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==Essential improvements== | ==Essential improvements== |
Revision as of 08:12, 20 February 2021
Developers | |
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Treyarch | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
IW engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 13, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 74 |
IGDB | 78 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops | |
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Subseries of Call of Duty | |
Call of Duty: World at War | 2008 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops | 2010 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops II | 2012 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops III | 2015 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII | 2018 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | 2020 |
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 2024 |
General information
- Official Call of Duty series site
- Official forum
- Call of Duty Wiki - A detailed wiki for every Call of Duty game made.
- Steam Community Discussions
- BO2 Optimizations Summary - Useful optimization list thread.
- CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Version differences
- Black Ops II: Contains the base game.
- Digital Deluxe Edition: Contains the base game, Call of Duty: World at War, original soundtrack and digital deluxe content, no Season Pass.
- Black Ops II Bundle: Normal version with Season Pass.
{{DLC|
Season Pass Contains Revolution, Uprising, Vengeance and Apocalypse packs, also Nuketown Zombies Map. 1 special Calling Card for Season Pass owners.
Revolution 4 Multiplayer maps, 1 new weapon for Multiplayer, and 1 Zombies map.
Uprising 4 Multiplayer maps and 1 Zombies map.
Vengeance 4 Multiplayer maps, 1 new weapon for Zombies, and 1 Zombies map.
Apocalypse 4 Multiplayer maps and 1 Zombies map.
Nuketown Zombies Map
Nuketown 2025 Free, initially available as exclusive pre-order content.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Ultimate Customization Bundle Contains Extra Slots pack, all Calling Card and Personalization packs. Ghosts and Advanced Warfare Personalization packs are not included.
Extra Slots Pack More slots for Create-A-Class, emblems, films and screenshots.
Bacon Personalization Pack
Ghosts Personalization Pack Free, Call of Duty: Ghosts pre-order bonus.
Advanced Warfare Personalization Pack Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare pre-order bonus.
Benjamins Personalization Pack
Dia de los Muertos Personalization Pack
Graffiti Personalization Pack
Jungle Warfare Personalization Pack
Kawaii Personalization Pack
Party Rock Personalization Pack
Viper Personalization Pack
Zombies Personalization Pack
North American Flags of the World Calling Card Pack
South American Flags of the World Calling Card Pack
European Flags of the World Calling Card Pack
African Flags of the World Calling Card Pack
Asian Flags of the World Calling Card Pack
Cyborg Personalization Pack
Paladin Personalization Pack
Aqua Personalization Pack
Breach Personalization Pack
Coyote Personalization Pack
Glam Personalization Pack
Pack-A-Punch Personalization Pack
Rogue Personalization Pack
Beast Personalization Pack
Dead Man's Hand Personalization Pack
Octane Personalization Pack
Weaponized 115 Personalization Pack
Afterlife Personalization Pack
Comics Personalization Pack
Dragon Personalization Pack
UK Punk Personalization Pack
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- Mission cutscenes automatically play until the mission level is loaded, upon which a left click will allow skipping.
Delete video files[citation needed] |
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default.bik default.webm dolby.webm frontend_load.webm intro.webm treyarch.webm |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players\bindings_xx.bdg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202970/pfx/[Note 2] |
- There are several configuration files in the
players
folder but onlybindings_sp/mp.bdg
is unencrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players\save[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202970/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
- A comparison of video setting image quality can be found on the GameSpy Port Authority.
Input settings
Audio settings
- Game supports 7.1 positional audio and there are several sound mixing settings in menu (bass heavy, high heavy, hearing impaired etc.)
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Only available in Japanese retail release.
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Polish | Only available in Polish retail release.
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Russian | Only available in Russian retail release.
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Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | See Latin American audio mod |
Latin American audio mod
Latin American audio mod[4] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | 2D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. Note: Game is on official List but 3D has not been confirmed yet. |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest | |||
Novint Falcon |
Network
- Having an "open NAT" is important for VOIP, joining/hosting a party and private matches (this may require a static IP).
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 18 | Versus, Co-op Zombie mode 4 player co-op. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 3074, 27014-27050 |
UDP | 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.
FPS drop while zooming in
- Frame rate drop while aiming down sights.
Set low Depth of Field[5] |
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Set Depth of Field option to low without significant visual impact. Additionally you can turn off Ambient Occlusion and FXAA which affect the speed when aiming down sights. |
Mouse Lag
- Significant mouse lag with vsync enabled.
Use Borderless Windowed mode[citation needed] |
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If you're experiencing mouse lag from vertical sync and screen tearing without it, selecting Borderless Windowed mode from the video options menu may solve the issue. |
Error '57475' When Joining Game
Fixing 57475 error[citation needed] |
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Issue with changing Language
Fixing Localization Problem[citation needed] |
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"Error during Intialization: ERROR: sound Bank failed to load cmn_root.Englisch. You have a Build Problem." Solution : Set the language of all three game parts (singleplayer, multiplayer and zombies) to your desired language and wait for Steam to finish downloading. |
Zombies Leaderboard and Campaign Career Record crash
- The game will crash whenever Career Record/Leaderboard (Campaign/Zombies) is accessed if you have more than 60 and less than 100 Steam friends.
Steam Offline mode or Firewall block[6] |
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Set Steam in Offline Mode. You can block "t6sp.exe" for the campaign and/or "t6zm" in your Firewall by creating a blocking rule for incoming and outgoing traffic. Achievements should work, but you won't be able to play online or retrieve leaderboards. |
Change number of friends[7] |
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Delete friends until total number is under 60, or add more friends until total is over 100. |
Unhandled Exception Caught
Verify[8] |
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Highest resolution not showing
Use borderless fullscreen windowed mode[11] |
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Set Catalyst Control Center[12] |
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Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz |
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System memory (RAM) | 2 GB (32-bit) 4 GB (64-bit) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800GT ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
- Users have the option of installing the campaign (~8.7 GB), multiplayer (~4.5 GB if without DLC), and zombies (~1.0 GB if without DLC) separately.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/202970/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (202970) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ SteamDB: Every depot associated with Japanese Retail Product Key
- ↑ SteamDB: Every depot associated with Polish Retail Product Key
- ↑ SteamDB: Every depot associated with Russian Retail Product Key
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjqRTO5exDM
- ↑ Black Ops II Huge FPS Drops While Zooming-In - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Steam Users' Forums - View Single Post - Game crashes on career record. (retrieved)
- ↑ Game freezes on Zombie Leaderboards. - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Unhandled Exception Caught - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/202970/discussions/0/882965737372041556/
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/202970/discussions/0/882965737311926725/#p1
- ↑ 1920x1080 resolution :: Call of Duty: Black Ops II General Discussions
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/202970/discussions/0/882965737372041556/#c882965737387565006