FIRST UPDATES OF 2025 (27 Jan): BO3 Video from Serious/Shiversoftdev on Windows Store version. MW2019 Client MRON. MW2 Dedigamer for AU/OCE gamers. Serious' BO3 Video, Windows Store version compatible with steam and is a safer way to play the game: ua-cam.com/video/rBZZTcSJ9_s/v-deo.html MRON MW2019/Warzone Client (brought to my attention after video was uploaded): ua-cam.com/video/6acXAt_cVLw/v-deo.html MW2 Dedigamer for AU/OCE: dedigamer.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Console Commands/Binds: Open your console with the tilde key (` ~), use these for every CoD you have access to the developer console (CoD1 through MWR on the alterware/pluto clients) /cg_fov x (x is your custom value) /cg_fovscale x /com_maxfps 250 /cg_drawfps 0/1 (0 turns off fps counter, 1 enables it) /cg_chatheight 0-8 (0 for chat off, 8 is the max number of chatlines) /sensitivity x /bind q "weapnext; wait 2; weapnext" /record (to record demos on CoD1, 2, 4, WaW, and BO1) /stoprecord (stop the recording) /bind [ stoprecord; wait 2; record KEEP YOUR DEMOS UNDER 2K. START/STOP EVERY LIFE. /bind [ "stoprecord; wait 2; record" Console safezones (MW2 through MWR on clients - CoD4 and WaW safe area files are in my discord, more cod pc assistance channel): /safeArea_horizontal 0.85 /safeArea_adjusted_horizontal 0.85 /safeArea_vertical 0.85 /safeArea_adjusted_vertical 0.85 (PUT THE VALUE TO 0.9 ON AW, BO3, and MWR)
Wasn't Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered on Steam at one point? I remember having it on my wish list for a while and it vanished when I tried finding it recently.
@@Foxikaze and i guess it was on sale the same time h2m mode was about to release, before Activision shut it down. Or it might be the older mw remastered, don't really remember.
Black ops 4 client is absolutely dead, these games do not have enough of a potential player base to be worth it, mw2019 should be good though, just need patience as its very hard to figure out
I find it funny that I watch these everytime you upload and haven't played for I believe 3 years and have 0 need for this tutorial. I just enioy knowing how messed up things are and that we still have ways to play thanks to a dedicated community
Some insight for windows store: Most of these exes are just the current version of the game from steam built in x64 with aslr which makes them *much safer than steam* but you cannot crossplay without some modifications to the engine. On that note, a friend and I have been working on a way to convert the windows store Black Ops 3 to play with steam (including workshop support, etc). Why would you want to do this? No arxan! Arxan is the DRM solution applied to steam versions of these games and with windows store editions (except infinite warfare), there is no arxan, meaning massively improved performance. Atm I can play bo3 *online* with stable 200+ fps, no issues. Load times are faster, no stuttering when precaching strings, and lots of other niceties to the windows store version. I hope to see the clients moving towards using this version of the game soon. More info on this soon, as we are working on finishing touches here within a few days.
oh dude that's great news! love to hear this, will definitely be keeping an eye on any updates from you, especially on BO3 in the future! appreciate all the work you do
@ next time there is a faze five, you gotta put on WSS and spiritbox if you’re going to send a submission. BTW, I know you like spiritbox, you wore their hoodie in your segment you did for bricky’s videos.
Even though I'm pretty active and up to date on all this, I still come back to watch these every year for the support. ♥ Man is doing god's work making sure the old CoDs stay alive. 👍
Only came back into the COD community this year to try out Blops6. It's alright. Honestly i just enjoy the zombies and co op with IRL friends mostly though! I had a huge craving to play some of the classic titles. Owned them on steam since they came out all the way up to Infinite before i was out the loop. Really had no idea there was options for us to actually find lobbies and MM with plutonium. Fantastic guide for old cod gamers coming back into the franchise. I'm almost half tempted to play the campaigns again if i can get controller support kitted out. Big thanks Mike! This ones going in its own playlist for future reference!
Took me 40mins to understand how to do it.. but after that it’s smooth sailing. Definitely enjoying my time in cod mw2 again like the good old days even though I am not not great on keyboard/mouse.
As someone who plays quite a few older games that do not support PS4/5 controllers out of the box DS4Windows is plug and play, just install the program and open it with your controller connected, after that the games will just think it is a Xbox 360 controller. As for the controls everything is the same, but the start button is the touchpad and select is on the share and option buttons. There is a way to change it though in the config in DS4W. Once your controller is connected click edit in DS4W, on the left you see a diagram of the controller, just click the button you want to change and choose the button you want it mapped to.
