first person shooter
Playing as a Flag in COD4
Posted by Brian Crecente at 4:00 AM on February 12, 2008
Reader Alexander dropped us links to these videos showing an odd quirk in Call of Duty 4. While playing a couple of weeks ago, Alexander somehow managed to respawn as what appears to be a couple of crates and a white flag. Although he was still able to hold a gun and move while disguised as a flag, he couldn't shoot. Now that would have been awesome. Capture the flag? Capture this! Hit the jump for a second vid.

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LittlestLamshi
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@ForwardInReverse:
im not sure if that's a glitch, i think the body may have tremors after being HS'd...
LittlestLamshi
LittlestLamshi
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Weasel3689:
yes it would.
LittlestLamshi
LittlestLamshi
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Brian Crecente:
If this is on the 360 that is very interesting....
i can't think of how a flag call would interfere with a players call....
this is either an awesome easter egg or this is a sign of things to come.... OR the position, weapon, and other customized aspects was misinterpreted by the game as a call for the flag...
if the misinterpreted code is true, then this should be somewhat reproducable...
kinda like how to catch mew in the original pokemon...
which leads to my next question...
how the hell does the COD respawn script work?
@Archangeldeath:
what the hell is that melody called?
LittlestLamshi
Prodigys Flawless
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
this is cool, but people who need to bullshit with the game code to win is a bitch. Those hacking muthafuckas are just a bunch of pussies.
Prodigys Flawless
2SBs
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
One time I played in a third person view (GTA shoulder cam sort of thing). I could move around and use my knife but I couldn't shoot. I ended up standing around the corner and stabbing people who were passing by, I could see them coming long way before they got to a corner.
2SBs
Barf#1
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Hey i've had those out of body experiences playing this game on ps3 online. It happened when i was lagging a crapload. Essentially my friend said he could see me and my character on his screen but on my screen there wasn't a character at all. i was like in spectator mode but in first person mode but people could see me on their screens and kill me. During kill cams i couldn't see myself either weird as crap and a i had a red ping the entire time.
Barf#1
ForwardInReverse
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
The only glitch I've had was a dead body twitching, that level from the second video is awesome by the way.
ForwardInReverse
Weasel3689
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@LittlestLamshi:
his youtube page claims it was a glitch that occured on the 360 version while the game lagged on ground war. Anyway that could be the most hilarious mod every in the pc version!
Weasel3689
tnx3
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Looks like existing models and animation for the fabled CoD4 CTF, which IW has been sluggish on patching in. PC modders have already made their own ctf mods.
*shakes fist*
tnx3
Wolfkin
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@yhancik: those aren't dreams. That's what the aliens do to you when you fall asleep they turn you into flags man. it's true. man.
Wolfkin
MIKEAWESOME
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@salvo012: If it happens again, don't move and see if you still get killed.
If you don't, odds are you do look like a randomly placed flag to them.
And I'm sure it'd be worth some even better laughs seeing people running around the flag and staring at it for a little while then moving on.
MIKEAWESOME
salvo012
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Dudemeister: You know i'm pretty sure that they must've still been able to see me as a normal character. You can tell by how fast i was spotted and killed. Though i did still appear as a flag in the killcam. Hmm
I know if i'd seen a flag sliding round there would be a few "WTF"s throw in the air.
salvo012
valuepack
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Strangelove: yeah I thought "that's pretty racy for Kotaku..."
valuepack
Dudemeister
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Wow crazy glitch. He should've sat in the corner of a room until someone came in, then completely freaked out as soon as they started staring.
Dudemeister
Kamakazie
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
To those saying this is just a PC mod, check out the controls on the bottom of the screen.
Kamakazie
PaulMorel
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
that's hilarious.
PaulMorel
Strangelove
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
When I first saw the title of the thread, well, let's just say it's not what I expected at first. Then I re-read the title.
Strangelove
Father ColdCuts
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
How can a little white flag cause all this madness?
Father ColdCuts
Archangeldeath
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Witzbold: Man, you scary me everytime you pop up in a section. I can alway hear the One-Wing Angel in the background everthing you mention the hammer.
Archangeldeath
theodoreunit
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
this happend to e a little while back, i test video games for a living and i wonder how someting like this got through i guess it had a really low repro rate or something
theodoreunit
Witzbold
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@beddo: Btw if I see you do something like your little "your mum" comment I will ban you next time. Going off topic a bit is ok, but comments like that I wont take lightly to.
@Kirbytheslayer: is dancing: As for you stop with your attempts at humor, since it seems the way you convey things never gets across correctly therefore leaving us with multiple posts from you trying to explain what you just said. Dont aggravate the situation in other words.
Witzbold
hrabbit
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Chilly Hollow:
totally X3
hrabbit
beddo
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Kirbytheslayer: is dancing: I wish people would stop using retardation as an insult, it's not appropriate. It merely shows a lack of vocabulary and maturity on behalf of the user.
Just because Yahtzee says it doesn't make it cool or acceptable. Please have more consideration when choosing the language you use.
Personally, I think you should be banned for your inappropriate comments.
Furthermore, your grasp of the English language is atrocious! And, no, you didn't know what I meant you were just trying to be funny and look where it got you, nowhere, that's where, nowhere.
beddo
Andy S.
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@icepick314: Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360 CONFIRMED.
Andy S.
Chilly Hollow
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Now *that's* camouflage!
Chilly Hollow
Prime-Omega
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@yhancik: They're called wet dreams son, it's okay to talk about them.
