General

 

Will IW4M allow pirated game copies?

Since there is no checking mechanism, the answer is yes, but we are not responsible for your illegal acts, nor do we recommend you to do so.

 

What does it support?

Everything that was in aIW's IW4M2 (such as mod support, dedicated servers, custom textures).

However, since Activision will not allow us emulating their service, IW4M only supports dedicated servers, and not matchmaking.

 

Is the source code public?

Client-side source is public, including the code for dedicated servers. The master-server source, along with the anti cheat source (aCI), however, will not be available.

 

Can I transfer my stats/rank hack?

Old stats from alterIWnet will be imported automatically on the first start; any other stat files can be imported using EAM, which can be found in any number of places.

 

Can I play if I'm VAC banned on Steam?

Yes, as we cannot verify which game you were banned from, this status is irrelevant. If you want to be better safe than sorry, make a copy of your Modern Warfare 2 folder from steamapps, and put the IW4M files into the new folder.

 

Do I have to have the DLC on Steam to play the DLC maps on IW4M?

No, as we cannot verify that you do or do not have the DLC on Steam, you will not be incurred any limitations on the client.

 

Is there any anti-cheat?

There is a functional anti cheat that is constantly being updated. Cheat reports are not allowed, nor needed.

_____________________________

 

Game Support

 

Error during initialization: Could not authenticate to NP server at iw4.prod.fourdeltaone.net -- bad details.

That usually means that the master server is down, please try again in a few minutes.

 

Couldn't load image 'preview_mp_***'.

You are missing the DLC packs/related IWD files for Modern Warfare 2. Update your game on Steam, or download iw_22.iwd and iw_23.iwd and put them in the 'main' subdirectory in your MW2 directory.

 

The client is updated, but when I play I have no ammo.

That means the server on the one you are playing is not up to date. Play on another server or ask the server admin (politely) to update.

 

Weapon index mismatch for 'destructible_car'.

That means the server on the one you are playing is not up to date. Play on another server or ask the server admin (politely) to update.

 

How to login with a different account

Delete iw4m.ini from your game folder.

 

More questions?

Try taking a look at this topic here

 

Other questions will be posted here, and updated.

Actually, i still like it. At least there will be no problems.

Awesome!

Exactly what I wanted, we can still play alteriwnet (mw2) but activision still get's money ;D.

Thank you soo much NTA for going forward with this project ;D

 

I'ma go buy mw2 now before they raise the price

but ehm, what about the mappacks?

I'm banned from the Steam version but will I be able to play IW4M?

My cousin was banned from MW3 (unknown reason) but he's still able to play TeknoMW3.

I'm banned from the Steam version but will I be able to play IW4M?

Why not? A popular ban reason is 'non-cheat modifications'.

Iduno. I mean, I'm not even sure if I need to pay for the map packs. But I'd willingly pay 60 bucks for the game and donate the change to the team here, as I was part of it and would give the proceeds to the project.

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

 

EX: http://plati.ru/asp/pay.asp?id_d=1176679

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

And map packs? I'm not willing to pay the same price the actual game costs for some extra maps.

In legit version you need to pay for legit dlc's or you can play in custom maps, as I seen is going to be a ton of them soon and that is a good thing.

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

And map packs? I'm not willing to pay the same price the actual game costs for some extra maps.

Then a) don't play the maps or yarr the maps. I won't be able to add ownership checks for maps anyways as the only API for checking those implies VAC.

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

And map packs? I'm not willing to pay the same price the actual game costs for some extra maps.

Then a) don't play the maps or yarr the maps. I won't be able to add ownership checks for maps anyways as the only API for checking those implies VAC.

The same thing would happen again, since the maps are under the same constrains as the game itself, it would be only wise to add checking for them too.

So i have a question to NTA.

 

Since this requires the original copy of MW2 (which i have), do i need to install it or log into my MW2 account?

Because ive hosted mods and got banned for that and created a new account for MW3 and so on.

 

Do you need to have the original copy installed?

Do you need to be logged in your original copy account?

 

Or does it just check the computer files if i have/had the game original?

 

Thanks!

What a good news! MW2 dedicated server and mods isn't dead.

 

Thanks for your support, NTA.

will definitely play this!!

 

just wondering....a long time in the future, would it be possible to bring maps from mw3 into mw2? cause i think it uses the same engine, seems like the only thing that would be a problem would be the objects.

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

And map packs? I'm not willing to pay the same price the actual game costs for some extra maps.

Then a) don't play the maps or yarr the maps. I won't be able to add ownership checks for maps anyways as the only API for checking those implies VAC.

"Yarr the maps"? What does "yarr" mean? Anyway I've got the original game banned and I'd like to know if IW4M will check if my DLCs are original or not, as for the game (I haven't bought also them, but if I have to do it..). I play alterIW since 23/05/2010 and I want to keep playing it! Thank you in advance for the info.

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

And map packs? I'm not willing to pay the same price the actual game costs for some extra maps.

Then a) don't play the maps or yarr the maps. I won't be able to add ownership checks for maps anyways as the only API for checking those implies VAC.

"Yarr the maps"? What does "yarr" mean? Anyway I've got the original game banned and I'd like to know if IW4M will check if my DLCs are original or not, as for the game (I haven't bought also them, but if I have to do it..). I play alterIW since 23/05/2010 and I want to keep playing it! Thank you in advance for the info.

What kind of people go 'yarr'? (Hint: it starts with pira- and it ends with -te)

Russian keys costs about 7 bucks and are legit to play everywhere you just need a Russian VPN to activate it...

And map packs? I'm not willing to pay the same price the actual game costs for some extra maps.

Then a) don't play the maps or yarr the maps. I won't be able to add ownership checks for maps anyways as the only API for checking those implies VAC.

"Yarr the maps"? What does "yarr" mean? Anyway I've got the original game banned and I'd like to know if IW4M will check if my DLCs are original or not, as for the game (I haven't bought also them, but if I have to do it..). I play alterIW since 23/05/2010 and I want to keep playing it! Thank you in advance for the info.

What kind of people go 'yarr'? (Hint: it starts with pira- and it ends with -te)

Yep, I supposed it but I wasn't sure, so I asked.. thank you and sorry for the question.

What features are you planning for IW4M, will it be a kind of final version of IW4M2 ?? ( I hope golden camos are still planned )

Is this going to include updates from iw4m2 like demo fixes and in-game console?

( I hope golden camos are still planned )

If I manage to fix the weird model limit and Fx bugs, certainly.

 

Is this going to include updates from iw4m2 like demo fixes and in-game console?

It'll be M2-based, yes.

Well,

 

Talking about steam's version of MW2, i pretty much have the same "0/0 players" problem which can be worked around if you go into a private match for a few minutes and then try. It will however still show the "0/0" but will find matches, but its not 100% guaranteed to work.

so theres gonna be Kill Confirmed on M2 :?:

Wow, M2 based legit client. Good thing I bought the game long time before started playing aIW!

Hopefully will keep the demo recording and ingame console in IW4MP, would love to see competitive play back online on http://www.esl.eu

Great to hear about this!

 

On a side note, will this have the same kind of texture modding support as aIW did? I'd hate to see my mod go to waste.......

Looking forward to putting the "GrossKopf's Servers" MW2 servers back into the browser!