Infinity Ward has released the patch notes for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 3, and there are changes that all players will need to be aware of. The patch is reportedly 13.6GB in size.
The game’s developer unveiled the Season 3 patch notes ahead of its official release on April 8. There is plenty to wrap your head around, including changes to Warzone, weapon fixes, audio bug solutions, and more.
A couple of the biggest tweaks relate to Warzone. Infinity Ward has fixed a bug where players were unable to self-revive in Solos mode. The Loadout Drop — obtainable from the Buy Station — has seen its price increased again to $10,000. That’s steep considering its initial price was $6,000, but it’s been put in place to help with imbalancing issues after complaints from the community.
Operation Headhunter, which is part of the Special Operations game mode, has had fixes implemented for the minimap and drone errors that players ran into. Audio reductions in the Gulag, and for the plane during infil, have also been lowered at players’ requests.
There are a slew of general, weapon, Plunder, and Battle Royale fixes too. You can find all of those detailed in the patch notes below, so have a read to see what’s been improved and resolved.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone patch notes
GENERAL FIXES:
- Lowered the max amount of XP and score given for Decoy Grenade assistsBackend fixes to help Memory Error 13-71 issues. If you’re still experiencing this error, please reach out to Activision Customer SupportFixed a bug where more than one dog would be present in the squad walk in the main multiplayer menuAs an owner of a regiment, players could sometimes see an error when selecting another player in their regiment. This has been fixedFixed an issue where players were unable to skip cutscenes in the campaign while using keyboard and mouse controlsFixed a bug where players were sometimes unable to see Clan Tags for other players in the Social Menu after restarting app, or going through a power cycleFixed an issue where some players could encounter graphical corruptions, causing their screen to have a black ‘shadow’ that followed them. This has been fixedFix for an area on St. Petrograd that lacked collision and allowed the Recon Drone to fly out of boundsFixed a bug that made clan tags appear twice Fixed a bug that could prevent players from speaking to their team in a custom match if they switched teams after the match has started
AUDIO:
- Lowered the volume of the plane audio during infilLowered the audio once you enter the GulagReduced the volume of occluded far and distant weaponsSome footstep sounds while ADS and crouched were cut short on the distance you could hear them, depending on the surface type
WEAPONS:
- Fixed an issue where “The Line Breaker” variant of the EBR could outperform the base version of the same weaponPlayers with the “Cherry Blossom” variant of the Akimbo handguns could have broken animations while ADS on ladders. This has been fixedFiring a smoke grenade with the under barrel 40mm smokescreen launcher did not emit any smoke from the grenade. This has been fixedAttaching the Sniper Scope to the MK2 Carbine while in the Gunsmith would show a white, opaque lens. This has been fixed.Tightened the pellet spread on the Slug 6-R Mags for the Model 680Akimbo weapons now start with 2 extra magazines of ammunition instead of 1Tightened up the hip spread on the VLK Rogue ShotgunDecreased ADS spread for shotgun slugsAdded descriptions to slugs noting that longer barrels and chokes improve ADS accuracyUpdating names of weapons to match weapon logos725: “FTAC Equilibrium” renamed to “Cronen Equilibrium”SA87: “FSS SA87 Heavy Stock Pro” renamed to “XRK SA87 Heavy Stock Pro”RAM-7: “XRK Ranger” renamed to “FSS RangerGrau 5.56: “FSS 26.4″ Archangel” renamed to “Tempus 26.4″ Archangel”
SPECIAL OPERATIONS:
725: “FTAC Equilibrium” renamed to “Cronen Equilibrium”SA87: “FSS SA87 Heavy Stock Pro” renamed to “XRK SA87 Heavy Stock Pro”RAM-7: “XRK Ranger” renamed to “FSS RangerGrau 5.56: “FSS 26.4″ Archangel” renamed to “Tempus 26.4″ Archangel”
Added on screen text to call out when a player’s vehicle is damagedOperation Headhunter: Fix for an error that could occur after launching the droneOperation Headhunter: Fixed a bug where the minimap could overlap the Objectives on screenFall damage is now the same in Co-Op as it is in Warzone
WARZONE:
- We now tell you how far away you are from your teammates while in a matchFix for the gas mask animation interrupting and blocking players from deploying their parachuteVarious exploit fixesFix for a bug where players were unable to revive teammates after getting interrupted during the initial revive animationFixed a bug where players could be killed by vehicles without being near the player Fixed an issue that could display the incorrect rank on screen after
- the player’s game application had been suspended and reopenedFixed an issue where deploying a Recon Drone would use the VO lines
- for a Personal Radar. That VO was also heard by all players on the map.
- This has been fixedFix for a bug where players could become invincible if they become downed while switching seats in a Tac RoverWhile spectating a player in the Gulag, the option to redeploy your
- teammate would appear on screen, even though they cannot be redeployed.
- This has been fixedIf a player spectates the winning team of a BR match, the
- After-Action Report will display the winning team’s score in the
- scoreboard tab. This has been fixed.Fixed a bug where placing a Shield Turret on a teammate could kill them
PLUNDER:
- Fixed a bug where players couldn’t swap out the M13 for any other weapon in the Plunder tutorial
BATTLE ROYALE:
- Fix for players unable to self-revive in SolosIncreased price of Loadout Drop within the Buy Station to $10,000Removed Blood Splatter and Screen Shake when being punched in the Gulag waiting areaRemoved Loss Column from BR Leaderboard and replaced with Top 10sFixed issue with final circles occurring out of bounds or in undesirable areasFixed issue with Armor plates and Killstreaks being unusable under certain conditions
PC:
- Several fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability