official Call of Duty: Black Ops

[ViperAFK]

Rofl so it turns out all the Multiplayer lag on pc WAS actually gameservers fault:

http://bashandslash.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1153&Itemid=131

[Pupik]

It's a lot worse in black ops:

(bad quality video, but only one I can find)

There's something not right with it, a huge amount of people are reporting they have that even with i7 rigs etc..

Maybe it's a drivers problem then. Because this guy recorded a 1080p video on a E8400 (dual core CPU. far less powerful than an i7) without much problems.

And I bet without Fraps getting all heavy on the resources, it runs smooth:

[ViperAFK]

Lag and single player stutter are totally different issues

I got some stuttering in single player but setting these properly in the single and multiplayer config files fixed it:

seta r_multiGpu “0″ (0 to disable multiugpu, 1 to enable, set accordingly)

seta r_multithreaded_device “1″ (0 to disable, 1 to enable cpu multithreading support)

For some reason multigpu is always enabled by default, regardless if you have multigpu or not, and multicpu is always disabled by default. Enabling cpu multithreading MASSIVELY improved my single player fps and I played the whole campaign without a hitch.

Theres also a steam bug that causes stuttering for some people, where the steam overlay uses ~%30 of your cpu and can be fixed by disabling steam community or going into the task manager and setting the steam process priority to low and the cod process to high.

[dj6ross]

Is that Kobe Bryant in the red t-shirt??

http://www.callofduty.com/hub

Yeah that's Kobe, even says Mamba on the gun

[Razorwing]

Yeah that's Kobe, even says Mamba on the gun

too bad that gun isn't in the game. :p. False Advertising. :laugh:

[Massiveterra]

So I played the game last night and was quite impressed. In MP I didn't experience any lag although for a while we couldn't get our entire party of 4 into matchmaking so we just gave up.

Also tried the Dead Ops arcade game on 4 player coop. Man is that game incredible. I would have bought it if it was a stand alone game for $10.

[Amodin]

Played it on PC last night.

It really is pretty good. I haven't done multi yet, as I still have more fun playing the campaigns (but I play multi on CoD4, lol).

Enjoying it so far. The memory thing and bouncing back and forth somewhat sucks, but at least it falls into how they are doing the storyline.

I just put together a new rig, too. I was anxious to play it on 1900 x 1200 resolution. I lag like it does in the youtube video above, then I blue screen. I had to drop the resolution down to 1280. :\

Running an i7-930 CPU with an NVIDIA GTX 470 card (1280 on board DDR).

[Chasethebase Veteran]

Link?

The game is almost unplayable with this stutter.

http://forums.steamp...d.php?t=1572800

There's what I found anyway.

Also this.

Treyarch's game design director has some colorful words for the exploiters taking advantage of Black Ops glitches.

Call of Duty: Black Ops is evidently not without its share of early bugs that online players are taking advantage of' date=' but Treyarch wants everyone to know it's watching. In a recent post on the [i']Black Ops[/i] forums, Treyarch design director David Vonderhaar told exploiters of these bugs to think twice or face possible consequences.

He also called them "douchebags." Vonderhaar's opinion is that the players showing off glitches are just trying to become "internet nerd famous" and that the best thing to do is ignore them. "Internet hysteria from normal people is exactly what they want and that's how many people reacted today," he wrote.

Though he says he'd personally ban exploiters if he could, Vonderhaar points out that Treyarch has a "well-managed" team that is working to take care of the game's issues instead. "We said we would support the game," he continued. "We are going to support it."

Treyarch recently asked gamers to report any Black Ops glitches that are found to help get rid of early issues as soon as possible. Vonderhaar wants players to know that Treyarch cares, but it'd rather fix bugs than talk about them on forums to popularize exploiters. "I'm not going to talk about it publicly," he added. "We are disinterested in making mini-celebrities out of douchebags. You better think twice before you glitch. You never know who in your game doesn't like glitchers who reports you and saves the game in their File Share and tells us about it."

With the ability of players to save screenshots and video of matches, it's less smart than ever to use bugs to get ahead in Black Ops. You don't want to be a "douchebag," right?

[Marshall Veteran]

I call overuse of the word "douchebag". C-

[WastedJoker]

Loads of people dropshotting :angry:

[rajputwarrior]

still working on single player. I haven't experienced any slow downs like a lot of other people have been, game has been running butter smooth on my PC with everything maxed out.

[game_over]

mine has just arrived. can't wait to get home from work :(

[presence06]

I played SP last night and a little MP. SP is effin hard on Veteran, I got to the 3 map I think. IMO it's as hard as WaW (just me?) MW2 Vet was fairly easy.

