setcl 1635259448 "0.25" <==
setcl 1649833455 "1" <==
setcl 1650431234 "75.000" <== Refresh rate
setcl 1659218611 "3" <== Texture resolution #1
setcl 1709018887 "BT709_sRGB" <== Color space (aka display gamma)
setcl 1730559565 "-1" <==
setcl 1741328560 "1" <==
setcl 1756517702 "1" <==
setcl 1762842223 "0.5" <==
setcl 1766991848 "16 11 2" <==
setcl 1844320632 "1105920" <==
setcl 1847523626 "Enabled + boost" <== NVIDIA Reflex
setcl 1870423823 "0.25" <==
setcl 1872772153 "1" <==
setcl 1878342628 "1" <==
setcl 1906772039 "0" <== NVIDIA Highlights
setcl 1912904919 "0 0.6 0.18 1" <==
setcl 1947817761 "0.55" <==
setcl 1950622058 "66" <== Render resolution (one of the two dimensions, since it appears twice?)
setcl 1959281112 "1.33" <==
setcl 2037202737 "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M" <== The GPU the game uses
setcl 2058006225 "65536" <==
setcl 2086828738 "8" <==
setcl 2107748520 "0.007" <==
setcl 2122379707 "1" <== Filmic strength
setcl 2130723792 "1" <==
setcl 2135348401 "0.6" <==
setcl 2137916686 "1" <==
setcl 2142502956 "25" <== Background framerate limiter
setcl 2144662347 "1" <==
setcl -2143051707 "1" <== Something to do with "game status" perhaps? (for example, "running", "stopped cleanly", "crashed")
setcl -2139668929 "0" <==
setcl -2137405194 "0" <==
setcl -2117467049 "0" <==
setcl -2114644220 "1" <==
setcl -2113459379 "0" <==
setcl -2085697508 "0.25" <== Mouse horizontal speed
setcl -2080133768 "1" <==
setcl -2067023712 "1" <==
setcl -2056187699 "2" <==
setcl -2034804594 "720" <==
setcl -2023656898 "0.022" <== Mouse vertical speed
setcl -2010075995 "TEXTURE_FILTER_ANISO8X" <== Texture filtering (possible values are NEAREST, ANISO2X, ANISO8X and ANISO16X)
setcl -2002816811 "6" <==
setcl -1991645855 "5" <==
setcl -1981625429 "0" <== Film grain
setcl -1972948778 "0.03125 0.01" <==
setcl -1956509584 "1" <== Cache sun shadows
setcl -1955814596 "4.44051" <==
setcl -1915975709 "1" <==
setcl -1905118811 "5" <==
setcl -1867156735 "1" <==
setcl -1835563320 "1" <==
setcl -1814433719 "0" <==
setcl -1798389992 "0.25" <==
setcl -1788235984 "1" <==
setcl -1781237900 "10 0.1" <==
setcl -1733029737 "-1" <==
setcl -1712782598 "250" <== In-game framerate limiter
setcl -1698080106 "1800" <==
setcl -1684289521 "7.94328" <==
setcl -1680234015 "1" <== Custom framerate limiter ON/OFF
setcl -1663250207 "1" <==
setcl -1650980398 "1.99526" <==
setcl -1644964340 "1" <==
setcl -1641719278 "1" <==
setcl -1635690325 "4" <==
setcl -1628594889 "1" <==
setcl -1588581417 "5" <==
setcl -1580595131 "0" <== Brightness (not sure about unit of measure, 0 is the default)
setcl -1580591086 "37570" <== Minimum recommended (required?) driver for NVIDIA.. this time without the dot
setcl -1578846674 "2000" <==
setcl -1557306549 "1" <==
setcl -1556678412 "334" <==
setcl -1548462097 "0" <==
setcl -1540799782 "1" <==
setcl -1534246785 "Clipspace Scale" <== Screen Space Reflection
setcl -1533549817 "50" <==
setcl -1500059242 "2" <==
setcl -1495716865 "1" <==
setcl -1492172900 "Fullscreen" <== Display mode
setcl -1485943526 "250" <==
setcl -1457215672 "Low" <== Shadow map resolution
setcl -1440857325 "gamenotify obituary" <==
setcl -1407078038 "1" <==
setcl -1403009210 "0.021961 1" <==
setcl -1340369237 "5" <==
setcl -1318801789 "0" <==
setcl -1315502002 "0.92 0.8" <== First number is LOD draw distance. Second is unknown.
