You'll probably want to get in
The Steam Group
which is invite only, so post in the thread with a link to your Steam Profile
like this:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/jaunty/
And people have been gracious enough to have rented servers for us to play on! If you're not a regular already, be sure to put PA as your clan-tag so you don't accidentally get kicked when someone needs a slot:
#1 [PA] Black Wang Server (Chicago)
IP: 173.199.94.45
Admins: DietarySupplement, Jaunty
Currently Serving: Team Tactical, except SnD
#2 BloodSport [West]
209.247.83.209:3084
Admin: Rage
Currently Serving: Domination[/CODE]
Also a fair number of people have had trouble with performance on the PC, here are various tips and tricks that have helped a few people out:
[SPOILER][QUOTE=s1ppycup;17270503]I'm not sure if this fix has been posted yet, but I thought I'd throw it out there. I tested it myself and the difference is HUGE.
-launch blops multiplayer
-ctrl alt delete
-in your task manager, right click steam.exe and set priority to LOW
-set priority on blackopsmp.exe to HIGH
I still see people jumping around a little bit, but my PERSONAL performance is butter-smooth. It's like night and day, literally 100% better. Try it, if it works for enough people please put it in the OP.
I'm not 100% sure why this works, but there have been rumors that blops is not using video RAM effectively. If that's the case, setting the priority on the mp client higher is probably alleviating the problem at least partially by allocating a larger percentage of system RAM.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sceptre;17264518]Reposted from some random website:
[quote]
If your PC supports multi-threading:
seta r_multithreaded_device "1"
in config_mp.cfg (Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players)
How do I improve the game's sound quality?
You can change sound to CD mode: 16 bits 44000 hz CD via control panel sound setting.
Misc. "potential" performance tweaks:
Run Steam in Offline mode > Start Black Ops > End the steam.exe process > Set BO process priority to high
/r_multiGpu - should be set to "0" if you do not have a multi-gpu graphics card.
/r_blur_allowed - people are reporting minor frame boosts with this set to "0"
/r_distortion - people are reporting minor frame boosts with this set to "0"
/r_dof_enable - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "0"
/r_glow_allowed - people are reporting huge frame boosts with this set to "0"
/cg_brass - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "0"
/r_cachemodellighting "1" - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "1"
/r_cacheSmodellighting "1" - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "1"
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I tried all of these and it made no noticeable difference, maybe some of you will have better luck.[/QUOTE]
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[SPOILER]There are a couple ways you can join in the fun. First, add either the meta tag(s) [COLOR="PaleGreen"][B]A PA CoD Clan[/B][/color] or [B][COLOR="PaleGreen"]A PA MW2 Clan[/COLOR][/B] (which may or may not be full at this point). From here, you can view other people on the tag and invite them to your game. Word is the meta-tags aren't used so heavily anymore, so your best bet is just to find a few of the regulars on here and friend them up the ol' fashioned way. To start you off:
[QUOTE=MayGodHaveMercy;17425381] [...] If you're on X360, send Mercy XXVI a FR with a message letting me know you're from PA. I pretty much [I]only[/I] play BlOps, and I have plenty of room on my friend's list.
