Call of Duty: Vanguard


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Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Call of Duty: Vanguard is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person shooter game in the Call of Duty series.

General information

CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Battle.net
Steam

All versions requires an Activision account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Vanguard\players\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1985820/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Vanguard\player
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1985820/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° to 120° horizontal field of view. Maximum limit of 135° horizontal.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		SMAA T2X or Filmic SMAA T2X
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.3, FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Unlimited frame rate, can be capped between 30 and 335 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia presets with user customizable interface colors.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Twelve input presets and the ability to swap bumpers and triggers are available.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Additionally supports DualSense and its adaptive triggers.^[1]
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, DualSense DualSense tested

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Input type cannot be freely switched during gameplay, only in menus.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Dialogue, Sound Effects and Hit Marker.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	Ricochet	^[2]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen 5 1600X	Intel Core i7-4770K AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	36 GB	177 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 380 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 6 GB of VRAM

The minimum HDD space is for multiplayer and Zombies only.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1985820/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1985820) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.