Server

Quick setup and advanced configuration for IW4x servers.

⚠️ Warning
You can only host up to 15 servers on the same IP address, additional servers will be rejected by the decentralized node system. This has been implemented as a security measurement to prevent flooding the server list.

Server types

Party

A party^[1] is a dedicated lobby, which uses a playlist for its configuration and will take players back into a lobby after each map. The advantage of the party system is:

• adjust classes and killstreak rewards without leaving the server
• vote to skip next map
• map rotation is random

Because of that, a party server is ideal for a public game servers.

Match

A match is a normal dedicated server, which uses a map rotation, ideal for private servers.

Requirements

You have to fulfill the following requirements to be able to host a server for IW4x:

• An internet connection
• A clean installation of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Notepad++ to edit config files
• 7-ZIP to extract archives
• Basic knowledge about your current operating system

Quick instructions for hosting a match server

• Copy your ‘Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2’ folder to another location
• Extract the archive in your copied folder
• Download the 📥 server.cfg and place it in your ‘players’ folder
• Download the 📥 startserver.bat and edit it
• Forward the TCP and UDP port you put in +set net_port <port>
• Run the batch and have fun!

Quick instructions for hosting a party server

• Copy your ‘Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2’ folder to another location
• Extract the archive in your copied folder
• Download the 📥 server.cfg and place it in your ‘players’ folder
• Download the 📥 startserver.bat and edit it
• Forward the TCP and UDP port you put in +set net_port <port> (UDP and TCP)
• Run the batch and have fun!

Advanced server configuration

Further information for advanced server configuration:

General
Match server
Party server

^{[1] A server starts per default as a party.}