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FAQ

Q: How do I install Plutonium IW5 / Modern Warfare 3 game files?
A: You can get a free copy of MW3 from steam. Follow this install guide: https://plutonium.pw/docs/install/#iw5

Q: Will I get VAC banned for using this?
A: No! Plutonium IW5 has it's own servers and is entirely separate from the steam version. We also don't modify your game folder to ensure complete separation.

Q: Can I use controller
A: Yes you can, we have native controller support!

Q: How can I change my FOV and FOVScale?
A: Open the in-game console with the tilde key and enter the following command - cg_fov X and cg_fovScale Y (Replace X and Y with your own values).

Q: How can I change the FPS cap?
A: Open the in-game console with the tilde key and enter the following command com_maxFps 250 (This will set max fps cap too 250)

Q: How can I get the DLC?
A: Follow this guide and skip to the Installing the DLC section: https://plutonium.pw/docs/install/#iw5

Q: How can I change my in-game name?
A: Your in-game name is based off your forum username. See this guide to learn how to change your username: https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/565/how-to-change-your-in-game-name-iw5

Q: My game looks blurry but my resolution is correct, how do I fix it!?
A: This is due to a default graphic setting in MW3, see the graphics section of this guide: https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/1496/quick-start-configuration-guide

Q: Why does my antivirus flag Plutonium as a virus and how can I add a folder exclusion to Plutonium to prevent this?
A: Follow this guide: https://plutonium.pw/docs/antivirus/

Common Issues

Error: Game crashes on the first-ever launch.
Fix: This is because some paths need re-writing, this will eventually be fixed but relaunching the game should get you going.

Error: Game crashes randomly ingame without any specific error or a crashdump.
Fix: This is most probably caused by shitty AVs such as Webroot/Avast and can't be solved even if you add Pluto to exclusions. We recommend uninstalling the AV, restarting your PC for changes to take effect and launching the game again.

Error: Unable to refresh server list
Fix: These are all likely firewall problems, ensure Plutonium IW5 (both launcher and game) is allowed through your Windows firewall, ensure your ISP doesn't have a router Firewall such as Xfinity. https://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Email-Web-Browsing/Unblock-all-websites/m-p/3303661/highlight/true#M215393
https://internet.xfinity.com/more/my-services go there and disable the xfi advanced security.

Error: Could not authenticate to Plutonium: Unknown error or Could not authenticate to Plutonium: An error occured while connecting to the server
Fix: Your DNS provider (likely your ISP) is filtering requests. Change your computers DNS servers to something that does not filter requests, such as 1.1.1.1 - Follow this guide if you don't know how to change your DNS: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-your-pcs-dns-settings-windows-10. If this doesn't work, use a VPN.

Error: Launcher says 'end of stream' when launching Plutonium IW5.
Fix: Restart the Launcher.

Error: Sounds are muffled / not right.
Fix: Open the console and type snd_enableEq 0 and press enter.

Error: Account not found.
Fix: Usernames and passwords are case sensitive, make sure you write them correctly - for example mr. android would fail but Mr. Android would be successful.

Error: Unable to see the servers button on the main menu.
Fix: If you are missing the servers option from the main menu do the following:
Enter /kill_dedicatedserver 0 and theater_active 1 into the console then restart the game.
If this doesn't work it's likely you are using an unclean install (Lots of random dll's etc in the game folder)
Please reinstall the base game mw3 via steam https://plutonium.pw/docs/install/#iw5

Error: Mouse does a 180 randomly, or behaves funny.
Fix: This is a problem with the base game showing it's age, lower your mouse polling rate to around 100Hz. Also try changing the MW3 process priority from high to normal.

Error: Could not authenticate: token expired
Fix: This issue is caused by your PC's clock not being set correctly. Please update it to the correct timezone.

Error: MENU_CONTENT_NOT_AVAIVABLE
Fix: You will get this error if you try to join a server running a DLC map when you yourself don't have the DLC installed.
Solution: Install the DLC https://plutonium.pw/docs/install/#installing-the-dlc

Error: It appears you have selected an invalid game folder

Fix: This is because you didn't select a valid MW3 folder. If you are confident you have the right folder selected and are still getting the error this means your game install is incomplete or broken. Follow this guide.

Error: Stuck on bound to socket / Stuck on cmd window / game not starting at all
Fix: This is caused by some software running on your machine clashing with Pluto. SONAR RADAR, SONAR STUDIO, GAMERSFIRST IV, NAHIMIC, ADVANCED SYSTEMCARE ULTIMATE, PREMIER OPINION are some of the programs that cause issue, uninstall them if you have them. Can also be caused by some antivirus softwares.

