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1.) Usually if they don't ship with one they won't have one, but maybe it will be implemented in a later patch 2.) I doubt 3.) I don't know what stats servers stream to Activision, but I would assume if they compiled all of those stats some would have been viewable in game. Before it was released a Dev said a website was something they were considering but no official word 4.) TBD. Like many companies, IW does not give their "gold" copies of games out early to linux coders so they can construct linux binaries. I'm guessing they will have them done within in the next week. Our host offered to give us a server based on a windows machine for the time being, thats still being worked on. 5.) This isn't battlefield, No you cannot. 6.) No, you should use xfire though. It's the best way to join right into a server we're playing in. 7.) Only time will tell.

The first thing is a known issue, I hope they are working on resolving the problems. You just need to keep trying until you get into server. 2 & 3 don't apply to me, games running great.

Call of duty 4 is coming to steam November 12th. /monthly_06_2011/post-980-130810223838_thumb.jpg

Does anyone remember if they advertised ET:QW before it went on sale or was it a surprise thing? It doesn't list COD4 as "Coming Soon" to Steam.

That article is over a month old, it's the only thing people are going by. There has been no official announcement by Valve or Activision. Wouldn't be surprised if this never happened.

I have mine on reserve, they said they would call me when I can pick it up. They said tuesday though :thumbsup:

Not on my buy list.

Gotta go with the pats on this one.

Seems like a pretty good deal, they sold out pretty fast.

I'm guessing you saw the two shotguns?

Somebody over at the Total COD4 forums bought the strategy guide at Gamestop and made some spreadsheets on the information inside of it. It contains all of the ranks and the exp required to get them, level requirements for perks and more. Check it out here.

It doesn't come out until the 6th.

Thats why you didn't pull out a 12 gauge

That's pretty awesome, it will probably take them a while though until it's ready to survive a real war.

The runner ups have done better than the winners the past several seasons. Have fun!

I'm actually not a fan of old school mode, I just prefer the regular mode. Seems a little too arcadey. I like having my weapons pre-set and not having to run around finding everything. I would rather just go for the objective. I don't see this taking off as some of the other modes will.

Yes. From what I see there are 3 game modes; there is old school, hardcore(realism), and I'm guessing there is a "regular" game mode which is like the previous COD's. Within each of these gamemodes you can play all of the different map modes which are ctf, death match etc..

A community manager for Infinity Ward has posted some details on the new Old School Gamemode. He also answered a few other questions people had asked: Capture the Flag will not be available at launch They will be having many updates based on community feedback They are considering/working on an online stats page for COD4

Makes sense, if you chose to run an unranked server they do give you a lot of options to choose from. I'm glad they are not following EA with their super secret ranked server files nonsense. From what I make if it, you will always have access to all of the files, if you make changes to the big list then you automatically become unranked. If not, you just stream all of the data to activision. This is good news if we ever decide to stop running BF2142 ranked, we will be able to have full control of our server. I like the bit about the names too, it would be much better if you were tracked by PBGUID rather than your name. I like how valve does things, being able to change your name is a plus.

From what I read, If you modify any of the settings under "Modwarfare Server Settings" than your server will be considered modified and therefore be unranked. Ranked servers may only change the first part of this. This is only the extra options, there is still the part of the config where you set the basic options such as server name, rcon password etc..

