Min Sys Requirements - Black Ops

jonski · 03-11-2010 10:02pm #1

Just talking with the lads there on TeamSpeak and they were going on about the min sys requirements and I was a bit shocked tbh . I jumped onto Can you Run It and in a very un-Obama way it said NO you can't . I run MW2 at high and I am surprised to think I wont be able to run this .

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 or better
RAM: 2GB
VGA: Shader 3.0 or better 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600GT / ATI Radeon® X1950Pro or better
DX: DirectX 9.0c
OS: Windows® Vista / XP / 7
HDD: 12GB
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible

My problem is going to be my AMD Athlon X2 6000+

as for the rest I have an ATI HD 5770 and 4Gb ram

Magill · 03-11-2010 11:14pm

I thought the AMD 6000+ was on par with the e6600's tho, it'll probably still run grand tbh, i dont think the IW engine is as processor dependant as say the source engine so your graphics and ram should keep you right.... i think

cherryghost · 04-11-2010 12:24pm

Jonski I'd take those requirements with a pinch of salt. World at War had high system requirements and my poorly PC at the time ran it fine, even though the CPU was underspecced.

Leeg17 · 04-11-2010 1:56pm

What's the deal with the Graphic's card, it shows I've passed 4/4 of the details?

cherryghost · 04-11-2010 2:01pm

Basically it will run at lowest settings, but not at 60fps (smoothly basically). About half that maybe. Then again, Treyarch has the console unlocked, so you can get the best FPS possible even after adjusting the settings in game. I'll be working on that as usual when it's released

jonski · 09-11-2010 11:07am

cherryghost wrote: »

Jonski I'd take those requirements with a pinch of salt. World at War had high system requirements and my poorly PC at the time ran it fine, even though the CPU was underspecced.

Lowest settings ... it plays like a pig ..... really ( struggling here to work out what I am before I type it ) shocked ? disappointed ? pi$$ed off ? .

I can play MW2 all setting on high . 1680x1050 . and it plays flawlessly . This thing is jerky on the lowest settings and completely unplayable with my current setup .

I don't know if it is the disappointment speaking or what but I can't see it in the game , why is it asking for more CPU ? what is it trying to do or show me ? Obviously when I ran it first it defaulted to ok setting so I could get a good look at the graphics and tbh , to me it looked like a step back to between WAW and MW2 .

I am off to a bad start so maybe thats making me be negative . Time to search the web for an x4-945 .

cherryghost · 09-11-2010 11:36am

Hi Jonski,

I heard it's an ongoing issue, as well as lag issues, so hopefully it'll be fixed soon

TotallyEpic · 09-11-2010 11:43am

Yeah, I get between 40-60FPS at 1080p, highest settings 4xAA/16xAF

Same settings in MW2, I get 100FPS+.

I was expecting to get a solid 60FPS on my GTX 460, seeing as it doesn't look much better than MW2, hopefully they optimise it a bit, because right now, it's performing the same as Crysis on my system (40FPS at 1080p, Very High w/2xAA)

(Athlon II X4 @ 3.25Ghz, 4GB RAM, GTX 460)

cherryghost · 09-11-2010 11:45am

For anyone suffering from FPS issues, I've made a custom configuration with tweaks not available in game