Error: Problems launching Steam MW3 after installing Plutonium
Fix: This is caused by the fact that Plutonium deletes steam_api.dll which is required if you want to play MW3 on steam. To reacquire this file simply go to MW3's properties from within steam -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity. This will re-download the missing dll, allowing you to play.

Error: Disc Read error
Fix: Ensure your hard drive isn't full or close to being full. If there is only a few GB left or less this could result in this error. This could also be caused by a broken basegame, verify integrity of your files through Steam.

Error: steam_api issue

Fix: Run Plutonium.exe as admin, or alternatively manually go to your game folder and delete steam_api.dll

Error: Oops Plutonium ran into a problem

Fix: If this is your first time launching the game, please try again as it may resolve itself. However, if this occurs every launch it is highly likely you have another piece of software running interfering with the game, examples of software that cause this issue are MSI Afterburner and RiverTuner. Please exit these if running or uninstall them.

Error: After clicking 'Play' or 'Setup' the launcher closes and nothing happens
Fix: You may be missing a required runtime, please download and run the Redist Installer. If this does not help, exclude your Plutonium installation from Windows Defender's scanning by following this guide.

Error: Could not authenticate to Plutonium: snowroller uninitialized

OR
Error: Handshake: certificate verify failed

Fix: This error occurs when you are trying to launch an outdated version of Plutonium. However, this should not happen if you are launching the game via Plutonium.exe which checks for updates on each launch. So if you are starting the launcher via plutonium-launcher-win32.exe please do not. Launch via Plutonium.exe

Error: The code execution cannot proceed because D3DCompiler_47.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
Fix: You are missing redists the game needs to run. To fix this download and run the following redist installer then restart your pc and it will be fixed: https://github.com/ChxseH/Redist-Installer/releases/download/latest/Redist-Installer.bat

Error: The code execution cannot proceed because D3DCompiler_43.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
Fix: Same as above ^

Error: The code execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

Fix: Same as above ^

Error: The code execution cannot proceed because XINPUT1_3.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
Fix: Same as above ^

Error: The code execution cannot proceed because XINPUT1_4.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
Fix: Pluto doesn't support Windows 7, upgrade to Windows 10.

Error: Extremely Low FPS (Gaming Laptop)
Fix: This documentation page

Error: Your game is outdated (rxxxx against rxxxx).

Fix: This is caused when your client is out of date and you try to join a server. Generally this is caused by you pinning the launcher to your taskbar while the launcher is open. This pins the wrong exe and skips the auto update process allowing your client to get outdated. Please make sure you instead always launch from Plutonium.exe you can also simply pin this exe to your taskbar by storing it in a safe place like your game folder then right clicking the exe -> pin to taskbar. If you can't find Plutonium.exe you can download a fresh copy here: https://cdn.plutonium.pw/updater/plutonium.exe

Still not found your issue?

Make a new post in: https://forum.plutonium.pw/category/15/mw3-client-support

Great stuff OP, always good to see useful scripts that anybody can use.

Topics merged, don't create multiple threads for the same topic.

I'll ask Rektinator to take a look after the IW5 release, it's probably just the GSC backend not bringing stuff through.

@TDGrapes No worries bud, gonna lock the thread as it's been answered. Have a good day!

Link to the exact page that doesn't work please.

rafaroger He should join as a player after round 1 I think.

@ONÚRIS OK - that can happen if the connection drops slightly.

Here what you need to do.

1. Create a new folder called Games on your C:\ Drive.
2. Place piry.exe inside it.
3. Run piry.exe as administrator.
4. Let it go to 100%
5. If there are no errors, then run t6rmp.exe
6. if piry.exe gave errors, then close piry.exe and reopen it and try again.

You may have to close and reopen piry.exe roughly 5 times to not get any errors. Don't worry though, piry doesn't download files it already downloaded so running it again should be faster. It will still take some time as it verifies the files are correct before skipping them.

Can you screenshot your BO2 folder for me? Like this:

@ONÚRIS
Instructions:

• Place piry.exe in the folder you want Plutonium to install to and then open it. I strongly advise this folder location C:/Games/Call of Duty Black Ops II (If you don't have these folders create them).
• DO NOT RUN PIRY DIRECTLY FROM THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER, IT WILL NOT WORK!

• To launch Plutonium run the game via t6rmp.exe or t6rzm.exe from your Black Ops 2 game folder.

Are you trying to open piry.exe? Or are you trying to open t6rmp.exe?

zerandel Hey - thanks for the kind words, all the servers are hosted by community players just like you, and most of those players are from Central Europe or America, as such they tend to host their servers in those countries too. As such your ping will be higher as the servers are further away from you.

