Call of Duty 4 gets patched

by Andrew Yoon { Mar 18th 2008 at 3:15PM }

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has just received another patch, further balancing the game's excellent online offerings. The patch will automatically download and install when you launch the game on your PS3. Included features:

Optimized servers
New Kill cams (grenades, RPG's, airstrikes, claymores, and more)
Quick Mute (allows user to mute annoying players by pressing X on their user ID in the lobby)
Addition of "Recently Met Players" for the PlayStation Network
Improvements to the Sniper Rifles and Acog attachments (no more delayed shots)

Glad to see Infinity Ward is still putting some strong support behind this multiplatform title. Yes, the Xbox 360 got a similar patch a while back, but at least the PS3 hasn't been forgotten.

[Thanks, RileyFreeman!]

Tags: call-of-duty-4, patch

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

dave @ Mar 18th 2008 3:18PM

cool, I've been waiting for this

Kevin @ Mar 18th 2008 3:26PM

What's that?

Do I hear angels?

HALLELUJAH.

AnyColourYouLike @ Mar 18th 2008 3:31PM

They already need to make another patch to block out these hackers.

Nate @ Mar 18th 2008 4:22PM

Hackers? What? How do you figure? People are running unsigned code or modifying the signed code on the PS3? I highly doubt that.

Mein Bratwurst @ Mar 18th 2008 4:34PM

He's either referring to colored names or the unlimited ammo glitch.

No, I will not post the video on how to do it, I hate glitchers/cheaters.

AnyColourYouLike @ Mar 18th 2008 4:41PM

Yes i was referring to the infinite ammo and
aimbots.

terry @ Mar 18th 2008 4:45PM

can you clarify what kind of advantage the glitchers are getting? (not asking how to do it, cause i hate cheating) just wanna know, lately ive been getting smoked and i swear that sometimes the guy on the killcam is cheating somehow..

Mein Bratwurst @ Mar 18th 2008 4:51PM

@ terry

From what I saw, people are able to get unlimited ammo and a large magazine (or it might have been an infinite ammo mag). I've had back-to-back-to-back 30+kill games today on merc. team deathmatch, hope I wasn't the one making your day hell lol.

Nate @ Mar 18th 2008 4:52PM

Well I'll be..... I just saw a video of it. It's hard to tell if it's an aimbot as well, but there's at least a colored name and colored rectangle around enemies. Involves editing a game save file. Evidently fixed in the newest patch (which is good).

Davis @ Mar 18th 2008 5:27PM

There definitely are aimbots. I once saw my friend play a game where this guy had 40 kills and maybe 3 deaths. All his kills were head shots and he once got a headshot on my friend through the wall.

marklar @ Mar 18th 2008 7:06PM

this would never happen on XBL...

ck @ Mar 18th 2008 3:32PM

Praise Jebus! - Homer Simpson

With that voice changer the kids have been more annoying than ever on those mic's!

Fernando @ Mar 18th 2008 3:37PM

What about Rumble!!!!!!!!

Gerardo @ Mar 18th 2008 3:42PM

I second that.

AnyColourYouLike @ Mar 19th 2008 12:11AM

Yah no shizz!
i 3rd that

vegi-saurus @ Mar 18th 2008 3:39PM

Wish i can mute idiots on Warhawk.

sUKi @ Mar 18th 2008 3:40PM

what are you talking about? it's possible.

Liam Reidy @ Mar 18th 2008 3:42PM

mines not updating is it released for europe yet?

thinkofmeasmra @ Mar 18th 2008 3:43PM

I agree, where the hell is rumble support?1?1?!?!?!?! thats what i really want...the rest i coulda waited till the release of the mappack for damnit!

ajiezer @ Mar 18th 2008 3:46PM

Sweet! One of the things I was looking for was the "Recently Met Players", it kinda felt like not developed for the PS3 when I noticed that, all my previous titles had it.

Does anyone has a suggestion to reduce the bullet lag in this game? It really sucks when you watch how you were killed how far from the truth were you when aiming.

sUKI please share how do U silence annoying players on Warhawk

Mein Bratwurst @ Mar 18th 2008 3:47PM

I agree with it feeling like it wasn't optimized for PS3, now I can add those annoying kids to my blocked list. :D

Kodros @ Mar 18th 2008 5:04PM

I forget the exact steps but if you press start during the game, it's in the sound options.

madgunde @ Mar 18th 2008 3:46PM

Oh...My...God! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I am so sick and tired of people with their voice-changer set to extremes constantly making annoying noises or the ignorant fsck-tards who insist on forcing their musical tastes on others through their headsets. Now I can mute them and get on with the game.

Now please, please, PLEASE add a votekick option so we can deal with those other annoying bottom-feeders: serial teamkillers. In the hard-core game modes, they are becoming all too frequent and are ruining the game for everyone. If you give me that, I'll never ask for anything ever again. Well, OK, maybe a couple more things like the ability to join your friends game without having to waif for an invite, and replacing the invite popups with a menu option you have to choose to view invites so we don't have to deal with popups when we press Select while in the middle of a game to check who's still alive. Very annoying!

