Official Black Ops Discussion Thread

Brendan... does it happen in the first 10 min of play only like me??? Sometimes I find restarting Black Ops helps a bit... I'm on MWEB's 4mb uncapped and get the same disconnects rubbish!
 
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Seriously, Im about to throw something at my PC. so annoying. Everynight i wanna play blackops i have issues with connection. I get dropped randomly etc or i get in a map and then the disconnect screen appears...and i wait and wait and if im lucky i can connect. Only happens with BO...
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Delete those custom scripts you are running. ;) :D
 
Yeah its as you connect. Sometimes i cant even get into the server browser...and it drops MY TS3 too on certain days. Not sure if its just an IS thing. I reinstalled my pc and went from 32 bit to 64 and still get the same error. Im on an Openweb afterhours uncapped package. But i tried a standard unshaped 1GB [ackage from Axxess and same thing happened..
 
I don't know if it is relevant, but I saw IS was having problems with their network... Packet drops and high pings...

Cause, if TS is also affected, then I don't think it is a BLOPS related problem.
 
Thing is, its been like this for ages. But when I play Starcraft or any other online game and use TS3 i have no issues. Whether I am on TS or not seems to make no difference. The game still disconnects. When TS is running i'll connect and then chat for a bit and then all goes quiet and i get the "Connection has been lost" after about 2 or so minutes it reconnects.
 
BrendanMc said:
Yeah its as you connect. Sometimes i cant even get into the server browser...and it drops MY TS3 too on certain days. Not sure if its just an IS thing. I reinstalled my pc and went from 32 bit to 64 and still get the same error. Im on an Openweb afterhours uncapped package. But i tried a standard unshaped 1GB [ackage from Axxess and same thing happened..
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Exactly what I get... it somehow completely kills any TCP / IP communication. Like the adsl line has dropped. Then its up again in a few seconds, then down .... Always just after starting. It can happen to me or my wife (we both play) it rarely does it at the same time tho, I can be playing fine and she gets connection problems or the other way round. So I'm sure it the buggy game and not my ISP or line...
 
I might be doing something silly but my game wont switch into Full screen unless I have the resolution @ 1600x900 and I am sure this is contributing towards the lag. I have full screen set to Yes in the options. Any idea why it wont switch to Fullscreen? if I have it on any lower resolution there are black areas on the left and right of the screen. I tried dropping resolution in Windows to match the resolution in game. That doesn't work though.
 
Kyubi_Brat said:
I might be doing something silly but my game wont switch into Full screen unless I have the resolution @ 1600x900 and I am sure this is contributing towards the lag. I have full screen set to Yes in the options. Any idea why it wont switch to Fullscreen? if I have it on any lower resolution there are black areas on the left and right of the screen. I tried dropping resolution in Windows to match the resolution in game. That doesn't work though.
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check aspect ratio :? idk
 
I was checking yesterday, I am getting on average 40 - 50 FPS on a GTX460 OC? That does not sound right? I have 4GB RAM and a Core 2 Duo E7600 - comments/advice?
 
@ joe, I'm getting an avg of about 60FPS with my GTX280... I have noticed on the news feed on Gameservers.com that they have admitted to there being an issue with Rcon & servers crashing.... I still feel there is something going on between Jinx & Cinx on MWEB's network! I moved our Server from CPT to JHB on Saturday and I have notice far less crashes and DC's. But now all my CPT clannie members are experiencing way more lag (only expect it to be 20 - 30ms more than it originally was - considering my ping Durbs to CPT were about 50 - 80ms and now Durbs to JHB is about 30 -50ms). But on the whole, I feel there are far more disconnects & timeouts in the last 2 weeks for sure. Actual gamelay tho does seem smoother once it gets going...

Another problem I never used to have but now occurs is freezing. When I start the game up and it tries to connect and fetch stats it just freezes. Have to end task to get out of it.... happens every 5 or 6 game starts....
 
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@ IRG , lols i have 100% same problem.
sux, i sometimes get those dc`s before clannies :(
 
Yep, same prob. A LOT of DC's and game just freezing up. Does anyone have the release notes for the next patch?

So what you are saying G is that I should not complain about my 50FPS on the 460?
 
No dude, you should at least get 60 or more!!! surely... I have not compared the 460 to the 280, but logic says it must be somewhat better!! My PC is an old Q6600 running stock speeds at the moment (my ram has become unstable when I OC = BSOD). So I only run 4 gig @800mhz these days. I still get decent performance tho... No news on the patch yet...

EDIT: Just finished reading the GTX460 pwns the GTX280, but apparently not by much. Its plus points are DX11 and lower power consumption....
 
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Guys, it is the game..... not neccesaseraly the PC hardware. Most other games still run fine, on your machines???
If not, then only can you start considdering the hardware issue......
 
Some of my clannies went back to MW2, they dont bother with BO any more :( ....

From what I read a week or two ago, the next patch is more about fine tuning weapons and perks than game performance .. I f@#$% hope thats not the case!

http://www.codblackopsblog.com/black-ops-future-gameplay-updates-version-1-06/

some reading on the next patch ... man I hate the last chance perk ..wish they would remove it.... (lol, Yvi loves it, she cusses me big time when I kick players using it)
 
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Last chance is only slightly annoying in HC when they can sometimes get off that one shot that kills you as they fall. In normal gameplay it's so damn easy to spot and put a few bullets in them. Or even run up as they are falling and knife them as they hit the ground.

And it's official. The devs are retarded. The main problem with the 74u, and famas/aug is their rate of fire. The grip on the 74u is really a non issue. The 74u only has this problem with rapid fire on so if they remove it as a perk the gun will be relatively balanced. It may need some minor tweaks after. Both the famas and aug need their rate of fire tweaked or their damage nerfed slightly.
 
We only play in HC mode, so last chance is highly annoying. 0.5 of a second of total invulnerability. You can blast him with an RPG and nothing happens! I dunno how many times i have headshot a guy going down on last chance, and it means nothing. And yes I know it was a head shot, you can hear that nice sound as it hits the helmet (Which only happens on a head shot). If they at least differentiated by body vs head shot to whether they can go into last chance mode then fine. But not every time they get shot.
 
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I will have to check. I have been stuffing around to see what setting works best so I am not 100% sure.
 
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