@ONÚRIS Open your start menu and type System and open the program that is shown to you, when the window opens, look for "System type" and tell me what it says please.

Mine for example:

Please also provide a screenshot the actual error message you get.

If possible, open your start menu and type winver and press enter, then screenshot the window that opens.

QuesoAdler Great to hear

This guide has moved:

https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/8262/how-to-install-plutonium-iw5

Can you screenshot the in game main menu so we can see which version you are on?

Have you downloaded and ran piry.exe?

Great stuff, I've seen people complaining about this so I'll sticky it so other owners can see it

Thanks for letting us know

Plutonium IW5 will release on the 15th of April 2020 at 18:00 GMT +0 https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ Check this thread after that time for a download link. VIP's and Contributors can check the VIP Support forum to play Plutonium IW5 now. We originally started with Plutonium IW5 and feel it's right to bring it back better than ever, this does not mean we will not be updating T6, that will indeed still happen, IW5 allows us to test many features that will be in the next T6 update, such as anticheat. Thanks for your patience!

Introduction:
Plutonium IW5 is a Mod for Modern Warfare 3 with the goal to allow better customization and allow fans of the game to jump into games without waiting for 10 - 20 minutes for a lobby. We operate on the exact same version number (1.9.388110) as Steam MW3, as such swapping from Steam is seamless and includes all the patches that Activision originally included with IW5 including the exploit fixes. Below you will find instructions on how to get the base game and how to install the Plutonium Launcher and Mod.

Changes:
We've made the following changes to the game with more planned in the future.

• RCE Exploit Patched - A Remote Code Execution exploit has been found in Steam MW3 by one of our developers, it was responsibly reported to Activision however no patch came, as such we've patched this in Plutonium IW5.

• Custom Anticheat - Made by us in an attempt to keep cheating to a minimum - it's not perfect but should catch most cheaters. It uses multiple detection methods to spot cheaters, much like every other anticheat, we cannot discuss details about it as this makes it easier to bypass. Do not attempt to bypass this, or test it, or mess with it in any way, we will not reverse a ban due to stupidity. Your account is your responsibility, your brother using your account and getting banned is NOT an excuse. Once a ban is in place, it will take effect when the hacker joins a new server, as such you may still see hackers but when they get kicked they will be banned.

• Dedicated Servers - Matches are played on dedicated servers only, matchmaking has been removed, the low player count is unable to sustain matchmaking and dedicated servers allow for Chaiscript modding. Anybody can start their own dedicated server and allow whatever rules they see fit.

• Server Keys - Dedicated servers will require a Server Key to appear on the serverlist, anybody can obtain a Server Key - please see the IW5 Server Creation Thread for instructions. LINK TO COME AFTER 15th April 2020.

• Launcher & Updater - We've re-written our updater and included a Launcher, the updater will now reliably and automatically update the modification and start the Plutonium Mods. The timeout for each file that is downloaded is 60 seconds, if this isn't enough there is a -timeout = X parameter that allows you to specify a longer timeout. The launcher also shows your friends. You can learn how to add friends here: https://forum.plutonium.pw/topic/559/how-to-add-friends-on-plutonium

• Authentication - The Launcher also handles authentication to Plutonium, when you first start the launcher you will be prompted for login credentials. These credentials are the same as your https://forum.plutonium.pw/ credentials, so be sure to register here and confirm your email address before trying to play. This authentication is used by game servers to identify you, your forum username is also your in-game name, this can be changed as often as you'd like.

• Player Banning - The anticheat will enforce entire game bans across all servers, a cheat detection will result in a 1 permanent game ban, your forum account is not banned - so you can still discuss topics with the community however your access to games will be revoked. .
  Server owners are a key part to this community, without them we would have no servers to play on, each server can have it's own rules and restrictions and policies, if you don't agree with a servers' policies and playstyle then we suggest not playing on them and supporting another server, server owners reserve the right to ban anybody from their servers for any reason - with this in mind, due to the authentication that the Launcher provides, server bans will use your forumUID + XUID to enforce bans. In the hopefully rare case of somebody bypassing our anticheat, this will allow server owners to kick / ban that person's account from that server.

• Status command - Status command for servers has been re-added, this should be useful for Admin scripts.

• Say Command - Say command added so scripts can display text to the ingame chat.

• Server log re-added - This allows kills, damage etc to be logged and used by admin scripts.

• Find Game + Store + Main Menu buttons disabled - Find game isn't in use by Plutonium and the store button has no use for us, and we do not provide SP or CO-OP as such we disabled those buttons.

