Original Skate 3 publisher screenshot, used as a source-game reference for the Rust browser recreation.
Image credits ↗Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
A Rust/Bevy runtime that reads your MW2 maps and weapons.
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IW4L creator screenshot.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) game imagery remains copyright its respective rights holders. Screenshot published by vladtrc / IW4L.
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IW4L can explore maps, fight bots and record demos using a player-owned installation. The creator explicitly says gameplay is incomplete and peers must use the same build.
- Project
- IW4L
- Original game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
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Call of Duty
Browser Zombies, COD4’s Steam-file campaign and native console ports serve different sessions.
Read Call of Duty guide- Choose BO1 Zombies rules
Select Classic or Counter-Strike guns before a solo or lobby session.
- Invite a small co-op group
A separate desktop fan remake with a two-to-four-player invitation flow.
- Play the original COD4 campaign
Import your own Steam files for the story and Mile High Club.
- Use the 2009 console edition natively
Choose the Windows/Linux controller route with matching owned Xbox 360 data.
Explore MW2 through a new runtime
IW4L loads maps, models, textures and weapons from an owned MW2 installation into a Rust engine built with Bevy. You can explore multiplayer maps, fight bots and record or replay demos. The appeal is both playable experimentation and the ability to inspect how movement and combat are implemented.
It is not the same approach as recompiling the Xbox 360 executable. IW4L supplies its own runtime and simulation, so missing behavior and desyncs remain expected. Asset readers also cover other Call of Duty games, but being able to read their data is not a promise that every mode from those games is playable.
Keep the original installation intact
Extract the Windows release to a writable folder. It looks for MW2 in Steam libraries and creates a shortcut pointing to the installation; a non-Steam location needs that shortcut supplied manually. IW4L reads the original files without patching them, while its caches, demos and logs go into iw4l-artifacts.
A first local test can use the documented bot-match command. The game mode’s countdown normally holds movement until the match begins; the development force_match_start command skips that warmup. A frozen player at the beginning of a scripted test is therefore not necessarily a broken input mapping.
Experiment with classes, cameras and replays
The run guide describes custom classes, weapon attachments, camouflage and killstreak selections, with a choice of first- or third-person camera. Aim can be hold-to-aim or a toggle. Those controls let you compare how familiar weapons and spaces behave in the new engine, rather than assuming every default exactly matches the retail client.
Cheats are enabled by default for host experiments and can be disabled in game setup. Multiplayer peers must use the same build because the protocol changes between commits. Demo recording is useful for revisiting an experiment, but this developing runtime should not be treated as a finished replacement for all MW2 multiplayer behavior.
Before you play
Do I need the original game files?
Your own MW2 installation.
Creator-reported · Project guideHow do I get started?
Follow the original release or build guide and point IW4L at your installed copy.
Creator-reported · Project guideWhat should I know before playing?
Missing behavior, bugs and desyncs are expected; network protocol changes between commits.
Creator-reported · Project guide
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) gameplay reference; not a capture of the linked project.
Image credits ↗The Xbox 360 game’s executables translated for native PC play.
Original files requiredSetup
2010 Rust Rewrite creator screenshot of its shooter portion; does not show the skating or Minecraft components.
Image credits ↗Skating, MW2 combat and a Minecraft world in one IW4L-based project.
Original files requiredSetup
Modern Warfare 2 (2009) publisher screenshot. Reference for the shared list’s label; this does not depict OVZ: Global Flashpoint.
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A native Xbox 360 recompilation with an early playable release.
Original files requiredSetup
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare gameplay reference; not a capture of the linked project.
Image credits ↗The 2007 campaign in a browser, importing your Steam installation.
Original files requiredPlay
Black Ops Zombies: Rezurrection publisher screenshot. Original-game DLC reference; not the browser project or a promise that this map is playable there.
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Creator’s gameplay preview still of the Nacht der Untoten browser project.
Image credits ↗Survive Nacht der Untoten solo or with up to three friends in a browser remake.