Play with a joystick

[andrea]

Hello there,
can someone confirm me which Call of Duty is playable by a normal controller. I bought the Call of Duty 1 but I could not configure it and asked for a refund. Now I would like to play another one. But need to be sure if it can be played or not by joystick because i m not used to play with mouse and keyboard. thanks a lot.

[Haha]

I tried doing this and it didn't work, nor was there any mods i could find.

[AFK GUY]

yeah you need to enter a console command to do so some custom zombies maps do allow plug and play but no aim assist

[2fache]

this game works with controller pefectly, just enable game pad in big picture more

[2fache]

Postat inițial de AFK GUY:

yeah you need to enter a console command to do so some custom zombies maps do allow plug and play but no aim assist

you don't need to enter any console commands if you just have the gamepad configuration enabled

[lewosch]

you can try activating your controller as @2fache explained above. if you still can't get it work, you may check this forum thread to see how it's done by using a console command.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/10090/discussions/0/5297878338977689633/

also remember that controllers don't work on menus for this game, so you should test it during actual gameplay. to navigate game menus, you'll still need keyboard and mouse. when WaW was released in 2008, controller support for shooter games weren't common on PC and almost nobody cared about it. but considering today's gaming trends, it could indeed seem as lazy work by developers. if you have future plans about online gaming on PC (especially competitive first-person shooters), then I suggest you getting used to playing with keyboard and mouse as soon as possible.

as for controller support for CoD franchise on PC;
- call of duty 1, 2, 4, Modern Warfare 2 & 3 don't support controllers on PC at all, but you can still benefit from some third party software to use your controller while playing them.
- world at war and black ops 1 support controllers on PC, but they don't work while navigating the game menus. controller customization is also limited, compared to console versions.
- from black ops 2 onwards, all CoDs fully and natively support controllers on PC, but I guess aim assist (common feature on consoles) was initially introduced in black ops 3's PC version.