// generated by Call of Duty, do not modify
unbindall
bind TAB "+scores"
bind ESCAPE "togglemenu"
bind SPACE "+gostand"
bind2 SPACE "+switchseat"
bind 1 "weapnext"
bind 4 "+smoke"
bind 5 "+actionslot 3"
bind 6 "+actionslot 4"
bind 7 "+actionslot 2"
bind A "+moveleft"
bind B "mp_QuickMessage"
bind C "togglecrouch"
bind D "+moveright"
bind E "+leanright"
bind F "+activate"
bind G "+frag"
bind2 G "+vehicleattacksecond"
bind Q "+leanleft"
bind R "+reload"
bind S "+back"
bind2 S "+reverse"
bind T "chatmodepublic"
bind V "+melee"
bind W "+forward"
bind2 W "+gas"
bind X "+actionslot 1"
bind Y "chatmodeteam"
bind Z "+talk"
bind PAUSE "toggle cl_paused"
bind CTRL "toggleprone"
bind2 CTRL "+handbrake"
bind SHIFT "+breath_sprint"
bind F1 "vote yes"
bind F2 "vote no"
bind F3 "toggleview"
bind F10 "acceptinvitation"
bind F12 "screenshotJPEG"
bind MOUSE1 "+attack"
bind2 MOUSE1 "+vehicleattack"
bind MOUSE2 "+toggleads_throw"
bind MOUSE3 "+frag"
bind MWHEELDOWN "weapnext"
bind2 MWHEELDOWN "+vehiclemovedown"
bind MWHEELUP "weapnext"
bind2 MWHEELUP "+vehiclemoveup"
unbindallaxis
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seta acousticSpikeMinRadius "0.0001"
seta acousticSpikeMinRange "0"
seta acousticSpikeRingSize "20"
seta acousticSpikeSize "10"
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seta bot_difficulty "normal"
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seta cg_adsZoomToggleStyle "1"
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seta cg_brass "0"
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seta cg_crosshairEnemyColor "1"
seta cg_cursorHints "4"
seta cg_debugInfoCornerOffset "0 0"
seta cg_descriptiveText "1"
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seta cg_drawCrosshairNames "1"
seta cg_drawFPS "Simple"
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seta cg_drawFPSScale "0"
seta cg_drawHoldBreathHint "1"
seta cg_drawMantleHint "1"
seta cg_drawSnapshot "0"
seta cg_drawSnapshotTime "1"
seta cg_drawTurretCrosshair "1"
seta cg_flareVisionSetFadeDuration "2000"
seta cg_fov_default "79.7386"
seta cg_fov_default_thirdperson "40"
seta cg_gameBoldMessageWidth "390"
seta cg_gameMessageWidth "455"
seta cg_headIconMinScreenRadius "0.025"
seta cg_hintFadeTime "100"
seta cg_hudChatIntermissionPosition "5 90"
seta cg_hudChatPosition "5 200"
seta cg_hudDamageDirectionalIconTime "1000"
seta cg_hudDamageIconHeight "64"
seta cg_hudDamageIconInScope "0"
seta cg_hudDamageIconOffset "128"
seta cg_hudDamageIconTime "2000"
seta cg_hudDamageIconWidth "128"
seta cg_hudGrenadeIconEnabledFlash "0"
seta cg_hudGrenadeIconHeight "25"
seta cg_hudGrenadeIconInScope "0"
seta cg_hudGrenadeIconMaxHeight "104"
seta cg_hudGrenadeIconOffset "50"
seta cg_hudGrenadeIconWidth "25"
seta cg_hudGrenadePointerHeight "12"
seta cg_hudGrenadePointerPivot "12 27"
seta cg_hudGrenadePointerWidth "25"
seta cg_hudMapBorderWidth "2"
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seta cg_hudVotePosition "5 220"
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seta cg_mature "1"
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seta cg_scriptIconSize "5"
seta cg_seatHintFadeTime "2000"
seta cg_sprintMeterDisabledColor "0.8 0.1 0.1 0.2"
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seta cg_subtitleMinTime "3"
seta cg_subtitles "1"
seta cg_subtitleWidthStandard "520"
seta cg_subtitleWidthWidescreen "520"
seta cg_teamChatsOnly "0"
seta cg_thirdPersonAngle "354"
seta cg_thirdPersonMode "Fixed"
seta cg_thirdPersonRange "120"
seta cg_timedDamageDuration "500"
seta cg_viewZSmoothingMax "16"
seta cg_viewZSmoothingMin "1"
seta cg_viewZSmoothingTime "0.1"
seta cg_visionSetLerpMaxDecreasePerFrame "0.01"
seta cg_visionSetLerpMaxIncreasePerFrame "0.02"
seta cg_voiceIconSize "0"
seta cg_weaponCycleDelay "0"
seta cg_youInKillCamSize "11"
seta cl_allowDownload "1"
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seta cl_voice "1"
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seta clanName ""
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seta compassObjectiveDrawLines "1"
seta compassObjectiveHeight "20"
seta compassObjectiveIconHeight "18"
seta compassObjectiveIconHeightZombie "16"
seta compassObjectiveIconWidth "18"
seta compassObjectiveIconWidthZombie "16"
seta compassObjectiveMaxRange "2048"
seta compassObjectiveMinAlpha "1"
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seta compassObjectiveRingSize "80"
seta compassObjectiveRingTime "10000"
seta compassObjectiveTextHeight "18"
