COD4 Patch Updates

BlackSwordsMan · Corporal Posts: 222 Join date: 2007-12-08

Hey Everyone --

I
wanted to give you the heads up on a lot of cool changes coming to Call
of Duty 4: Modern Warfare multiplayer. Before you ask, there is no ETA
on these changes, most are included in the upcoming patch, with all the
playlists stuff happening independently at some point in the near
future.

All of these changes are thanks to YOUR direct
feedback & suggestions through Xbox.com forums, emails, IMing me
personally, & any other way you managed to get your feedback to us.
So what can you expect?

Multiplayer Playlist Changes:

The
multiplayer playlists in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare are always
evolving based on community feedback & stats we track behind the
scenes. We're focused on constantly keeping the game fresh & tweaking
it based on your feedback, so expect the following Playlist changes to
be hitting soon:

Team Deathmatch

Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.

Mercenary Team Deathmatch

Brand New Playlists: No Clans / Parties allowed.
Players who don't want to be matchmade with clans (or people in parties) can team up with fellow lone wolves & play some TDM.

Free-for-All

Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.
Score Limit Change: 100 Points

Domination

Map Added to Rotation: Ambush - now available in map rotation.
Map Added to Rotation: Bloc- now available in map rotation.
Map Added to Rotation: Pipeline - now availalbe in map rotation.

Ground War

No changes.

Sabatoge

Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.

Headquarters

Map Added to Rotation: Ambush - now available in map rotation.
Map Added to Rotation: Bloc- now available in map rotation.
Map Added to Rotation: Pipeline - now availalbe in map rotation.

Search & Destroy

Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.

Team Tactical

Map Added to Rotation: Ambush - now available in map rotation.
Map Added to Rotation: Bloc- now available in map rotation.
Map Added to Rotation: Pipeline - now availalbe in map rotation.

Hardcore Team Deathmatch

Brand New Playlist: 100% Hardcore Team Deathmatch Only
No longer switched between Hardcore Search & Destroy & Hardcore Team Deathmatch
Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.

Hardcore Search & Destroy

Brand New Playlist: 100% Hardcore Search & Destroy Only
No longer switched between Hardcore Search & Destroy & Hardcore Team Deathmatch
Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.

Old School

Rule Set Change: Free-for-All Only w/ Old School Rules
Increased Health (slightly)
No Health Re-gen
Score Limit Change: 100 points
Map Added to Rotation: Showdown - now available in map rotation.

Cage Match

Rule Set Change: No Longer Old School Mode
1 v 1: Normal Rules
Map Added to Rotation: Countdown - now availalbe in map rotation
Map Added to Rotation: District - now available in map rotation

Oldcore

Playlist Removed

Team Objective

Playlist Removed
All gametypes included now available individually.

Upcoming Patch Updates (Seperate from above Playlist changes):

Addition of Host Migration

If Host of
lobby leaves, all players will be deposited back to the lobby where
next best host will be selected before new game restarts. Players will
no longer be kicked out of game entirely.

Improved Network Performance For Larger Games

18 player games now require more bandwidth to host, resulting in smoother performance for players.

Optimized Server Selection for First Match

Server selection is now optimized to select best bandwidth servers associated by LSP.

Updated Spectator "Chase Cam"

Change Spectator Mode: Switch between First Person & Third Person.
360 Degree rotation around character you're spectating.

Fixed "Playlist Older Than Host" Error

Player will no longer get error when entering games.

Optimized Corrupt Create-a-Class Handling

Players will no longer be kicked from game when their create-a-class data is corrupted.

Added Kill Cam To Everything

Kill Cam view Added: Air Strike Bombs (Follows bomb from plane to target)
Kill Cam view Added: Grenades (Follows frag from hand to ground, then rotates to view target)
Kill Cam view Added: RPGs (Follows RPG from launch to target)
Kill Cam view Added: M203 Rounds (Follows round from launcher to target)
Kill Cam view Added: Claymores (Views from behind claymore until explosion)
Kill Cam view Added: C4 Packs (View from pack rotating to watch target)
Kill Cam view Added: Martrdom (View from grenade rotating to watch target)

Optimized Old School Experience

Added Unlimited Sprint
Doubled Magazine Size
Added Ragdoll Cam

Additional Start Spawn Locations in All Maps

Added a minimum of 9 extra start spawns on each side of all maps.

Optimized Sniper Rifle / ACOG Scope Accuracy

Sniper Rifles & ACOG scope accuracy improved due to fix.

Fixed Weapon Sprint Bug

Bug which gave players more sprint when using particular weapons.

Thanks
again for your constant feedback & support of the game, keep in mind
that playlists are constantly evolving, so everything is subject to
change based on feedback & results. If we feel something isn't fun or
based on your feedback we'll continue to change it up & I'll continue
to keep you in the loop.

Thanks everyone.

**HuntersCreed** · Admin Posts: 672 Join date: 2007-12-06

I love it! Thanks man.

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AbortedFetus · Private Posts: 69 Join date: 2007-12-07 Age: 35

keam02 · Private Posts: 28 Join date: 2007-12-13

I don't like lowering the kill limit from 30 to 20 on free for all, I almost always get between 25 & 30...& it sucks now I won't be able to run extra long with my p90...oh well, though, I'm glad they're fixing snipers.

Nickelplated · Private Posts: 85 Join date: 2007-12-08

man everything they fixed was exactely what i thought was wrong with this game,this game just got a hundred times better...one question though,so now youll be able to invite people to ranked deathmatch gaes & just play the people you invited?

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BlackSwordsMan · Corporal Posts: 222 Join date: 2007-12-08

Nickelplated wrote:

man everything they fixed was exactely what i thought was wrong with this game,this game just got a hundred times better...one question though,so now youll be able to invite people to ranked deathmatch gaes & just play the people you invited?

No. That's only private matches. Mercenary is no clans or party invites.

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AbortedFetus · Private Posts: 69 Join date: 2007-12-07 Age: 35

when is this suppose to drop?

BlackSwordsMan · Corporal Posts: 222 Join date: 2007-12-08

No clue. Guy didn't say

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BlackSwordsMan · Corporal Posts: 222 Join date: 2007-12-08

Hey Everyone --

I wanted to give you the heads up
on another small playlist changing coming to Call of Duty 4: Modern
Warfare since the most recent playlist update. We've been listening to
a lot of feedback based on the last changes & it seems an
overwhelming amount of players think the new Free-For-All score limit
is a bit too low, so we're going to be adjusting it a bit & raising
it to 125 score limit instead of 100.

Thanks for all your
feedback on this, community involvement is extremely helpful as we
continue to improve multiplayer & work on future updates for the game.

Patch Update:

Totally
unrelated to the playlist change, but I figured I'd give you guys a
heads up on the status of the upcoming patch as well. We ran into some
bugs with the host migration & therefore required some tweaks &
additional testing on said tweaks so the patch is still being worked
on. We're working on getting it out as fast as possible, & I'll let
you know when we can expect it.

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MMATitan · Staff Sergeant Posts: 427 Join date: 2007-12-16

awesome thnks

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**El_Matador** · Subject: Re: COD4 Patch Updates Sat Mar 01 2008, 03:21

http://iamfourzerotwo.com/2008/02/29/call-of-duty-4-xbox-360-patch-is-out-heres-whats-changed/

New updates out now