Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

[Formula1Driver]

Ya Shipment is a really fun map, total carnage the whole game, sounds like fun to me!

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Great News!! Update Version 1.10 is now up. Just try to play the game and it will prompt you to update. Its only about a meg and a half, so its a quick download.

We'll see if it helps.

Edit: It does take a little while to download, and I just got an error when downloading it, and it made me quit it. Im trying again now.

Ugh, it got the error again. I dont know if its me or it.

Edit: Tried it a thrid time and it worked perfectly.

 

[VT]

It took all of 10 seconds to download the update for me and it was applied with no problem. Did you connection blink or anything?

edit:

Holy cow initial match finding is fast!

 

[icelt]

Sweet. Downloaded and installed just fine for me as well. Too bad I won't be able to play much until the new year probably, xmas travel and such. Hope it does everything as advertised 👍

 

[VT]

Hosts can still end games .. No server migration

edit:

Just had my best match ever: 49 kills, 10 assists, 19 deaths

edit 2:

Beerz, I just had the joy of being killed twice by one air strike. Which was immediately followed by being killed twice by a second air strike. Which was immediately followed by being turned into Swiss cheese by a chopper. Beat that

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Hell yea, the update makes it much faster to get into a game. I mean like almost immediate.

 

[Beerz]

Sweet, gotta update it!

No more boring waiting until it finds a match. Thinking about it, I'd say 20% of my time spent with this game has been looking at the TV screen while trying to find a match...


Has anyone tried the ACOG and the sniper rifles? Is there any noticeable difference?
I'm gonna try it out myself at lunchtime, in about 2h.

 

[amar212]

About PS3 update, from Crysis via Neogaf:

Hey Everyone --

Just to clarify on my last post, those Playlist changes mentioned apply to PS3 and 360 and should be hitting here soon (in December), but I wanted to make it clear that the patch itself with the other changes (i.e. Host Migration, Kill Cams) that are only for the Xbox 360 will probably hit after December, as that requires going through certification, while the Playlist changes we can change dynamically. I noticed it getting reported as the patch getting released in December, and wanted to stop it before too many hopes got up.

Now for the PS3: The PS3 Connectivity patch will be hitting in the very near future and is separate from the Xbox 360 patch. The PS3 (exclusive) Connectivity patch will include:

US Data Center For NAT Server

Will make all US players connect to US data center and EU users connect to EU data center. This will optimize performance for all users in those areas.

Fixed 'Downloading Game Settings' Error

Fixed error with conflicting packet interaction.

Port 3095 Issue Corrected

Players were required to have port 3095 open in order to host. Now players who have port 3095 blocked can still host matches.

Matchmaking Optimization

Server search will end upon acquiring a certain number of good servers. Added "prefer" servers with best ping, this will optimize and expedite players finding and joining good matches.

In short, the playlist changes for both consoles will be hitting very soon, however the Xbox 360 patch will probably hit after December once it goes through certification. The PS3 connectivity patch will be hitting very soon and is separate from the 360 patch.

Let me know if you guys have any additional questions, the PS3 will be getting another patch in the new year which will contain some of the same additions as the 360 one but not all.

 

[G.T]

Will make all US players connect to US data center and EU users connect to EU data center. This will optimize performance for all users in those areas.

Damn, not that it's a major issue, but that needs to be the case for 360 users as well. The less lag the better! I hate it sometimes when people see you about half a second to a second before you do, so you usually get killed first. I know this from the Kill Cam point of view...

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Damn, not that it's a major issue, but that needs to be the case for 360 users as well. The less lag the better! I hate it sometimes when people see you about half a second to a second before you do, so you usually get killed first. I know this from the Kill Cam point of view...

That happened to me a lot last night, Surprisingly, after the update. But it was probably my connection. But still, its very very frustrating.

 

[Beerz]

VT - That's a real joy! It's understandable on maps like Shipment, but on 'normal' maps, it's just ridiculous to get killed by the 1st plane of the airstrike, then respawn precisely on the spot where you're going to get killed again by the 2nd or 3rd plane...
Same goes for grenades, I've respawned many times on top of an enemy grenade without any chance of survival.

G.T - Lag is the worse thing while playing. A few days ago me and D_P got thrown on a 18-player Domination match on Bog, which was having the biggest lag I've seen online on CoD4 until now, it was almost unplayable!

How are you guys doing the update? I fired up the game today at lunchtime and nothing showed up for me to update or click or whatever.
Still, coincidence or not, it got me on a match within 4 or 5secs.
Do I have to do anything to download the update or what?