Anyways, I too felt like my guy in MP weighed about 700lbs, it seemed slow and sluggish. On one load screen all I heard was people bitching about the lag lol. Hopefully it's resolved, it is a pretty fun game.

[presence06]

Loads of people dropshotting :angry:

I noticed that last night. Pretty lame. You have to use it to not die. I know some used it in MW2 for a bit but after a while you didn't see it very often. Hopefully it's just the noobs using it and they quit...

[mikebiacsi]

I played quite a bit of MP last night, the only thing that i don't like so far is having to unlock hardcore mode. I'm too used to killing someone using one or two bullets not one or two clips, but thats just me. Other than that the MP is excellent, I really like the credits system too.

I also played a few zombie rounds, still as fun as ever. The highest level me and my mates can get to is 6, pretty crappy i know. :blush:

Tonight will be SP night. :D

[presence06]

I played quite a bit of MP last night, the only thing that i don't like so far is having to unlock hardcore mode. I'm too used to killing someone using one or two bullets not one or two clips, but thats just me. Other than that the MP is excellent, I really like the credits system too.

I also played a few zombie rounds, still as fun as ever. The highest level me and my mates can get to is 6, pretty crappy i know. :blush:

Tonight will be SP night. :D

The good thing is though that you rank up pretty quick. In one round I played (the only round) I ranked up 3 lvls. (maybe not that great but..) if you're good you'll unlock HC quickly. :D

[rajputwarrior]

only about 3 hours in the campaign so far, the production team has clearly been watching too many michael bay movies, awesome so far though :)

[Grex]

Is it me or is the MP5K increadibly powerful.

Played a lot of MP last night as well. Love maps, they are freaking huge, but they really force you into close quarters battle. I have found that you really don't need to run around a lot Spawn system moves around a lot. I am not saying camping but pick a section of the map and stick to it. Every time i decided to run across the map to where the action was i ended up getting clipped from behind because that's where the enemy spawned from.

I have already noticed most of the spots where people tend to converge.

[Richard Hammond]

Am i the only one that hate the ridiculously convoluted story, i called the ending within first 1/4 of the game, really dissappointed. Not played any MP yet though.

[presence06]

Is it me or is the MP5K increadibly powerful.

Played a lot of MP last night as well. Love maps, they are freaking huge, but they really force you into close quarters battle. I have found that you really don't need to run around a lot Spawn system moves around a lot. I am not saying camping but pick a section of the map and stick to it. Every time i decided to run across the map to where the action was i ended up getting clipped from behind because that's where the enemy spawned from.

I have already noticed most of the spots where people tend to converge.

I thought the mp5K was *********. The recoil on that thing makes it for me anyways, hard to use. The spawn system is a little goofy yea. It sucks they can't find like a middle. With MoH you had one spawn point which led to campers delight, then you have CoD and it tosses you wherever and it could be right next to an enemy. I guess you're always going to have people complain.. but I see what you mean about the spawning.

[Sethos]

The MP5K is rubbish, barely see anyone using it. The AK74u on the other hand, there's a beast.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

So I played the game last night and was quite impressed. In MP I didn't experience any lag although for a while we couldn't get our entire party of 4 into matchmaking so we just gave up.

Also tried the Dead Ops arcade game on 4 player coop. Man is that game incredible. I would have bought it if it was a stand alone game for $10.

Nice, I did not realize the Dead Ops arcade game had 4 player CoOp. This really is one hell of an incredibly good deal when you factor in all of the different modes one can play, all of which I am interested in.

Hoping to have the SP beat by the end of this weekend, so then I can switch gears to MP. Maybe I will play some MP friday night when my wife falls asleep, but I am really into the SP mode and just want to beat it.

[maydax]

Loads of people dropshotting :angry:

When they drop I jump and shoot down. And if they are close enough I stab them. Shame the lag is so bad that I can't do it as effectively anymore.

[presence06]

Nice, I did not realize the Dead Ops arcade game had 4 player CoOp. This really is one hell of an incredibly good deal when you factor in all of the different modes one can play, all of which I am interested in.

Hoping to have the SP beat by the end of this weekend, so then I can switch gears to MP. Maybe I will play some MP friday night when my wife falls asleep, but I am really into the SP mode and just want to beat it.

First time i've heard of deadops. You have to break free from the chair and walk around, is that correct?

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

So far I've only seen one person drop-shot. It doesn't seem that effective to me unless you're right in front of someone. Whenever someone dropped to the ground in front of me, I simply knife them.

The MP5K is rubbish, barely see anyone using it. The AK74u on the other hand, there's a beast.

I hope you're kidding. The MP5K is as good as it was in Call of Duty 4 (:p), if not better. The AK74u, however, is a deliverer of death. I use it with the grip attachment to collect the souls of my enemies. Seriously, it's an amazing weapon in medium- to close-range combat.