The Games for Windows Live PTSD is Ironic. Microsoft lost its ability to own all of PC Gaming decades ago. I feel like Multiplayer Games with No Servers is becoming the Newest Category of Lost Media and that scares me.
@@Rxqe Honestly I am afraid that these ports will die faster than Concord’s Fan Base if it is not on Game Pass soon or if Blizzard/Activision uses BattleNet to force people into their own off-brand Subscription Service.
Only thing i want to add is that for anyone that Infinite Warfare crashes while loading campaing or in general,you want to open windows search graphics and disable full window optimizations.Just for this game i think you can save it so you dont have to switch every time on/off.Awesome video as always my friend.I apprieciate your videos so much thanks .
yeah that was brought up to me a few weeks ago too, hopefully that gets sorted because otherwise people should just move to plutonium BO1 where it works
@@Rxqe alterware still makes a few problems. I recently get the XUID doesn`t match certificate error on iw4x. Also for some reason, I cant seem to change my aspect ration, just stuck on 4:3
there's a notice on the back of old CoD games that says something along the lines of activision doesnt guarantee online services will work, it's a fail safe for years down the line so I guess thats probably the legal caveat
Just played some Plutonium...Man the state of COD Waw and Black Ops 1 is depressing. Full of servers with Bots, next to 0 real players...It`s a shame. WAW used to have like full 40-player servers back in the day where you would play for about half an hour on a map and it really felt like a mini war since you fought for so long...BO2 is in a better state but still, it has hackers.
Last update for Project BO4 was they tested Blackout with a fairly large group (which didn't go well due to bugs), but that was in October (ish).. I haven't seen any updates in their discord since. So, it's possible the devs are taking a break or they halted work indefinitely :( There are a lot of people in their discord kind of doing work for mods, but I think the biggest issue for BO4 is that much of the code is hashed, making it difficult to really pin down what code is what and what it does...
Yeah I vaguely remember hearing about that Blackout test but hadn't heard much since, hopefully the project can blossom to a full release, would be huge for BO4
I was gonna say, for bo1 and bo2 you could emulate the games on pc with rpcs3, i have done that for a long time, Ghosts is fully playable, you can play offline with bots, i feel like everyone just ignores the offline bots....
There's a part of me that really hopes once Activision and Xbox put all the Call of Duty games on Game Pass (if, at all) that they'd actually go back and patch these older games as well on PC. It's a long long shot, but one can dream, I really don't wanna have to buy a console just to enjoy older CoD games on official servers.
An even better possibility is if microsoft re release the older cod games in a collection like they did for halo, with modern improvements like cross-play, high fps and resolution etc. Probably not likely tho.
It's pretty clear that they have been avoiding this for so long because Activision knows they will have to put out updates to the steam versions due to Microsoft wanting to make sure it has crossplay. Activision has purposely left those games to be filled with hackers because they want people to be on the new and "safer" lol game, because they don't want another Ghost situation despite it already happening. Activision is too stubborn to admit that they need to be supporting the old games if they want to be successfully.
The sad part is that its not even that much safer to play the older 360 era CoDs on console. BO2 especially, you can still have a few clean matches but then you'll encounter a hacker who decides to teleport behind you and instakill your entire team. Or you can get DDoS'd in one rare instance, or screwed over by other cheats. If MS/Acti doesn't want to support these games, the least they could do is allow the clients to exist on PC with no issue. Especially because it is extremely doubtful that they are making any money off of DLC sales.
Thank god Microsoft added all old COD games to the Microsoft Store. It is safe now due the Microsoft store being basically impossible to mod due to its encryption security and not being linked to cod steam servers.
Ok here's the thing, there's a smaller community that plays hardcore teamdeathmatch on black ops 2 steam, the reason we don't switch to plutonium is simple, there are no hardcore servers at all, it's all standard core. Not one server in hardcore.
This really really sucks to hear, I am a 100%er and I love getting all the achievements for my games, I wanted to go through these childhood games of mine and get all the achievemnts but after hearing how scary and unsafe they are I don't think I should even try. Damn
Thanks for the video, very informative. I have a quick question if you don't mind: for older CoD games, is it safe to play single player modes like zombies and campaign, or do you also need to play these modes through clients? Thanks in advance 😅
long story short, activision kind of already has a protection against it. on some of their older games, on the back of the game cases, theres a legal notice saying that they cant guarantee that online services will work as intended so I guess it falls under that umbrella
I know you don't use controller but do you know if there's a way to change the buttons on Plutonium? I use bumper jumper tactical on all fps games now and it's hard to go back to jumping with the A button lol. Thanks for another updated CoD on PC vid.
