PC players: We have a game update going live today 10/19 at 10am PT. Its main purpose has been to address stability issues across the platform, and the micro-stutter issues that some of you experienced. We’ll be watching very closely to confirm that many of the key issues raised loud and clear across our social platforms are working as planned for our community. It’s all part of the ongoing commitment to ensuring Call of Duty Black Ops 4 is the best PC experience possible.
It also contains updates and fixes on the PC to issues across the specific game modes, all detailed below. Of course, there will be more to come addressing other issues in the coming days.
Continue to follow Treyarch and TreyarchPC on Twitter for further updates and news on the tweaks we’ve made to improve each game mode in a variety of ways.
Also, kicking off at 10am PT it’s 2x XP time for Multiplayer mode and 2x NP for Zombies fans. This bonus runs through Monday October 22nd at 10am PT.
And to get all of the juicy details, our friends at Beenox have put together a comprehensive list of all the fixes addressed in this update as they continue to ensure stability and a positive game experience for all our PC community:
Here’s what we've just added to the game today:
Blackout (PC)
- Players can now report other users after the Killcam
- Fixed an issue where the field of view wasn't properly reset to 3rd person FOV when using a 3rd person emote
Zombies (PC)
- Fixed and issue where users would sometime experience a crash in high waves on IX
General Changes (PC)
- CodCaster is now enabled.
- Supported "Sprint Cancels Reload" option for Mouse and Keyboard
- Fixed an issue where right-clicking in the Scoreboard would prevent mouse functionality
- Fixed an issue where the Helion Salvo's Fast Lock had an option to customize it
- Fixed an issue where equipping a Helion Salvo with any Camo and Fast Lock led to a crash
- Fixed an issue in the paintshop where paintjob preview wasn’t rendering properly
- Fixed an issue where View Distance settings was inverted in the graphics options
- Fixed an issue on "Cymbal Monkey Throw Mode" that did not behave like other grenades when "On Press" is active
Stability Fixes (PC)
- Improved network connection stability when using voice chat
- General stability fixes
Performance (PC)
- Fixed an issue that should help users reporting stuttering reach better performance. We'll continue monitoring the performance closely to keep working on improvements.
Tips and general information
The game will always use as much CPU and GPU resource as it can when you’re playing in order to maximize the framerate and improve responsiveness.
By default, the game will automatically throttle down when it does not have the focus. This happens when it is minimized or when another application has the focus. This is to make sure your other applications stay responsive while you are using them, otherwise they would become very slow as the game would still be using all of your computer’s resources. This is why people notice the game going into Low priority when they look in the Windows Task Manager. This is also why they see the game running in the background at around 15 FPS. This is the intended behavior, and these resources are all taken back by the game when it gets the focus back. The process priority goes back to Normal, and the FPS goes back up.
If you don’t want to use this behavior, you can deactivate this feature by going to the Settings -> Graphics -> CPU Priority Management and set this option to “Manual”. The game will then allow you to set the priority manually through the Task Manager.
The team continues to work hard to address as many issues as possible. Stability and performances are a priority and with each title update, you should see an improvement. Let us know how this release is helping with your specific issues.
As always, if you’re encountering problems, please reach out to player support on Twitter @ATVIAssist and Reddit
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