Call Of Duty : Black Ops (official thread)

[Kursah]

not the same engine as MW or WAW open world maps will kill your FPS because all the other cods didnt really have very big draw distances that's why
* Call of Duty 2 (2005), IW)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007, IW 3.0)
* Call of Duty: World at War (2008, eNCHANGED IW 3.0)
* Quantum of Solace (2008) eNCHANGED IW 3.0)
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009, IW 4.0)
* Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010, eNCHANGED IW 4.0)

At the end of the day, they are all still using the same base engine with extra tweaks tacked on. MW had huge maps, that supported 64 players online, WaW had some pretty large maps as well. I can't say that any of BO's maps are any larger than the largest CoD4 maps honestly. I think that heavier textures (though only looking marginally better than CoD4 imo), and bad optimization due to pushing to hit the release date, among other reasons.

The game runs on an enhanced World at War engine (which itself was improved from Call of Duty 4's) at 60 frames per second on consoles.[52] It features a streaming texture technology (also seen in Modern Warfare 2), making bigger levels possible such as "Payback" where the player controls a helicopter. Lighting effects have been improved as well.[53] Call of Duty: Black Ops supports 3-D imaging rendered by the engine itself.[54] However, the required hardware for this feature depends on the platform (except the Wii which does not support it).[55]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IW_engine

Pretty much added streaming textures, seems used most for larger SP maps? Because I really honestly don't feel that BO's maps are any larger than previous titles. But I do remember playing just fine on massive user maps in CoD4 without issue.

Not including MW2 as I skipped that one all together...and with the last couple of weeks under my belt wondering why I got BO at times. This game has some potential, I just hope we all get to enjoy it sooner than later. Though at this point, this could be the last CoD game I purchase. This title is NOT worth $60, which is too bad. I will at least get the SP done, but the MP is just a mess...the limitations for servers, and just the overall lack of attention in some very important areas for PC gamers is hugely disappointing. But can't blame them for catering to the larger market, shame they had to taint the PC releases doing so.

 

[LiveOrDie]

At the end of the day, they are all still using the same base engine with extra tweaks tacked on. MW had huge maps, that supported 64 players online, WaW had some pretty large maps as well. I can't say that any of BO's maps are any larger than the largest CoD4 maps honestly. I think that heavier textures (though only looking marginally better than CoD4 imo), and bad optimization due to pushing to hit the release date, among other reasons.



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IW_engine

Pretty much added streaming textures, seems used most for larger SP maps? Because I really honestly don't feel that BO's maps are any larger than previous titles. But I do remember playing just fine on massive user maps in CoD4 without issue.

Not including MW2 as I skipped that one all together...and with the last couple of weeks under my belt wondering why I got BO at times. This game has some potential, I just hope we all get to enjoy it sooner than later. Though at this point, this could be the last CoD game I purchase. This title is NOT worth $60, which is too bad. I will at least get the SP done, but the MP is just a mess...the limitations for servers, and just the overall lack of attention in some very important areas for PC gamers is hugely disappointing. But can't blame them for catering to the larger market, shame they had to taint the PC releases doing so.

yer i know its the same core based engine but that doesn't make the game run the same as waw or mw2, black ops has a few holes in the graphics side of things like shadows make my FPS drop bad which they shouldn't, the MP could of been better they shouldn't of removed the gore which was in waw, i don't get any problems with lag or servers this is playing with shadows off though.

 

[brandonwh64]

This guy actually sux at COD LOL

 

[Kursah]

yer i know its the same core based engine but that doesn't make the game run the same as waw or mw2, black ops has a few holes in the graphics side of things like shadows make my FPS drop bad which they shouldn't, the MP could of been better they shouldn't of removed the gore which was in waw, i don't get any problems with lag or servers this is playing with shadows off though.

Yeah, I have more of the sound glitch than any visual glitch. I watch my FPS and usually I'm close to 60, and usually never see less than 40....though the feel of the game is more like 15 at times. It's just annoying in all honesty. This game has more than a few holes/issues in it, but with time I'm sure it'll get patched up. Just a shame that this trend won't end...it seems noone cares to get a product to perform well prior to release. I just hope a new dev comes in and makes CoD what it was before the crap that is MW2 and on. I didn't mind WaW, but wasn't hooked to it. Honestly I've been disappointed with CoD, as I've yet to see any game match the entertainment I had in 4. Just a shame...but they can't please everyone. Time will tell what happens with this game...I'm sure there will be plenty people playing regardless of what happens. I have CoD4 re-installed, gonna go play some of the classic.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Dude this is the same engine. Do you guys know what engine it is? It seems like we have this damn conversation EVERY TIME a new CoD comes out. Its the Tech 3 engine. Thats right QUAKE F#$KING 3! Look at the fine print on the back of the box and you will see iD software as a credit. If this game gives any of you a hard time then ether your system is screwed OR they F#$KED up the code somehow.

