If you are struggling with low FPS in Call of Duty, then you might want to consider modifying your configuration file.
Over at BASHandSlash.com, we store tons of config files to help you play Call of Duty better. We explain in depth how to modify them and yes, it is legal to do so as long as you stay within the ranges prescribed by the game.
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CoD4: Modern Warfare reviews for the XBox 360 are starting to hit the 'net from the established gaming press. It didn't take very long for them to start pumping out critiques after Activision's 9th of August press conference and "reveal". Kudos to 1up.com which had theirs up the next day, here it is:
CoD4 mini review from: 1up.com
Here's their summary:
The guns feel solid and meaty: Primary weapons range from assault rifles, shotguns (manual and automatic) and UZIs to larger weapons like sniper rifles and RPGs. Various grenade types include flash, stun, and smoke grenades. While there's no Gears of War-style cover mechanic (something the developer attributes to the desire to keep the player in the first-person perspective), the lack of a lean ability is a bit disappointing. Still, the combat is very well done; while we'll reserve judgment until playing the final game with our asses plopped firmly on our sofas, we wouldn't be surprised if this were to become the next "it" FPS when it hits later this year.
-Evan Shamoon
BASH Boards regular [DBTRS]Deuce alerts us of the following link to a large collection of XBox 360 screen shots from Call of Duty 4:
Planet Call of Duty screen shots
or alternatively:
Team Xbox screen shots
Here's a sample. Note the Mig 29 screaming low over the battlefield. For you realism buffs, the only way this plane would be this low would be if this fighter were either taking off or landing.
Also see the radar screen (top left) clearly showing ingressing (1 solo bandit) and egressing aircraft (2-ship line formation).
The photo is also remarkable for the spectacular lighting around ground objects and the sky is quite nicely rendered. The Mig on the other hand looks like it was pasted on and details on it are too easily made out. In reality, the aircraft would be a blur at this altitude.
The date supposedly slipped out at a recent CoD4 press event, where a marketing bloke is said to have revealed that Modern Warfare will be deployed on PC, PS3 and 360 on November 9. Activision UK meanwhile is unable to confirm the date, sticking firm to its original line that the Infinity Ward's shooter will be out simply "this winter".
Activision vient de communiquer les dates de sorties de Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare. Le FPS tant attendu signé Infinity Wards devrait débarquer le 30 octobre outre-Atlantique et le 9 novembre en Europe. Le titre le plus impressionant de l'E3 risque donc nous réchauffer une bonne partie de l'hiver!
Some of the details regarding the Beta version of CoD4: MP are now available at Charlie Oscar Delta. Here we'll only scratch the surface to show you what the console gamers will actually be playing this month.
To be eligible for a token-you must be 18 years of age or older, punctual and capable of answering three trivia questions correctly. Yes, punctual. To be fair, we're doling out the tokens on a first come first serve basis. We're still finalizing plans for where the Beta will be available. Initially, in order to get underway we'll be rolling-out in the United States. As soon as we're able to confirm which other countries are good to go we'll be back to update everybody.I wonder what the three questions will be?
- charlieoscardelta.com
The console gamers will find that they will be playing on "ranked" servers. You will have a ranking and you can check the progress of your character over time. The PC apparently will not have ranked servers. Here are some of the choices you have:Barracks:
Check your rankings on the Leaderboards and your progress through Challenges, choose your Clan Tag, and even review your basic player statistics. Note you can look at your rankings world wide or relative to your friends.
Party Invite:
Invite your friends to your party.
Woe. Party? They couldn't think of a better butchy name than "party"? How about fragfest? Or Battle Bash...anything other than party.
If you were a member of our Forums, you would have seen this posting from {PST}*Joker:I'm not sure that this is out yet, but I haven't been told NO so here it is.
Way to go Joker and Sparks!
The USA guys that got invited to the IW Community Event in June, got a re-invite on Aug 9th to be amoung the 50 Sweepstakes winners that get to play COD4 first before anyone else.
I have accepted the invite, as well as Sparks -- that is all I know for sure
- {PST}*Joker
Deuce from the DBTRS's clan just alerted the BASH forum community on the BASH Boards that CoD4 is now on sale - you can pre-order right here:
ebgames
gamestop
(Quick, take dad's credit card from his wallet...I think he's asleep).
The PC price is $50U.S. and thanks to a weak American economy, Canadians can afford it as well (~$53 CAD + GST lol)
The CoD4 perks just keep on coming. These perks are cool little bonuses that you get in multiplayer for doing well.
Here's the latest one, it's called C4. Note the graphics now say "WIP (Work-in-progress) Pre-Beta"! It used to be pre-alpha. The video looks like the game is being played on the Sony Playstation 3. The bomb tossing motion the soldier avatar makes when throwing the C4 are not as subtle as I thought the graphics would be . He throws the C4 as though it were as light as a slice of toast - in my opinion takes away from the immersion everyone keeps talking about. Check it out for yourself.
