Offical Black Ops PC Official Discussion - No Spoilers Please

If anyone's still having issues with the game, try this config http://www.mediafire.com/?luk2ev1vszabwwj

You'll need to reset the controls, clan tag, and your custom class names. Choose "no" to optimize the game for your system if you get that message on startup, and leave all the settings on low. Only thing i changed was my resolution.

I have a decent PC, ran MW2 flawlessly, but I'm still getting an awful framerate and some stuttering with Blops. Using that config, I get 40-90 fps and it runs great. It's a CoD 4 FPS config that someone sent me.

This is in response to a thread that just got locked.

Let me start off by saying that I used to love Modern Warfare. I would play it for hours and hours back in the day continously. After i got tired of playing, i took a break from the CoD series for a while except on weekends because i work at a computer store and we still have LAN parties every other weekend. I didnt buy Modern Warfare 2, because it didnt allow dedicated servers and im not big on match making console style stuff. When Bad Company 2 came out, me and my friends were stoked about it. I got to playing it, and put in around 175 hours on the MP. Then i got excited for black ops, because they were bringing back dedicated servers and it looked like it had some cool features. I bought it day 1 thinking i would go right back to liking the fast paced killing, but it was right the opposite. After playing BC 2 for so long, and playing black ops for about 3 or 4 hours, it just seems to me imo that BC 2 is a vastly superior shooter, with all the vehicles, how the classes work together, bigger maps, teamwork, overall control of your character, and multiple ways to assault objectives. The play style in general can vary with every single match, and it just seems like theres so much more...freedom i guess you could say. CoD BO and all the rest of them are the same thing, kill kill kill. Imo, BC 2 is just so far ahead of BO its sad. How do you guys feel?? which is better to you??P.S. i have not played any of the other battlefields, so please no "bc2 sux compared to bf2" junk plzepac_shred90

I agree 100% with what you're saying. I also used to play the COD series religiously and compete since COD 1. I also played the series with a bunch of friends and it was fun but then the series took a giant turn in the wrong direction and we started playing more battlefield series games. The battlefield series of games are just deeper and involve alot more skill and tactics. With the destructible environment of BFBC2 it just changed the way we play FPS games, you need to think on your feet (so to speak) and realize that sometimes you shouldn't take cover in certain areas because BOOM your dead. I was a haardcore COD fan and player but I don't think I will ever be able to go back and take it seriously.

I've played Battlefield 2, 2142, and Bad Company 1 / 2(And a bit of 1942 a long time ago), and I still like CoD. Don't get me wrong though, Battlefield is great as well.

Edit: And Vietnam, how could I forget Vietnam?

I've played Battlefield 2, 2142, and Bad Company 1 / 2(And a bit of 1942 a long time ago), and I still like CoD. Don't get me wrong though, Battlefield is great as well.

Edit: And Vietnam, how could I forget Vietnam?

Godofnerdyness

Yea, I've played all of those also. Mostly Battlefield 2. Some times I just want to shoot and kill a bunch of people and I can do that easily with Call of Duty. :)

I was trying to play online the game all this afternoon and the game doesn't work: it shows the servers in the browser and even lets me to customize and save my soldiers, but fails to connect ANY server. Last time I was able to play was this morning; I'm not sure about what's wrong: the game just ran ok this morning (I didn't change the settings, the rig or anything; the game starts but when tries to connect to a match just shows a failure text).

From the developer:

http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=313146

Hey PC gamers:

We are listening to you and we've been busy working on updates based on feedback from the community. We have already deployed a number of updates, and there will be many more to come. Stay tuned right here for all the latest info.

LIVE FIXES

11/10

- GameServers.com has bumped sv_maxrate to 25000 across all servers to reduce lag.

- GameServers.com continues to improve official server distribution in various worldwide regions.

11/11

- Friends fix for join in progress and Friends tab in server browser.

- Performance improvement for dual and quad core.

- Improved connectivity with Black Ops Rcon tool.

IN PROGRESS

- GPU hitching on certain graphics cards.

- Incomplete server browser results.

- Improvements to Quickmatch joins (results with better ping and reduced lag).

- Zombies "The game session is no longer available" error.

Regards,

-JD

brandojones

Umm...I want to say that the patch has solved almost all the problems I had with Black ops and I can run it on extra high settings while before patch I wasn't even able to run in on lowest. But I really wanted to record my gameplays but whenever I start recording with fraps the fps goes down to 10-12 from 40+ :( I searched all over the net but didn't find any alternative which can give me the same result without dropping my fps that much!! I mean c'mon from 40 to 10? 25 would be fine but 8? 10?

