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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 · All · version Beta

Best Play camera flew through walls

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Updated

If a player died at the end of a Best Play clip, the camera glided through walls to their respawn point while the clip was still playing. Normal kill cams were not affected. Fixed in the Beta by ending the clip before the death.

Lifecycle

Patched · stage 5 of 5

1day to close

Since first report

  1. Reported (reached)
  2. Confirmed (reached)—
  3. Acknowledged (reached)
  4. Partial (reached)
  5. Patched (reached)
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Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Platform
All
Affected version
Beta
Kind
Bug
Confirmation
Confirmed
Patch status
Patched
First reported
Last updated
Latest fix or workaround
Fix, : Trello card, now under Resolved: the fix ends the clip before the player dies. Normal kill cams weren't affected. Source
How we label issues

Kind

  • Exploit: Repeatable and clearly advantageous to the player using it; essentially cheating.
  • Bug: Everything else: crashes, launch errors, broken features, visual or audio faults.

Confirmation

  • Confirmed: A developer or official account acknowledged it, an official known-issues board lists it, it appears in official patch notes, or 100+ corroborating posts on X were actually counted.
  • Unconfirmed: None of the above yet. Press articles are reports and never confirm an issue on their own.

Patch status

  • Unpatched: Known and open; no fix has been claimed.
  • Reported as unpatched: Players credibly report it persisting, including after a fix claim that never appeared in patch notes.
  • Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
  • Reported as patched: A developer, official account or player says it is fixed, but no official patch notes list it.
  • Patched: Official patch notes (a Steam news post or the publisher's patch notes page) list the fix, and nothing credible says it still happens.

Active means still affecting players: Unpatched, Reported as unpatched or Partially patched. Patched and Reported as patched issues are closed.

Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.

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Impact bands

  • 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
  • 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
  • 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
  • 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
  • 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.

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Estimated impactEstimated impact 1.0 out of 9.9, LowOur estimate from how many players it reaches and what it costs them.

Updates · 5

  1. Acknowledged

    Investigating Best Play clips where the camera glides through walls to the respawn point if the player dies at the end of the clip.

    @CODUpdates on X ·

    @CODUpdates on X · · View post

  2. Fix

    Beta patch notes for August 24: Best Play no longer picks a clip in which the player dies partway through.

    Infinity Ward on Publisher patch notes ·
    “Fixed an issue where Best Play selection could include a clip where the player died part of the way through the Best Play.”
    Infinity Ward on Publisher patch notes · Open source
  3. Fix

    Beta notes: Best Play no longer includes a clip where the player died partway through.

    Publisher patch notes ·
    “Fixed an issue where Best Play selection could include a clip where the player died part of the way through the Best Play.”
    Publisher patch notes · Open source
  4. Fix

    Trello card, now under Resolved: the fix ends the clip before the player dies. Normal kill cams weren't affected.

    Infinity Ward on Trello ·
    “We’re working on a fix that ends the clip before the player dies to avoid the issue, which doesn’t happen in normal kill cams.”
    Infinity Ward on Trello · Open source
  5. Acknowledged

    Aug 24: Infinity Ward's Trello card: Best Play could pick a clip in which the player died partway through. Now under Resolved, marked Fix Released.

    Infinity Ward (Trello) on Trello ·
    “Best Play selection could include a clip where the player died part of the way through.”
    Infinity Ward (Trello) on Trello · Open source
Sources · 55 OfficialInfinity Ward · Publisher patch notesOfficial+ 4 official postsHide
Infinity WardOfficialPublisher patch notes
“Fixed an issue where Best Play selection could include a clip where the player died part of the way through the Best Play.”
  • Publisher patch notesOfficialOpen
    “Fixed an issue where Best Play selection could include a clip where the player died part of the way through the Best Play.”
  • @CODUpdatesOfficialView post
    “❗️ Call of Duty: #MW4 Early Access Beta We are investigating an issue where the Best Play can show extremely inaccurate camera movements if the player dies at the end of the clip. You’ll see the camera glide through walls to the player’s respawn position as the Best Play sequence continues …”
  • Infinity Ward · TrelloOfficialOpen
    “We’re working on a fix that ends the clip before the player dies to avoid the issue, which doesn’t happen in normal kill cams.”
  • Infinity Ward (Trello) · TrelloOfficialOpen
    “Best Play selection could include a clip where the player died part of the way through.”
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