COD Black Ops looks pretty good on PC

Patch has fixed the stuttering and slow down for me (SP) :)

Runs flawlessly now with xfire enabled. Disabling it before patched improved it but still had some slowdown, none at all now :)
 
Ok just had a few games and its working good.

Its not bad, a bit too hectic on most maps tbh, everyone is running about with SMGs and it feels just like MW2 lol

im going to start camping more should be able to rack some huge kill streaks.

Now if they can add a filter by country - so i can get rid of 4/5ths of all the crap from the damn browser
and a join on IP and make sure the friends list didn't include every damn freak on my steam list.... all is good. (hope they fixed all this already tbh)
 
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i agree on the gear/perk system. I dislike it a lot. At first i thought, hmm this is pretty good but very quickly just found myself buying weps for the sake of buying. No sense of achievement what so ever. The only redeeming fact is the dedicated servers and the action is fun and fast paced when it isnt lagging. MW2 with dedicated servers would be FAR better though. Infact im almost tempted to say MW2 is better even p2p.
 
booyaka said:
play on hardcore servers then - single shot kills
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I don't like the long delay to respawn, or the lack of killcam.

MW1 has plenty of HC servers with killcam and instant respawn, I thought Black Ops would too. I went on one HC server and the admin was there, he told me the delay annoyed him too but they can't change it! So much for dedicated servers!
 
dirtydog said:
I don't like the long delay to respawn, or the lack of killcam.
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That's exactly what I DO like about it. It makes it so much more realistic as you care a lot more about whether you get killed. I find I'm consciously watching my back and being much more careful in Hardcore matches.
 
Howitzer said:
That's exactly what I DO like about it. It makes it so much more realistic. I find I'm consciously watching my back and being much more careful in Hardcore matches.
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Yeah I realise some will prefer it. If Treyarch had allowed people to choose then everyone could be catered for. I thought that was what they promised us.
 
from jd 2020

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


he also posted on steam that for those who still have problems they are working on it.
 
The Rcon tool AFAIK are very limited (the chap that has been sorting our clans server said that they can basically do nothing)

Since the patch though mine is running really nice 60 frames solid (Vsync enabled) everything on max. Still not perfect with lagging but no server (even back in the cod 2 days) was perfect due to many other factors. My issue came when the lag occurs my FPS would dip down to the 20's regardless of graphics settings.
 
dirtydog said:
Another thing is the gun camos. In MW getting the red tiger say, is a real achievement because you had to get 150 headshots. Here you can just 'buy' any of them without achieving anything. So there is nothing to set you apart from new players.
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Well i can see your point with gun camos as they are purely cosmetic but getting 150 is a grind achievement, not a real achievement. I remember the challenges from MW, the shear number of utterly pointless ones like 'kill 25 people by shooting there own Claymore through a wall', thats not an achievement, it was pure frigging luck if that situation EVER occured. Even worse was the fact you couldn't use basic mods until you'd got some kills with a weapon which was just lame.

Waiting until the game deems you 'worthy' of an item/perk is just lame. Much better to be able to choose the ones you want to unlock.
 
The levels themselves are a grind achievement, the world's worst player will get to level 50 eventually. Why not just do away with ranks and give everyone everything straight away, make it even 'fairer'? ;) Because it is fun to unlock stuff and gives the game more longevity IMO.

Many of the achievements in MW2 made me laugh (in a good way) when I achieved them because some of them required outrageous luck or something. Like getting two headshots with one bullet. It just makes the game a bit more fun and what's wrong with that :)
 
Maybe we should start a tips thread? It all gets lost in here. Anyway here's some things I've noticed work well.


Unlock Claymore early: it gets me A LOT more kills than in MW2.
Stupid RC car usually gives you an easy kill.
Crossbow is simply awesome, you have to try it when you can.
FAL is a beast: two hit kills at most distances and really easy iron sights unlike in MW2.
Chopper Gunner is insane (I've only been on the receiving end though).
 
Yes exactly, why have them in the first place? If its purely cosmetic like it is in BC2 after level 25 then it doesn't matter, if people want that sense of 'achievement' then let them (though in BC2s case it was more a sense of epeen to be on the leaderboard). The unlock system on BC2 was utterly ****ing stupid, "Excellent you've chosen to start off as a Medic... oh wait we didn't give you a Defib or a Medkit..." or "Excellent you've chosen to play Engineer... here you go have some useless SMGs that are absolutely dreadful in comparison to the later unlocks that everyone is killing you with". With MW it didn't matter that much. You had enough unlocks at lvl1 and most of the later guns weren't better, they had pros and cons like they should do but its still frustrating for new players.
 
I'm very disappointed in prestige. I read the clan tag thing as Unlock at prestige level 13... Thinking ok I'll hit prestige and then level 13 and get coloured clan tags. I'm 43 again and still these have not opened up so I'm guessing... I need to prestige 13 times to get coloured clan tags? LOL!
 
Evilsod said:
"Excellent you've chosen to play Engineer... here you go have some useless SMGs that are absolutely dreadful in comparison to the later unlocks that everyone is killing you with".
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The first weapon for engy is the best in BC2 imo.

This game has got some potential, a few tweaks and hopefully some sort of promod and it could be great.
 
game played 100% fine for me last night

C2D 6400 at stock 2.13Ghz speeds and 4870 512 MB Gfx card.

Played for 2 hours great fun really great fun.

I agree with others that the unlocks are a PITA but hey have to move with the times. The days of 60 000 people playing the same 4 maps in MOHAA every night are long gone and it's all about the WOW grind in most games now.

Should read the PS3 forums about lack of trophies in some games to reinforce my point.

Just wanted to add that I can't see recent servers in my browser it stays empty and I'm now know as [K1] Unknown Soldier 15 :D
 
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cHk4 said:
I'm very disappointed in prestige. I read the clan tag thing as Unlock at prestige level 13... Thinking ok I'll hit prestige and then level 13 and get coloured clan tags. I'm 43 again and still these have not opened up so I'm guessing... I need to prestige 13 times to get coloured clan tags? LOL!
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I did LOL out loud when I saw that in the game I must admit :D Most stuff is available straight away or easily unlockable but they make that out of reach for everyone but the most dedicated :o
 
Evilsod said:
or "Excellent you've chosen to play Engineer... here you go have some useless SMGs that are absolutely dreadful in comparison to the later unlocks that everyone is killing you with".
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Sorry what?

the engineer smgs are better than the assault rifles half the time.

xm8c > xm8 up close.

Also sniper first gun you have the m24 is definitely the best.
 
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