I don't know if anyone would be able to help me but I was just saying....

I was trying to play online the game all this afternoon and the game doesn't work: it shows the servers in the browser and even lets me to customize and save my soldiers, but fails to connect ANY server. Last time I was able to play was this morning; I'm not sure about what's wrong: the game just ran ok this morning (I didn't change the settings, the rig or anything; the game starts but when tries to connect to a match just shows a failure text).

Ondoval

Is the theater mode saving any of the latest games for anyone else? It hasn't been working since the first day for me.

People who are still experiencing stuttering after the patch can try this:

Go into black ops/players and delete the CFG files (not the save files)

when you start the game, new CFG files will be made. This kind of helped me. sort of. you can try it.

NOTE: I also installed some new video drivers at the same time I deleted the cfg files so any improvements I had may have been caused by that.

found this on the steam forums.

People who are still experiencing stuttering after the patch can try this:

Go into black ops/players and delete the CFG files (not the save files)

when you start the game, new CFG files will be made. This kind of helped me. sort of. you can try it.

NOTE: I also installed some new video drivers at the same time I deleted the cfg files so any improvements I had may have been caused by that.

found this on the steam forums.

with_teeth26

Anyone else happy that Treyarch fixed the strawberry jelly of MW2? You couldn't see **** in that game when shot.

are there any differences between platforms besides proformance?

are there any differences between platforms besides proformance?

glassfish8

in terms of game modes does it have the same zombie maps bots?

and will u only be able to have 1 account due to steam

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are there any differences between platforms besides proformance?

millerlight89

Did they release any info on what kind of mod tools? Like if you can make maps or new guns?

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="glassfish8"]

are there any differences between platforms besides proformance?

brandojones

Did they release any info on what kind of mod tools? Like if you can make maps or new guns?

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[QUOTE="millerlight89"] Yes. PC has lean, dedicated servers, and soon to be mod tools.millerlight89

Did they release any info on what kind of mod tools? Like if you can make maps or new guns?

Treyarch: Uh, Mr Kotick, sir? Do we have your permission to allow the players to create their own maps yet?

Kotick: *Throws glass of wine at wall* Maps? MAPS?! You expect me to allow those bumbling idiots to make maps!? For Gods sakes Treyarch, it's always 'dedicated servers' this, and 'lean' that, you always whine and ask for unnecessary garbage!

Treyarch: Well, yeah, except that lean and dedicated servers are, you know, pretty important, and mod tools ar--

Kotick: SILENCE! PC gamers are little puppets, and I, dear Treyarch, I am the puppet master! I have control over everything, and every god **** one. You say the players... The filthy, little dirty rats that we call our 'fans' want mod tools, hmm?

Treyarch: Yeah, well, of course.

Kotick: So, they probably want their beloved mod tools to make user content, correct? Free content, my boys. I'm afraid that just don't fly around Activision. They want more maps? Go make a map pack. 3 new maps, 2 old ones from World at War. 15 bucks.

Treyarch: Um, that's just stupid, sir.

Kotick: Then my work here is done.

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="brandojones"]

Did they release any info on what kind of mod tools? Like if you can make maps or new guns?

Godofnerdyness

Treyarch: Uh, Mr Kotick, sir? Do we have your permission to allow the players to create their own maps yet?

Kotick: *Throws glass of wine at wall* Maps? MAPS?! You expect me to allow those bumbling idiots to make maps!? For Gods sakes Treyarch, it's always 'dedicated servers' this, and 'lean' that, you always whine and ask for unnecessary garbage!

Treyarch: Well, yeah, except that lean and dedicated servers are, you know, pretty important, and mod tools ar--

Kotick: SILENCE! PC gamers are little puppets, and I, dear Treyarch, I am the puppet master! I have control over everything, and every god **** one. You say the players... The filthy, little dirty rats that we call our 'fans' want mod tools, hmm?

Treyarch: Yeah, well, of course.

Kotick: So, they probably want their beloved mod tools to make user content, correct? Free content, my boys. I'm afraid that just don't fly around Activision. They want more maps? Go make a map pack. 3 new maps, 2 old ones from World at War. 15 bucks.

Treyarch: Um, that's just stupid, sir.

Kotick: Then my work here is done.

What if it turns out you have to pay for the mod tools? :S Definitely some Activision thinking there.

