First Impressions!

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/snaps 30 was one of the first things I did.

maxpackets 60 (then 100)
maxfps 125
dof_enable 0

disabled the help text for hold shift to steady aim
multithreaded 1, multigpu 0

Re-installed DirectX, reinstalled drivers, turned off AV...

It's not something the end-user can fix, I don't think. It needs patching.

[Minmaster]

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uhm how do you enable console in sp?

[iQue]

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The lag isn't due to servers. I was getting lag spikes playing combat training, offline with bots. My wife said, "Oh, it's probably just first-day server stuff. It'll work out." Then she saw me kill "her" and said, "Wait, I'm not playing and usually if you play with your friends you're on voice. Are those bots?" "Yeah." She said, "They released a game that broken, that BOTS are lagging? Roffle roffle." Yeah, we say "roffle" as a word, most people think we're crazy.

But even my wife understood that if a game is lagging like that offline, there is a problem. She also saw it randomly minimize to desktop 3 times in 5 minutes.

I can't believe they didn't notice the lag hits, though. How in the hell could they not have tested a system that did it, if nearly everyone I've talked to is experiencing it?

Combat training is actually online. The game is played locally but you need to be connected to the internet to play it at all times. Singleplayer is the only part of the game that can be played truly offline (with internet not plugged into your PC)

It could very well be a problem that doesn't have to do with the steam servers or whatever, just saying.

Multiplayer is pretty awesome by the way. Only ranked up like once, need to sleep now. But it seems great so far.

[Minmaster]

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single player performance problems were definitely gone after i switched to offline mode...

again, how do you bring up the damn console?

[Anarchy1]

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Isn't is ~? I don't know if I've opened console yet in SP. If it doesn't work look through the settings to see if console is enabled or not.

I didn't really get an answer to this before but can anyone join a wager match game?

[stilla-killa]

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I still had stuttering on SP even when I went offline with steam.

[The_Eliminator]

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@Anarchy, no i also havent been able to join a wager match.

[Minmaster]

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ok i forgot to also mention i disabled multigpu and enabled multithreading.
in my config file, multigpu was enabled and multithreading was disabled for some reason.

stilla try doing that for both of your sp and mp config files.

[stilla-killa]

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ok i forgot to also mention i disabled multigpu and enabled multithreading.
in my config file, multigpu was enabled and multithreading was disabled for some reason.

stilla try doing that for both of your sp and mp config files.

Config file for COD you mean? Also where is the file?

[Minmaster]

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steam/steamapps/common/call of duty black ops/players

use notepad

[The_Eliminator]

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Im just putting it down until it gets patched basically.

[(BG)Patton]

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ok i played alot of this today and i am disappointed. with all of the obvious lag problems and menu issues aside, the game just is not fun.

the guns are bland and have no individuality to them

the guns are all horribly inaccurate, burst fire does not help, its just random bullets with awful recoil.

there is absolutely no teamwork, communication, tactics, strategy, nothing. straight run and gun.

maps are small and just bland and boring. nuke town is only fun because of the clusterf*ck that ensues

the RC car is incredibly annoying and rarely works when you use it for some time

dolphin diving is back at full strength

as stated above, the currency system is not necessary at all and is really crappy and not creative. you have to buy cammo, attachments, and pay for your emblem and clan tag to be put on each and every gun (waste of time imo) even though you gain money fast, i dont see the need for it

around half of your deaths are from knifes (knife lunge is still there)

lots of awards and challenges popping up all the time

you move very slow without the lightweight perk and your sprint runs out after 5 steps

the graphics have not improved since COD 2

the spawn system in TDM is the worst i have seen ever. they spawn behind you or on top of you all the time (more knife deaths)

everyone relys on radar so if you do not have a silencer or ghost perk you will be found and killed instantly

you rarely get to open your care packages and when you do you mainly get the RC ca or spy plane (both earlier killstreaks)

weapons take forever to reload if you run the mag dry, so make sure to reload with 1 or 2 bullets left

gas and stun grenades are very annoying

they have a reflex sight and a red dot sight and i cant for the life of me find any difference other than the red dot comes up quicker

as stated above you have to exit all the way out of the server in order to change your class or buy anything. very annoying.

the next round starts 10 or 15 seconds after you end so you have no time to look at all the end game stats or scoresheets


ok guys thats a bit harsh but i guess i was spoiled or too long with BC2 right? i never got MW2 so i cant compare

i honestly did not have any fun playing BO today. very disappointed in that because that is what is most important to me. i ran out of swear words and had to start making combos and acronyms because i got frustrated very quickly at my team and at eh game.

[Anarchy1]

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Finally got into some wager matches, some were fun

Patton, while I agree on a lot of your points, it still is a fun game for me. I strongly agree with what you said about the inaccurate guns. There seems to be no pattern to the firing and it is random. It seems like instead of starting out accurate and then getting more inaccurate as you continue to fire, it is always inaccurate. Burst fire doesn't help with any of the guns. I didn't really notice this as much in regular play, but once I went into a gun game match, I really noticed it while cycling through the weapons. A lot of the guns, even if you pause and aim over someone's body, are horribly inaccurate. I don't know whether it is lag, poor hit detection (a problem in WaW), or just inaccurate guns, but something is not right with them.

Another thing that I really am disappointed with in this game is that sniping gameplay is nonexistant. Treyarch might as well just take out snipers. I can safely say that in the few hours of Black Ops I played today, I only got killed by a sniper 2 or 3 times. There is not a single map that snipers can do well on. Most of the maps are centered around indoors gameplay, and by basically removing quick scoping (I've done it a few times, but it is nowhere near as reliable as it used to be), there is no way a sniper can excel in this game. I'd really like to see them take out the quick scoping "fix" and buff up the sniper rifles. Otherwise, just take the whole class out.

With that all said, I still found the game to be pretty fun. A lot of the problems I have found I am going to wait and see if they are fixed promptly.

[Minmaster]

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how do you dolphin dive?

[(BG)Patton]

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right, i forgot to mention that there is no sniping in the game because there are no sniping maps. possibly Havana, but not enough to make a custom sniper class. there are only what 4 sniper rifles? and 2 are weak semi auto ones too. shame, i really like crossfire on COD4..

you dolphin dive by proning as soon as you see an enemy and spaying them with the "more" accurate shots and pop back up and do that to every one you see. you will see it in the glitchy killcam.