Thanks for making this video! I'm currently living in Australia which means that there is no games that I can play without getting high ass ping. Even in the newer games (including black ops 6), some game modes will be so dead that u can't find anything. It sucks but its sorta the reality of my situation living in a remote city. I'm cool with it cause I made the decision to move to Australia for work. Do you think its still worth going through installing all these patches if you just wanna play single-player?
Ofc man! Yeah unfortunately for AUS/OCE region these clients don't offer many servers so you'll be on insanely high ping. If it's just for single player, honestly you probably dont need to worry about installing the clients for them since they're mainly focused on mp/zombies stuff - campaigns are fine on steam, some clients like H2 just give you some more mods to have fun with is all
covering the issues that have affected players for years, but glad you've been fine, as I said in the video there's a chance that you may be fine but this has been on going for years and I wouldn't have bothered making these videos if it wasn't the case.
they can't I don't think, there's a disclaimer on the back of old cod games (look at 360 MW2 case for example) and basically long story short is they say they cant guarantee online capabilities will be working, it's a safety net for all these years down the line when services for such may be outdated and what not
I know bo2 on pc is not safe, but I constantly think about just playing a few games just once but I am too scared too haha. I played a bit on pc back in 2019 and this year I only got as far as being on the main muliplayer screen and noped out. I know plutonium is safer but it just doesnt give me the same feeling as the steam/ console version.
to your knowledge as a steam player there havent been any exploits or hacking issues on steam bo2 in last 4years? you are safe to play it note this the game is so broken that the server straight up are dogwater kicking you out most of the time very laggy servers too also emblem editor doesnt work vault doesnt work either there still might be vsat or aimbot cheaters but for now no ratters note play them at your own risk but yes this is why i prefer steam i dont also get the feel on pluto games too
I play it sometimes problem is that you often get kicked because of the servers but sometimes some rounds you can play normal i played zombies but zombies works fine on my steam
So in terms of the boiii client, I just have to follow that same guide but instead of downloading the boiii exe in the web archive, do t7x instead? We dont need the boiii exe ? Preciate it again Mike !!
I'm curious how long it'll take to crack the WZ/Gunsmith era CoDs to get some mods working on it, especially MW19 and BOCW because the former is the oldest of the era and the latter is on an older engine
there was a MW19 client 'donetsk' or something like that but that got canned on twitter awhile back, would be cool to see clients for those games in the future tho for sure
I was in your bo4 lobby (schizoid man). I just randomly installed the game after not playing it since 2018. That bare guy was wild in the chat hahaha. I assume that the game is safe to play on blizzard?
barecocunuts is quite the character, "surrenderd now!!!" lol BO4 does have exploits, as I said I had a few times my game was crashed but nothing extremely serious, I'd just be cautious is all
@@Rxqe Sounds good! I was surprised when I saw you in my lobby since I am in EU. But now I understand that you switched region to get a lobby. Took a while for me to get a lobby aswell. First I got no game for like 10 min and then I finally found a lobby and that just happend to be the lobby that you were in!
only client I heard of in 2019 was the Donetsk, bringing back verdansk/wz1 but that got canned awhile back, nothing since then so I'd be interested to see MW2019 and CW clients in the future
Please post an update to dissuade people from using G2A. Just tried to buy a copy of MW3 and got scammed. Instead of a CD key I got login credentials for a random Steam account. This is not what I thought I was buying, and I do not want to sign into some random Chinese account on my PC. It's bad enough I charged my card to the website. There is also no way to get a proper refund without contacting the seller, which other people say is a dead end. Buying and purchasing Steam accounts is against Steam ToS, and I'm not willing to compromise my account just to play one game from 2011.
Usually on G2A there are 2 different options when buying games, Steam Account or Steam Key. You have to make sure the one you’re buying is Steam Key and that it’s available in your region
Thanks for all the info Dude I only really use all the clients anyway but still love a bit of ww2 the snipers are god tier in that game bar having to pull out my old ps4 how can i protect myself to play it on steam i was playing a bit and had no issues it had about 600 players on but What can i do to protect myself to play it wish it had a client
JUST AS A WARNING FOR COD 4 REMASTERED/HMW/H1 sometimes when i have H1 installed with the HMW launcher all in the same files, for me the game sort of "compiles" into one where I go to launch H1 campaign but its bringing me to H2M and failing to launch entirely, just MAKE A BACKUP!
@@GhostProtocolXL oh yeah I know it’s not on steam, just included it in the image bc it falls under that ‘p2p not quite safe’ ordeal - idk why it’s not on steam either tho, a shame
@@GhostProtocolXL BO4 has a hybrid system where there is a central server for each lobby but you still communicate over P2P, the server essentially acts as an extra invisible host player, and just like how modders can pull host in the older games, modders in BO4 can pull host from the server itself and cause the same problems as the older cod games
@@flamingscar5263 ah I see. I remember in the BO4's MP Trailer, they talked about having Dedicated Servers. I'm guessing they softly started with BO4 and fully implemented it with MW19.
