COD4 Feature Patch off to MS for Certification
by Terrence Stasse 
{ Feb 13th 2008 at 4:15PM }
A patch to add features to the most-played game on Live has been handed off to Microsoft by the folks at Infinity Ward, and as soon as Microsoft's quality assurance demons do their jobs, our 360's will be full of auto-updating joy. The patch info was given out by Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward Community Relations Manager, and from what he revealed we'll be enjoying a bunch of interesting new stuff.
The main features include the following: new kill cams allowing you to see that guy who destroyed you more often than before. Better host control, now the host will be able to leave the game without wrecking everything for everyone else who's left behind, the host will just change instead. Sniper scopes and ACOG scopes have been tweaked to have them to be easier to use, making them more fluid and natural. Last of the major additions, there will now be a quick mute option similar to Halo 3's, just select a player on the scoreboard screen or lobby, and you'll be able to mute them right then and there.
These changes all seem to be for the best (though we'll see how the sniper balance plays out) and we can't wait for the patch to go live, even if it does make us pine for another auto-update as well.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ryan @ Feb 13th 2008 4:25PM
i'm lucky (and somewhat unlucky) to have everyone auto muted except my friends. but this is in every LIVE game, and yes i've checked my options and have switched out headsets and controllers.
anybody else have this or do i just have a glitched 360?
killploki @ Feb 13th 2008 4:31PM
i just recently learned about that very option to mute everyone but my friends. what an improvement.
it will be interesting to see how the snipers work now, but is it just with the acog scope or the default rifle scope as well? either way i cant hit anything with the damn things, but i can kill from across the map with a red dot sight no problem. go figure.
ryan @ Feb 13th 2008 4:39PM
haha, here i go again, reply to myself to look like i'm replying to killploki. (fix this X3fanboy!)
yeah, i guess my 360 came with it turned on. it's weird, i've never heard anyone over LiVe but my friends. I can hear my friends get pissed at them tho!
but yeah, i never use the scope add on. it zooms too close and when i fire, the bullets go everywhere but my target! argh! and yeah red dots are my pref too.
SytheMaster @ Feb 14th 2008 5:37PM
I always found the ACOG scope a hell of a lot better than the red dot sight, but the way it wobbles was annoying, I'm interested to see how it has been adjusted.
Alt0n @ Apr 17th 2008 7:07AM
Ryan
I'm posting because I had trouble finding the answer to this - and I felt silly when I understood my mistake :-)
In your xbox live profile, go to Voice and Text under Privacy Settings. I had Friends Only set which meant that I couldn't hear anyone in CoD4 and the other players all had red 'muted' icons next to them in the score card. Once I set this to Everyone all was OK and I could chat away and mute individual players if necessary.
Al.
ryan @ Feb 13th 2008 4:25PM
oh and woot for the update! ^ ^
william @ Feb 13th 2008 5:33PM
oh my gosh about d@mn time this came out wonder how much longer we got to wait now
Josh @ Feb 13th 2008 4:25PM
i agree hopefully this fixes most of the bugs, and we don't have to hope for another patch anytime soon!
Etchasketchist @ Feb 13th 2008 4:28PM
Let's try this one more time:
"new kill cams allowing you to see that guys who destroyed you more often than before."
Huh? What exactly does this mean?
Doom3killer @ Feb 13th 2008 4:30PM
probably like Nemesis in Team Fortress 2 (it shows up as nemesis if they kill u 5 times)
Mikeawesome @ Feb 13th 2008 4:45PM
It means you'll see the Killcam more often, sometime you won't get it. It also means, if they did implement what they had talked about doing before, you'll see the Killcam from C4, Claymores and Airstrikes. I guess it'll probably show you when the person planted it, set it off, or launched it, or maybe they'll show that player snickering like the dog from Duck Hunt, who knows how it'll work. I don't really care, I'm just glad for the fixes and for the Sniper update, well, hopefully. I really want the sniper to be a bit more usable. At the moment it's basically only good for taking out other snipers or, if you're better at it like me, you can pick off some pretty good shots on some maps.
Oh well, here's hoping this means we'll also see the new maps soon, too.
DeadPlasmaCell @ Feb 13th 2008 4:46PM
Maybe they mean since they've added kill cams to everything now, you can see the guy who kills you more often.. Normally kill cams are only a few things.. so now when that dude carpet bombs you or tags you with C4 there will be a kill cam to go with it.. like it will show the bombs view from being dropped from the air plane, etc.
/or somethin
Scotty @ Feb 13th 2008 4:30PM
Ryan that definitely sounds like the option you can enable/disable. It's a parental control I think? I know i've heard about being able to do it, I've even considered it since there are so many annoying people in the games.
jack sparrow @ Feb 13th 2008 4:30PM
its prob your parental settings on xbox live..are you a adult account or child? have your parents sign in with their email if you are a child account and have them change the xbox live settings in the family settings option
ryan @ Feb 13th 2008 4:35PM
ah, i might've overlooked that. thanks guys. i'm 25 but the 360 automatically had it switched to have it muted i guess. weird.
anywho, i think i might keep it on. i LOL how pissed my friends can get at other players.
Alphonse Romano @ Feb 13th 2008 4:30PM
Ok, the patch seems cool... but I really would've liked I.W. to include into the patch an option that gives the players the ability to change the rate of fire on certain weapons, like how Rainbow Six Vegas has. Where you can take an Assault Rifle and change from 3 round bursts to full auto or even single shot. These should've been included in the patch, the scopes on the sniper rifles seem just fine to me.
Jordan DuPaul @ Feb 13th 2008 4:34PM
yes!!! i cant wait for this patch!!!
