[cod] Call of Duty 4

[David J. Thorpe]

Sorry guys to sound stupid but I¹ve only just picked up this tread. But am I
missing something because everything I read about COD4 says its for console
platforms only?


On 13/7/07 09:53, "Quint van Drosthagen" <cod at se-easy.net> wrote:

> WowŠ The first words look promisingŠ;-)
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> From: James Landi [mailto:jim at landi.net]
> Sent: vrijdag 13 juli 2007 3:02
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: RE: [cod] Call of Duty 4
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> I sat down with IW a couple weeks ago out in LA and went over all the fun
> stuff regarding running a server (both private and GSP types)  On top of the
> list was:
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> Linux support (server side ) out of the box
> AC out of the box
> server only files - > had to explain to them about the pain it is to first
> upload the files when we all share them from a fast host.  But after that
> patching these "shared" servers are a pain.   I think they started to get what
> I was bitching about, however their new way of low or no load times between
> maps may hinder the server only files but they are looking into it.
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> I also volunteered to help put together a cvar/rcon guide list and this may be
> possible, via white papers from IW.  More on that to come later down the road.
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> They are listening and it sounds like they are going to do their best to
> accommodate us, the server admins running their games.
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> Also EA has made the word "ranked" a bad word.  CoD4 will not be like BF2
> ranked servers.  I've also told them, do not use the R word, it scares a lot
> of people away.
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> - Jim Landi
> Rudedog
> FPSadmin.com | FPSgameforums.com
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> From: John Kennington [mailto:jwkennington at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 8:27 PM
> To: cod at icculus.org
> Subject: Re: [cod] Call of Duty 4
> It is not supposed to be ranked like the BF series.  There is talk of a Linux
> version, but who knows when it will be released.  IW is aware that the server
> admins need the Linux patch asap, but there has been no official announcement.
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> On 7/12/07, James Searcy <gotpork at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Does anybody know if  COD 4 will come out with a linux patch or if it is going
> to be a ranked server system like BF2142?  Thanks in advance.
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> James Searcy ,
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> Admin, www.nextofkinclan.com <http://www.nextofkinclan.com/>
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