FIRST UPDATES OF 2025 (27 Jan): BO3 Video from Serious/Shiversoftdev on Windows Store version. MW2019 Client MRON. MW2 Dedigamer for AU/OCE gamers.
Serious' BO3 Video, Windows Store version compatible with steam and is a safer way to play the game: ua-cam.com/video/rBZZTcSJ9_s/v-deo.html
MRON MW2019/Warzone Client (brought to my attention after video was uploaded): ua-cam.com/video/6acXAt_cVLw/v-deo.html
MW2 Dedigamer for AU/OCE: dedigamer.com/
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Console Commands/Binds:
Open your console with the tilde key (` ~), use these for every CoD you have access to the developer console (CoD1 through MWR on the alterware/pluto clients)
/cg_fov x (x is your custom value)
/cg_fovscale x
/com_maxfps 250
/cg_drawfps 0/1 (0 turns off fps counter, 1 enables it)
/cg_chatheight 0-8 (0 for chat off, 8 is the max number of chatlines)
/sensitivity x
/bind q "weapnext; wait 2; weapnext"
/record (to record demos on CoD1, 2, 4, WaW, and BO1)
/stoprecord (stop the recording)
/bind [ stoprecord; wait 2; record
KEEP YOUR DEMOS UNDER 2K. START/STOP EVERY LIFE.
/bind [ "stoprecord; wait 2; record"
Console safezones (MW2 through MWR on clients - CoD4 and WaW safe area files are in my discord, more cod pc assistance channel):
/safeArea_horizontal 0.85
/safeArea_adjusted_horizontal 0.85
/safeArea_vertical 0.85
/safeArea_adjusted_vertical 0.85
(PUT THE VALUE TO 0.9 ON AW, BO3, and MWR)
Wasn't Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered on Steam at one point? I remember having it on my wish list for a while and it vanished when I tried finding it recently.
@ I don’t recall honestly
@@Foxikaze and i guess it was on sale the same time h2m mode was about to release, before Activision shut it down. Or it might be the older mw remastered, don't really remember.
@@Not_everyone. Yeah you're right it was the COD MWR that was on sale, not MW2 Campaign Remaster
Your service to the community cannot be appreciated enough, thank you!
you're welcome! :)
I find it baffling that no one has made a WWII client yet
Not a good enough/legendary game to the vast populous to go out of the way to make a client for it. A shame because it genuinely is really good!
even so now after seeing a few clients like H2M being shut down, I feel it probably wouldn't happen
@ leaked? I’m not sure what you mean but no I don’t think so, client is still up
WWII is buns what are you talkin about lad
Black ops 4 client is absolutely dead, these games do not have enough of a potential player base to be worth it, mw2019 should be good though, just need patience as its very hard to figure out
I find it funny that I watch these everytime you upload and haven't played for I believe 3 years and have 0 need for this tutorial. I just enioy knowing how messed up things are and that we still have ways to play thanks to a dedicated community
shoutout the client devs honestly
Another year, another Everything you need to know. Thanks for the time and effort put into this video, Mike.
of course!
Some insight for windows store:
Most of these exes are just the current version of the game from steam built in x64 with aslr which makes them *much safer than steam* but you cannot crossplay without some modifications to the engine.
On that note, a friend and I have been working on a way to convert the windows store Black Ops 3 to play with steam (including workshop support, etc). Why would you want to do this? No arxan! Arxan is the DRM solution applied to steam versions of these games and with windows store editions (except infinite warfare), there is no arxan, meaning massively improved performance. Atm I can play bo3 *online* with stable 200+ fps, no issues. Load times are faster, no stuttering when precaching strings, and lots of other niceties to the windows store version. I hope to see the clients moving towards using this version of the game soon.
More info on this soon, as we are working on finishing touches here within a few days.
oh dude that's great news! love to hear this, will definitely be keeping an eye on any updates from you, especially on BO3 in the future! appreciate all the work you do
Youre Heroes for the Work you do for the Community ! ❤
These videos are incredible. Thank you for doing this every year!
thank you man! happy to help
I was waiting for this! Thank you!
you're welcome!
good job summarizing all this stuff, it keeps the old games relevant.
11:58 I was wondering if you were the real one haha! Nice video, thank you for all the support for this great community of OGs CoDs
Huge. Also happy that atvi is (very slowly) fixing cod so it can be slightly more playable
there's only so much they and MS can do, but hoping for concrete fixes
Thanks man! I end up going back to these videos every so often, any time I feel like playing an old CoD.
you're welcome man!