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seta compassPartialType "0"
seta compassPlayerHeight "18.75"
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seta compassRadarPingFadeTime "4"
seta compassRadarUpdateFastTime "2"
seta compassRadarUpdateTime "4"
seta compassRotation "1"
seta compassSatellitePingFadeTime "10"
seta compassSatelliteScanTime "1000"
seta compassSatelliteStaticImageFadeTime "0"
seta compassSize "1"
seta compassSoundPingFadeTime "2"
seta compassSpectatorsSeeEnemies "0"
seta compassStaticImageUpdateTime "5000"
seta compassTickertapeStretch "0.5"
seta con_errormessagetime "8"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0FadeInTime "0.25"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0FadeOutTime "0.5"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0Filter "gamenotify obituary"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0LineCount "4"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0MsgTime "5"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0ScrollTime "0.25"
seta con_gameMsgWindow0SplitscreenScale "1.5"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1FadeInTime "0.25"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1FadeOutTime "0.01"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1Filter "boldgame"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1LineCount "1"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1MsgTime "8"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1ScrollTime "0.25"
seta con_gameMsgWindow1SplitscreenScale "1.5"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2FadeInTime "0.75"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2FadeOutTime "0.5"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2Filter "subtitle"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2LineCount "7"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2MsgTime "5"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2ScrollTime "0.25"
seta con_gameMsgWindow2SplitscreenScale "1.5"
seta con_inputBoxColor "0.25 0.25 0.2 1"
seta con_inputHintBoxColor "0.4 0.4 0.35 1"
seta con_matchPrefixOnly "1"
seta con_minicon "0"
seta con_miniconlines "5"
seta con_minicontime "4"
seta con_outputBarColor "1 1 0.95 0.6"
seta con_outputSliderColor "0.15 0.15 0.1 0.6"
seta con_outputWindowColor "0.35 0.35 0.3 0.75"
seta con_typewriterColorGlowCheckpoint "0.6 0.5 0.6 1"
seta con_typewriterColorGlowCompleted "0 0.3 0.8 1"
seta con_typewriterColorGlowFailed "0.8 0 0 1"
seta con_typewriterColorGlowUpdated "0 0.6 0.18 1"
seta con_typewriterDecayDuration "1000"
seta con_typewriterDecayStartTime "4000"
seta con_typewriterEnabledSounds "0"
seta con_typewriterPrintSpeed "40"
seta customclass1 "CUSTOM 1"
seta customclass2 "AKU"
seta customclass3 "CUSTOM 3"
seta customclass4 "CUSTOM 4"
seta customclass5 "CUSTOM 5"
seta drawLagometer "1"
seta drew_notes "1"
seta fx_marks "0"
seta fx_marks_ents "0"
seta fx_marks_smodels "0"
seta g_allowvote "1"
seta g_useGear "0"
seta gpad_buttonsConfig "buttons_default"
seta gpad_enabled "0"
seta gpad_menu_scroll_delay_first "420"
seta gpad_menu_scroll_delay_rest "210"
seta gpad_rumble "1"
seta gpad_sticksConfig "thumbstick_default"
seta hud_deathQuoteFadeTime "1000"
seta hud_enable "1"
seta hud_fade_ammodisplay "0"
seta hud_fade_compass "0"
seta hud_fade_healthbar "2"
seta hud_fade_offhand "0"
seta hud_fade_sprint "1.7"
seta hud_fade_stance "1.7"
seta hud_fade_vehiclecontrols "4"
seta hud_fadeout_speed "0.1"
seta hud_flash_period_offhand "0.5"
seta hud_flash_time_offhand "2"
seta hud_health_pulserate_critical "0.5"
seta hud_health_pulserate_injured "1"
seta hud_health_startpulse_critical "0.33"
seta hud_health_startpulse_injured "1"
seta in_mouse "1"
seta input_invertPitch "0"
seta input_viewSensitivity "1"
seta loc_forceEnglish "0"
seta loc_language "0"
seta log_append "0"
seta m_filter "0"
seta m_forward "0.25"
seta m_pitch "0.022"
seta m_side "0.25"
seta m_yaw "0.022"
seta monkeytoy "0"
seta name "cherryghost"
seta net_noudp "0"
seta net_socksEnabled "0"
seta net_socksPassword ""
seta net_socksPort "1080"
seta net_socksServer ""
seta net_socksUsername ""
seta playlist_excludeGametype ""
seta playlist_excludeGametypeMap ""
seta playlist_excludeMap ""
seta prestigeclass1 "CUSTOM 6"
seta prestigeclass2 "CUSTOM 7"
seta prestigeclass3 "CUSTOM 8"
seta prestigeclass4 "CUSTOM 9"
seta prestigeclass5 "CUSTOM 10"
seta profile_physics "0"
seta r_aaAlpha "off"
seta r_aaSamples "1"
seta r_allow_intz "1"
seta r_allow_null_rt "1"
seta r_aspectRatio "auto"
