Call of Duty: World at War
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| Developer(s) | Treyarch |
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| Publisher(s) | Activision |
| Engine | IW engine 3.0 |
| First release date | November 11, 2008 |
| Call of Duty | 2003 |
| Call of Duty 2 | 2005 |
| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare | 2007 |
| Variety Map Pack | |
| Call of Duty: World at War | 2008 |
| Champs | |
| Valor | |
| Bravo | |
| 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 Drops 1-24 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 2012 |
| Revolution | |
| Uprising | |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | 2013 |
All extra, downloadable maps are automatically installed with the Steam version at no extra cost
Contents |
[edit] Availability
| Source(s) | Store unlock | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam | 
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[edit] Patches
[edit] What Patches You Need:
There was 7 patches with 3 map packs.
You need:
- 1.2 Patch
- 1.2 to 1.4 Patch
- 1.4 to 1.5 Patch
- 1.5 to 1.6 Patch
- 1.6 to 1.7 Patch
Since there was a lot of new maps the complete patch collection is around 3.3 GB in size.
[edit] Save game data
[edit] Configuration
The player configuration text files can be found in APPDATA folder:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles\
The files are:
- config.cfg for singleplayer
- config_mp.cfg for multiplayer.
[edit] Issues and Fixes
[edit] Unhandled exception caught
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: 24bit, 4800Hz, 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
[edit] Missing profiles
- Go to your savegame 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
[edit] Performance Improvements
There are many user created configs for better FPS available, one of the popular ones is:
[edit] System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 | Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Pentium 4 3 GHz/AMD 64 3200+ | Pentium 4 3 GHz/AMD 64 3200+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista) | 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista) |
| Video card (GPU) | nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600) 256 MB of VRAM | nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600) 256 MB of VRAM |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB free | 8 GB free |