Thanks for this info/tutorial! Also 16:00 death toll is an amazing WSS song, I’m surprised I don’t hear more metalcore in any cod montages.
you're welcome! you and me both haha wish more people were hip
@ next time there is a faze five, you gotta put on WSS and spiritbox if you’re going to send a submission. BTW, I know you like spiritbox, you wore their hoodie in your segment you did for bricky’s videos.
Even though I'm pretty active and up to date on all this, I still come back to watch these every year for the support. ♥
Man is doing god's work making sure the old CoDs stay alive. 👍
I appreciate that man thank you!
Only came back into the COD community this year to try out Blops6. It's alright. Honestly i just enjoy the zombies and co op with IRL friends mostly though! I had a huge craving to play some of the classic titles. Owned them on steam since they came out all the way up to Infinite before i was out the loop.
Really had no idea there was options for us to actually find lobbies and MM with plutonium. Fantastic guide for old cod gamers coming back into the franchise. I'm almost half tempted to play the campaigns again if i can get controller support kitted out. Big thanks Mike! This ones going in its own playlist for future reference!
happy to help man :)
Took me 40mins to understand how to do it.. but after that it’s smooth sailing. Definitely enjoying my time in cod mw2 again like the good old days even though I am not not great on keyboard/mouse.
proud of you man! good to hear :D
I genuinely miss BO4... I often daydream about sniping in that game TT.
As someone that played bo2, bo1 and waw before the ps3 sony update "shut" playstation network down, this is an incredible guide.
happy to help man, glad you found it useful!
As someone who plays quite a few older games that do not support PS4/5 controllers out of the box DS4Windows is plug and play, just install the program and open it with your controller connected, after that the games will just think it is a Xbox 360 controller.
As for the controls everything is the same, but the start button is the touchpad and select is on the share and option buttons. There is a way to change it though in the config in DS4W. Once your controller is connected click edit in DS4W, on the left you see a diagram of the controller, just click the button you want to change and choose the button you want it mapped to.
Asked about it yesterday and bro delivered it, huge W
got you
The Games for Windows Live PTSD is Ironic. Microsoft lost its ability to own all of PC Gaming decades ago. I feel like Multiplayer Games with No Servers is becoming the Newest Category of Lost Media and that scares me.
I can see that, its eerie seeing no one on the ms store versions (yet?) so idk what'll come of the games being available there
@@Rxqe Honestly I am afraid that these ports will die faster than Concord’s Fan Base if it is not on Game Pass soon or if Blizzard/Activision uses BattleNet to force people into their own off-brand Subscription Service.
Been waiting for this 😂
got you gamer
Man bo2 on steam is just another experience
it is indeed haha havent bothered with it in years
Only thing i want to add is that for anyone that Infinite Warfare crashes while loading campaing or in general,you want to open windows search graphics and disable full window optimizations.Just for this game i think you can save it so you dont have to switch every time on/off.Awesome video as always my friend.I apprieciate your videos so much thanks .
oh noted! thanks for the heads up on that, I hadn't had that issue playing the IW campaign so I was unaware
11:25 I'm glad you mentioned this. This problem has started in the last few weeks for me
yeah that was brought up to me a few weeks ago too, hopefully that gets sorted because otherwise people should just move to plutonium BO1 where it works
Ive had the BO1 class not saving and rank reseting for the last 6 years already. I would love to play the gsme but this kills the vibe.
6 years? Wow. I put 100 hours into the multiplayer in 2024 but the problem only started a few weeks ago for me
@@C0D97 yeah. My classes have been locked since 2018 and i think the only fix is to buy the game again and just see when it happens again
So in this video, your basically saying COD is safe on steam. Thanks for clarifying. (Sarcasm intended). Thanks for the updates
thats exactly what im saying yup!!! lol on the real, of course man, happy to help
my favourite yearly video, even tho i have most of this, Rxqe always makes the best guide EVERY. DAMN. YEAR.
:') appreciate that man
I was looking for a video just like this
Thank you!
you're welcome!
Very awesome to always have this video. Love plutonium and also getting into altaware as well
got you man, happy to help
@@Rxqe alterware still makes a few problems. I recently get the XUID doesn`t match certificate error on iw4x. Also for some reason, I cant seem to change my aspect ration, just stuck on 4:3
Mike the man the myth the legend. The actual hero we didn't deserve but definitely need💋
appreciate you king
Doing the lord’s work here, Mike. My GOAT
happy to help king
Not all hero wear cape
Thank you for letting me have the chance to experience MW3 multi with Plutonium.
you're welcome
It should be illegal to still sell games that have massive security risks.
there's a notice on the back of old CoD games that says something along the lines of activision doesnt guarantee online services will work, it's a fail safe for years down the line so I guess thats probably the legal caveat
Thanks for this video! Greetings from Argentina!
you're welcome! greetings my man
Just played some Plutonium...Man the state of COD Waw and Black Ops 1 is depressing. Full of servers with Bots, next to 0 real players...It`s a shame. WAW used to have like full 40-player servers back in the day where you would play for about half an hour on a map and it really felt like a mini war since you fought for so long...BO2 is in a better state but still, it has hackers.