I downloaded it on the day of release and played the singleplayer for about 4 missions. Last night I wanted to continue but I couldn't because "steam servers are too busy to handle your request". So I go to steam support change my download/cloud country and even uninstall the game. I go to reinstall and low and behold "steam servers are too busy to handle your request".

Any help anyone can offer is greatly appreciated right now. I'm past being angry with whoever. If I can't fix the problem I'll have to explore my options in getting a refund.

So is it possible to party up with friends before going into a game? Because I haven't been able to do that :S I have to invite or join a friend after they have joined a game, and even though we still get to play, half the time he is on the other team. mgs_freak91

It takes me an awful long time to connect to any server, am I the only one?

It takes me an awful long time to connect to any server, am I the only one?

ventnor

The host is still under a stupid amount of load from all of the new severs and people playing. Remember, as time goes on only more and more and more PC gamers are going to be picking this up so we should see an increase of numbers.

Anyways the one hosting company is desperately trying to expand. I don't understand exactly why only 1 hosting company was picked, they could have had 3-4 and still kept the server files closed and only available to server providers. That would have helped disperse the load quite a bit and fix most of our problems.

If I had to guess it was an Activision deal. Anyways we got dedicated servers. Anything is a step up from PC P2P gaming.

If I had to guess it was an Activision deal. Anyways we got dedicated servers. Anything is a step up from PC P2P gaming.

Wasdie

I think this is the truth. Obviously Activision wants to monopolize the servers so the can force us to buy the map packs (which I KNOW I will anyways. Blah... :( ). Treyarch could have have easily taken the netcode from W@W and been done with it.

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It takes me an awful long time to connect to any server, am I the only one?

Wasdie

The host is still under a stupid amount of load from all of the new severs and people playing. Remember, as time goes on only more and more and more PC gamers are going to be picking this up so we should see an increase of numbers.

Anyways the one hosting company is desperately trying to expand. I don't understand exactly why only 1 hosting company was picked, they could have had 3-4 and still kept the server files closed and only available to server providers. That would have helped disperse the load quite a bit and fix most of our problems.

If I had to guess it was an Activision deal. Anyways we got dedicated servers. Anything is a step up from PC P2P gaming.

Well it's just in 3 hours I managed to join one server, but yeah, activision probaly got alot of money for making it gameservers exclusive.

Servers are down, apparently. I do believe it's maintenance related.

Servers are down, apparently. I do believe it's maintenance related.

psn8214

I was just freaking out about that. Thanks for the info.

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Servers are down, apparently. I do believe it's maintenance related.

Wasdie

I was just freaking out about that. Thanks for the info.

No problem. Hopefully they'll be back up soon.

can someone let me know if it's really demanding on specs?

here's my laptop, idk if i can run it smooth

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115763&cm_re=34-115-763-_-34-115-763-_-Product

[QUOTE="Godofnerdyness"]

[QUOTE="millerlight89"] Sadly not yet. I really hope for maps, but something tells me Activision won't let that fly. mhofever

Treyarch: Uh, Mr Kotick, sir? Do we have your permission to allow the players to create their own maps yet?

Kotick: *Throws glass of wine at wall* Maps? MAPS?! You expect me to allow those bumbling idiots to make maps!? For Gods sakes Treyarch, it's always 'dedicated servers' this, and 'lean' that, you always whine and ask for unnecessary garbage!

Treyarch: Well, yeah, except that lean and dedicated servers are, you know, pretty important, and mod tools ar--

Kotick: SILENCE! PC gamers are little puppets, and I, dear Treyarch, I am the puppet master! I have control over everything, and every god **** one. You say the players... The filthy, little dirty rats that we call our 'fans' want mod tools, hmm?

Treyarch: Yeah, well, of course.

Kotick: So, they probably want their beloved mod tools to make user content, correct? Free content, my boys. I'm afraid that just don't fly around Activision. They want more maps? Go make a map pack. 3 new maps, 2 old ones from World at War. 15 bucks.

Treyarch: Um, that's just stupid, sir.

Kotick: Then my work here is done.

What if it turns out you have to pay for the mod tools? :S Definitely some Activision thinking there.

I think we should have a new thread about everyone here showing their player card emblems :). Would be cool to see what other people have made.

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[QUOTE="Godofnerdyness"]

Treyarch: Uh, Mr Kotick, sir? Do we have your permission to allow the players to create their own maps yet?

Kotick: *Throws glass of wine at wall* Maps? MAPS?! You expect me to allow those bumbling idiots to make maps!? For Gods sakes Treyarch, it's always 'dedicated servers' this, and 'lean' that, you always whine and ask for unnecessary garbage!

