COD4 Patch

chavezychavez

It looks like Infinity Ward have released the XBOX patch:
http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=20155.0

Need to get home for lunch to verify. Whooo Hooo if its true.

BloodSugarSex

yeah its true i just got it

EDIT:

haha theres a killcam for everything now, claymores, grenades, martrdom and airstrikes. and you can view first-person while spectating to see how **** some people really are

grizzly

Cool, now when are the new maps out

djkeogh

I can't access that site here in work. Can anyone summarise what the patch does?

chavezychavez

That site is just the forum for Infinity Ward with other people saying that they were able to download it. The changes are basically summarised by BloodSugarSex above.

Went home and turned on the 360 at lunch, download waiting at the turn-on.

Had only time for 1 game but my God, it's savage.
EVERY hit seems to be registering, was ploughing along happily with my M16 for once and not emptying clips into people without a kill.

Also, it seems to be running faster now. Or maybe it was the excitement of it all. Oooh my :-)

Warning...Warning!! --> Rumour Mill
Heard on grapevine that the new maps have also passed certification and may be available within the next 2 weeks.

djkeogh

This indeed sounds good. I love the game so much already but now they are improving it? Amazing. Just a shame I have a work night planned so won't get to test this out til the morning.

mise

patch also includes host migration

chavezychavez

djkeogh wrote: »

This indeed sounds good. I love the game so much already but now they are improving it? Amazing. Just a shame I have a work night planned so won't get to test this out til the morning.

Infinity Ward will surely come out with a list of the enhancements that were in the patch soon.

In the meantime, we can have fun finding them ourselves.

mise

http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=16374.0

grizzly

For those that can't get on IW site in work;

New Kill Cams
We’ve added new Kill Cams for everything. So now those “WTF!” grenades that seemingly come from no where, you can see that a guy threw it over the house, it hit a tree branch, bounced off a rock, into a tiny window, where you happened to be pointing out of, and say…… whoa. Follow behind RPGs and M203’s kill cams, claymores, Airstrikes where you can follow the bomb from the plane until it hits you.

Host Migration
Now you won’t have to be dropped back by yourself when a host leaves. Instead, everyone will stay together, a new host will be assigned, and the game will auto-start back up. Keeping everyone together, no more re-inviting, re-joining games because some host leaves. This has been a tall order and something that we’ve put a lot of work into which has allowed us to really optimize online play all around not just specifically with Host migration.

Improved Sniper / ACOG Accuracy
Sniper and ACOG scopes have been tweaked and are really improved. I use to not snipe at all (mainly because I’m a horrible sniper), but now it’s so much more fluid and natural, while still having the same difficulty to use, it has no more “WTF I know I hit that guy!” moments.

Upgraded Spectator Cam
Now when you’re in spectator mode you can follow them in 3rd person, switch to their first person view, or rotate the camera in a full 360 degrees around whoever you’re watching.

Quick Mute Option
Users will now be able to quick mute players on the fly by pulling up the scoreboard in-game or via the lobby by simply going to their name and hitting the mute assigned button. As quickly as calling in and designating an airstike. So no longer getting killed while trying to make your way through the Xbox blades for the mute option so you can shut up the guy who always seems to find it funny to sing into his mic or cover up for his lack of skill by telling you how to play Domination his way.

In addition to these feature additions there will also be:

• 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.
  
• Fixed “Playlist Older Than Host” Error
  
• Player will no longer get error when entering games.
  
• Additional Start Spawn Locations in All Maps
  
• Added a minimum of 9 extra start spawns on each side of all maps.

djkeogh

Thanks for that Grizzly. I'm happy with all of them. The improving the of the Hosting I think will be the best of the bunch. No longer suffering the frustration of the host leaving the game is a big plus.

MiCr0

so no change in SP game?

grizzly

MiCr0 wrote: »

so no change in SP game?

There's a SP game!?

keen

Some savage additions, can't wait to try it out later on.

So no longer getting killed while trying to make your way through the Xbox blades for the mute option so you can shut up the guy who always seems to find it funny to sing into his mic or cover up for his lack of skill by telling you how to play Domination his way.

Thank god!

The tax man

grizzly wrote: »

Quick Mute Option
Users will now be able to quick mute players on the fly by pulling up the scoreboard in-game or via the lobby by simply going to their name and hitting the mute assigned button. As quickly as calling in and designating an airstike. So no longer getting killed while trying to make your way through the Xbox blades for the mute option so you can shut up the guy who always seems to find it funny to sing into his mic or cover up for his lack of skill by telling you how to play Domination his way.

There is a god somewhere.:D:D

faceman

Oopsie i forgot to update this yesterday!!

gar1234

up dated mine yesterday and got the red ring of death load of bollox

Gerard_Smith

I just gave it a try and am getting appalling lag on my 2meg Eircom connection.

pp_me129

Mine has been fine updated last night and running fine on 3megabit

keen

No lag here either, also on a 2meg Eircom connection.

faceman

COD did get quite laggy last nite and had a few "host ended game" matches.

