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Call of Duty 4 Bot Warfare

Bot Warfare adds playable AI bots to Call of Duty 4 multiplayer.

The original mod was created by INeedGames. This port runs through the CoD Xe plugin.

  • A genuine copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  • The latest Call of Duty 4 title update: TU4

Prepare a clean game folder and install CoD Xe before continuing with the title update and Bot Warfare installation.

Download the latest Bot Warfare release:

Download Bot Warfare

Extract the contents of the .zip into your Call of Duty 4 game folder.

When installed correctly, your folder should look like this:

  • DirectoryCall of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
    • Directory_codxe
      • codxe.json
      • Directorymods
        • Directorybot_warfare
          • Directorymaps/
          • Directoryscriptdata/
          • Directoryscripts/
    • default_mp.xex

Start Call of Duty 4.

If the mod loaded, you will see the Mod: bot_warfare text in the top left:

Bot Warfare active mod

In a System Link or private match, press X + RS to open the Bot Warfare menu.

Bot Warfare ingame menu

Use the Bot awareness quality setting in the Bot Warfare menu to balance performance and responsiveness. Lower settings use less performance, but bots take longer to notice enemies. Medium is the default starting point.

Xenia can handle more bots than Xbox 360, depending on the map and your PC. Start lower and increase the count if performance stays stable.

Bot names are stored in botnames.txt.

Open the file and add one bot name per line:

  • DirectoryCall of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
    • Directory_codxe
      • Directorymods
        • Directorybot_warfare
          • Directoryscriptdata
            • botnames.txt