• RCON - Dedicated Servers will be able to use RCON, meaning tools such as IW4Admin should be compatible with your Plutonium IW5 servers, much like your Plutonium T6 servers. rcon login passwordhere in the console lets you login to the rcon for the server.

• Chaiscript Modding - Chaiscript is a scripting language that loosely resembles a mix of GSC and C++, the main difference between GSC and Chaiscript is the syntax. Dedicated servers can load Chaiscript mods to allow all for more customization and entirely new gamemodes, admin scripts can also be made in Chaiscript to allow server owners to add extra admins and other features. Unlike MW2, MW3 only accepts pre-compiled GSC scripts, it would take a lot of time and effort that we don't have available to us to use GSC, as such we decided on Chaiscript. Our future plans for custom maps and weapons would also take a lot more time if we decided to inject GSC, too much information is lost that way. Mods made for other IW5 Clients will not work, only Chaiscript. Information on how to get started with Chaiscript modding in Plutonium IW5 is located here: LINK TO COME AFTER 15th April 2020.

• Trickshotting - Most staff are not trickshotters, we prefer to play the game with a more 'normal' playstyle. However, we understand a number of our community enjoy trickshotting - with that in mind we will be adding the ability to 'YY' in IW5. We originally had it turned on by default however it isn't compatible with the DropZone gametype, as such we've added it as a server dvar, server owners can decide if people in their server can YY by using sv_enableDoubleTaps 1 by default this is on sv_enableDoubleTaps 0.

• Unlock All - unlockall command added, open the console using the tilde key and type unlockall and then press enter to get the max rank and max weapons rank and max prestige which some tokens. You should then go join a server and play until the game ends. Once the map rotates you can quit the match and create your custom classes. If you don't play 1 match after typing unlockall - your stats will not save. You must let the match finish, do not leave before the map swaps.

• New Files Location - We no longer store our custom files in the game directory, this is to keep things clean and to ensure our Launcher doesn't need to be run as Administrator to update the game. Plutonium files are now stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%/Plutonium - which is a place that the current user always has access too and as such should be able to write files without permissions errors.

• com_maxFPS - The limit for Com_MaxFPS dvar has been removed. Enjoy those frames!

• IW4M-Admin - We've worked with RaidMax to ensure IW4M-Admin works with Plutonium IW5, as such you should be able to easily have IW4M-Admin running on your servers. IW4M-Admin is a great admin tool for server admins to give others admin access, the link can be found here: https://github.com/RaidMax/IW4M-Admin/blob/2.4-pr/README.md

• cg_drawFPS - Who doesn't like knowing what FPS they are getting? Typing cg_DrawFPS 1 into the console will show your FPS in the top corner.

• Clan Tag Support - Typing clantag CLANNAME into the console and pressing enter will set your clan tag. 7 characters max, colour codes work.

• Card Title Support - typing cardtitle TEXTHERE will change your CardTitle text to the text you entered.

• sv_sayName - This can be used to change the 'console' / 'say' prefix for servers. sv_sayName AdminBot for example.

• sv_motd - Used to show a Message Of The Day on the map loading screen. sv_motd "Welcome to Pluto" for example.

• Branding - We added our Intro video so you know you started Plutonium.

• Nvidia cards - Set a flag so nvidia autodetects it should use the Nvidia GPU instead of the integrated GPU.

• / messages - Messages starting with / are hidden from the chat, meaning you can complete commands without them showing in game.

• Offline Mode - Starting the game with the -lan parameter will cause the game to start in offline mode. Anticheat is disabled when in offline mode. To set a name open the console and type +name "YEET"
  with YEET being the name you want.

• cg_fovScale - use this to change your FOV when aiming down sights. cg_fovScale 1.9 for example.

Planned Features:
The following are planned for Plutonium IW5 but we decided they should come at a later date so we can ensure the core code works.

• Ported Weapons and Maps - They will be coming and better than ever, we were the first to port IW4 maps to IW5 in 2017 and they for sure will be returning. Our YouTube Channel shows videos of Rust and Skidrow in IW5 and the AK74u.

• Native Controller Support - We've tasked a new developer on our staff team with looking into adding Native Controller Support for IW5, watch this space.

• Friends - The Launcher currently shows your friends but we have plans to expand this to show what your friends are doing on Plutonium and allow you to join them or invite them.

• TestClients - We're working to allow the testclients command which spawns dumb bots.

• Pasting your password - We didn't have time to get this working with our Launcher, it's HTML is very limited. We aim to allow pasting of your password soon. We've all had to type our 64 character password too, we feel your pain.

kalazh441 CloudFlare sometimes blocks connections, it could have been that just having an offday