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Difference between revisions of "Call of Duty: World at War"

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|title          = Call of Duty: World at War
 
|title          = Call of Duty: World at War
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|publisher      = [[Wikipedia:Activision|Activision]]  
 
|publisher      = [[Wikipedia:Activision|Activision]]  
 
|engine        = IW engine 3.0
 
|engine        = IW engine 3.0
|release dates  = <sup>NA</sup> November 11, 2008<br /><sup>EU</sup> November 14, 2008<br /><sup>AUS</sup> November 12, 2008
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|release dates  = November 11, 2008
|steam          = 10090
 
|gog            =
 
 
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{{:Call of Duty (series)}}
 
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Call of Duty: World at war runs in DirectX 9, still uses same engine as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with some tweaks, but not as optimized. So if your PC runs CoD4 on low settings at around 80-100 fps you will probably get -20-30 fps drop in this game.
 
 
== Version Differences ==
 
Game is available in retail and later was released on steam.
 
  
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==Availability==
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{{Availability Table|
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{{Availability Table/row| [http://store.steampowered.com/app/10090/ Steam] | {{ID|Steam}} |}}
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== Patches ==
 
== Patches ==
 
=== What Patches You Need: ===
 
=== What Patches You Need: ===
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=== Configuration ===
 
=== Configuration ===
 
The player configuration text files can be found in APPDATA folder:
 
The player configuration text files can be found in APPDATA folder:
<pre>C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles\</pre>
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<pre>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Activision\CoDWaW\players\profiles\</pre>
  
 
The files are:
 
The files are:
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* [http://bashandslash.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=745 Yitch 1 CoD WaW Config]
 
* [http://bashandslash.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=745 Yitch 1 CoD WaW Config]
  
== System Requirements ==
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==System requirements==
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{{System Requirements
 
|minOS = Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7
 
|minOS = Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7
 
|minproc = Pentium 4 3 GHz/AMD 64 3200+
 
|minproc = Pentium 4 3 GHz/AMD 64 3200+
 
|minmem = 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista)
 
|minmem = 512 MB (1 GB for Windows Vista)
 
|minHD = 8 GB free
 
|minHD = 8 GB free
|minGPU1 = nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600)
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|minGPU = nVidia GeForce 6600/ATI Radeon X1600)
 
|minVRAM = 256 MB
 
|minVRAM = 256 MB
 
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== See Also ==
 
* [[Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare]]
 
* [[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]
 
 
[[Category:Game]]
 
 
[[Category:Windows]]
 
[[Category:Windows]]

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Template:Infobox Call of Duty (series)

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Patches

What Patches You Need:

There was 7 patches with 3 map packs.
You need:

  1. 1.2 Patch
  2. 1.2 to 1.4 Patch
  3. 1.4 to 1.5 Patch
  4. 1.5 to 1.6 Patch
  5. 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.

Save Game Data

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.

Issues and Fixes

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

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

Performance Improvements

There are many user created configs for better FPS available, one of the popular ones is:

System requirements

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