setcl -1310537850 "1" <==
setcl -1308994087 "15" <==
setcl -1275067384 "336" <==
setcl -1260932940 "1" <==
setcl -1256506668 "" <==
setcl -1253873949 "1" <==
setcl -1243427350 "boldgame" <==
setcl -1224461919 "1" <==
setcl -1202901244 "66" <== Render resolution (one of the two dimensions?)
setcl -1163575897 "mw_default" <==
setcl -1110058394 "0.8 0.62" <==
setcl -1096719032 "64" <== Particle lighting #1 (maybe this is some kind of resolution)
setcl -1014472453 "1" <==
setcl -1006049675 "0.25" <==
setcl -995223359 "0.25" <==
setcl -992918301 "16.6667" <== Dynamic resolution target frametime (in-game shows FPS though)
setcl -967502985 "1" <==
setcl -951569131 "0" <==
setcl -918239492 "1" <==
setcl -903403054 "1" <==
setcl -871715026 "1" <==
setcl -869033783 "0" <==
setcl -860800213 "1" <==
setcl -826651178 "0.5" <==
setcl -820249539 "0.8" <==
setcl -820180432 "0" <==
setcl -813493907 "0 0.3 0.8 1" <==
setcl -803409955 "0.25" <==
setcl -757157143 "1" <==
setcl -727827321 "0.65" <==
setcl -726702765 "7990" <==
setcl -687558011 "1.9" <==
setcl -653426476 "0_Off" <== Tessellation
setcl -652465405 "1" <==
setcl -641481682 "60" <==
setcl -632822899 "1" <==
setcl -623745089 "1" <==
setcl -616091757 "100" <==
setcl -606298696 "0" <==
setcl -596600555 "1" <==
setcl -586472188 "4" <==
setcl -582520229 "0" <==
setcl -577841751 "-1" <==
setcl -529973710 "210" <==
setcl -491409545 "700" <==
setcl -446595808 "0.4" <==
setcl -440385082 "0" <==
setcl -438689660 "0" <==
setcl -428383523 "2" <== Particle lighting #2 (maybe this is the number of simulatenous sources or something)
setcl -391139511 "0" <== Vertical Sync
setcl -387906379 "0.022" <== M_yaw
setcl -381827765 "auto" <== Aspect Ratio
setcl -374150193 "1" <==
setcl -318730866 "1280" <==
setcl -316446656 "0" <== Streaming quality
setcl -304821594 "0.25" <==
setcl -295740762 "0.5" <==
setcl -293819721 "0.6 0.5 0.6 1" <==
setcl -286365507 "0.5" <==
setcl -278540298 "none" <==
setcl -275786680 "140" <==
setcl -273510894 "2072.43" <==
setcl -270645377 "1" <==
setcl -260307489 "0.0655388" <==
setcl -247961667 "6000" <==
setcl -242905693 "3" <== Texture resolution #2
setcl -192701482 "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 520; Microsoft Basic Render Driver" <== The list of the installed gpus (hardware IDs cut for briefness)
setcl -178878725 "0.75 0.05" <==
setcl -166510421 "90" <== Field of view
setcl -153929532 "600" <==
setcl -151480321 "0.92 0.62" <==
setcl -114464669 "0" <==
setcl -103947330 "3" <== Texture resolution #3
setcl -88022417 "0" <==
setcl -46629552 "1" <==
setcl -45702866 "46089 r460_74" <== The currently in-use driver, i.e. forceware 460.89 (r460_74 seems to be the internal "major branch" of the driver)
setcl -43786885 "0.5" <==
setcl -34753869 "5.184" <==
setcl -22531807 "1.15" <==
Low end configuration
- "Render resolution" has a hard cap of 1140~1147 horizontal pixels, and approximately 720 vertically (GPU load can still be further decreased with the aid of "dynamic resolution", or by downsizing the display/window resolutions)
- The only extra performance-sensitive settings that can be lowered on top of the in-game ones are LOD and texture filtering[26]
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
10 (1709 or later) |
10 (latest major update) |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-4340 AMD FX-6300 |
Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
System memory (RAM) |
8 GB |
12 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
130 GB[Note 4] |
240 GB[Note 3] |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX 12 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon R9 390 or AMD RX 580 |
Other |
Broadband Internet connection Required | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- Support for Windows 7 comes from the bundled D3D12on7 runtime. This effectively means that the in-between Windows 8 isn't supported at all. However, Windows 7 support ended on September 8, 2021.
- The game requires a CPU with POPCNT instructions.[27]
Notes
- ↑ Applies to Warzone only.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ Full install of all content as of October 2020.
- ↑ Minimum install of Warzone only as of October 2020.
References