Great video as always! Really hoping the microsoft store versions are safe, especially if they get brought onto gamepass in the future
thank you! you and me both, definitely hoping for the best with the ms versions and gamepass pc
LETS FUCKING GO I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSSSSS THANK YOUUUUUU
got you B)
Another incredible informational video for the community to stay SAFE! Thank you mistor Rixqwee ♥
you're welcome!
Very much appreciated brother for this vid
of course man! glad you found it
They could fix hacks on all COD games on pc through windows updates that prevent them from installing the hack
0 seconds in, gonna boot up steam mw2 with no protection and with windows firewall off 👍👍👍
sounds like a great idea man go crazy 🔥
get in lad 🔥💪💪
Last update for Project BO4 was they tested Blackout with a fairly large group (which didn't go well due to bugs), but that was in October (ish).. I haven't seen any updates in their discord since. So, it's possible the devs are taking a break or they halted work indefinitely :(
There are a lot of people in their discord kind of doing work for mods, but I think the biggest issue for BO4 is that much of the code is hashed, making it difficult to really pin down what code is what and what it does...
Yeah I vaguely remember hearing about that Blackout test but hadn't heard much since, hopefully the project can blossom to a full release, would be huge for BO4
It's not dead the main dev is returning in a few weeks and one of the people getting people pushing updates has returned recently
Legend Thank you so much out here doing gods work
you're welcome! happy to help and give insight
@Rxqe 😘
goat video bud
ty king
When disableing shader cache make sure to enable sun and shadow cache in graphic settings to fix graphic errors
noted
I remember when I asked you in twitch chat will you make one for 2025 and said no, well here we are! Nah just kidding, I love the video!
was inevitable, guess we'll see if one needs to be made for 2026
I was gonna say, for bo1 and bo2 you could emulate the games on pc with rpcs3, i have done that for a long time, Ghosts is fully playable, you can play offline with bots, i feel like everyone just ignores the offline bots....
I was wondering if there was a update on this stuff
Thank you 🙏
got you
Mw2019 also has the MRON mod which re-enables rebirth island, plunder, and Warzone Caldera
last I heard of a 2019 client was donestk (or something like that) which was a mod for verdansk but haven't heard of anything since then
Also PSA - as of 1/11 ground war is always full lobbies on MW19 and same with MW3 2023 or whatever the new one is
Thank you for your assistance
you're welcome!
R.I.P VanGoated 😢 ☠️
my goat vangoated
Mw19 still safe, although you can buy some cheats for 25 bucks (I bought for me only for unlock all).
There's a part of me that really hopes once Activision and Xbox put all the Call of Duty games on Game Pass (if, at all) that they'd actually go back and patch these older games as well on PC. It's a long long shot, but one can dream, I really don't wanna have to buy a console just to enjoy older CoD games on official servers.
An even better possibility is if microsoft re release the older cod games in a collection like they did for halo, with modern improvements like cross-play, high fps and resolution etc. Probably not likely tho.
It's pretty clear that they have been avoiding this for so long because Activision knows they will have to put out updates to the steam versions due to Microsoft wanting to make sure it has crossplay. Activision has purposely left those games to be filled with hackers because they want people to be on the new and "safer" lol game, because they don't want another Ghost situation despite it already happening. Activision is too stubborn to admit that they need to be supporting the old games if they want to be successfully.
@ Exactly, but they still sell those games for full price.
xd Delta here leaving a comment
my man
I have never tried bo4 and didnt know a client was made. I might check it out even if its just to play with bots
could definitely do that!
very good video
thank you!
Welp time to play bf4 and bf3
Lets goooo !
:D
Alterware actually has a MW3 client for playing single player and spec ops cause plutonium doesn't have that
thats actually huge I didnt know that
The sad part is that its not even that much safer to play the older 360 era CoDs on console. BO2 especially, you can still have a few clean matches but then you'll encounter a hacker who decides to teleport behind you and instakill your entire team. Or you can get DDoS'd in one rare instance, or screwed over by other cheats.
If MS/Acti doesn't want to support these games, the least they could do is allow the clients to exist on PC with no issue. Especially because it is extremely doubtful that they are making any money off of DLC sales.
