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Call of Duty

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Call of Duty
Call of Duty cover
Developers
Infinity Ward
United Offensive Gray Matter Interactive
United Offensive Pi Studios
macOS (OS X) Aspyr Media
Publishers
Activision
OS X Aspyr Media
Engines
id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows October 29, 2003
macOS (OS X) May 2004
Call of Duty guide on StrategyWiki
Call of Duty on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Call of Duty 2003
Call of Duty 2 2005
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (series)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (series)
Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013
Call of Duty: Online 2013
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare 2014
Call of Duty: Heroes 2014
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare 2016
Call of Duty: WWII 2017
Call of Duty: Warzone 2020
Call of Duty: Vanguard 2021
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 2022

Key points

Mod-friendly
Requires PunkBuster update to play on protected servers which is no longer hosted on EvenBalance's website. Obtainable here.
The Simplified Chinese Version doesn't have United Offensive expansion.

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc DRM[Note 1].
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
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Windows
Mac App Store
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UO expansion not available with this version.
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Demos

Call of Duty

Windows
The Dawnville demo continues from the Single Player demo
OS X
Not compatible with Intel Macs

Call of Duty: United Offensive

Essential improvements

Version 1.1

The very first, as installed from the retail disc, unpatched version is also still played online:
Live Call of Duty 1.1 Server List (usually these servers don't require a valid cd-key to play)
Version 1.5 can also be downgraded to 1.1 following this tutorial: Call of Duty 1.5 to 1.1

Patches

The latest version is v1.5 (v1.51 for the expansion)

Skip intro videos

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg (uoconfig.cfg for United Offensive).
  3. Change seta com_introplayed "0" to seta com_introplayed "1".
  4. Save the file.

Enable multicore support

Edit config file[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open config.cfg (uoconfig.cfg for United Offensive).
  3. Change r_smp "0" to r_smp "1".
  4. Save the file.

Notes

May not be relevant for digital re-release versions (it's already enabled).

German Language Fix

Takes the Nazi dialogue from the German release of the game and patches it over the other localizations' German dialogue. This fixes both some broken phrases and syncing/cutoffs of the dialogue.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Main[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\uo[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Call of Duty/Main
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2620/pfx/[Note 3]
config.cfg is for single player, config_mp.cfg is for multiplayer.
uoconfig.cfg and uoconfig_mp.cfg are the respective files for the expansion.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Main\save[Note 2]
<path-to-game>\uo\save[Note 2]
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Call of Duty/Main/Save
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2620/pfx/[Note 3]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general graphics settings.
In-game general graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.
In-game advanced graphics settings.

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Widescreen resolution

The game does not automatically adjust the aspect ratio to match widescreen resolutions.
Set resolution and aspect ratio[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit config.cfg or uoconfig.cfg.
  3. Set seta r_mode to seta r_mode -1 to enable custom resolution.
  4. Set seta r_customheight and seta r_customwidth to the resolution you want.
  5. Set r_customaspect to the aspect ratio (e.g. 1.6 for 16:10). Divide the resolution's width by height to calculate aspect ratio decimal.
  6. Change seta cg_fov "XX" to the FOV you want.
  7. Save your changes and close the file.

Notes

If your monitor turns darker in fullscreen and the game doesn't respond to brightness settings, you can fix it with r_overBrightBits from "1" to "0"
If your monitor turns very bright when attempting to Alt+Tab out of the game, you can fix it with r_ignorehwgamma from "0" to "1"
Multiplayer widescreen fix[citation needed]

Use CoDUOMP Launcher.

Field of view (FOV)

Use CoDUO FoV Changer for multiplayer.
Change FOV in SP[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Edit config.cfg or uoconfig.cfg.
  3. Change seta cg_fov "XX" to the FOV you want.
  4. Save your changes and close the file.

Frame rate (FPS)

Use launch parameter[citation needed]

Use the command line argument +set com_maxfps X or console command /com_maxfps X, where X is your desired frame rate cap.

Input settings

In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
United Offensive expansion is not available in China Mainland (People's Republic of China) retail release.
Traditional Chinese
United Offensive expansion is only available in Taiwan (Republic of China) retail release.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Only available in Japanese retail release.
Korean
Only available in Korean retail release.
Polish
Only available in Polish retail release.
Portuguese
Only available in Portuguese retail release.
Russian
Retail only. Patch for digital release here.
Slovak
Use unofficial slovak language file (Windows). Also contains localized textures.
Spanish
Only available in Spanish retail release.
Thai
Only available in Thai retail release.

Network

In-game multiplayer settings.
In-game multiplayer settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
64
Online play
64

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 28960
UDP 20500, 20510, 28960
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Buffer Overrun error on start-up

Game may display a black screen and error message on some cards. Seems to primarily affect those with Intel HD cards, and occurs more commonly with the United Offensive expansion.
Rename executable[citation needed]
  • Rename the executable you need to mohaa.exe and launch the game.
Use Nvidia card[citation needed]
Users with Nvidia Optimus can set the CoD .exes to use their dedicated Nvidia GPU instead of the integrated card- fixing the crash.
  1. Open Nvidia Control Panel.
  2. Go to Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings.
  3. Add the CoD executables and set the preferred graphics processor for each to 'High-performance NVIDIA processor'.

Mouse lag while aiming down sights

Edit the CFG[3]

Open the cfg file and change the seta cg_nopredict "1" to seta cg_nopredict "0", or type in the command in the console cg_nopredict "1".

Other information

Mods

Extreme Mod 2/Lite 2013

A mod which adds new sounds, textures and more.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL 1.3, 2.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Miles Sound System
Anti-cheat PunkBuster

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 600 MHz or equivalent for Windows 98/ME
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.6
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.15 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon X1600
Nvidia GeForce 7300
128 MB of VRAM
Not supported: 2006-2007 GMA 950 for Mac Mini, iMac and MacBook (2006–2007), GMA X1300 for MacBook (2007–2008) and MacBook Air (2008)

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  3. 3.0 3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2620/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (2620) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References