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Revision as of 23:03, 29 September 2013

Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Developers
Treyarch
Publishers
Activision
Engines
Black Ops II
Release dates
Windows November 13, 2012
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Key points

List of known issues on Treyarch website.
Performance boost when using beta Nvidia drivers.[1]
FOV has been patched to a maximum of 90.[2]
Does not support Windows XP, despite running on the same old engine.

General information

Steam Users' Forums
Steam Comunity Discussions
Official forum
BO2 Optimizations Summary - useful optimisations thread.

Availability

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All versions require Steam, including retail.

Improvements

Skip company logo videos

Introduction cutscenes can generally be skipped by pressing the 'Enter' key.
Mission cutscenes automatically play until the mission level is loaded, upon which a left click will allow skipping.
Instructions

Game data

Game is delivered in three parts: Campaign, Multiplayer and Zombies, which can be installed separately.

Data locations

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There are several configuration files in the players folder but only bindings_sp.bdg is unencrypted.

Video settings

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Graphics settings.
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Advanced graphics settings.
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Sound settings.

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A comparison of video setting image quality can be found on the GameSpy Port Authority.

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Monitor may support 1920x1080, but highest available setting may be 1440x900 or 1680x1050.[3][4]
Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Game supports 7.1 positional audio and there are several sound mixing settings in menu (bass heavy, high heavy, hearing impaired etc.)

Network settings

Opening the NAT is important for being able to join multiplayer games.
Instructions

Issues and Fixes

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Mass Effect 2 disc 2

Users reporting that the disc 2 installation is in fact a Mass Effect 2 disc.[5]
Instructions

FPS drop while zooming in

Framerate drop while aiming down sights.
Instructions

Cannot start game

Instructions

Error '57475' When Joining Game

Instructions

Issue with changing Language

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2/7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
Users have the option of installing the campaign (~8.7 GB), multiplayer (~4.5 GB), and zombies (~1.0 GB) separately.

References