Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
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This page is for the 2019 soft reboot. For the original 2007 game, see Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. For the updated 2016 version, see Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered.
Developers | |
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Infinity Ward | |
Windows | Beenox |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 25, 2019 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Middle East |
Series | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare |
Warnings
- This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Battle.net | Operator Edition and Operator Enhanced Edition also available. | |||
Operator Edition and Operator Enhanced Edition also available. | ||||
Green Man Gaming | Operator Edition and Operator Enhanced Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | Operator Edition and Operator Enhanced Edition also available. |
- All versions require Battle.net DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Cutscenes are letterboxed to 21:9. | ||
Multi-monitor | Hor+ gameplay and menus. Cutscenes are 16:9 pillarboxed.[1][2] | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ gameplay and menus.[3][4] | ||
4K Ultra HD | [5] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | Adjustable between 36-89° vertical and 60-120° horizontal. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Fullscreen, Fullscreen Borderless and Fullscreen Extended window available. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Low, Normal and High settings available. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | SMAA (1x and Temporal 2x), Filmic SMAA Temporal 2x and SSAA available via adjustment of Render Resolution. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Features 3 frame-caps for individual adjustment (In-Game, In-Menu & Out of Focus). | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | [6] | ||
Color blind mode | Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Trianopia available. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Features 6 sensitivity options for individual adjustment (Vertical, Ground Vehicles, Air Vehicles, Tablet, ADS (High & Low Zoom). | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | An option to swap between keyboard and gamepad without needing the other is accessible in-game. | |
Controller remapping | Only layout presets available. Update on 29-04-2020 added a Deadzone slider. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | DualShock 4 prompts are available in-game.[7] | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Only in menus. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Dialogue, Effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Dolby Atmos,[8] DTS Headphone:X 2.0,[9] and Windows Sonic[citation needed] HRTF. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 150 | Versus 12-20 players in most modes, up to 200 in Warzone.[10] |
Connection types
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s)[12] |
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TCP | 3074, 27014-27050 |
UDP | 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
DEV ERROR 5624
- Turn off optimization in GeForce Experience
- Disable XMP in BIOS
- Disable Full Screen Optimizations
- Disable Antivirus, allow exceptions through Windows Defender
- Disable GPU Scaling
DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error
- Delete or rename these folders
- %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players
- %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players2
- Relaunch the game to generate a new players folder.[15]
No audio from anyone else's microphone
Go to the sound control panel, then disable all other sound/recording devices and make speaker and microphone the default communication device and/or default device. |
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Changing graphics settings results in "DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error"
Turn off any in-game overlays like RTSS / MSI Afterburner. Closing out of MSI Afterburner ensures that RTSS isn't open[16] |
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Poor Performance Fix (VRAM Allocation Bug)
- Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players
- Open adv_options.ini
- Change VideoMemoryScale = 0.9 to VideoMemoryScale = 0.45
- Save and close
DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error
- Delete or rename these folders
- %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players
- %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players2
- Relaunch the game to generate a new players folder.[17]
No audio from anyone else's microphone
Go to the sound control panel, then disable all other sound/recording devices and make speaker and microphone the default communication device and/or default device. |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 | Uses D3D12on7 on Windows 7 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Supports Nvidia's RTX ray-tracing technology via DXR. |
Middleware
- Uses RAD's Oodle compression
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.300o |
Multiplayer | Battle.net |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit (version 1709 or later) | Windows 10 64 Bit (latest major update) |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4340 AMD FX-6300 |
Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
System memory (RAM) | 8GB | 12GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 210GB (due to multiple and frequently updates) | 210GB |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 2GB / GTX 1650 4GB AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX Requires DirectX 12 compatible system compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB / GTX 1660 6GB AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580 DirectX Requires DirectX 12 compatible system compatible |
Other | Broadband Internet connection Required |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
- Support for Windows 7 comes from the bundled D3D12on7 runtime. This effectively means that the in-between Windows 8 isn't supported at all.
- The game requires a CPU with POPCNT instructions.[18]
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2019-10-30
- Tested at 5760x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ GET READY FOR CALL OF DUTY®: MODERN WARFARE®: PC LAUNCH TRAILER AND PC PRELOAD INFORMATION DROPS TODAY! - last accessed on 2019-10-30
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2019-10-30
- Tested at 2560x1080 custom resolution.
- ↑ GET READY FOR CALL OF DUTY®: MODERN WARFARE®: PC LAUNCH TRAILER AND PC PRELOAD INFORMATION DROPS TODAY! - last accessed on 2019-10-30
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2019-10-30
- Tested at 3840x2060 custom resolution.
- ↑ Day One Patch Notes, Updates, and Intel! - last accessed on 2019-10-30
- ↑ How to Play Cod MW On PC With A Controller ! Easy Setup Guide ! *PC GAMERS* - YouTube
- ↑ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Dolby Developer
- ↑ Sound Unbound App | DTS
- ↑ INTRODUCING A GAME-CHANGING FREE-TO-PLAY EXPERIENCE - CALL OF DUTY®: WARZONE - last accessed on 2020-03-09
- ↑ Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will provide dedicated servers on all platforms - last accessed on 2019-10-30
- ↑ Ports Used for Call of Duty Games - Activision Support - last accessed on [unknown]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/InfinityWard/status/1195372997403561986
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2019-11-10
- Stuttering due to streaming in assets still existing even after 2 major patches.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTFiKWSWI5M
- ↑ [PC] If you are getting the Direct X Error Close Any Programs monitoring GPU or overlaying
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTFiKWSWI5M
- ↑ Verified by Mirh from his own crash dump