Infinity Ward has patched two faults in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's DMZ extraction mode, which opened in early access this week ahead of the game's full release on October 23.
Server crashes were disconnecting players and costing them the loot they had collected during a run, IGN reported. Equipment carried into the match and the progression earned in it survive the disconnect; anything picked up during the run a player was booted from does not.
Players who disconnected due to this particular issue will retain the equipment they started the match with and their subsequent progression, but not the loot collected during the match.
The account said a potential fix had been deployed and the results were being monitored. IGN reported that some players were still seeing the problem afterwards, and that loot already extracted to the FOB and carried back in as part of a loadout was never at risk.
A second fault concerned where DMZ places players at the start of a match. Eurogamer reported that one of the random spawn points on the Hajin map sits in the middle of a road, so an unlucky player can be run over by an enemy patrol as the round begins, with no apparent spawn protection. It cited two Reddit users, one of whom had a moment to jump clear and one who was killed immediately after the infiltration cutscene.
Because DMZ is persistent, Eurogamer noted, dying means losing everything a player entered the match with. The outlet said the spawn bug was among several Infinity Ward addressed in a new DMZ patch, whose notes read: "Fixed some instances where enemy AI could run over players while infilling."
Early access opened overnight to players who had pre-ordered, giving them the campaign and DMZ, Eurogamer said, and both outlets reported that the campaign's reception has been positive. Modern Warfare 4's traditional multiplayer unlocks with the full launch on October 23 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and Switch 2.
IGN noted that Black Ops 7's Endgame mode, also a PvE extraction mode, cost players their progress to crashes in its own first days last year, and that those problems were eventually fixed.
