If the current state of Call of Duty bothers you, as it does on Twitter, Reddit, and the community at large, there’s still hope to enjoy one of gaming’s greatest franchises. The Call of Duty modding scene is alive and well, and with the Plutonium mod you can play Black Ops 1 and 2, World at War, their Zombies offerings, and even Modern Warfare 3. Best of all, it all comes with a web browser Full support for community managed servers and dedicated servers. Well, review how to install it and get the most out of it here.
Installing the Plutonium Call of Duty Mod
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Plutonium is a standalone client outside of standard installations of its supported games. Then run a separate game instance with a server browser. We recommend that you have a copy of the game you want to play and all of its DLCs to avoid sudden disconnections from the server due to lack of content. Luckily, many servers only use vanilla maps, but if you want the full experience, it’s safest to have it all.
Installing Plutonium is a simple process.
- Download the plutonium.exe file from the official website. Allow your browser to complete the download if it gives you a warning.
- Create an account on the Plutonium forums. You don’t need to participate in their forums; these credentials are only used to identify you as a user in the application.
- Save the .exe somewhere on your computer (ideally not in the Downloads folder).
- Start Plutonium and tell Windows SmartShield to run anyway (if the security window appears). In the Smart Shield menu, click More Info to display the Run Anyway option.
- Allow Plutonium to install files.
- Log in with your Plutonium username and password.
- Select the game you want to play from the left sidebar and click on the Game Settings text.
- Select the game directory where you installed the game. The default location on the C: drive is C:Program Files (x86)Steamsteamappscommon(game root folder name)
- Press Play. If you did everything correctly, the launcher should start.
Once you’re in the Plutonium client, select Online at the top of the main menu, then Server Browser to see the full list of servers. You will want to filter the server list to exclude empty servers as well as password protected servers unless you have one in mind.
Plutonium supports full progression for all of its games, but you can also unlock everything in the game using the “Unlock All” command. There are two ways to do this. First, you can open the console with the ~ key and type “unlock all” or use the option in the menus.
Create Class menus may not be in their usual place. In Black Ops 2, for example, it’s behind the Public Match submenu. It’s more visible in MW3 and is in its usual place in Black Ops 1. Blame it on unnecessary UI updates.
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