seta r_autopriority "0"
seta r_backBufferSize "960"
seta r_backBufferSizeY "544"
seta r_blur_allowed "1"
seta r_clipCodec "MJPEG"
seta r_clipFPS "10"
seta r_clipSize "360"
seta r_customMode ""
seta r_debugLineWidth "1"
seta r_depthPrepass "0"
seta r_displayRefresh "60 Hz"
seta r_distortion "0"
seta r_dof_enable "0"
seta r_fastSkin "0"
seta r_filmLut "-1"
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seta r_fovScaleThresholdRigid "2.4"
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seta r_gfxopt_water_simulation "1"
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seta r_inGameVideo "1"
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seta r_lodScaleRigid "1"
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seta r_mode "800x600"
seta r_monitor "0"
seta r_motionblur_directionFactor "0.001"
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seta r_motionblur_maxblur "30"
seta r_motionblur_numberOfSamples "1"
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seta r_multithreaded_device "0"
seta r_picmip "0"
seta r_picmip_bump "0"
seta r_picmip_manual "0"
seta r_picmip_spec "0"
seta r_picmip_water "0"
seta r_polygonOffsetBias "-1"
seta r_polygonOffsetScale "-1"
seta r_portalBevels "0.7"
seta r_rendererPreference "Default"
seta r_reviveFX_debug "0"
seta r_reviveFX_fadeDuration "5"
seta r_specular "0"
seta r_texFilterAnisoMax "16"
seta r_texFilterAnisoMin "2"
seta r_texFilterMipMode "Unchanged"
seta r_use_driver_convergence "0"
seta r_vsync "0"
seta r_waterSheetingFX_allowed "1"
seta r_waterSheetingFX_distortionScaleFactor "0.021961 1 0 0"
seta r_waterSheetingFX_enable "0"
seta r_waterSheetingFX_fadeDuration "2"
seta r_waterSheetingFX_magnitude "0.0655388"
seta r_waterSheetingFX_radius "4.44051"
seta r_zfeather "1"
seta ragdoll_enable "0"
seta ragdoll_max_simulating "16"
seta rate "25000"
seta scr_bot_difficulty ""
seta sd_xa2_device_guid "{accd6318-2543-434c-9c21-bfa1f1f541e0}"
seta sensitivity "5"
seta server1 ""
seta server10 ""
seta server11 ""
seta server12 ""
seta server13 ""
seta server14 ""
seta server15 ""
seta server16 ""
seta server2 ""
seta server3 ""
seta server4 ""
seta server5 ""
seta server6 ""
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seta server8 ""
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seta snaps "20"
seta snd_enableEq "0"
seta snd_khz "44"
seta snd_losOcclusion "1"
seta snd_menu_center_channel "1"
seta snd_menu_cinematic "1"
seta snd_menu_left_channel "1"
seta snd_menu_left_surround "1"
seta snd_menu_lfe "1"
seta snd_menu_listen_level "1"
seta snd_menu_master "1"
seta snd_menu_music "1"
seta snd_menu_right_channel "1"
seta snd_menu_right_surround "1"
seta snd_menu_sfx "1"
seta snd_menu_speaker_setup "2"
seta snd_menu_voice "1"
seta snd_speakerConfiguration "Stereo"
seta stats_backup "1"
seta sv_allowDownload "1"
seta sv_floodprotect "4"
seta sv_hostname "BlackOpsPrivate"
seta sv_maxclients "24"
seta sv_maxPing "0"
seta sv_maxRate "5000"
seta sv_minPing "0"
seta sv_reconnectlimit "3"
seta sv_vac "1"
seta sv_voice "0"
seta sv_wwwBaseURL ""
seta sv_wwwDlDisconnected "0"
seta sv_wwwDownload "0"
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seta sys_configureGHz "0.0149539"
seta sys_gpu "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295"
seta sys_sysMB "1024"
seta team_indicator "0"
seta ui_allowFov "0"
seta ui_bigFont "0.4"
seta ui_browserFriendlyfire "-1"
seta ui_browserGameMode "0"
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seta ui_browserKillcam "-1"
seta ui_browserMap "All"
seta ui_browserMod "-2"
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seta ui_browserShowEmpty "1"
seta ui_browserShowFull "1"
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seta ui_browserShowPunkBuster "-1"
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seta ui_dedicated "0"
seta ui_drawCrosshair "1"
seta ui_joinGametype "0"
seta ui_mapCount "14"
seta ui_netGametype "0"
seta ui_serverBrowserMenu "server_browser_favorites"
seta ui_serverStatusTimeOut "7000"
seta ui_smallFont "0.25"
seta vid_xpos "3"
seta vid_ypos "22"
seta winvoice_mic_mute "1"
seta winvoice_mic_reclevel "65535"
seta winvoice_mic_scaler "1"
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con_hidechannel *; con_showchannel dontfilter error gamenotify boldgame subtitle obituary logfile_only console_only gfx sound files devgui profile ui client server system playerweap ai anim physics fx leaderboards live parserscript script mpspawnsystem coopinfo serverdemo ddl network scheduler task spu

