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Template:Infobox game/row/osxporterWarnings
- 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
- Call of Duty Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Call of Duty game made.
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
Availability
- All versions require Steam.
DLC and expansion packs
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Content Collection 1 |
Contains Content Pack 1, 2, and 3. |
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Content Collection 2 |
Contains Content Pack 4 and 5. |
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Content Collection 3 |
Contains Content Pack 6, 7 (Spec Ops portion), and 8. |
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Content Collection 4 |
Contains Content Pack 7 (Multiplayer portion) and 9. |
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- DLC for the game consists of 9 Content Packs (each combining 24 Content Drops). See the Wikipedia article for details
Essential improvements
Utilities
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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config.cfg
is for single player, config_mp.cfg
is for multi-player
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Game pad controllers are not supported by Modern Warfare 3. Please check our controller page for information about how to hack controller support into the game.
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
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UI |
Audio |
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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
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
UDP |
3074 |
- This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
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
PC crashing/freezing in-game
Game freezes during the intro video
Crash to Desktop
Windows XP:
DirectX error while loading
Cannot install
Failed to run install script
Audio issues
Multi-monitor issues
Nvidia Optimus
Fuzzy textures
DirectX 9 compatibility with older video cards
Mouse problems
RELIABLE COMMAND BUFFER OVERFLOW
"Steam Error – 55: This game is currently unavailable. Please try again at another time" error
"DLC content is required. Required map ... is missing or damaged." error
System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) |
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 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 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References