Call Of Duty : Black Ops (official thread)

[TheMailMan78]

What games do you know of that were capped at 30?

Transformers off the top of my head. Most console games run at 30 FPS.

 

[Mindweaver]

@TheMailMan78
I wanted to hate this game so bad.. but all my buddy's bought it.. so, I bought it on the 8th.. I have to say I like what I have seen so far.. They have given us lean back!!...lol the Console is open and works well thus far.. I'm waiting on a console command list... but I have figured out most of it..hehehe

 

[Athlon2K15]

just got this game,midway through the 3rd level looks good so far

 

[Stak]

cmon steam please make a sale i want to see CoD BO for 49.99 asap. less i salso welcome.

it's just overpriced right now..

 

[Nick259]

My friend is having trouble getting this game to work. He bought it on steam and he keeps getting the error blackops.exe has stopped working. He's reinstalling now for the 3rd time and hes tried verifying the integrity of the game cache a few times as well to no avail. Is anybody else having this problem?

 

[Mindweaver]

My friend is having trouble getting this game to work. He bought it on steam and he keeps getting the error blackops.exe has stopped working. He's reinstalling now for the 3rd time and hes tried verifying the integrity of the game cache a few times as well to no avail. Is anybody else having this problem?

It stopped on me a few times last night. I just restarted steam (because it usually due to a steam app update) and everything was fine. No need to reinstall. Of course you know they are not going to say it an offical update.. lol but you know they are doing everything possible to get this game running smoothly.

 

[digibucc]

cmon steam please make a sale i want to see CoD BO for 49.99 asap. less i salso welcome.

it's just overpriced right now..

not a chance, MW2 is a year old and still $59, and now obsolete. activision doesn't believe in sales, and steam shouldn't take the loss on it.

 

[scaminatrix]

@ TIGR; someone I know has just followed the instructions here and got a performance boost, hopefully it helps other peoples problems.

 

[Mindweaver]

WOW Sorry TIGR.. I was moding an ini file in abra suite while typing earlier.. hehehe it's a .cfg file.. i would go back and fix the ini file but i'm really busy.. maybe later.

EDIT: Thanks scaminatrix.. i'm flipping back and forth... hehehe

 

[TIGR]

No prob Mindweaver. Thanks scaminatrix, a bit after my last post we found the proper file and I changed the multithread and multiGPU values. Also set the RAM properly as it was set to only 1024. With those settings changed the game is far smoother. Looking at him playing right now my eyes say he's staying mostly over 50FPS with occasional dips close to 30 and minor microstutter. Gotta get Fraps set up on his rig but he's too busy playing right now.

 

[Nick259]

It stopped on me a few times last night. I just restarted steam (because it usually due to a steam app update) and everything was fine. No need to reinstall. Of course you know they are not going to say it an offical update.. lol but you know they are doing everything possible to get this game running smoothly.

He's tried that too Any other ideas?

The game crashes before it starts, it's not just the occasional crash.

 

[Mindweaver]

What OS is he using?

 

[sapetto]

IS the game good ? Never played MW2 multiplayer only MW1 and right now i'm playing BC2, so i thought get Black Ops to play something different until BC2Vietnam. Is it worth it (Multiplayer), because i was told that there are a lot of campers that ruin the fun

 

[scaminatrix]

He's tried that too Any other ideas?

The game crashes before it starts, it's not just the occasional crash.

CCleaner, Windows Updates, maybe even audio codecs. It happened to my mate, he was on Vista though. He installed Win7 x86, did all updates and installed usual apps (VLC, CCleaner, K-LITE, etc.) and hasn't crashed since (fingers crossed).

 

[alexsubri]

Well, when I first installed the game after Pre-Loading, I got an error saying it had to defrag, I declined it and the game crashed the first time. I went to defrag it and found it had 3 missing files around 10MB, no biggy. After that it installed fine. I did this for MP too because it would crash when the game would lag out, I haven't recieved any more error's since.

As for my FPS I usually get maxed around 91 FPS, I know it could go higher, but I didn't find the .ini file to play with it. In MWF2 I would get around 91-150 FPS. Either way 91 FPS is more than enough. The graphics have been polished a lot. Especially in 16x MLAA ...Check out my video and see the amazing quality

 

[Nick259]

What OS is he using?

he's using vsta sp2 x64.

system specs are:
core 2 duo e6550 @ stock (he cant overclock as he has a crap mobo)
gt240 512mb
4gb ram

 

[alexsubri]

he's using vsta sp2 x64.

system specs are:
core 2 duo e6550 @ stock (he cant overclock as he has a crap mobo)
gt240 512mb
4gb ram

Some quick questions...did he defrag the game?

A.) In steam right click game -> properties -> defrag cache ...

B.) Did you install the lastest Directx 9.0c files?

C.) Do you have the latest Microsoft Framework?

D.) Did he recieve any error's installing the game?

E.) Last restort, reinstall the game.

