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Revision as of 05:58, 5 June 2021
Developers | |
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Infinity Ward | |
Sledgehammer Games | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
IW 5.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 8, 2011 |
macOS (OS X) | May 20, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
IGDB | 89 |
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.
General information
- Official Call of Duty series site
- CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | 2 DVD's | |||
Amazon.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Content Collection 1 | Contains Content Pack 1, 2 and 3. | |
Content Collection 2 | Contains Content Pack 4 and 5. | |
Content Collection 3 | Contains Content Pack 6, 7 (Spec Ops portion) and 8. | |
Content Collection 4 | Contains Content Pack 7 (Multiplayer portion) and 9. |
- DLC for the game consists of 9 Content Packs (each combining 24 Content Drops). See the Wikipedia article for details
Essential improvements
Utilities
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Multiple Profiles - allows user to hack in the feature of multiple profiles (managed in a utility external to the game).
Skip intro videos
Edit config file[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players2\*.cfg[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115300/pfx/[Note 2] |
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config.cfg
is for single player,config_mp.cfg
is for multi-player
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players2\save[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115300/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Multiplayer and co-op only. |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
List of FOV changers[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, link #1, patch for link #1, link #2. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Only available in Japanese retail release.
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Polish | Only available in Polish retail release.
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Russian | Only available in Russian retail release.
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Spanish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation. Details missing—please edit this page and add it. |
Network
- Self-hosted servers are available through the Steam client's server browser or the in-game server browser found under the Servers menu.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 18 |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Use iw5mp_server.exe (configure with server.cfg ). |
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Direct IP | Go to the Multiplayer launch options and add +connect followed by the IP. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 3074 |
- This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. | |||
TriDef 3D | ||||
iZ3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest | |||
Novint Falcon |
Issues fixed
- A small tweak guide is available at PC Gamer
- A collection of potential crash fixes are available at Crash Fixes
Black screen on start-up
Black Screen on Start-up[citation needed] |
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With some users, a black screen will display on start-up, though game music can be heard in the background. This is caused by a collision with the Mumble voice client. Within Mumble, be sure to disable the in-game overlay. |
PC crashing/freezing in-game
Reinstall DirectX[citation needed] |
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Disable Steam Community[citation needed] |
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Game freezes during the intro video
Game Freezes during the Intro Video[citation needed] |
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Crash to Desktop
Crash to Desktop[citation needed] |
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Turn down sound acceleration (Windows XP)[citation needed] |
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DirectX error while loading
DirectX error while loading[citation needed] |
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Cannot install
Cannot Install[citation needed] |
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This is a Microsoft C++ bug so the quick fix is to uninstall your C++ files. If you see 2 instances of Microsoft C++, uninstall both of them. There are also a couple workarounds online if you don't want to uninstall them. |
Failed to run install script
Failed to run install script[citation needed] |
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Audio issues
Disable communications activity sound reduction[citation needed] |
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Multi-monitor issues
Multi-monitor[citation needed] |
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Nvidia Optimus
Nvidia Optimus fix[citation needed] |
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Fuzzy textures
Fuzzy Textures[citation needed] |
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Set Image Quality to "Native", as "Extra" up-scales the textures resulting in poor image quality. |
DirectX 9 compatibility with older video cards
DirectX 9 Compatibility With Older Video Cards[citation needed] |
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Appended the game laucher with
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Mouse Jumping/Skipping
Mouse problems[citation needed] |
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RELIABLE COMMAND BUFFER OVERFLOW
RELIABLE COMMAND BUFFER OVERFLOW[citation needed] |
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Steam Error – 55: This game is currently unavailable. Please try again at another time[citation needed] |
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"DLC content is required. Required map ... is missing or damaged." error
DLC content is required. Required map (map name) is missing or damaged[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[4] |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+ Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz |
Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3.06 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
Nvidia GeForce 210 ATI Radeon HD 3650 1 GB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.9.2 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3 2.2 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 13 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 640M ATI Radeon HD 4850 Intel Iris 512 MB of VRAM |
- The following chipsets are unsupported by the OS X version: ATI Radeon HD 2000 series, ATI Radeon HD 6490M, 6630M, 3870, Nvidia GeForce 9000 series, Nvidia GeForce 320M, 330M, Intel HD 3000, 4000, 5000
- Hard drive volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive) are not supported
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/115300/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (115300) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.