But that's it. Add those things and your game will be perfection!

Seminole @ Mar 18th 2008 3:58PM

Don't forget the pre-pubescent 3rd graders calling your mom a whore and saying they boned your sister. They get really annoying as well.

ajiezer @ Mar 18th 2008 3:50PM

@ Mein Bratwurst LOL, true to keep them observed :P

ajiezer @ Mar 18th 2008 3:51PM

Blocked I meant :P

JAH75157 @ Mar 18th 2008 3:51PM

eu patch being released soon, mute option doesn't work in lobby only during game play.

dantad @ Mar 18th 2008 3:56PM

i want EU patch NOOOWWWW =)

Bob @ Mar 18th 2008 3:58PM

Any one else having SIXAXIS issues after installing the patch? Both of my controllers are unable to function wirelessly, only when plugged in my that short cable. I only get the four blinking LED's (all at once, in sync.)

Mein Bratwurst @ Mar 18th 2008 4:11PM

Nope, everything is fine on my end.

sparc @ Mar 18th 2008 4:01PM

I didn't realise there was no rumble, is that really true? For both single and online?

I'm more of a Resistance, Unranked, Capture the Flag, Somerset, One hit kill, kind of person...

sean@ocz.com @ Mar 18th 2008 4:02PM

I can't wait to go home and try this out later

jaferris @ Mar 18th 2008 4:04PM

how long till uk gets this patch people over here play this game as well infinity ward :@

DaveC @ Mar 18th 2008 4:08PM

The EU patch has been certified and is rolling out today, give it a few hours though.

jaferris @ Mar 18th 2008 4:16PM

it night over in eu well here in uk so we prob wont get it till 2mo which sucks , why take longer it the same patch for the game lol

DaveC @ Mar 18th 2008 4:18PM

It's cos Sony EU want to verify the PAL version for themselves. I'd rather wait than have a inproper version. Besides, it was rolled out today (see fourzerotwo's blog) and we will get it soon.

FYI, I live in the UK.

Carl;)G @ Mar 18th 2008 4:34PM

Why no Rumble for??? Really want it to Rumble!!! :-(

Popfrogs @ Mar 18th 2008 4:35PM

Also Andrew forgot to mention that this game *did* get patched on X360 first but the patch was buggy, they recalled it, then repatched it later.

Good things come to those who wait.

p.flynn2 @ Mar 18th 2008 4:41PM

@BOB - I had this same problem with my first sixaxis that came with my 60 gb ps3. i called sony and they said id probably have to mail it to them to get it fixed. instead, i went to best buy, bought an extra sixaxis and then returned the defective one with it's packaging. it seems that you have already bought one extra controller, so i hope you still have the packaging. just do this same process twice over.

needless to say i was a little pissed off that my "wireless" controller for my brand new $600 console wouldnt work properly right out of the box.

ABrotherGrimm @ Mar 19th 2008 12:22AM

Thanx- got it working. . . shut all the way down, restarted with it plugged into PS3 and it was great. To someone elses comment about seeing yourself get hit by a 'nade. . . how bout that bombs eye view as it dumps on you skull? Great! And shutting up the voices- a Godsend (hit the pause button ingame then click on who you wish to silence)

iRoy @ Mar 18th 2008 5:05PM

Ahhh what the hell, I got school 'til 9:30 tonight...

Goddamnit I would have pulled an all-nighter but I'm gonna be too tired to download it even... Whatevs. Hopefully I'll hit 4th prestige by this weekend, currently half-way through 3rd.

knight667 @ Mar 18th 2008 5:11PM

Glad they're remembering the PS3 as well as the 360; nice that they're being even with both versions, even if this was a little late.

whoelse @ Mar 18th 2008 5:11PM

And i guess us Europeans will have to wait months... again!

DaveC @ Mar 18th 2008 5:23PM

http://iamfourzerotwo.com/2008/03/18/ps3-feature-patch-released/

Now please stop moaning, you're making Europe look whiny.

Igor @ Mar 18th 2008 5:23PM

Good deal on the patch! now just bring on those new maps.

Also as for the hackers i've been a bit confused here. I know that with exception of a few glitches there shouldnt be anything going on. however at a particular game, on Strike, domination mode i ran against a guy who finished 51-2.
Not by camping either, he ran around using strictly knife and the handgun. I did the following before losing my shit and leaving the game:
Shot him a few times from distance with g3, no death. Caught him stabbing/pistol whipping 4 ppl and emptied out a clip of my G36c in his back, he turned around and killed me like nothing happened. Switched to RPD and did near the same, still nada. Finaly i realized that only nades and stabbing can kill him, so stabbed him with a lot of luck.
Didnt really bothered getting into it too much, but yeah...someone explain that!

Igor @ Mar 18th 2008 5:27PM

Popfrogs @ Mar 18th 2008 6:01PM

Sounds like a server glitch to me. People have reported getting into games where the game mode is different than what it says when the round is starting. If knives and nades were the only things hurting him, the server had him in headshot-only mode which is a custom match setting. I don't think this is something you can trigger on your own.