Call of Duty: World at War

Call of Duty
Call of Duty	2003
Call of Duty 2	2005
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	2007
Call of Duty: World at War	2008
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops	2010
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	2011
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	2012
Call of Duty: Ghosts	2013
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	2014
Call of Duty: Heroes	2014
Call of Duty: Black Ops III	2015
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare	2016
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered	2016
Call of Duty Online	TBA

Key points

All downloadable maps are free on PC, included in the various patches.

Small but active community.

Lacks two-player splitscreen present on console versions.

Requires PunkBuster update to play on protected servers which is no longer hosted on Even Balance's website.

General information

Official Call of Duty series site

Call of Duty Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Call of Duty game made.

Planet Call of Duty - Very old hub for all Call of Duty games. Has mods, guides, and news on the Call of Duty communities. Hasn't been updated for a while.

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 4.90.010 disc check.
Amazon.com
Steam		Steam DRM v2. See below for a workaround.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Makin Day	Available for free. Included with Patch v1.2. See Patches for a download link.
Map Pack 1	Available for free. Included with Patch v1.4. See Patches for a download link.
Map Pack 2	Available for free. Included with Patch v1.5. See Patches for a download link.
Map Pack 3	Available for free. Included with Patch v1.6. See Patches for a download link.

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

Only needed for retail version.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Edit config file^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open config.cfg.
Find the line seta com_startupIntroPlayed "0" and change the value to "1".
Save the file.

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings (single player).

In-game general settings (multiplayer).

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles\*.cfg

config.cfg is for single player, config_mp.cfg is for multi-player

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game graphics settings.

In-game textures settings.

Graphics option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry or use Widescreen Fixer.
Ultra-widescreen		See the WSGF entry or use Widescreen Fixer.
4K Ultra HD		In-game AA must be disabled. Force AA externally if required.
Field of view (FOV)	See the WSGF entry or see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed	Type `seta r_fullscreen 0` into console and restart the game.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Use Borderless Gaming or T4M.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Default is 4 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Up to 4x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 85 FPS. Type `com_maxfps 144` in the console.
Color blind mode	Go to Options, Player name indicator; changes to blue and orange.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Values higher than 100 introduce graphical glitches, like hands cut.

Use CoD-SCZ-FoV-Changer mod

Download CoD-SCZ-FoV-Changer
Set cg_fov to preferred FOV value. The tool has to be running during gameplay.

Alternative: Start maps in devmode^[4]

Bring up the console and type devmap followed by the map you want to load (maps names list is in the references)
Set cg_fov to the value you like

Notes

Has to be repeated for every map load.

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Type `exec default_controller` in the console. Requires Patch 1.6.
Full controller support		Controller doesn't work in menus.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		Type `input_viewSensitivity` in the console, with a value between 0.1 and 5.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Type `input_invertpitch 1` in the console.

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback

Audio settings[edit]

A list of useful audio console commands was available on the Treyarch wiki

In-game audio settings.

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles		Subtitles are shown only for main dialog. Foreign languages are ignored.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	CC	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				Only available in Polish retail release.
Russian				Only available in Russian retail release.
Spanish

Network[edit]

In-game cooperative/multiplayer settings.

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	32
Online play	32	Versus, Co-op Co-op supports 4 players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues unresolved[edit]

No subtitles[edit]

Issues fixed[edit]

Unhandled exception caught[edit]

Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz^{[citation needed]}

See Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.)

Common fix (Windows XP)^{[citation needed]}

Go to Device Manager.
Select Sound, Video, Game Controllers.
Disable Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio device.

Possible fixes^{[citation needed]}

Disable in-game Voice Chat.
Plug-in microphone.
Set compatibility mode to Windows XP SP2.

PunkBuster kicks with PB_INIT_FAILURE error message[edit]

PunkBuster has dropped support for the game; by default, every new install has this issue.

Update the pb folder^[5]

Download the updated files.
Extract the contents of the download to <path-to-game>. Overwrite all when asked.

Missing profiles[edit]

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to your save game data folder and open profiles
Create a folder and name it whatever you want
Create active.txt file (still in profile folder) and inside write name of that new folder you made
Optional: make active.txt read-only

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	3
64-bit executable

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.9g
Multiplayer	PunkBuster

Bypass Steam DRM in multiplayer[edit]

Use Retail executable

Use the replacement executable.

System requirements[edit]

Windows^[6]
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Intel Pentium IV 3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB 1 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	8 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1600 XT Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

References

[1] Arkane named as fourth BioShock 2 developer | VG247

[2] Call of Duty: World at War | Certain Affinity

[pistudios-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Pi Studios > News & Press (retrieved)

[4] Here's a fix for the FOV setting. - GameFAQs

[5] Polite And Friendly - Working Punkbuster files for new COD: World at War installs.

[6] Call of Duty World at War: Minimum System Requirements - PC - Activision Support

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Developers

	Treyarch
Multiplayer	Arkane Studios^[1]
Multiplayer maps	Certain Affinity^[2]^[3]
	Pi Studios^[3]
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	IW 3.0
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 2008
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