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[COLOR="MediumTurquoise"][SIZE="5"][B]ON THE PS3?[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]
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If you want to get added to this list, send me a PM
[B]PA Handle[/B] - [B]PS3 Name[/B]
Spicy_Rev as Spicy_RevofDC
Mostlyjoe13 as Mostlyjoe
joemomma as soyhead
Project Mayhem as jnorrisiv
Algertman as AlbertBOMB
Duke Phillips as Grizz359
mFiend as mFiend
Saint Justice as Saint__Justice (2 underscores)
Ah_Pook as Ah_Pook
SLyM as OvertlyEsoteric
Ketar as Ketar
themaxvoltage as themaxvoltage
Handfalcon as Handfalcon
Deadspace as Deadspace
Garris as Garris256
PBC-66 as PBC-66
initiatefailure as Subtle_Ties
KidDynamite as NinjaForHire
Alazull as Alazull
ex_peludo as veryeasytarget
BeenieWeenie as BeenieWeen33
EvilMonkey as SciencePiggy
DouglasDanger as DouglasDanger
bhdavis1 as bhdavis1
DarkMecha as DarkMecha
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[SIZE="5"][B]A brief history of [U]Call of Duty[/U]:[/B][/SIZE]
[B]Call of Duty. [/B]We're now in our 13th iteration of the franchise. Sure, things started out in World War II, and then all of sudden we were shooting zombies and everyone was like "lawl treyarch!!!!1one." Then we blinked, and we were some dude named SOAP. Then a lot of innocent people died in an airport and soccer moms lost thier shit. Then all of a sudden a military wizard nuked the international space station when Russia was all like "u mad?" and pushed our shit in until we fought back and were all "DANGER CLOSE? WHAT'S THAT?"
And that's [I]before[/I] bobby Kotick fucked Infiniti Ward's mom.
[SIZE="5"][B]OLD STUFF[/B][/SIZE]
[SPOILER][SIZE="5"][B]VIDEOOOS[/B][/SIZE]
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Q: What's this I hear about a bus?
A: We rode a bus all the way to hypeville. This is what it looked like before we got here:
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Q: Can I bitch about Halo:Reach in here?
A: That's not good form, but whatever.
Q: Is Quick Scoping still in this game?
A: No
Q: Are people upset about it?
A: Just a little.
[SIZE="5"][B]A Really old, outdated list of features and stuff in the game that I am too lazy to update[/B][/SIZE]
Perks
[spoiler][QUOTE]Perk 1
Lightweight – Move Faster.
Pro: Aim faster after sprinting.
Scavenger – Pick up ammo from fallen enemies. Replenish lethal grenades.
Pro: Extra magazines (2000CP).
Ghost – Undetectable by the Spy Plane and the Blackbird.
Pro: No red crosshair or name when targeted (2000CP)
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Flak Jacket – Reduces explosive damage.
Pro: Extra fire resistance.
Hardline – Killstreaks require 1 less kill.
Pro: Second chance on care package results.
Perk 2
Hardened – Bullets penetrate better.
Scout – Hold breath longer.
Pro: Reduces weapon sway while aiming through a sniper scope.
Steady Aim – Increased hip-fire accuracy.
Sleight of Hand – Faster reloads.
Pro: Aim down sights faster (Doesn't work with sniper rifles).
Warlord – Equip two attachments to your primary weapon.
Pro: 2 attachmedents on secondary weapon.
Perk 3
Marathon – Longer sprint.
Pro: No falling damage.
Ninja – Silent movement.
Pro: Move through motion sensors and camera spikes undetected.
Second Chance – Pull out your pistol before dying.
Pro: Can use equipment as well as pistol.
Hacker – Ability to detect enemy equipment and explosives.
Pro: Booby trap enemy care packages and turn enemy killstreaks and equipment friendly.
Tactical Mask: Reduce the effects of flash and concussion grenades.
Pro: Night Vision Goggles. [/QUOTE][/spoiler]
Other Game Info
[SPOILER][QUOTE=belligerent;16428226]From a different forum, some of this stuff I've confirmed for myself. Anything bold is confirmed
[QUOTE]
Hey People... This is all the info I have so far about the Black Ops Multi-player Reveal.
(This information comes from very reliable sources. 99% Accurate all will be confirmed in the next few days I'm sure.)
Weapons & Attachments
Note - You will keep all of your weapons when you prestige, since you bought them with your own COD points. (CoD Points Explained Later)
There will be 16 different gun camouflages. Not 100% sure of what they will be.