TheDoc

fine for me no lag

hitboxes are slightly improved, still sniper problems though, shots not registering

seems that on cod official forums us snipers still feel theres problems,

ands its not bad aiming or moaning :P

some little american nerd has said its something to do with the holding breath option, that the reg is not fast enough etc

but definatly have noticed no improvement when sniping

faceman

i havent tried sniping since the patch was released but i always thought the sniping beforehand was one of the least enjoyable experiences in any game!

TheDoc

i find it very enjoyable, and not because im a camper !

its just fun, probably got into sniping in day of defeat days, racking up insane scores

keen

I enjoy a bit of sniping meself but get bored of it after a while, have the perk that allows you to carry two primary weapons so I switch between sniping and blasting throughout the game.

djkeogh

I'm partial to snipering myself at times but I've not noticed any real difference in the system. I've seen the Host Ended Game error a couple of times but you still always seem to remain in the lobby and don't have to search for a new game.

Some of the new Kill Cams are really interesting.

Fauldy Banny

Are we now able to hold grenades for a few seconds before throwing them or has that been there from the start, I know it was there in COD3.

The RPG kill cam FTW

fred funk }{

Fauldy Banny wrote: »

Are we now able to hold grenades for a few seconds before throwing them or has that been there from the start, I know it was there in COD3.

The RPG kill cam FTW

Ye I noticed that too. Thought it was strange it wasn't there from the off.

Great name BTW

nevaeh-2die-4

I Have noticed no change at all i have tried and tried to snipe people, even with irion lungs or steady aim. i have there head lined up and i miss.

yet when im being sniped sometimes the bullet isnt even near me and i die.

zAbbo

fred funk }{ wrote: »

Ye I noticed that too. Thought it was strange it wasn't there from the off.

Great name BTW

cooked grenades has been in from the start newbies

djkeogh

holding grenades has always been there. It's essential in most cases.

hottstuff

gar1234 wrote: »

up dated mine yesterday and got the red ring of death load of bollox

Mine too.
5 Month old Elite , RROD after the COD4 update.

Keith186

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

I Have noticed no change at all i have tried and tried to snipe people, even with irion lungs or steady aim. i have there head lined up and i miss.

yet when im being sniped sometimes the bullet isnt even near me and i die.

Steady aim is only for shooting from the hip, i.e. when you are zoomed in with the L trigger.

Does anyone know if Martyrdom perk was modified, I think they added a half a second or so until it detonates.

Froot

The patch added some nice effects like the few mentioned earlier but I find that connecting to games is now even harder.

A server with 12/12 people, it says "waiting for more players to balance teams" then switched to "finding the best host" then an instant server disconnect. This happens 3-6 times in a row every time before I find a game. I have a 3meg upload, 3meg download line and I never had trouble before the patch...

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Steady aim doesn;t affect anything zoomed in/aimed.

Holding the aim trigger down (L-trigger) is aiming.

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> Steady aim does not affect this

Firing from the hip is when you are not using the L-trigger. ie just firing without aiming.

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> steady aim affects this

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Also, I think the hitboxes (headshots in particular) in this game are f*cked, almost to Battlefield 2 standards Standing beside somebody and firing pretty much any weapon at their head (Desert Eagle, G36C, M14 etc, all scoped and unscoped) yields nothing, yet when I fire at their chin down area it gives me a headshot. Since when is your forehead not a bloody heatshot zone????

I know that there is lag in the game and things like that and the vast majority of the time th egame is fine, but there have been times where the game blatantly gets it wrong. Like me standing beside a guy, literally cant get through a doorway because he is blocking it, I fire without aiming and nothing hits...nothing...and he turns around and kills me. I'm wondering has anyone encountered strange happenings like this?

Damien360

hottstuff wrote: »

Mine too.
5 Month old Elite , RROD after the COD4 update.

15 month old xbox, one failure before at 3 months old but died day after the COD4 patch. Did'nt even play the game with the new patch, just turned it off. Turned it on 5 minutes ago to get RROD straight away. On the upside, I rang xbox at 9.55pm and got through with no waiting and a guy who could speak english. To be sent for repair. Total time on phone 3 minutes. A vast improvement over the last time.

hottstuff

Damien360 wrote: »

15 month old xbox, one failure before at 3 months old but died day after the COD4 patch. Did'nt even play the game with the new patch, just turned it off. Turned it on 5 minutes ago to get RROD straight away. On the upside, I rang xbox at 9.55pm and got through with no waiting and a guy who could speak english. To be sent for repair. Total time on phone 3 minutes. A vast improvement over the last time.

Oh dear , seems the patch is helping to fry a few 360's
Hope you get it sorted quickly.;)

hottstuff

hottstuff wrote: »

Oh dear , seems the patch is helping to fry a few 360's
Hope you get it sorted quickly.;)

Man feel sorry for you, The failure rate worries me. The fact is i keep hearing 360's dying left, right and centre. Although i have mine for 2 years. Oops i think i just jinxed it! :pac:
On the COD4 thing i like the airstrike thing they added when your killed by it, or maybe i just didn't notice it :P
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