Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
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| Developers | |
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| Sledgehammer Games | |
| High Moon Studios | |
| Multiplayer | Raven Software |
| Publishers | |
| Activision | |
| Engines | |
| IW 7.0 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 4, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 78 |
| OpenCritic | 81 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
| Series | Call of Duty |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Call of Duty | 2003 |
| Call of Duty 2 | 2005 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (series) | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops (series) | |
| Call of Duty: Ghosts | 2013 |
| Call of Duty: Online | 2013 |
| Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 2014 |
| Call of Duty: Heroes | 2014 |
| Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | 2016 |
| Call of Duty: WWII | 2017 |
| Call of Duty: Warzone | 2020 |
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | 2021 |
| Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 | 2022 |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | TBA |
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Call of Duty series.
Multiplayer matchmaking will not work when any DLC map pack except the free Atlas Gorge map is installed. See Issues fixed below, for fixes and workarounds.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
Contains 6 DVDs. | |
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| Amazon.com | |
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| Steam | |
Gold Edition. | |
- All versions require Steam DRM.
- Security vulnerabilities have been detected on this game, including other Call of Duty titles released before 2015. These vulnerabilities allow hackers to remotely access a user's PC, execute codes on it and control that user's PC without their consent. This happens when the user joins a multiplayer match. [1]
Version differences
- The Gold Edition includes the first map pack, Havoc.
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Ascendance | |
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| Atlas Gorge Map | Included in the Digital Pro Edition. | |
| Australia Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Backdraft Personalization Pack | |
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| Barong Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Canada Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Championship Personalization Pack | |
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| Creature Personalization Pack | |
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| Creature Premium Personalization Pack | |
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| Extra Armory Slots 1 | |
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| Extra Armory Slots 2 | |
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| Extra Armory Slots 3 | |
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| Extra Armory Slots 4 | |
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| Extra Armory Slots 5 | |
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| France Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Germany Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Havoc | Included in the Gold Edition. | |
| Hot Rod Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Italy Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Japan Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Lagoon Personalization Pack | |
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| Lightning Personalization Pack | |
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| Lightning Premium Personalization Pack | |
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| Magma Personalization Pack | |
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| Magma Premium Personalization Pack | |
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| Nanotech Personalization Pack | |
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| Nanotech Premium Personalization Pack | |
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| Netherlands Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Panda Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Psychedelic Personalization Pack | |
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| Season Pass | Included in the Digital Pro Edition | |
| Spain Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Steampunk Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| Tiki Personalization Pack | |
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| United Kingdom Exoskeleton Pack | |
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| United States Exoskeleton Pack | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Edit config.cfg[citation needed] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\players2\[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209650/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/209650/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Use Widescreen Fixer to fix stretching from 16:9[2]. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | Proper Hor+ gameplay. Menus are Vert- and FMVs are stretched. Use Widescreen Fixer to fix any stretching issues from 16:9[2]. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | [3] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | 65-90° in multiplayer only. Use the CODAWSP64 FOV fix for single player. | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Low, normal and high options. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA (1x and Temporal 2x), Filmic SMAA (1x and Temporal 2x) and SSAA (2x, 4x, 8x, 16x). | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Triple buffering. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Multiplayer is capped at 91 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
| Color blind mode | |||
Input
In-game key map/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | Choice of five presets only. | |
| 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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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
In-game gamepad stick layout settings.
In-game gamepad button layout settings.
Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | There is only a single volume slider though there is native support to turn off the music, announcer, hitmarker sounds and soldier chatter independently. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation by bakeronline.hu, here. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Only available in Polish retail release and it's the only language available in this version.[4] | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Audio only[5]. | |||
| Russian | ||||
| Slovak | Fan translation, download. | |||
| Spanish | Lacks Latin American translation (available on console version). Only Castillan translation is available. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 18 | Versus, Co-op Co-op supports up to 4 players. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | Hybrid system with dedicated servers. | |
| Dedicated | Hybrid system with P2P listen servers. | |
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| TCP | 27014-27050 |
| UDP | 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
| 3D modes | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (DX11). | ||
| vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
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| Devices | |||
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| 3RD Space Gaming Vest | |||
Issues fixed
"Insufficient free disk space. Please free at least 5MB free space on game drive." Error
| Run the game in Compatibility Mode for Windows 7/8[6] |
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Stuttering during cutscenes
| Turn off 'Shader Preload During Cinematics' in video options[6] |
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Stuttering during gameplay
| Turn on 'Shader Preload' in video options[6] |
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| Change the value of seta r_videoMemoryScale[6] |
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No games found in multiplayer when DLC map packs installed
- Having any DLC map pack installed except for the free Atlas Gorge multiplayer map DLC, will prevent CoD:AW MP from matching the player with anyone that does not have the exact same combination of map packs installed. It will not fall-back to DLC-less matchmaking if it cannot find any such players. For some reason, Activision apparently intended this[7].
- This will result in a loop of Searching for available games → No games found.
- This issue affects mostly new players, since the default (Gold) edition of Advanced Warfare sold on Steam comes with the Havoc map pack pre-installed.
Multiplayer mouse acceleration
- Some users have reported mouse acceleration, which can be fixed by an .ini edit.
| Edit the multiplayer config file[8] |
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cl_mouseAccel "0" (should be 0 by default) cl_pitchspeed "0" (Default 140) cl_yawspeed "0" (Default 140) |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 | |
| Shader Model support | 5 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | Havok | |
| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.992c |
| Multiplayer | Demonware, Steamworks |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-530 AMD Phenom II X4 810 |
Intel Core i5-2500K |
| System memory (RAM) | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 55 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 ATI Radeon HD 5870 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/209650/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (209650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ CVE-2018-20817 exploit - last accessed on 2023-11-13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Widescreen Gaming Forum • View topic - COD Advanced Warfare - last accessed on 2024-07-13
- ↑ Real 4K: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - YouTube - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ SteamDB: Every depot associated with Polish Retail Product Key - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ TriboGamer - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Verified by User:Cosmiccube047 on 2024-02-25
- ↑ Activision support page - last accessed on 2019-07-07
- ↑ Steam community guide on fixing mouse acceleration - last accessed on 2019-07-07