Prime-Omega
Mecharine
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Thats a great gameplay idea.
Mecharine
laterthanyou
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
I believe it. I remember playing the orignal SF2 and a glitch caused me to play a match of guile vs guile. NO one has ever believed me.
laterthanyou
sunshine06
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
You can hear something that sounds like keystrokes. It could be the thumbstick hitting the side though. Its too quiet for me to be sure.
sunshine06
yhancik
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Prime-Omega: sometimes.. i dream.. that i turn into a flag... and people capture me.. ohhh and bring me to the base
then i wake up
yhancik
Kj719
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Fnor: Thats a good idea. It could be like both teams have a VIP to protect and the other team tries to kidnap them and take them to their base.
Kj719
skwish
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
It is definately the 360 version on the pc there are numbers under the inventory. BUt the 360 version shows arrows to tell which direction on the D-pad you need to push get get at your inventory
skwish
Heliophage
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Brian Crecente:
It certainly looks to be on the 360, though that much could have been fabricated. It's just odd that it "just happened" to him multiple times.
Forgive us. We're gamers. Naturally skeptical.
Heliophage
Kirbytheslayer: is dancing
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@beddo: I was just joking around.
The term is "seconded". Or "I second your statement." The way you said it, it kind of looked like you were a retarded "First!" poster. I knew what you meant. I was just telling you what some people might take it as.
Kirbytheslayer: is dancing
xenothaulus
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
207 views and not a single remark about France? I'm losing faith in the internet.
xenothaulus
Father ColdCuts
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@beddo: Stop Please! Amen.
Father ColdCuts
Fnor
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
that would be a cool 2-flag CTF mode... one player from the other side controls each side's flag, so the flag person has to run away from the other team, maybe run to allies for protection. That would be fun.
Fnor
beddo
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Kirbytheslayer: is dancing: "Actually, you're like 15th.
I wonder, is there a ban policy for calling second?"
The term "second" when used in this context doesn't require one to actually be the second person to comment; it is merely a statemtn of approval. Furthermore, I fail to see the problem with me doing so especially in a sarcastic manner.
Maybe someone should ban your face!
beddo
icepick314
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
ZOMG!!
Solid Snake cameo in COD 4!!!!
icepick314
Hiero Glyph
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Brian Crecente: Could this mean that CtF might be added in the future?! One can only hope.
Hiero Glyph
valuepack
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
and who's the jerk shooting at him? Imagine the possibilities if he'd been able to wander free...
valuepack
z357x
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
How come if it's a glitch it's awesome but if it's a hack people hate it?
I think it's cool either way
z357x
salvo012
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
This occurred on my 360, it was NOT intentional, though pretty funny. You can see my xbox was lagging in the first video as the small square icon flashes up momentarily.
salvo012
Brian Crecente
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
It's on the 360, and it wasn't a hack, he tells me. He says it just happened, like some weird sort of glitch.
Brian Crecente
Archangeldeath
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
*Queing the Benny Hill music
Archangeldeath
Prime-Omega
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@yhancik: How can a box/flag mutation not be negative?
Prime-Omega
Kirbytheslayer: is dancing
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
That's pretty cool. Could make for some humourous situations.
@beddo: Actually, you're like 15th.
I wonder, is there a ban policy for calling second?
Kirbytheslayer: is dancing
Father ColdCuts
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
H&D had some of the best glitches ever,but one of my faves was on NBA2k on the dreamcast when sometimes if your team won they would just float up into the sky! Maybe they had reached B-Ball nirvana and just ascended into heaven.
Father ColdCuts
Naif
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
but,
hax??
glitched= cool though
Naif
JohnnytheFuture
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Hilarious! I can just imagine a bunch of soldiers behind, chasing after the flag.
JohnnytheFuture
salvo012
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Nice of you to over-rate my PC modding skills but this was done on my 360
salvo012
beddo
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
I reckon it's the N64 version. He's clear h4xorring the codez, he could potentially if he maybe wanted to be think about cheating! Wuick put up your sand bags and fire d00rs!
beddo
yhancik
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@Prime-Omega: what's *that* negative about it ?
yhancik
beddo
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
@LittlestLamshi: "wow, pc modding, how unusual... he should be banned from online play... shows his understanding of the game's code... what a "potential" cheater...."
Second
beddo
Father ColdCuts
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
The video was too much for me! ha ha! almost as goodas the body popping Scorpian tank in halo 2!
[www.youtube.com]
Father ColdCuts
Witzbold
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Oh man that is brillliant!
Witzbold
beddo
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Your mum
beddo
Prime-Omega
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Modding games in a negative way to get some attention... lame.
Prime-Omega
caleb
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
And I thought the "Guile" suite was good cover, could you imagine the ambush possiblities with that baby?
caleb
Atrocity
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
haha that is weird, but halarious. People would be chasing you over hills and under bridges as the flag just runs away.
Atrocity
Dakkonfire
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
What the hell.. I wonder if that's the PC version or the 360 version. Probably PC.
Dakkonfire
Rehabilitator
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Can he act as a flag decoy? Everyone should be chasing him.
Rehabilitator
LittlestLamshi
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
wow, pc modding, how unusual... he should be banned from online play... shows his understanding of the game's code... what a "potential" cheater....
LittlestLamshi
Esupio
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
awesome XD
Esupio
DMeisterJ
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Holy crap that's weird.
DMeisterJ
Irenicus-the one and only
Posted 5:02 PM 16/2/08
Thats so awsome lol I could imagine chasing the flag in CTF :P
Irenicus-the one and only