Thank god Microsoft added all old COD games to the Microsoft Store. It is safe now due the Microsoft store being basically impossible to mod due to its encryption security and not being linked to cod steam servers.
only thing that sucks is i have to start all over and buy the game again but that’s worth the safety
Ok here's the thing, there's a smaller community that plays hardcore teamdeathmatch on black ops 2 steam, the reason we don't switch to plutonium is simple, there are no hardcore servers at all, it's all standard core. Not one server in hardcore.
go crazy then! glad yall got that community
@@Rxqe just want to specify, i use a VPN when i play, even if we hit 200 players on at max , i wouldn't completely trust it to be safe
Thank you Rxqe
you're welcome!
I have been having too much fun with h2m!
very fun mod, love it
This really really sucks to hear, I am a 100%er and I love getting all the achievements for my games, I wanted to go through these childhood games of mine and get all the achievemnts but after hearing how scary and unsafe they are I don't think I should even try. Damn
yeah unfortunately man the steam mp achievements I wouldn't bother with, single player however is fine though!
Wait so is Black Ops 6 not safe on Steam? Thanks for the video new sub here
Thanks for the video, very informative.
I have a quick question if you don't mind: for older CoD games, is it safe to play single player modes like zombies and campaign, or do you also need to play these modes through clients? Thanks in advance 😅
Campaigns are safe. It’s only online through the games on Steam that are unsafe.
@@pl3bsy Thanks, I appreciate it!
Someone needs to file a lawsuit to these guys for at least not issuing warnings that buying their games is a security risk
long story short, activision kind of already has a protection against it. on some of their older games, on the back of the game cases, theres a legal notice saying that they cant guarantee that online services will work as intended so I guess it falls under that umbrella
if only we had gotten a cod3 pc port... then this would be mostly complete
sucks it doesn't exist on pc :/ would love to play it
Yessir!!!
:D
I know you don't use controller but do you know if there's a way to change the buttons on Plutonium? I use bumper jumper tactical on all fps games now and it's hard to go back to jumping with the A button lol. Thanks for another updated CoD on PC vid.
that im not sure about, there might be something for it but I would ask in the pluto cord about it
Bros voice sometimes sounds like lil wayne😂
Did you know that Bo1 remastered multiplayer for Bo3 being developed? There is video on the watchful wolf
@@adaptcap115 yes I have heard of that, was going to cover it in a separate video once there’s more info about it
i can’t ever find a bo4 game when should i look
Bruh, BO2 is on the main page of steam for more than it was at launch…
usually is there on sales, wish more people knew about plutonium
Thanks for making this video! I'm currently living in Australia which means that there is no games that I can play without getting high ass ping. Even in the newer games (including black ops 6), some game modes will be so dead that u can't find anything. It sucks but its sorta the reality of my situation living in a remote city. I'm cool with it cause I made the decision to move to Australia for work. Do you think its still worth going through installing all these patches if you just wanna play single-player?
Ofc man! Yeah unfortunately for AUS/OCE region these clients don't offer many servers so you'll be on insanely high ping. If it's just for single player, honestly you probably dont need to worry about installing the clients for them since they're mainly focused on mp/zombies stuff - campaigns are fine on steam, some clients like H2 just give you some more mods to have fun with is all
Another fearmongering video lmfao i play Bo3/MWR/IW perfectly fine with no issues. Played all 2024.
covering the issues that have affected players for years, but glad you've been fine, as I said in the video there's a chance that you may be fine but this has been on going for years and I wouldn't have bothered making these videos if it wasn't the case.
very unserious behavior lmao
we are so back 🔥
another year another cod pc update 🔥
@@Rxqe 🔥🔥🔥
I hope IW4X can get more players.
you and me both man
I'm surprised no one has tried to sue Activision over these unsafe pc CoDs that are still being sold for full price.
also crazy hitmarker at 1:04
they can't I don't think, there's a disclaimer on the back of old cod games (look at 360 MW2 case for example) and basically long story short is they say they cant guarantee online capabilities will be working, it's a safety net for all these years down the line when services for such may be outdated and what not
@Rxqe ah that's unfortunate
I know bo2 on pc is not safe, but I constantly think about just playing a few games just once but I am too scared too haha. I played a bit on pc back in 2019 and this year I only got as far as being on the main muliplayer screen and noped out. I know plutonium is safer but it just doesnt give me the same feeling as the steam/ console version.