Just go to your Black Ops folder on Steam (<whatever your directory is\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players)

Open config_mp with word pad, ctrl+a and delete. Copy all the quote here into the wordpad and save.

You can alter the resolution obviously but other stuff such as brass bullets and blood, as well as character model calculations have been reduced.

Dcully · 09-11-2010 12:06pm

The stuttering and temporary freezing is incredibly annoying, the steam forums are full of threads of angry gamers about it.

cherryghost · 09-11-2010 12:20pm

I haven't had any issues at all tbh.

My CPU is using 3 cores, my GTX295 is running only 1 of the GPUs, and I'm getting 70-90fps with everything maxed out.

I'm also reading reports of people with underspecced CPUs with fine performance in multiplayer. Some people are reporting that removing Steam overlay helps too.

Br4tPr1nc3 · 09-11-2010 12:56pm

have you tried running it yet?
just because the site said it, doesnt mean it will.

Dcully · 09-11-2010 12:56pm

Your one of the few lucky ones mate,im having constant stutters.
Turning off overlay makes no difference.

jonski · 09-11-2010 4:04pm

seta r_multiGpu "1"
seta r_multithreaded_device "0"

From what I can gather this game comes out of the box optimised for ....... wait for it ............ sli/crossfire and single core cpu .

If you change the above to

seta r_multiGpu "0"
seta r_multithreaded_device "1"

This is supposed to help as it changes your config to multi core cpu ( which most have ) and single graphics card ( which most people have ) .

Cherryghost or Cully might explain this better .... my knowledge is limited at best .

cherryghost · 09-11-2010 4:25pm

Think you nailed that Jonski. Cheers for that. Might explain why it runs great on my PC. CPU is oc'ed to 4ghz and I have a GTX295 (2 GTX275s).

Gonna test that changearound later myself and see what happens.

Thanks man

My custom config disables multiple GPUs, didn't see that CPU command though. Thanks again

cherryghost · 09-11-2010 4:29pm

Also, regarding gameplay lag/ping spiking, its not the servers according to the hosts. It's an issue on our side, that Treyarch are already working on.

seyeM · 09-11-2010 4:44pm

jonski wrote: »

seta r_multiGpu "1"
seta r_multithreaded_device "0"

From what I can gather this game comes out of the box optimised for ....... wait for it ............ sli/crossfire and single core cpu .