Check out the hardware: G4 Kotaku Next Generation Online GamesRadar Popular Mechanics Gamespot
Best of Show
Best of Xbox 360 Game of Show
Best of Show Nominee
Best Game, Console Nominee
Best Action Game Nominee
Special Commendation for Sound Nominee
Game of show (Runner-Up)
Game of Show (Runner-Up)
Best Shooter at E3
Best Game Overall (Third-place)
Editors’ Choice Winner – Best Graphics
Editors’ Choice Winner – Best Shooter
Editors’ Choice Finalist – Best PC Game
Editors’ Choice Finalist – Best Xbox 360 Game
Editors’ Choice Finalist – Game of the Show
We are keeping a running tab of the most important Call of Duty 4 links in the CoD4 forum on the BASH Boards.
Register, then come in and add your favorite link or website!
Rob Bowling, a.k.a. fourzerotwo, the community relations pointman for Infinity Ward, is with a large Activision/IW entourage right now at the E3 convention showing off IW's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Tonight on Rob's blog, he tells us that CoD4 has picked up one of its first (of what undoubtedly will be many) awards: G4's Best of Show (E307).
http://www.g4tv.com
Standing O. Nice job IW. Take the weekend off.
The second part of the the two-part interview with Tally (from Rise of the Resistance and Tally’s World) and {PST} Joker (from the eXtreme+ mod) is up on the BASH webcast site. The episode is called: In CoD We Trust.
We called the episode by this title because we have to trust that Infinity Ward will finally listen to the community that will buy their new game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. They did not hear us very well after CoD or CoD2 and they built themselves a terrible reputation because of this."...it's always been a mystery that IW makes these great games but they've been crap at community relations in the past...Grant Collier took us out to dinner and he was very candid with us. Grant told us that the reason for the lack of community response was that ... here was this very small company, Infinity Ward, in the days of CoD I, that grew into this massive organization...and they couldn't cope with the rate of growth. "Is the new interest in the community a publicity stunt? Will they listen?
"...they sat us down and said, here's what we've done, what do you think? And don't tell us we're not listening."Will things change going forward?
"...they've turned things around and this is a dawn of a new age in the relationship."
"...the war between eXtreme+ and ww2x was never a war that concerned me and frankly I didn't care...in the background I was always talking to Marc (ww2x). But I did start to see it affecting so many other people - people that were leaving our forums that were peed off. So I saw the community affected as a whole. Talking to Rudedog and getting a peace...this is a healing event for the community."
From Gametrailers.com, IW's CoD4 trailer showing how "double-tap" perk works. The double tap feature allows you to fire intermittently rather than a continuous stream of gunfire.
They are here to talk about their experiences at the Call of Duty Community Event in Encino California."...it totally blew me away" - Tally
The lighting in CoD4
" ...the liquid dynamics and the lighting...unbelievable!" - Joker
Getting your system ready for CoD4 and system requirements in general
"IW was running DX9 and it was running fluidly...you're going to upgrade...mediocre PCI, 1Gb of memory at least, core two duos will be a staple, I think" - Joker
"If you cannot run CoD2 in DX9, you will need to upgrade...you will need PCI express with SLI'd or crossfired video cards" - Tally
Did IW redefine FPS’s with this release?
The Community Event hosted at Infinity Ward has elicited some incredible reactions by the participants. According to the folks who went down to Encino, California last week, this game will knock your socks off!
We have one of those participants, Josh (aka JD) from codhq.com this week on BASH to describe what he saw. If you are at all interested in this upcoming game...you have to listen!
Here are some of the things we discuss:
- Call of Duty 4 System requirements
- The death animations are no longer scripted…there’s a new CoD4 animation engine using ragdoll physics!
- CoD4 dynamic lighting and the tactical importance of rendering shadows in the game.
- What’s in store for us in multiplayer? What is the perk system in multiplayer?
- When will CoD4 be released? What is it's current status - alpha? pre-alpha?
- The frangible/destructible environments, the AI, the penetrating rounds, air support … you name it we talk about it.
As you may remember from listening to the last few BASH webcasts, a group of top-tier folk from the Call of Duty community were hand picked and flown down to California a few days ago to take part in a "community event".
First impressions:
- The "Saving Private Ryan" immersion factor is back bigtime. I think I forgot how I felt the first time I played CoD1 and CoD4 totally brought back that feeling and then some. If CoD1 was a 6 on the immerision scale, and CoD2 was a 5/6 (not as high since it wasn't the very first time seeing CoD type gameplay), CoD4 is an 11. Yes Nigel, this one goes to 11.
- Amazingly smooth - both SP and MP. Graphic details close to Chrysis using DX9. We didn't know what hardware they were using and never saw an FPS indicator.
- The mp map was big
- Bullet penetration !!! Yes like CS but CS was clunky - in CoD4 every brush will have a set penetration value and every weapon will have its own penetration power (can you say less random unlike CS). This will add a whole new level to the game because with 30 weapons you can come up with lots of strats.
- Nades They are using a key again and you can cook them. It looked like you couldn't throw them outrageous lengths. They now have smoke, stun, and flash nades. You can now throw nades back at the enemy. I told them all about how many leagues limted them. Crap I forgot to ask if we can get a dvar or two to make smokes smaller or shorten their time.
- Perks For pubs they will add a lot of variety and be a blast. From the competitive player's view I am not sure what to make of them. I spent a lot of time with Grant, Jason, and 402 talking about competitive play and how leagues in the past have done polls on what to limit etc and usually ran a preseason to see how things were working before trying it in a regular season.
- Garetjax