 

[overclocking101]

I keep getting "server is not available at this time" when I choose multiplayer. i cant seem to connect

 

[LiveOrDie]

Dude this is the same engine. Do you guys know what engine it is? It seems like we have this damn conversation EVERY TIME a new CoD comes out. Its the Tech 3 engine. Thats right QUAKE F#$KING 3! Look at the fine print on the back of the box and you will see iD software as a credit. If this game gives any of you a hard time then ether your system is screwed OR they F#$KED up the code somehow.

......... yes its based off that engine and yes its still DX9 and yes they F#$KED up the code are you F#$KING happy now ill say it again a engine can be in 2 games doesn't mean shit they can both run different.

I keep getting "server is not available at this time" when I choose multiplayer. i cant seem to connect

never had that problem and played the game 18 hours +

 

[TheMailMan78]

......... yes its based off that engine and yes its still DX9 and yes they F#$KED up the code are you F#$KING happy now ill say it again a engine can be in 2 games doesn't mean shit they can both run different.

But they shouldn't run THAT different.

 

[Easy Rhino]

bunch of COD threads merged.

 

[Bo$$]

wow, i just played cod4 after 1.5-2 years, much better than MW2

 

[brandonwh64]

I played COD 4 today! i usta love hardcore but now it full of hackers and nade spammers or spawn campers. finally found a decent team deathmatch softcore server and got hella more point cause im not dieing instantly by idoits

 

[LiveOrDie]

But they shouldn't run THAT different.

improved game models, textures and effects and don't for get about the 16x AA cod black ops has now plus the draw distance with all these in play, yes MW2 had some what draw distance but you wouldn't see a guy on the other side of the map moving with out zooming in, and the biggest map in mp on draw distance would be the old cod 2 map wasteland, whats really good is the physx that they put into the maps like the atmosphere is 100x better than MW2 ever was, i hate fixed maps there boring no physx at all black ops brings alot of engine changes like some physx, broken glass one of them trees and plants move now in MP which is so much better, what can i say i like my atmosphere

 

[Melvis]

Played and finished this game the other day (on hard) and it was goood fun, only part i thought was a joke was your team mates they was dead set useless. Dumb as all Sh@t. No back up cover fire anything just DUMB.

This game uses alot of CPU, my Quad was getting used at least 60% on all four cores, the GPU not so much not even working flat out with everything max 8X AA. 91FPS

I liek the end part after the credits very funny hehe

 

[ShiBDiB]

Played and finished this game the other day (on hard) and it was goood fun, only part i thought was a joke was your team mates they was dead set useless. Dumb as all Sh@t. No back up cover fire anything just DUMB.

theirs numerous levels where u can play without firing a shot (with the exception of the scripted firing scenes) and let your teamates do everything

 

[Melvis]

theirs numerous levels where u can play without firing a shot (with the exception of the scripted firing scenes) and let your teamates do everything

Not sure what ones you mean?, most of the ones i remember even if i sat there and waited for the "comp" to do something it never realy did or if it did it was a terrible shot.

 

[qubit]

Update dropped for Black Ops

Us PC owners are being treated like second class citizens. I'm glad I haven't bought this game yet. When I do, it will work much better and be cheaper.

While PC Black Ops users are still waiting for an update to take care of a number of issues still causing havoc with the PC version of the title, it sounds like this update should really help the console players. Sources suggest that a PC update is coming, as well, but PC players will just have to be patient, as they are working as fast as they can to get it fixed. It does seem like they are on the ball with releasing patches to continue to fix and tweak the game.

Fuzzilla

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Anyone know the path to the cfg. files where many have been altering values?

 

[assaulter_99]

theirs numerous levels where u can play without firing a shot (with the exception of the scripted firing scenes) and let your teamates do everything

Hell yeah, like someone said (boises, methinks) When the sr71 is on the runway they ask you to press whatever button to take off, I just let it do jack sh*t on the runway just out of curiosity (I thought I'd end up crashing in the afb) and guess what, it took off by itself.

 

[Easy Rhino]

wtf i just saw an advertisement for the new Jeep Wrangler. Call of Duty Black Ops Edition

 

[qubit]

I posted here about PC owners being treated as second class citizens for game patches. There's quite a lot of problems with Black Ops by the sound of it, but no one is talking about this, so is no one interested in this issue?

I've not bought it yet, so can't say from personal experience.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Anyone else that does this be sure to use Wordpad, not Notepad lol...Thanks Caboose!

You can use any text editor to edit the files. I use notepad to change everything.

 

[Kursah]

Is that with Word Wrap turned on under View in notepad?

 

[Melvis]

Has anyone played the two mini games yet? on the other computer? The zombie top down shooter is great fun lol.

My last name is even in the computer as a song LOL

 

[Melvis]

Have not played SP yet and have only looked at the Zombies once.

No not those zombies i meant the other mini game zombie on the PC behind you on the main menu screen?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

No not those zombies i meant the other mini game zombie on the PC behind you on the main menu screen?

Spam space bar and you get up from the chair. Then you walk over to use the terminal. Pretty neat.