Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare cover
Developers
Infinity Ward
macOS (OS X) i5works[1][2]
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Publishers
Activision
OS X Aspyr Media
Engines
IW 3.0
Release dates
Windows November 5, 2007
OS X September 26, 2008
 
 
 
 
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

This page is for the original release. For the updated version, see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.

Key points

Mod friendly
Small but active community.
Well optimized; even older PCs can run it with a steady frame rate.
PunkBuster must be manually updated to play on protected servers. See "Unable to initialize PunkBuster. PunkBuster is disabled." error

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
 
 
 DRM: SafeDisc v4 disc check.
 
 
Amazon.com
 
 
 
GamersGate
 
 
 
Gamesplanet
 
 
 
Humble Store
 
 
 
Mac App Store
 
 
Steam
 
 
 
Demo

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name Notes
Variety Map Pack Available for free. Included with Patch v1.6 (v1.7 for OS X) and any digital release of the game. See Patches for a download link.
 
 

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

There are 7 patches in total, but only the last two are required.

Patch v1.6[edit]

Includes the Variety Map Pack

Patch v1.7[edit]

Windows[edit]
Requires Patch v1.6 to be already installed
OS X[edit]
Not required for Steam and Mac App Store versions of the game
Contains all the fixes and content from previous patches

CoD4X Mod[edit]

A client and server mod for multiplayer that adds enhanced functionality and security to servers, bug fixes, and its own serverlist.

It can be downloaded from the official website.

Skip intro videos[edit]

Launch the game with seta com_introplayed "1" parameter[citation needed]

Game data[edit]

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\players\profiles\<user-id>\config.cfg
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\players\profiles\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game textures settings.
In-game textures settings.
Graphics option Option WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
Multi-monitor
 
 Use Widescreen Fixer.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 Use Widescreen Fixer.
4K Ultra HD
 
 In-game AA must be disabled. If stuck in black screen, set seta r_aaSamples to "1" in 'config.cfg'/'config_mp.cfg'. Force AA externally.
Field of view (FOV)
65-80° without sv_cheats 1; see Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 4x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
See High frame rate.

Windowed[edit]

Enable windowed mode using console[citation needed]
  1. Press ~ and the in-game console will appear.
    • If it doesn't appear go to Game Options and make sure the console is enabled.
  2. In console, type in /r_fullscreen 0 to enable windowed mode (or /r_fullscreen 1 to enable fullscreen mode) and press ↵ Enter.
  3. Type in /vid_restart and press ↵ Enter to restart the game's renderer and apply new settings.

Field of view (FOV)[edit]

Modify FOV using a console[citation needed]
  1. Press ~ and the in-game console will appear.
    • If it doesn't appear go to Game Options and make sure the console is enabled.
  2. In order to be able to easily change the FOV with each new map, you should bind it as an additional command to a key, making it easy to keep at your desired FOV.
  3. In console, type in /bind w "+forward;cg_fov XX" where XX is your desired horizontal field of view (e.g. /bind w "+forward;cg_fov 90").
  4. Press ↵ Enter to activate the console command and press ~ again to close the console.

Notes

In Singleplayer, the FOV value is saved with each checkpoint. If you modify an FOV value and die before reaching a checkpoint, your FOV is going to get reverted to a value from the last checkpoint. For this reason, binding it as an additional command to a key allows you to fix your FOV without having to re-enter console commands.

High frame rate[edit]

Unlock frame rate[citation needed]
  1. Enable console in options
  2. Press ~.
  3. Type /com_maxFPS # where # is what you want the frame rate cap to be.

Notes

Some servers do not allow you to have a frame rate above 250 due to possible cheating.
High frame rates can influence aspects of the game's mechanics (such as jump height), and this weakness of the engine is exploited by some players to gain an advantage.

Input settings[edit]

In-game control settings.
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

Audio settings[edit]

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game voice settings.
In-game voice settings.
Audio options Native Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Only 5.1
Subtitles
Under Game Options.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Network[edit]

In-game multiplayer settings.
In-game multiplayer settings.
Servers can optionally use PunkBuster anti-cheat protection (must be manually updated).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Go to Favorites and add a new favorite with the IP as the source.[3]

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP (outbound) 28960
UDP (outbound) 28960

VR support[edit]

3D modes Native Notes
Native 3D
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare fix.
TriDef 3D
iZ3D
Devices Native Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues fixed[edit]

Missing d3dx9_43.dll or similar .dll file[edit]

This issue is caused by a broken DirectX installation, to fix simply reinstall DirectX 9.

Game won't start on Windows 7[edit]

Enable stereo mix[citation needed]
On some PCs the sound driver crashes the game before it starts
  1. Plug in a microphone

Alternatively:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel
  2. Open Sound settings
  3. Click the recording tab
  4. Enable stereo mix (you may need to right click and select "Show disabled devices" for it to be visible).

Stuttering issues with high end graphic cards[edit]

Enable multiple GPUs[citation needed]

Random non frame rate related stuttering with higher end graphic cards (eg. GTX 680 and above) can be fixed by enabling Multiple GPUs in the settings menu.

"Unable to initialize PunkBuster. PunkBuster is disabled." error[edit]

Update PunkBuster[4]

Update PunkBuster manually.

Black/flickering textures on older NVIDIA GPUs[edit]

Black/flickering textures on older NVIDIA GPUs[citation needed]

On Windows XP, older NVIDIA GPUs like the GeForce 7900 GTX would display black or flickering textures when running on the latest available drivers (307.83). Downgrading drivers to 195.62 appears to solve this.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X only.
Shader Model support 2, 3
64-bit executable
OS X only.

Middleware[edit]

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD, Miles Sound System
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer Demonware, PunkBuster The PunkBuster version provided is no longer supported and needs to be manually updated to connect to protected servers. See "Unable to initialize PunkBuster. PunkBuster is disabled." error

Show FPS Counter[edit]

Show FPS counter[citation needed]
  1. Enable console in options
  2. Press ~.
  3. Type /cg_drawFPS 1

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 2800+
Any 1.8 GHz Dual Core Processor		 2.4 GHz dual core or better
System memory (RAM) 512 MB (XP)
768 MB (Vista)		 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 8 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia Geforce 6600
ATI Radeon 9800 		Nvidia GeForce 7800
ATI Radeon X1800
OS X
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5 10.9
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz Intel i7
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 9 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia Geforce 7300
ATI Radeon X1600
128 MB of VRAM
The Intel Integrated GMA 950 and Intel Integrated X3100 chipsets are not supported

References

  1. ↑ Call Of Duty 4 Shipping September 15th - IMG News Discussion - Inside Mac Games Forum - last accessed on 2016-7-23
  2. ↑ Call Of Duty 4 Mac Version - last accessed on 2016-7-23
  3. ↑ COD4 - can you join direct IP ? | 509th Tactical Forum
  4. ↑ Cod4 unable to initialize punkbuster.??? : pcgaming