Call of Duty: WWII

Call of Duty: WWII

Developers
	Sledgehammer Games
	Raven Software
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	IW engine
Release dates
Windows	November 3, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	78
IGDB	75
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic, Loot box
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, FPS, Shooter
Vehicles	Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Asia, Europe, World War II, Historical
Series	Call of Duty

Call of Duty: WWII is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Call of Duty series.

General information

Official Call of Duty series site

Steam Community Discussions

CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all multiplayer maps.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Download-only; no disc is included in the physical box.
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		Digital Deluxe edition also available.
(unavailable)
Humble Store (unavailable)

All versions except Microsoft Store require Steam and Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

Various security vulnerabilities have been found in the Steam and Microsoft Store versions. Connecting to the online gamemodes is highly discouraged as it may allow hackers to remotely access, control and execute code on computers of others.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Endowment Bravery Pack	Exclusively available for United States and UK.
Endowment Fear Not Pack	Exclusively available for United States and UK.
Private Beta Combat Pack	Free, exclusively available to players who participated in the PC Open Beta.
Pathfinder Pack	Free, exclusively available to players who played the game from November 3rd, 2017 to November 17th, 2017.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete, move or rename video .bik
Go to <path-to-game>. Delete, move or rename default.bik and SHG_Logo.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players2\user_config.cfg <path-to-game>\players2\keys.cfg <path-to-game>\players2\user_config_mp.cfg <path-to-game>\players2\keys_mp.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/476600/pfx/

user_config_mp.cfg and keys_mp.cfg are for Multiplayer.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players2\settings_c.zip.s2 <path-to-game>\players2\settings_s.zip.s2 <path-to-game>\players2\savegame.svg <path-to-game>\players2\system_config.cfg <path-to-game>\players2\system_config_mp.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/476600/pfx/

system_config_mp.cfg and settings_m.zip.s2 are for Multiplayer.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		From 50° to 100°. The available maximum FOV depends on the current aspect ratio.
Windowed		Must be selected from Display Mode as Fullscreen mode is default.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Labeled as Windowed (No Border). Must be selected from Display Mode as Fullscreen mode is default.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Low, Normal and High options.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Off, FXAA, SMAA (1X & T2X) and Filmic SMAA (1X & T2X) options. SSAA available via adjustment of Render Resolution.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Labeled as Sync Every Frame. On and Off options.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Main menu is capped at 60 FPS. Maximum FPS cap of 250; uncapped in Campaign. Limit frame rate in Campaign if encountering issues such as Losing in interactive cutscene.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Windows 10 version 1703 (Creators Edition) or later is required. A video card that supports HDR as the select Display Adapter and an HDR monitor as the selected Monitor, with the Windows desktop set to HDR. See Crashing in settings menu if encountering issues.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Enabled and Disabled options. Default is Disabled. Filter Mode with Red-Green, Blue-Yellow and Red options. Filter Intensity from 0 to 50.

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  Advanced Settings

Input

Mouse Settings

Gamepad Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Actions, Movement and Look groups.
Mouse acceleration		Labeled as Smooth Mouse. Yes and No options. Default is No. Raw Mouse Input available with Yes and No options.
Mouse sensitivity		Horizontal and Vertical from 0.01 to 10.00. ADS Sensitivity with Horz. and Vert. also available from 0.01 to 10.00 with Enabled and Disabled options. Default is Disabled.
Mouse input in menus		Mousewheel scroll serves same function as arrows up/down.
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Yes and No options. Default is No.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only Stick Layout and Button Layout presets. Stick Layout has Default, Southpaw, Legacy and L. Southpaw. Button Layout has Default, Tactical, Lefty, N0M4D, N0M4D Tactical, N0M4D L3F7Y, Bumper Jumper, Bumper Jumper Tactical, Charlie, One-Hand Gunslinger, Stick And Move, Scout, Brawler and Beast. Flip LB/RB and LT/RT available with Enabled and Disabled options. Default is Disabled.
Controller sensitivity		Horizontal and Vertical from Very Low 1 to Insane 14. Default is Medium 4. ADS Sensitivity with Horz. and Vert. also available from Very Low 1 to Insane 14 with Enabled and Disabled options. Default is Disabled with Medium 4.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Enabled and Disabled options. Default is Disabled.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		Enabled and Disabled options.. Default is Enabled.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Button Layout Default

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  Stick Layout Default

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  Key Bindings

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only Volume. From 0 to 40. Default is 40.
Surround sound		Implementation is quite poor (dialogue doesn't use the center speaker, for example).
Subtitles		Enabled and Disabled options. Default is Disabled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Buying the game from a Middle East country such as Turkey will download the language english_safe.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, Baker Online.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish				Lacks Latin American translation (available on console version). Only Castillan (Spain) translation is available.
Slovak				Fan translation, download.