If you change the above to

seta r_multiGpu "0"
seta r_multithreaded_device "1"

Setting multiGpu to 0 helped smooth things a bit for me, but my FPS is still lurching all over the place. The multithreaded cvar didn't seem to make any difference when set 1 or 0.

Dcully · 09-11-2010 4:50pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Also, regarding gameplay lag/ping spiking, its not the servers according to the hosts. It's an issue on our side, that Treyarch are already working on.

Have they said this mate?
Any talk of when they reckon it will be sorted?

Spear · 09-11-2010 5:01pm

Dcully wrote: »

Have they said this mate?
Any talk of when they reckon it will be sorted?

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1572136

GameServers are saying it.

jonski · 09-11-2010 7:57pm

Robbed from elsewhere

TEMPORARY FIX for Multiplayer lag!

For those of you that are having issues with lag, I have some information that I hope will help you!

First of all, I made a small tool to help you out. It's simply a config editor. You can make changes to the config yourself, or you can use this tool to do it for you.

You can download the Config Editor tool here.

Anyway, some settings that may be of importance are:

r_multiGpu

This should only be enabled if you have multiple graphics cards or a graphics card with multiple GPUs. If you don't have multiple GPUs, don't know what this means, or are having issues with your MultiGPU solution, please set this to "0".

r_multithreaded_device

This setting should be enabled for EVERYBODY as the minimum requirements for Black Ops clearly states that you need a multithreaded (multicore) CPU to run the game. However, some people have noticed that by setting this to "0" some of the skipping lag is relieved. Test this out only as a last resort.

r_vsync

VSync prevents screen tearing. If you don't know what that is, just set it to "0" because you probably don't care anyway. Otherwise, VSync usually doesn't have any negative performance issues with today's graphics cards. However, there may be a few performance issues linked to VSync with the current release of Black Ops. Try setting this to "0" for compatibility.

r_blur_allowed

This setting enables Blur shader effects. If you have a strong shader card, this setting may be negligible. Otherwise, just go ahead and set this to "0".

r_distortion

This setting enables Distortion shader effects. If you have a strong shader card, this setting may be negligible. Otherwise, just go ahead and set this to "0".

r_dof_enable

This setting enables Depth of Field shader effects. If you have a strong shader card, this setting may be negligible. Otherwise, just go ahead and set this to "0".

r_glow_allowed

This setting enables Glow (HDR?) shader effects. Normally, this should have a negligible performance impact. HOWEVER, this setting seems to be buggy! Performance improved DRAMATICALLY when I set this option to "0".

rate

Rate is the rate at which the client sends packets to the server. If you set this too low, below 10000 or so, you run the risk of sending insufficient data to the server and lagging out. Set this too high, above 50000 or so, and you run the risk of flooding your connection to the server. This setting should be adjusted according to your connection speed and may take some fine tuning.

cl_maxpackets

This setting controls how many packets the client will hold to ensure packet transmission. If you set this setting to low, below 20 or so, then you run the risk of being disconnected prematurely. If you set this setting too high, above 150 or so, then you run the risk of continually resending redundant data and lowering your ping (or worse, getting choked). This setting is very hard to tune because it depends on so many factors beyond your own connection. Most people have found setting this to 100 is a good compromise for most servers.

Some further technical notes:

It seems that the issues plaguing PC Multiplayer are two fold.

First of all, poor CPU management is causing bottlenecks, especially with what seems to be thread context switching. This causes the system to hang intermentently as data is switched between the cores of your CPU.

Next is poor management of the netcode. The netcode must be shared with the game engine in such a way that when the CPU hangs, no data is being transmitted to or received from the server, causing packets to timeout in both directions and LOADS of redundant data being transferred between all players.

So fixing the lag on your computer should help to alleviate the load for everybody else on the server and give all around better game play.

Also note that the above is just observation and speculation from an experienced programmer. I have, obviously, not seen the source to Black Ops, but because of how the application behaves, these are my most educated guesses.

Try what I mentioned above and let me know if you find anything else that is of importance to the current state of multiplayer performance.

Good Luck and Good Fragging!

jonski · 10-11-2010 1:22am

All the guys on teamspeak tonight tried the config adjustments and it seemed to make the game much more playable for all but the guys like me with PC spec's right on the edge .