Source: Infinity Ward Forums Description: Below is a complete breakdown of the PC Server-side options available in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare including the default server options for setting up any server as well as config file options for modded servers complete with small descriptions for each. The Black Bullets are parent configs which can be altered with the white bullets being child configs of the parent. Keep in mind that all servers using MODDED config files will be UnRanked. All servers using default config files with no changes will be Ranked. For example: • Disable certain classes. (Means you can disable any Class you like) o Disable Assault class (Is a breakdown of a class you can disable) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [PC Version]: Stock Un-modded Server Options: Start Server Options: • Game Mode • Dedicated o No o LAN o Internet • Max Players (1-32) • Min Ping • Max Ping • Voice Chat (Yes / No) • Auto-Balance Team (Yes / No) • Map Voting (Yes / No) • Punkbuster (Yes / No) • Map Game Mode Settings: • Old School Mode: Enabled / Disabled • Hardcore Mode: Enabled / Disabled • Spectating: Team Only / Free / Disabled • Killcam: Enabled / Disabled • Friendly Fire: Enabled / Shared / Reflect / Disabled Team Deathmatch Settings: • Score Limit • Time Limit --------------------------------------------------------------- ModWarfare Server Settings: Config File Options: This config allows you to limit the number of classes per team. (i.e. 1 Sniper Per Team) • Limit the amount of players per class. o Assault (1-32) o Spec Ops (1-32) o LMG (1-32) o Demolitions (1-32) o Sniper (1-32) This config allows you to disable certain classes altogether. (i.e. No Demolitions class on this server) • Disable certain classes. o Disable Assault class o Disable Spec Ops class o Disable LMG class o Disable Demolitions class o Disable Sniper class This config allows you to disable specific weapons, but still allowing that class and other weapons in that class. (i.e. No M4 Carbine but all other Assault weapons okay.) • Disable specific weapons. This config allows it so certain classes don't drop their weapon. (i.e. The snipe rifle disappears once the sniper dies, therefore it can't be picked up by another player) • Disable weapon drop per class. o Assault class doesn’t drop weapon after death. o Spec Ops class doesn’t drop weapon after death. o LMG class doesn’t drop weapon after death. o Demolitions class doesn’t drop weapon after death. o Sniper class doesn’t drop weapon after death. This config allows you to disable specific types of grenades. (i.e. No Smoke Grenades) • Disable specific grenades. o Disable Frag Grenades o Disable Stun Grenades o Disable Flash Grenades o Disable Smoke Grenades This config allows you to disable specific perks. (i.e. No Stopping Power) • Disable Specific Perks. This config allows you to fully customize the 5 default classes available when not using Create A Class. (i.e. Customize the default Assault Class) • Fully Customize Default Classes. o Customize default Assault class  Assign Primary weapon.  Assign Primary weapon attachment.  Assign Secondary weapon.  Assign Secondary weapon attachment.  Assign Special grenade.  Assign Perk 1.  Assign Perk 2.  Assign Perk 3.  Assign custom camo scheme.  Assign Amount of Frag grenades.  Assign Amount of Special grenades. o Customize default Spec Ops class  Assign Primary weapon.  Assign Primary weapon attachment.  Assign Secondary weapon.  Assign Secondary weapon attachment.  Assign Special grenade.  Assign Perk 1.  Assign Perk 2.  Assign Perk 3.  Assign custom camo scheme.  Assign Amount of Frag grenades.  Assign Amount of Special grenades. o Customize default LMG class  Assign Primary weapon.  Assign Primary weapon attachment.  Assign Secondary weapon.  Assign Secondary weapon attachment.  Assign Special grenade.  Assign Perk 1.  Assign Perk 2.  Assign Perk 3.  Assign custom camo scheme.  Assign Amount of Frag grenades.  Assign Amount of Special grenades. o Customize default Demolitions class  Assign Primary weapon.  Assign Primary weapon attachment.  Assign Secondary weapon.  Assign Secondary weapon attachment.  Assign Special grenade.  Assign Perk 1.  Assign Perk 2.  Assign Perk 3.  Assign custom camo scheme.  Assign Amount of Frag grenades.  Assign Amount of Special grenades. o Customize default Sniper class  Assign Primary weapon.  Assign Primary weapon attachment.  Assign Secondary weapon.  Assign Secondary weapon attachment.  Assign Special grenade.  Assign Perk 1.  Assign Perk 2.  Assign Perk 3.  Assign custom camo scheme.  Assign Amount of Frag grenades.  Assign Amount of Special grenades. This config allows you to adjust the movement speed of each class. (i.e. Increase Run Speed of Assault, Decrease Run Speed of Snipers) • Adjust player movement speed per class. o Adjust movement speed of Assault class. o Adjust movement speed of Spec ops class. o Adjust movement speed of LMG class. o Adjust movement speed of Demolitions class. o Adjust movement speed of Sniper class. This config allows you to disable night vision. • Disable Night vision. This config allows you to disable all background music. • Disable Background music. This config allows you to disable the hit icon so that players don't see when they've hit a target. • Disable Hit Icon (small ‘x’ in cross hairs hitting a target) This config allows you to disable kill cam for all players. • Disable Killcam. This config allows you make it so only Headshots register. • Make Headshots Only. This config allows you to make it so players lose a set number of points for dying. (i.e. -1 point penalty for dying) • Enable Point loss for deaths. This config allows you to make it so players lose a set number of points for suicides. (i.e. -1 point penalty for a suicide) • Enable Point loss for suicides. This config allows you to make it so players lose a set number of points for team killing. (i.e. -1 point penalty for team killing) • Enable Point loss for team kills. This config allows you to set the type of spectator mode for players in spectator. • Spectator: Team Only / Free / Disabled This config allows you to enable Radar for all players at all times. • Force UAV (Always have radar) This config allows you to disable all kill streak rewards. (i.e. No UAV Radar after 3 kills, No Airstrike after 5 Kills, No Helicopter support after 7 Kills) • Disable Kill Streak Rewards. This config allows you to disable specific kill streak rewards. (i.e. UAV Radar okay, No Airstrike after 5 kills, Helicopter support okay) • Disable Specific Kill Streak Rewards. o Disable UAV Recon (Radar) reward. o Disable Airstrike Support reward. o Disable Helicopter Support reward. This config sets the type of friendly fire used for all players if enabled at all. • Friendly Fire: Enabled / Shared / Reflect / Disabled This config allows you to set the time a Team Killer has to wait to re-spawn if at all. (i.e. Team Killer waits 35 seconds to respawn. • Adjust Spawn Delay time for Team Killers. This config allows you to auto kick Team Killers (i.e. Team Killers auto-kicked after 3 team kills) • Enabled Team Killer Kick. This config allows you to adjust the Maximum health for all players. (i.e. Players start with 50% Health for Realistic damage) • Adjust Max Health of Players (1%-100%) This config allows you to set the time Suicides have to wait to respawn. (i.e. Suicides have a 35 second wait to respawn) • Adjust Spawn Delay for Suicides. This config allows you to set the time it takes for Health to regenerate if at all. (i.e. 5 Seconds to full regenerate health) • Adjust Health Re-gen Time. This config allows you to disable Health Regeneration completely. • Disable Health Re-gen. This Config allows you to disable forced respawns. • Disable Force Respawn. This config allows you to adjust the amount of time you can sprint in seconds. (i.e. 25 seconds of sprint time) • Adjust amount of Sprint time available. This config allows you to enable or disable Hardcore Mode for gametypes. • Hardcore Mode: Enable / Disable This config allows you to enable or disable Oldschool Mode for gametypes. • Oldschool Mode: Enable / Disable This config allows you to disable specific HUD elements or all of them. (i.e. No Icons but Obituaries okay) • Disable specific HUD Elements. o Disable Obituaries. o Disable Objective Icons.

Wasn't really my style of play, I found myself getting a little bored of it during the beta. Maybe I'll give it another shot though.

They do look a bit blurry, especially in the scoped in screenshots.

Speaking of gaming news, It's been 10 years since Duke Nukem Forever was announced. Any takers on when it's going to be released?

Really slim chance of it coming out by launch, they always announce things ahead of time.