Changing Language

The game does not allow changing the language in-game or in Steam properties.

Buying the game in a non-English speaking country will lock the game to one specific language.

Network

Microsoft Store and Steam players cannot play together.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		12
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer		Sledgehammer Games made note that they plan to return to dedicated server hosting.
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	3074
UDP	3074

This game does not support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
3RD Space Gaming Vest

Issues unresolved

Some cinematics have a black bar on right

It's unknown if it's a bug or it's intended by developer.

Mission Collateral Damage has bugs

1. Pixelated screen due to maybe smoke.
2. Anna eyes disappear/becoming red.
3. Aiello weapon disappears before entering the truck.

Audio crackling and popping

No permanent fix so far.

Crash to desktop in the Microsoft Store version

The issues seems to happen due to the game's friendslist being unable to show more than 48 profiles, to the point of the game crashing.

Workaround
Lower the amount of friends on the Xbox account used.

Issues fixed

Game crashes on start

Unplug keyboard if it has an external app such as Corsair or Glorious
Before launching the game unplug keyboard. After the game launched, plug keyboard back in.

Game starts on 2nd monitor

This issue appears because the main display is not the first on GPU ports and the game doesn't recognize the Windows setting Make this my main display.

Change monitor in game settings
Go to Settings. Select Graphics. Select Advanced Settings. Now select the correct display at Monitor. This must be done for Campaign and Multiplayer as each of them is a separate game.

Losing in interactive cutscene in mission Collateral Damage

Cap framerate to 120 or lower
Enable Sync Every Frame in Advanced Settings and make sure the Screen Refresh Rate is not over 500. Use RTSS.

Crashing in settings menu

Disable HDR in Windows

Game changes microphone gain at launch

Modify microphone gain ingame
Start the game. Go to the voice settings. Set RECORD LEVEL to the preferred microphone gain.

Game doesn't start if being run from an NTFS linked folder

Move the installation folder back into the Steam library folder
Either keep the game in current Steam library folder or create another Steam library on a different drive and move the game there via Steam's own moving option.

All keybindings are empty on French version of the campaign

Edit the cfg file

Go to <path-to-game> (default is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty WWII\players2\), and edit keys.cfg with the following content: // generated by Sledgehammer Games - do not modify unbindall bind TAB "togglescores" bind ESCAPE "togglemenu" bind SPACE "+gostand" bind & "+weapnext" bind , "+actionslot 2" bind 2 "+actionslot 3" bind 3 "+actionslot 5" bind 4 "+actionslot 6" bind 5 "+actionslot 7" bind 6 "+actionslot 4" bind A "+melee_zoom" bind C "+stance" bind D "+moveright" bind E "+smoke" bind F "+activate" bind G "+frag" bind N "+actionslot 1" bind Q "+moveleft" bind R "+reload" bind S "+back" bind T "chatmodepublic" bind V "+combat_roles" bind W "+talk" bind Y "chatmodeteam" bind Z "+forward" bind CAPSLOCK "+mlook" bind UPARROW "+lookup" bind DOWNARROW "+lookdown" bind LEFTARROW "+left" bind RIGHTARROW "+right" bind CTRL "toggleprone" bind SHIFT "+breath_sprint" bind MOUSE1 "+attack" bind MOUSE2 "+speed_throw" bind MWHEELDOWN "+weapnext" bind MWHEELUP "+weapnext"

Other information

Discord Settings

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	2.7b
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7		10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3225 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen R5 1400		Intel Core i5-2400 AMD Ryzen R5 1600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		12 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	90 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 / 1050 AMD Radeon HD 7850 / AMD Radeon RX 550 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 / 1060 AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX Compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.