[B]Pistols: ASP, M1911, Makarov, Python
Pistol Attachments: ACOG Sight, Snub Nose & Speed reloader (possibly only for Python), Dual Wield[/B]
[B]Assault: Enfield, M14, Famas, Galil, AUG, FAL, AK-47, Commando , M16 (100% Confirmed, each worth 1000 COD Points[/B])
SMG: [B]MP5[/B], Skorpion, [B]MAC11, AK74u[/B], UZI, PM63, MPL, Spectr
[B]LMG: HK21, RPK, M60[/B]
Snipers: [B]Dragunov, WA2000, L96A1
[/B]
Lethal: [B]Tomahawk, Frag, Semtex[/B]
Shotguns: [B]Olympia, Stakeout, SPAS[/B].
Launchers: [B]M72, RPG, Strela, China Lake
[/B]
[B]Tactical Grenades: Smoke, Nova Gas, Flash bang, Concussion, Decoy[/B]
Attachments:
[B]Extended Mag (500CP) ACOG Scope (750CP) Red Dot Sight (750CP) Reflex Precision Sight (750CP) Grip (750CP) MountedShotty (750CP) Flamethrower (750CP) Infrared Scope (1000CP) Grenade Launcher (1000CP) Suppressor (1000CP)
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- [B]Note: Shotguns are once again primary weapons.
[/B]
Equipment:
[B]Camera Spike (2000CP), C4 (2500CP), Tactical Insertion (2500CP),[/B] Motion Sensor (3000CP), Claymore (3500CP) & Radar Jammer (2500CP) - All 100% Confirmed.
COD Points
Every time you play, you earn COD Points -- CP. What you used to unlock by level is now purchasable with the in-game currency. Unlock what you want when you want (Cannot be purchased with real money)
Contracts
Contracts are time-limited challenges you buy and get more CP if you finish them. "Using any combination of stats, we can make any kind of Contracts we want, and can change them at any time." Mercenary, Operations, and Specialist contracts - Contracts are going to be huge, do challenges for what type of gun you want and earn more XP and more CP! (Something like challenges)
[B]- Wager Match - a new Free for All game type. Put your COD Points against other players and the top three people get paid in the match - top 3 get paid. One in the Chamber (pistols only, one bullet, 3 lives gain ammo from kills), Gun Game (go through each weapon), Sticks and Stones (Ballistic knife, tomahawk and crossbow) Sharpshooter (everyone gets same random weapon - each kill = perk and score multiplier.)[/B]
[B]Diving Ability: Dive into prone/Dive behind cover/dodge grenades/can’t shoot while diving (Heard it was glitchy and the animation takes about a second to get out of, haven't seen much so far)[/B][I]I have also heard that you can dive through windows and over cover.--Holi[/I]
[B]Customization: You can customize your weapon so it looks the way you want it to look [/B]- 16 New camouflages patterns, and you place your emblem on it, customize your red dot sight
The reticles you can choose when you use a sight- (Dot, Semicircle, Line with Dot, Circle, Smiley Face, Arrows Horizontal, Arrows Vertical, Arrows with Dot, Boxes, Burst, Circle within a Circle, Circle with Dot, Circle with Crosshairs, Circle with Inner Line, Circle with Outer Line, Circle with Arrows, Circle with Triangles, Outer crosshairs, Small Crosshairs, Large Crosshairs, Diamond, Diamond Outline, Heart, Radiation, Skull, Square, Square Outline, Star, 3 Dots, Treyarch Logo, Triangle, Outer Triangles, X, or X with Dot, and Yin-Yang.)
The colors you can choose are Green, Blue, Purple, Teal, Yellow and Orange.
[B]Emblem Editor – Images, layers, and a background. You change the scale, move, color, rotate, all that stuff. Create layers, then purchase the option with COD points to put it on your gun.
Killcams show customization so you will know exactly who shot you just by seeing their weapon.
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*NEW* Face Paint - More info coming soon.
- [B]Theatre mode: All Live games can be played back, searched, tagged, everything. The footage is yours. Storage up to 7 days or 100 games.
Bot Mode: Practice offline vs. Bots.
Create a Class
You see your character on this screen because Perk 1 has an impact on how your look in the game. If you are Ghost, you wear a Ghillie. If you take Flak Jacket, it's shown and you take less explosive damage.
