Introduction

Call of Duty 4 or most commonly known as Cod4, is a first-person shooter video game that was developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision in the year 2007. This game focuses on the World War 2 setting to a modern warfare setting. Players, who want to play it, can play online against each other. After the release for a desktop, users can create their own servers. Through which users can customize the online game settings. There are various ways to set up the game server of cod4. This guide will help an individual to set up his server in easy and quite short way.

Gameplay

Call of Duty series, has well-equipped game features which is in a modernized way and has new features. It has many exclusive multiplayer part of the game, like “killstreaks”. Killstreaks kills a number of enemies, but the player does not die in between kills and also offers access to various assets which includes airstrikes and helicopter support too. In this the character can be positioned in one of three stances: crouching, standing or prone. Each of this affects the accuracy, character’s rate of movement and stealth. If you cover the player, then it can avoid enemy fire or can recover health after taking significant damage. However, there is not any armor or health power-ups. Moreover, when the character gets damaged, the edges of the screen glow red and also the character’s heartbeat increases. If the character stays out of fire, then the character can recover.

Router needs for COD4

First of all an individual need to make sure that following ports are forward. UDP:28960, UDP:20800 & UDP:20810. This step is a bit tricky, if an individual is not familiar with his router. This is necessary, otherwise his server won’t appear to others. Once ports are forward, he can move to the next step. Now for server, he needs a configuration file, which he can easily find on web. He can modify these configuration files according to his needs. Next is an individual need to do is change server name. Copy the whole thing to a text document such as notepad and save it. Name it as he desires. Place this file in the main folder of his call of duty 4 directory. Now after configuration file is setup and placed in the right folder. He need to copy it and overwrite in his CoD4 folder; and maker sure that backup of original file is done. Now he needs to make a shortcut of the iw3mp.exe to his desktop. This is it, server is ready to play.

IP Address & Installation

Now what an individual need to do is that he requires connecting it to others for hosting purpose. For this he needs to set an IP address for his server. It is must & required because to host cod4 an individual needs to connect his server through others for which IP address is must. Once he has done this then he can host other people with ease & also enjoy playing with others. This is the console box for server. As long as this box is running, an individual’s server will remain up means active. An individual can give the IP of his newly made server to his friends by adding 28960 at the end of his IP address. It is quite easy to install & host COD4 server & for free of cost. Call of Duty 4 server is also available on rent from game server hosting providers by giving it with more ease.

Campaign

During a single-player campaign, the player takes a role of various characters, and the character’s involvement in the plot occurs simultaneously and also overlaps the events in the game. However, the player’s perspective changes from one to another character during the missions. Each mission has a series of objectives. Moreover, the player led to each objective with the heads up display that marks the direction and distance. There are few objectives which are required with the player which arrives at a checkpoint. They also have an objective of eliminating enemies at a specified location. It stands their ground to defend an objective, or plant explosive charges on an enemy installation. After the credits, it is a special epilogue mission which gets unlocked for play. It features a four-man squad which retrieve a VIP from terrorists who have hijacked an airliner. Also, the SAS rescue VIP and run away before the plane got destroyed.

Availability Options

An individual can install his COD4 server on his own & if he is unable to do that then he can host his server through buying it from another web hosts provider. It is available for free of cost also but with few providers. There is one more thing an individual should take care of, before taking services from a web hosts service provider. Support after buying services is most important to ask before doing it & uptime of server is another important factor to consider. If an individual has done proper search & inquire about each important aspect then he can enjoy his game completely.

Multiplayer

A player completes the objective of a Domination multiplayer game by capturing and defending 3 flags. Call of Duty 4 is a Modern Warfare featured team-based and death match-based multiplayer modes on various maps. It’s each mode has an objective that requires unique strategies to fulfill. When a player completes a challenge, then it grants an experience points and also unlock weapon attachments. As the player’s level increases by gaining experience points, he is able to unlock new perks, weapons, or challenges.