Treyarch: Well, yeah, except that lean and dedicated servers are, you know, pretty important, and mod tools ar--

Kotick: SILENCE! PC gamers are little puppets, and I, dear Treyarch, I am the puppet master! I have control over everything, and every god **** one. You say the players... The filthy, little dirty rats that we call our 'fans' want mod tools, hmm?

Treyarch: Yeah, well, of course.

Kotick: So, they probably want their beloved mod tools to make user content, correct? Free content, my boys. I'm afraid that just don't fly around Activision. They want more maps? Go make a map pack. 3 new maps, 2 old ones from World at War. 15 bucks.

Treyarch: Um, that's just stupid, sir.

Kotick: Then my work here is done.

millerlight89

What if it turns out you have to pay for the mod tools? :S Definitely some Activision thinking there.

How are you sure I'm not one of them? :O

Awesome game is awesome, showed my buddy the campaign last night and some games of Domination sooo fun (:

This is why one company running all the servers isn't necessarily the best idea. Thankfully, I have Halo: Reach to play until they fix this.

Generally, Is there any diffrence between the EXP rates on the 3 diffrent platforms?

Generally, Is there any diffrence between the EXP rates on the 3 diffrent platforms?

SpongeC4ke

No, though on PC there all matches have 18 players (24 unranked, so that doesn't matter) which generally equates to more people to kill (although rate of XP gained is probably similar across all three platforms).

Seriously though, the game is awesome, even if there's a chance it'll make me a bachelor again.Seantroversy

Multiplayer keeps not working here (36 hours out and counting).

I'm very angry about Activision and Treyarch. This is my first COD since COD 1 and they not only failed in the attempt to made a decent campaign -is just a linear shooter with underwhelming A.I. (I saw some zombies with better I.C.), bad executed cutscenes (no one can call this ones "cinematographic" after being playing the ones from the Metal Gear saga) and not replayable 5 hours duck parade.

But this isn't my main concern, due the fact that the single player campaign would be lackluster was out of the question. My main concern is that I bought the game for the multiplayer, to fill the gap until BC 2 Vietnam, and quality of the productions values aside (is hard to understand how a game with a multimillion seller profile that sells at 61 € can have a 14 pages black & white manual -almost no images, also- explaining nothing about the basics of the game modes) is almost unbelievable that the product simply doesn't work.

If anyone is trying to notice if Black Ops has a chance to win any award this year in the press, sorry if I burst your bubble, but Black Ops has no one. Dam it, can't even be considered a finished product.

Multiplayer keeps not working here (36 hours out and counting).

I'm very angry about Activision and Treyarch. This is my first COD since COD 1 and they not only failed in the attempt to made a decent campaign -is just a linear shooter with underwhelming A.I. (I saw some zombies with better I.C.), bad executed cutscenes (no one can call this ones "cinematographic" after being playing the ones from the Metal Gear saga) and not replayable 5 hours duck parade.

But this isn't my main concern, due the fact that the single player campaign would be lackluster was out of the question. My main concern is that I bought the game for the multiplayer, to fill the gap until BC 2 Vietnam, and quality of the productions values aside (is hard to understand how a game with a multimillion seller profile that sells at 61 € can have a 14 pages black & white manual -almost no images, also- explaining nothing about the basics of the game modes) is almost unbelievable that the product simply doesn't work.

If anyone is trying to notice if Black Ops has a chance to win any award this year in the press, sorry if I burst your bubble, but Black Ops has no one. Dam it, can't even be considered a finished product.

Ondoval

Wierd, multiplayer has been workgin perfect here. My friends what had issues are running the onlien fine since the patch now to, sucks its not workign for you, its a great online game.

Is anyone getting the "session not available" error after looking for a few zombie games? Dante2710

Works fine for me, I was playing with randoms earlier.

I think we should have a new thread about everyone here showing their player card emblems :). Would be cool to see what other people have made.

mhofever

Yea, we should

Is anyone getting the "session not available" error after looking for a few zombie games? Dante2710

It's just a bug. They are fixing it next patch afaik. No clue when that will be out.

[QUOTE="Dante2710"]Is anyone getting the "session not available" error after looking for a few zombie games? October_Tide

It's just a bug. They are fixing it next patch afaik. No clue when that will be out.

Works fine for me, I was playing with randoms earlier.psn8214

4 player Zombies is a ton of fun! :D Honestly, if they made that into a full on game, I would buy it.