 

[scaminatrix]

he's using vsta sp2 x64.

system specs are:
core 2 duo e6550 @ stock (he cant overclock as he has a crap mobo)
gt240 512mb
4gb ram

lol almost exact same specs as my mate, FYI his is:
C2D E6600 @ stock (he can't overclock due to crap mobo too!!)
X1900 512MB
2GB RAM

Seems to be a lot of C2D users having problems. I know someone whos got a Q6600 and his is fine. Anyone with an Athlon or a Pentium Dual-Core having problems?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Ok single player I have had some issues, but fixed with config.

Multiplayer is a piece of trash. I would say %50 of the players have stuttering issues. Apparently there is a major bug that Treyarch has not been able to fix. I am pretty pissed... Hopefully they get this fixed, cause for me, multiplayer is unplayable, which in MW2 it was amazing playable.

 

[overclocking101]

ive got it dl'ing. are there dedicated servees and server selections??

 

[Stak]

Wow trees actually move! Unlike in mw2 where the landscape was almost a picture if you didnt move. I hate non moving trees! Graphics are well improved, sound is waayy better but gameplay still seems the same

 

[scaminatrix]

Here's some more fixes, mainly for users of older hardware who are experiencing issues:

Spoiler

in your Steam installation folder, find steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players, and:
In Config_mp.cfg change these values:

seta r_multiGpu "0" - Use "1" if you have Crossfire/SLi
seta r_multithreaded_device "1" - Use "0" if you have a single-core CPU
seta sys_configureGHz "1.2" - There is much debate about what this does, but many people say to try setting it to "the speed of your CPU divided by 2"
seta sys_sysMB "2048" - Some people say to set this to "the amount of RAM you have", and some people say "the amount of RAM you have divided by 2"
seta cl_maxpackets "100" - Hey, I'm not an expert, I don't know what this does lol

In Config.cfg change everything the same as above minus the cl_maxpackets I presume.

*Make sure you set both the .cfg to read-only in windows, and also uncheck the automatically update game in the properties section of the game files on steam otherwise the files will be reset every time you play the game.
*Also lowering the priority of steam.exe in task manager, while setting the priority of blackops.exe to "High" seems to work. Apparently, lowering the priority of steam.exe is the important one to do.
*Here's some settings you may want to take into account. Substitute certain things for others if you have an ATi/AMD card.
*If you mess up on anything, just delete the .cfg file and a new one will be generated next time you start the game, no need to backup before fiddling
*Some people have used values from the .cfg file from their MW2 installation direcory and have reported improved performance.
*When you run the game after changing the above .cfg files, you may be asked whether you want COD:BO to optimize your system settings. Click "No"
*I accept no liability for damage incurred, blah blah.

My sources are various threads from steam forums.

If this should go in a COD:BO Support thread or whatever, mods feel free to move it.

 

[ShiBDiB]

Here's some more fixes:

Spoiler

in your Steam installation folder, find steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players, and:
In Config_mp.cfg change these values:

seta r_multiGpu "0" - Use "1" if you have Crossfire/SLi
seta r_multithreaded_device "1" - Use "0" if you have a single-core CPU
seta sys_configureGHz "1.2" - There is much debate about what this does, but many people say to try setting it to "the speed of your CPU divided by 2"
seta sys_sysMB "2048" - Some people say to set this to "the amount of RAM you have", and some people say "the amount of RAM you have divided by 2"
seta cl_maxpackets "100" - Hey, I'm not an expert, I don't know what this does lol

In Config.cfg change everything the same as above minus the cl_maxpackets I presume.

*Make sure you set both the .cfg to read-only in windows, and also uncheck the automatically update game in the properties section of the game files on steam otherwise the files will be reset every time you play the game.
*Also lowering the priority of steam.exe in task manager, while setting the priority of blackops.exe to "High" seems to work. Apparently, lowering the priority of steam.exe is the important one to do.
*Here's some settings you may want to take into account. Substitute certain things for others if you have an ATi/AMD card.
*If you mess up on anything, just delete the .cfg file and a new one will be generated next time you start the game, no need to backup before fiddling
*Some people have used values from the .cfg file from their MW2 installation direcory and have reported improved performance.
*When you run the game after changing the above .cfg files, you may be asked whether you want COD:BO to optimize your system settings. Click "No"
*I accept no liability for damage incurred, blah blah.

My sources are various threads from steam forums.

If this should go in a COD:BO Support thread or whatever, mods feel free to move it.

not worth it imo... the only thing i see doing anything is the first one.. and thats only for a limited number of users.

 

[scaminatrix]

not worth it imo... the only thing i see doing anything is the first one.. and thats only for a limited number of users.

Sorry, should have pointed out that it's mainly for users of older hardware. Editing now.

 

[TIGR]

Running it on my rig now. Want to benchmark. Fraps doesn't seem to play nice with it, though. I have 3.0.3. Anyone else using Fraps with it?