Call of Duty: World at War
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Windows
November 11, 2008 |
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| Call of Duty | 2003 |
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | |
| Call of Duty 2 | 2005 |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007 |
| Variety Map Pack | |
| Call of Duty: World at War | 2008 |
| Map Pack 1 | |
| Map Pack 2 | |
| Map Pack 3 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | 2009 |
| Stimulus Package | |
| Resurgence Package | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | 2010 |
| First Strike | |
| Escalation | |
| Annihilation | |
| Rezurrection | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | 2011 |
| Content Collection 1 | |
| Content Collection 2 | |
| Content Collection 3 | |
| Content Collection 4 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 2012 |
| Revolution | |
| Uprising | |
| Vengeance | |
| Apocalypse | |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | 2013 |
| Onslaught | |
| Devastation | |
| Invasion | |
| Nemesis | |
| Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 2014 |
| Call of Duty Online | TBA |
Key points
All extra, downloadable maps are free of charge, included in the various patches. Steam version automatically download them.
Requires PunkBuster update to play on protected servers which is no longer hosted on EvenBalance'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.
Call of Duty Files - A massive mod hub for every Call of Duty game up to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Contents
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys |
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| Retail | |
SafeDisc disc check. | |
| Steam | |
Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions
| Name | Notes | |
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| 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]
There were 7 patches with 3 map packs.
You need:
Since there was a lot of new maps the complete patch collection is ~3.5 GB in size.
Performance improvements[edit]
There are many user created configs for better FPS available, one of the popular ones is:
Game data[edit]
Save game data location[edit]
| Location | |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles |
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles\*.cfg |
config.cfgis for single player,config_mp.cfgis for multi-player
Save game cloud syncing[edit]
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud | |
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| GameSave Manager | |
Video settings[edit]
| Graphics option | Option | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |
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| Multi-monitor | |
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Use Widescreen Fixer. |
| Field of view (FOV) | |
See Field of view (FOV). | |
| Windowed | |
Type seta r_fullscreen 0 into console and restart the game.
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |
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| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |
Default is 4x. | |
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |
Up to 4x. | |
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |
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| High frame rate | |
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| Color blind mode | |
Go to Options, Player name indicator; changes to blue and orange. | |
Field of view (FOV)[edit]
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Notes:
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Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | Native | Notes |
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| Remapping | |
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| Mouse acceleration | |
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| Mouse input in menus | |
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| Mouse Y-axis inversion | |
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| Controller support | |
Type exec default_controller in the console.
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| Full controller support | |
Controller doesn't work in menus. |
| Controller remapping | |
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| Controller Y-axis inversion | |
Audio settings[edit]
A list of useful audio console commands was available on the Treyarch wiki
| Audio options | Native | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | |
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| Surround sound | |
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| Subtitles | |
Although you can enable them in the settings, no subtitles are shown from the beginning of the game until the last cinematic. |
| Closed captions | |
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| Mute on focus lost | |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | CC | Notes |
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| English | |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | |
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| LAN play | |
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| Online play | |
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| Local co-op | |
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| LAN co-op | |
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| Online co-op | |
4 | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Matchmaking | |
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| Peer-to-peer | |
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| Dedicated | |
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| Self-hosting | |
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| Direct IP | |
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Issues unresolved[edit]
No subtitles[edit]
Issues fixed[edit]
Unhandled exception caught[edit]
Common fix (Windows 7):
- Go to Control Panel
- Open Sound
- Right click on your default device (Usually speakers) and select properties
- Click on advanced tab
- Choose format: 24 bit, 48000 Hz (Studio quality).
- Apply changes
Common fix (Windows XP):
- Go to Device Manager
- Select Sound, Video, Game Controllers
- DISABLE Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio device
Possible fixes:
- Disable in-game Voice Chat
- Plug-in microphone
- Set compatibility mode to XP SP2
Missing profiles[edit]
- 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
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
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| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium 4 3 GHz/AMD 64 3200+ | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB 1 GB (Vista) | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | nVidia GeForce 6600 ATI Radeon X1600 256 MB of VRAM | |