TheFairy · 10-11-2010 10:17am

Playing on i5, 4 gb ram, AT 5850 on stock settings in game. Little or no lag noticeable. CPU sitting around 40% in game.

Enjoying the game, the higher weapons are seriously outgunning the starting weapons, so the guys with a headstart in the levels are cleaning up. Graphics etc are fine, they dont make a game remember!

Played CTF mostly last night, and a quick game of gungame this morning. Wager servers are full nearly all the time, which is a pity as it could be a lot of fun!

Lab_Mouse · 10-11-2010 10:43am

Like you fairy have little or no lag,with a quad core i5=,4 gig ram and an radeon 5570(ithink)

Having said that some people I know with good rigs are having problems with stuttering and sh1te fps's

EDIT:5770

jonski · 10-11-2010 3:10pm

Borrowing from other forums

Just another little bit of information

Laaaaag.

Just spoke with Alex G., he seems to indicate that the source of the lag might be with the GamerServer server config.

Issue is with the sv_maxrate, currently on all servers it is set to 5000 (because of consoles I would assume) it should be set to around 25000 for PC.

Therefore most pc users are finding a poor online expierience.

I have been on with gameservers all day and their tech team.

We tested the different rate on our server as a fix (via the tech team) and guess what, absolutely perfect.

Our server has actually just been changed back, of course they can't edit the servers, They have submitted a request to whitelist the command sv_maxrate for all users to activision to be able to edit to what they desire. (They didn't want to set all servers to it by default because they believe people will have bandwidth issues).

Just so you know they have limited results in the in game server browser to a few hundred servers to stop it overloading. Leaving most people unable to find their own servers!

Also don't know if you know yet but there it no connect/reconnect and similar commands in the game and the addfavourite command does not work.

Hope this is useful and details enough

-AG

SeantheMan · 10-11-2010 4:04pm

The main issue is to do with FPS i feel.
Regardless of rig, a lot of high end PCs are getting incredibly low FPS.

I have yet to go online yet, because I have been trying to optimise my game in the "practice match" thing. Using that to tweak the game to get some kind of steady FPS which is acceptable, and from then I can go online and play.
I get a bad enough FPS in the offline practice multiplayer, so im sure online would only be worse.
I really have no intention of playing till its a steady 70-100 fps at least

Br4tPr1nc3 · 10-11-2010 5:15pm

have the people experiencing bad fps tried crashin the game and running it in safe mode?

as well as making jonskis changes, for multi core cpu and single gpu.

KilOit · 10-11-2010 5:31pm

It's crazy that i can play BC2 on max settings with a steady 40+ fps with my radeon 5850 but this game brings it to it's knees on medium settings on single and mutliplayer, constant stutters and lag :mad:

I refuse to tamper with the settings i just cba, it's going back on the shelf till it's sorted on their end.

Lukker- · 10-11-2010 5:52pm

KilOit wrote: »

It's crazy that i can play BC2 on max settings with a steady 40+ fps with my radeon 5850 but this game brings it to it's knees on medium settings on single and mutliplayer, constant stutters and lag :mad:

I refuse to tamper with the settings i just cba, it's going back on the shelf till it's sorted on their end.

I agree, it's an 11 year old engine they are using there is absolutely no excuse for it running so poorly and it stinks of complete lack of stress testing. MW2 ran superbly on most rigs, I get 125 steady on max settings yet I can't manage 40 stable with my own FPS config.

CBA

Wonda-Boy · 10-11-2010 8:46pm

Well I do not have any REAL issues, but I do get the odd lag but its far from really bad....annoying YES.

I do see from my PERFORMANCE MANAGER on my G15 that the CPU is constantly at 90% or so, so its deffo not optimised 100%. I have its all running at max except for these commands in console

/r_dof_enable 0
/con_maxfps (to whatever you think)
r_glow_allowed 0

I have a Q9450 @ 3.8Ghz and 4GIG DDR2 1100 RAM and a ATi 5970 (Running @ 5870 speeds)

I would say its only something small, but it will be sorted. On the whole I never really played the last COD game I was rank 5 or something but I like this so far and will give it a decent go....RANK 31 currently.;)

Min Sys Requirements - Black Ops

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