Now, what do you guys think of this here?
> Yesterday I had the weirdest and most surrealistic match I've ever played, but at the same time (apart from losing) it was really cool and 'edgy'.
*fading into cinematic view...*
It was on Overgrown, 3vs3 TDM.
Match starts, all 3 of us start running, after a while we walked crouched throughout the map... and as you know in these situations, as each second goes by, the perspective of finding an opponent increases substantially.
We were searching for them, searching, searching, searching (get the point?)...
... and couldn't see the bastards. But they weren't seeing us either, otherwise there would be shots fired. We circled the entire map almost 2 times; nothing. Just dead silence. I was already on the edge, 4 minutes had passed since the match started and my R1 finger was starting to itch.
Then... *there's one!*
But at this time my 2 team mates had decided to stick around inside a building's room on the other side of the map and I'm all alone, mist lightly against 3 of them. I hesitate for a fraction of a second, but the will to kill was stronger and I took him down, immediately searching for a spot where I could see if his 2 other mates were coming towards me.
There's another one! Took him down too, immediately followed by the 3rd.
Called in a UAV, as I shouted on the headset to my 'team mates': Get the *** down here, what are you guys waiting for?! Jesus Christ!!!".
At this point we were winning by 30-0 and that was cool, but not with my team mates STILL ON THE SAME BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAP!!!
I could see they were moving, but they just weren't coming this way.
After that, it got a bit more 'normal', as I was both killing and being killed, and finally, as the enemy called in a UAV, only then, my team mates left their sweet spot.
In the end, we lost 260-210, I got 16 kills (160 points), my 2 'team mates' combined got 5 kills and 19 deaths.
At least it was different...

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Haha, cool story, Beerz. Those types of matches always seem to keep you on edge.

 

[magburner]

I should check in here more often, can't get my ass off the game though!!! I'm really enjoying this game, can't believe how fantastic it is, there are a couple of things they need to check though. First is the knife!!! FFS, its TOO powerful! Instant kills, as well as invulnerability - that's a joke. The otehr day I was on overgrown on the back stairs of the building where 'B' is, and some guy was at the bottom and I was facing him with my sights on him at the top of the stairs. I started pumping rounds into him in the upper torso region, but he just walked right through them, and swung at me from half way up the stairs only to reach and kill me and appear right at the top. That 'sucking in' effect with the knife is really unbalancing, and the range of the knife is about 8 foot away! There is no way on gods green earth that a guy can stab you through a hail of bullets from that distance!

The other thing I have noticed, and maybe you have too. Sometimes my guns don't seem so accurate. Thats not an excuse, I've noticed that when that's the case, I reload up the game, and it sorts it out. Has anyone noticed this bug?

@beerz: What weapon was I using? Its either the RPD, with RDS Reflex, or the M4 with RDS Reflex. I'm usually using the RPD though, its accurate and powerful. I have started to use an M4 with ironsights, a silencer, and the UAV jammer perk (as well as the bandolier and extreme conditioning perk). Its kind of like a stealth setup, I don't get as many kills as I would with the RPD, but its a blast sneaking around and fooling everyone. Its surprising how many people rely on only the RADAR for visual observation - those are the easy kills.

Had some great games the other night guys, invite me whenever your online, and I'll come join you. 👍

 

[Beerz]

Yeah, I'm an RPD man myself. 👍

Has anyone else downloaded the update? How's it done?
Not only I don't see anything, I'm getting a problem I didn't had; the 'downloading game settings' thing keeps showing up on the lobby and it doesn't go away, I already had to restart the game twice...

 

[magburner]

update? What update? Its here?

 

[Formula1Driver]

Yes the update for CoD is out, I downloaded it in about 1 minute, had no problems. When I first tried to go onto online I had to wait a while for the "downloading Game Setting" screen but I went to the bathroom and when I came back it was gone.

Beerz I got your invites but I was playing with my brother, kinda like a training day you know, show him the ropes of online. He has played about halfway through the single player but he still has to get quicker for online.

 

[VT]

Are the server connections crap tonight or is it just me? I've had half my matches time out already tonight. I'll be on tomorrow.

 

[Dead_Poetic]

Beerz, you should be prompted to download the update when you load up the game. I dont know why it isn't doing that, maybe because you are in Portugal or something.

Magburner: Why would you use the silencer and UAV jammer, dont they both do the same thing? Unless you use the UAV jammer incase you pick up a different weapon.

 

[Pako]

Sorry I missed you today Beerz! Catch ya the next time. I really hoped they enhanced the party/friends option with the latest patch but not this time around....

 

[Beerz]

magburner - Really enjoyed the games we played yesterday, mate! Sorry I couldn't talk to you, my headset was charging... And how about that easy win in the match we got thrown into?

D_P – They’re two entirely different things;
The Silencer attachment prevents your fired shots from showing up on the enemy’s UAV, since they produce almost no sound.
The UAV Jammer prevents your position from showing up on the enemy’s UAV when they call one.
If you have the Silencer but not the UAV Jammer, you’ll be spotted as soon as they call in a UAV. If you have the UAV Jammer but not the Silencer, you’ll be spotted as soon as you fire one bullet.