PERKS
Tier One Perks: Lightweight . Scavenger. Ghost. Flak Jacket. Hardline. All 2000CP
Tier Two Perks: Hardened(FMJ/Deep impact). Scout. Steady Aim. Sleight of Hand. Warlord (Bling).
Tier Three Perks: Marathon. Ninja. Hacker (like Sitrep). Tactical Mask(Resists Flash/Gas Grenades). Second Chance.(Last Stand)
There ARE pro versions of all perks.
---NO STOPPING POWER---
No Commando, No One Man Army, No Danger Close
Kill Streaks
You can no longer rely on your Kill Streaks to get you higher ones. You have to get 11 kills in a row by yourself if you want to earn higher Kill Streaks.
(Prices listed are in COD Points)
2 – Spy Plane
3 – RC XD
4 – Counter Spy Plane $1600
4 – Sam Turret $1600
4 – Care Package
5 - Arch Angel Guided Missile
5 – Napalm Strike
6 – Sentry Gun $3200
6 – Mortar Team
7 – Attack Helicopter
7 – Valkyrie Rockets $4000
8 – BlackBird $4500
8 – Rolling Thunder $4500
9 - Chopper Gunner $5000
11 – Attack Dogs $6000
11 Gunship $6000 (Helicopter you see in the first Black Ops Trailer)
Returning Stuff
Host Migration
Game Winning Kill Cam
There will be 50 player ranks and 10 Prestiges
Maps
Radiation
Launch
Summit[/B][/QUOTE][/QUOTE][/SPOILER]
[B]We're all off the bus. Our butts are sore, we smell kind of bad, and we probably left our cell phones in the seat-backs. But we're here! Time to shoot mans in the gun game![/B][/SPOILER][CODE]#1 [PA] Black Wang Server (Chicago)
IP: 173.199.94.45
Admins: DietarySupplement, Jaunty
Currently Serving: Team Tactical, except SnD
#2 BloodSport [West]
209.247.83.209:3084
Admin: Rage
Currently Serving: Domination[/CODE]
Also a fair number of people have had trouble with performance on the PC, here are various tips and tricks that have helped a few people out:
Spoiler:
I'm not sure if this fix has been posted yet, but I thought I'd throw it out there. I tested it myself and the difference is HUGE.
-launch blops multiplayer
-ctrl alt delete
-in your task manager, right click steam.exe and set priority to LOW
-set priority on blackopsmp.exe to HIGH
I still see people jumping around a little bit, but my PERSONAL performance is butter-smooth. It's like night and day, literally 100% better. Try it, if it works for enough people please put it in the OP.
I'm not 100% sure why this works, but there have been rumors that blops is not using video RAM effectively. If that's the case, setting the priority on the mp client higher is probably alleviating the problem at least partially by allocating a larger percentage of system RAM.
Reposted from some random website:
If your PC supports multi-threading:
seta r_multithreaded_device "1"
in config_mp.cfg (Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players)
How do I improve the game's sound quality?
You can change sound to CD mode: 16 bits 44000 hz CD via control panel sound setting.
Misc. "potential" performance tweaks:
Run Steam in Offline mode > Start Black Ops > End the steam.exe process > Set BO process priority to high
/r_multiGpu - should be set to "0" if you do not have a multi-gpu graphics card.
/r_blur_allowed - people are reporting minor frame boosts with this set to "0"
/r_distortion - people are reporting minor frame boosts with this set to "0"
/r_dof_enable - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "0"
/r_glow_allowed - people are reporting huge frame boosts with this set to "0"
/cg_brass - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "0"
/r_cachemodellighting "1" - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "1"
/r_cacheSmodellighting "1" - people are reporting minor frame boosts with depth of field set to "1"
I tried all of these and it made no noticeable difference, maybe some of you will have better luck.
Posts
Here's to a new thread with less shittiness!
XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI
XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI
I mean I'm all shooting them with my gun, and just because they're five feet away I'm dead.