Well it’s either get your pc ratted or “muh nostalgia”
@@shmuurdaaor to invite certain amount of friends into lobby to play certain matches
I get that, pluto doesnt hit the same as the old console days for sure, but it really is up to you if you want to run the risk of steam
to your knowledge as a steam player there havent been any exploits or hacking issues on steam bo2 in last 4years? you are safe to play it note this the game is so broken that the server straight up are dogwater kicking you out most of the time very laggy servers too also emblem editor doesnt work vault doesnt work either there still might be vsat or aimbot cheaters but for now no ratters note play them at your own risk but yes this is why i prefer steam i dont also get the feel on pluto games too
I play it sometimes problem is that you often get kicked because of the servers but sometimes some rounds you can play normal i played zombies but zombies works fine on my steam
Is there one for iw zombies
u should be fine playing zombies but they always a risk
22:24 it happened in MW19 in ground war
Every fuckin game nuke 2 min in
So in terms of the boiii client, I just have to follow that same guide but instead of downloading the boiii exe in the web archive, do t7x instead? We dont need the boiii exe ? Preciate it again Mike !!
precisely!
I'm curious how long it'll take to crack the WZ/Gunsmith era CoDs to get some mods working on it, especially MW19 and BOCW because the former is the oldest of the era and the latter is on an older engine
there was a MW19 client 'donetsk' or something like that but that got canned on twitter awhile back, would be cool to see clients for those games in the future tho for sure
sup Rxqe!! 😁
yo!
I was in your bo4 lobby (schizoid man). I just randomly installed the game after not playing it since 2018. That bare guy was wild in the chat hahaha. I assume that the game is safe to play on blizzard?
barecocunuts is quite the character, "surrenderd now!!!" lol BO4 does have exploits, as I said I had a few times my game was crashed but nothing extremely serious, I'd just be cautious is all
@@Rxqe Sounds good! I was surprised when I saw you in my lobby since I am in EU. But now I understand that you switched region to get a lobby. Took a while for me to get a lobby aswell. First I got no game for like 10 min and then I finally found a lobby and that just happend to be the lobby that you were in!
I think there are clients for mw2019 and Cold War, but they are not finished yet and lack some features, although they are still playable.
only client I heard of in 2019 was the Donetsk, bringing back verdansk/wz1 but that got canned awhile back, nothing since then so I'd be interested to see MW2019 and CW clients in the future
Please post an update to dissuade people from using G2A. Just tried to buy a copy of MW3 and got scammed. Instead of a CD key I got login credentials for a random Steam account. This is not what I thought I was buying, and I do not want to sign into some random Chinese account on my PC. It's bad enough I charged my card to the website. There is also no way to get a proper refund without contacting the seller, which other people say is a dead end. Buying and purchasing Steam accounts is against Steam ToS, and I'm not willing to compromise my account just to play one game from 2011.
Usually on G2A there are 2 different options when buying games, Steam Account or Steam Key. You have to make sure the one you’re buying is Steam Key and that it’s available in your region
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As of June 2024 there is a server browser on t8 shield but I don’t believe there are any servers on it yet as the client is still being developed
hopefully soon tm
Is there a way to setup bots for trick shotting on mw2 (2009)
Thanks for all the info Dude
I only really use all the clients anyway but still love a bit of ww2 the snipers are god tier in that game
bar having to pull out my old ps4 how can i protect myself to play it on steam i was playing a bit and had no issues
it had about 600 players on but What can i do to protect myself to play it
wish it had a client
you're welcome! CoD WW2 client would go crazy but who knows what'll happen
rip vangoated 22:24 (i am sometimes able to find matches though)
oh yeah its definitely possible to find games, just takes a bit
the only thing i need to know is that cod makes me depressed
understandable
What was the discord server for waw? Pdg?
i need a damn ww2 client
would be lovely
JUST AS A WARNING FOR COD 4 REMASTERED/HMW/H1
sometimes when i have H1 installed with the HMW launcher all in the same files, for me the game sort of "compiles" into one where I go to launch H1 campaign but its bringing me to H2M and failing to launch entirely, just MAKE A BACKUP!
good point! think you should just be able to go into the files and load h1 singleplayer tho if launching through steam doesnt directly work
@@Rxqe silly me didnt try this, lmaoooo, thanks bud xD
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0:18 BO4 is still not in Steam.
Sad that they still didn't put on Steam for some unknown reason.
@@GhostProtocolXL oh yeah I know it’s not on steam, just included it in the image bc it falls under that ‘p2p not quite safe’ ordeal - idk why it’s not on steam either tho, a shame
@@Rxqe wait, BO4 used P2P? I thought that's the point where they started having Dedicated Servers.
@@GhostProtocolXL BO4 has a hybrid system where there is a central server for each lobby but you still communicate over P2P, the server essentially acts as an extra invisible host player, and just like how modders can pull host in the older games, modders in BO4 can pull host from the server itself and cause the same problems as the older cod games
@@flamingscar5263 ah I see.
I remember in the BO4's MP Trailer, they talked about having Dedicated Servers. I'm guessing they softly started with BO4 and fully implemented it with MW19.