Jordan DuPaul @ Feb 13th 2008 4:37PM
awesome
hAnGoVeR17 @ Feb 13th 2008 4:40PM
i have been so excited for this patch i can hardly wait
horngreen @ Feb 13th 2008 4:49PM
Why are we excited about a patch that fixes what never should have been in the first place.
ryan @ Feb 13th 2008 5:04PM
because the developers had to have the game out by a certain time and never figured to fix problems that didn't occur to be a problem in playtesting. it took months of observation to see how and if it needed a patch or not. that's why.
Humpty Pete @ Feb 13th 2008 5:11PM
Have they ever mentioned the possibility of allowing multiple people being able to play online from the same tv? It sucks when you have friends over and you can only play online 1 at a time.
Big Filth @ Feb 13th 2008 4:46PM
the only useful part of this patch will be the host fix issue so the whole game isn't shut down when the host leaves.
improved kill cam? ohhhh
more accurate sniper shooting? GREAT! I get killed enough by those cheap fuckers as it is. Lets make it easier for them.
How about they fix the fact that I have all 30 peices of intel but didnt get the achievement for it. Now thats a SERIOUS issue.
:)
Hoxtongue @ Feb 23rd 2008 5:12PM
same
Tr3y MoNey @ Feb 13th 2008 5:04PM
I got all hyped up a month ago about this patch, and now it's finally coming? It better fix Everyfuckingthing man! This has taken way too long (although I am grateful), but when the bugs make you go back to playing H3, you know there's a problem.
Back in the Beta/Beginning, there never were any Snip3r issues. I went through my Snip3r challenges like Hot butter. Now, I have no patience for it. Please hurry M$.
Tr3y MoNey @ Feb 13th 2008 5:07PM
Are you kidding me? Kick yourself in the Ass Please. Has there ever in History been a flawless game?
Have you forgotten how lucky we are to even GET updates??? A few years ago that was only a dream.
ryan @ Feb 13th 2008 9:45PM
IMO, Ninja Gaiden Black. yes, even the camera was perfect. anyone who thinks otherwise just sucks. :p
Ian Murray @ Feb 13th 2008 5:08PM
I'm really hoping the patch includes a fix for a bug I've been experiencing where one of my friends is party leader, and one or two other team members get kicked when the party leader starts looking for matches. It doesn't even matter who the leader is, it's inevitable.
Quite annoying.
Boff @ Feb 14th 2008 11:34AM
I get that all the time.
Another thing I've noticed is that the noob tube and Martyrdom don't always explode. WTF?
But yeah, love the game, bring on the patch!!
eugene @ Feb 13th 2008 5:16PM
thank the lords! Quick mute, about time. Thankfully, the COD4 crowd doesn't seem to be as annoying (read: bigoted and racist and homophobic) as the halo fanboys but this is still a welcome tool for those of us who haven't tied in our kill count to our value as a human being.
TORO @ Feb 13th 2008 5:30PM
Sweet! Keep up the creative artwork Terrence ;)
Amber @ Feb 13th 2008 5:46PM
These are all useful improvements. No longer will my voice chat be "Friends Only" because someone on COD4 has to prove their e-penis is longer than everyone else's.
Ebola @ Feb 13th 2008 6:32PM
I wish these "Microsoft quality assurance demons" did they job better when QAing the 360, or Vista. What a shame...
NukeAssault @ Feb 13th 2008 6:54PM
Hope it hits before the weekend. Some other issues that need to be fixed... too. Hopefully they will fix those on the next patch.
KC @ Feb 13th 2008 7:30PM
"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."
That doesn't necessarily mean that the game won't stop. I read it as the game will go back to the lobby when the host leaves. Everyone will stay together and the game will start back up again. I highly doubt it is going to be a seamless transition where it just says the host left the game while the action continues.
SharpBlade @ Feb 13th 2008 9:27PM
Thanks for the update/enhancements IW.
I just wish some of these companies would add some enhancements/more content to the SP. Not everyone plays games online and it seems like every company puts all their efforts into MP and basically gives up on SP. I love the SP in CoD4 but it could use a few more new chapters. How hard would that be?
Steve @ Feb 14th 2008 2:21AM
Geez, the scope are fine as is. It just takes some practice to get good with them. I've red tigered every sniper but the .50 Cal on stock scopes as well as the M-16/w ACOG just fine. I hope they don't dumb them down all to hell so they just become point and click.
Chase @ Feb 14th 2008 5:04AM
I concur with the opinion that the scopes are fine as they presently are. However, I do like the other upgrades.
I hope the new maps are coming soon. ^.^
Amber @ Feb 19th 2008 5:30PM
Lol.. no. They're extremely inaccurate, so you basically have to train yourself to be inaccurate with them to get them to actually work. And once the patch update hits, all of your training will go down the drain because you'll have learned an incorrect way and you'll have to learn all over again.
KidSheik @ Feb 14th 2008 2:47PM
I've read somewhere (can't remember where), that the improved Kill-cam means that when someone tosses a grenade, the cam will follow the path of the grenade instead of just showing the guy toss it. Which should be interesting when Fragx3 people toss them up into the big blue nowhere hoping to get lucky.
... stupid nade spam....
oz @ Feb 23rd 2008 10:02PM
they should probably do something about how you get shot in the leg one or two times and then die. it's so frustrating to shoot someone ten times in the chest and they somehow still manage to kill you with what else, but a couple of shots to your legs or feet. they should also follow suit with cod3 so that when you get killed your last bullets fired continue to travel and kills the enemy instead of getting cancelled out. it happens regularly on hardcore team deathmatch.