Pako – Yeah, but no problem buddy. I really wanted to play with you though. We’ll meet next time, I’m sure. 👍

Has anyone outside the USA (namely in Europe) downloaded the patch?
I’m thinking like D_P said that it’s not yet available here, hence nothing showing up for me. At least that’s what I’m hoping for, and not some error...

And on the breaking news...
I’m learning how to snipe!
That’s right, I decided to try to be a more complete player, so I’m learning how to snipe. So far I’ve done a couple of one-man matches to get the hang of it, and practice my accuracy on stationary objects, but also on real matches (only one so far). I did a TDM on Overgrown using only the sniper rifle (M40) and got a 9-3 in kills. I was really proud.


EDIT: F1Driver - No problem, you know you can invite me anytime too.
and if your brother is anything like you on the game, you'll be a fantastic duo.


EDIT2: Hey, my username has changed!

 

[amar212]

So far I’ve done a couple of one-man matches to get the hang of it, and practice my accuracy on stationary objects

Yep, that's why there are melons on the Strike

 

[Scaff]

I've not yet seen/been prompted to download the update, so it does look as if its not yet out in Europe.


Regards

Scaff

 

[Mr P]

No update here in the UK either??? does this put us at a disadvantage against the ones who have it?

 

[Dead_Poetic]

OHH, thanks for that info, Beerz. And yea, I started to try to snipe too. I used the .50cal on Bloc the other day. I died once, but already called in a helicopter, when i got the connection interrupted. I think that I would have done awesome.

Another thing that I just found out is that you can change your class in the middle of the match. I had no idea that this was possible, but its a very very helpful addition. There have been many times where in the beginning, I picked the wrong class, and am stuck with it for the whole match. Not anymore.

 

[VT]

Hahaha .. I just pissed off a whole clan :-D. I was waiting for a HQ match on shipment to start and the whole WORM clan joined. So I changed my clan to WORM and then changed it to SUX. They were like "oooh we got a fan!" at first and then they asked me not to leave so they could destroy me. Then everyone left because no one else was joining the match

 

[magburner]

Magburner: Why would you use the silencer and UAV jammer, dont they both do the same thing? Unless you use the UAV jammer incase you pick up a different weapon.

From my understanding, the silencer only stops you appearing on the radar when shots are fired, I think you are still visible if the UAV is up. The UAV jammer perk is a different story. I believe that the UAV jammer just stops you showing up on the radar when you hear 'enemy UAV is airbourne'. other time you are visible if you fire a shot. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but I like to err on the side of caution.

Besides that, its kind of hardcore sneaking around with nothing but iron sights and your wits to get you out of trouble. I tend to only use that setup on Overgrown, Bloc, and Downpour. They have some great foliage that you can hide under or in!

 

[magburner]

magburner - Really enjoyed the games we played yesterday, mate! Sorry I couldn't talk to you, my headset was charging... And how about that easy win in the match we got thrown into?

no worries pal, its great playing games, voip is a bonus, not essential. 👍

Oops double post...

 

[VT]

From my understanding, the silencer only stops you appearing on the radar when shots are fired, I think you are still visible if the UAV is up. The UAV jammer perk is a different story. I believe that the UAV jammer just stops you showing up on the radar when you hear 'enemy UAV is airbourne'. other time you are visible if you fire a shot. I dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but I like to err on the side of caution.

You are correct.

 

[icelt]

Damn you PC owners <shakes fist> you and your readily available cool patches and mods.



GameLife

Infinity Ward has released a patch for the PC version of Call of Duty 4 that fixes a few minor issues and adds a Christmas bonus, just for fun.

The patch, v1.4, fixes some bullet accuracy issues for all weapons, improves the server browser, and beefs up mod support. You can find a complete list of features here.

The above video showcases the patch's Christmas present to CoD players: "Winter Crash," a holiday version of the "Crash" multiplayer map. Candy canes and colored lights make deathmatchs so much more festive, don't you think?

 

[Beerz]

You are correct.

As I was on post #590.


icelt - I was watching that vid and hoping that any minute a fight would start. Didn't happen. It's cool to have the same maps you know with a different mood ( not like this, though - something real). I t's like they're brand new maps, with the advantage that we're familiar with the layout.


Now, am I the only one that bitches and moans about these things?
1. Some people only need a couple of bullets from a medium powered weapon (and they're not headshots) to get a kill;
2. Some people, although not having the Jugger, require a lot more bullets to die;
3. The Juggernaut perk is WAY too strong, especially compared to the Stopping Power (SP) perk. I think the percentage of increase should be equivalent (let's say 40% more for health/stopping power), so that it would require the same amount of bullets to kill someone 'normal' without the use of SP and someone with the Jugger while using SP.