They really have to fix that shit.
I have that in reverse. I'll shotgun someone twice at point blank, somehow miss, then get shot by some fucker with a G11.
However, when the shotguns work, they are extremely fun to run around with
Eh, probably just a general latency thing. There have been so many times where someone will turn a corner, I'll unload a third or more of my magazine into him, and he'll kill me. In the killcam it doesn't show me firing a shot. I hate my connection.
An earlier death of mine had me trying to shoot someone behind a tree. His body and mine should have been completely obscured by the tree. I couldn't see him at all. But in the killcam? I was in full fucking view and he was standing in the open, as well.
That's one of the problems with living in the middle of nowhere. You'll never get more than low quality DSL. You guys should just let me host more often so I can get matched with Chicago servers.
XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI
I just wanted an excuse to complain about my connection.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke0fYMHCQms&feature=player_embedded
XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI
Still can't play a round without hard crash
THIS HAS BEEN YOUR REGULAR UPDATE
I enjoyed picking up your M-16 and seeing that on the side of it.
{Twitter, Everybody's doing it. }{My Rambling Blog}
XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI
Yeah this sounds almost as good as a SPAS-12.
Also I tried to join your Zombies game but XBL didn't like that much.
XBL: Mercy XXVI - Steam: Mercy_XXVI
Can't join in-progress zombies and we were full.
It's only been like 2 weeks man! #dontpanic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l28HAasZBgE
6.
To anyone wondering,
FAL fuck yeah
It hovered between 7 and 10 for MW2, but I had to aim more carefully in BLOPS so it came down a notch.
Here I was, yelling obscenities at my tv and out of the corner of my eye I see the guys in the other room just standing in the doorway, watching me and giggling
It's better than sitting in a silent rage and seething. At least that's my hypothesis.
{Twitter, Everybody's doing it. }{My Rambling Blog}
Generally this will happen and people will wonder why I got really quiet
then you'll hear one final, cacophonous stream of profanity, a crash as I throw my controller through everything and then finally, "Scatman1337 Timed Out"
Not yet the case in Blap Ocks.
Lightweight is kind of lame.
Hardened is pretty cool.
Now it's time to get Ninja, Ghost, and marathon (or whatever requires two knifings in 5 seconds). That's gonna be a pain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8EK6G04uNk
EDIT: Now that I got the YouTube uploading working, I can spend less time being a dick in this thread and more time posting my hilarious deaths.
MP5 (doesn't get used)
Ballistic Knives
Nova ALL UP INS
Claymore
Tomahawk
Scav Pro, Warlord Pro, Second Chance Pro.
22 kills - 11 alone from the Ballistic Knife, most of the rest from the Tomahawk. The tears of my opponents were delicious.
In all seriousness, I can't really explain it. I've loved using single shot weapons since MW1 so I can't explain any real strategy I adopt - it's just instinct now. I also love three-prong irons, which is one of the reasons I used the AUG without a sight so much in MW2.
Are you on my friends list? Becuase I'll have plenty of free time soon and we can piss around in a private match if you want.
Don't mess with wizards.
{Twitter, Everybody's doing it. }{My Rambling Blog}
I can't be certain, but it kinda looks like your SPAS shot set it off, it all happens so fast.
Otherwise yeah, military wizard did it.
Because nobody ever, EVER, shoots my shit down on PS3.
Also my dogs get like 2x the kills every time they're called in.
"I think there's someone behind us."
"What? No, there right over that way. Isn't that right Guys?"
"Guys? Fuck."
At rule #8 I disconnected. Only ADS, no sprinting, no dual wield, no this, no that. At some point you have to ask why these people even bought CoD in the first place. ARMA 2 is right there if you want to get crazy with things. Also, speaking of dumb rulesets, I wish I could filter out any barebones servers, because that is bullshit. Disabling killstreaks, sure. Disabling equipment, o....k, I guess that's fine. Disabling Perks, yeah starting to get a little silly. Disabling weapon attachments, NO, bad game mode! BAD!