Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

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.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Developers
	Infinity Ward
Windows	Beenox
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
Windows	October 25, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic, Currency
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Battle royale
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Middle East
Series	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Subseries of Call of Duty
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	2007
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered	2016
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered	2020
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II	2022
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III	2023

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

General information

Official support community

Community subreddit

CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Battle.net		Battle Pass Edition also available.
		Battle Pass Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Battle Pass Edition also available.
Humble Store		Battle Pass Edition also available.

All versions require an Activision account, Battle.net DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes

Version differences

Pre-orders included a Prestige Token redeemable in Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII.

Standard Edition contains the base game.

Operator Edition included the "All Ghillied Up", "Crew Expendable" and "War Pig" Operator Packs, a custom in-game tactical knife and the XRK Weapon Pack.

Operator Enhanced Edition included all Operator Edition content and 3000 Call of Duty Points.

Battle Pass Edition contains the exact same content as the Operator Enhanced Edition.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	Call of Duty: Warzone is free-to-play. The campaign and multiplayer modes of Modern Warfare still require purchase.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	A Battle Pass is available to purchase each in-game season, which includes rewards such as XP boosts, weapon blueprints, skins and currency. Battle Pass tiers can be instantly skipped with an additional purchase using Call of Duty Points.
Cosmetic	Weapon skins, operators and operator skins can be purchased from the in-game store using Call of Duty Points.
Currency	Call of Duty Points, alternatively COD Points or CP, can be purchased with real money at an exchange rate of 100 CP per 1 US Dollar.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\players

Video

In-game Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Cutscenes are letterboxed to 21:9.
Multi-monitor			Hor+ gameplay and menus. Cutscenes are 16:9 pillarboxed.
Ultra-widescreen			Hor+ gameplay and menus.
4K Ultra HD
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)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced shadows.
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Trianopia available.

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  Additional in-game Graphics settings.

Input

In-game Mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		DualShock 4 prompts are available in-game.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Only in menus.

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  In-game Gamepad Settings.

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  In-game Key rebind settings. 1/4

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  In-game Key rebind settings. 2/4

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  In-game Key rebind settings. 3/4

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  In-game Key rebind settings. 4/4

Audio

In-game Audio Settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Dialogue, Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Dolby Atmos, DTS Headphone:X 2.0, and Windows Sonic[citation needed] HRTF.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		200	Versus, Co-op 12-20 players in most modes, up to 200 in Warzone.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Dedicated

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
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^{[citation needed]}

DEV ERROR 6036

• Scan & Repair the game in Battle.net
• Delete everything in <path-to-game> except the Data folder and repeat the previous step.

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.

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.

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

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

Crash on Startup

• Open the Windows System Configuration tool
• Go to the Services tab
• Check the "Hide all Microsoft Services" box on the bottom left of the window
• Click on "Disable all" (This will disable any third-party services during system startup)
• Click "Apply" then "ok"
• Restart your system
• Note: you might have to manually re-enable services for game clients and other programs such as Steam to function properly. Re-enabling services one by one can also be a useful tactic for troubleshooting the exact program that's preventing the game from running.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12	Uses D3D12on7 on Windows 7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

Uses RAD's Oodle compression

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.300o
Multiplayer	Battle.net

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 (SP1), 10 (1709 or later)	10 (latest major update)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4340 AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	130 GB	240 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 AMD Radeon R9 390 or AMD RX 580
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.