Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Treyarch | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Black Ops II|IW engine|Black Ops II | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 13, 2012 |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Call of Duty | 2003 |
Call of Duty 2 | 2005 |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (series) | |
Call of Duty: Black Ops (series) | |
Call of Duty: Ghosts | 2013 |
Call of Duty: Online | 2013 |
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | 2014 |
Call of Duty: Heroes | 2014 |
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare | 2016 |
Call of Duty: WWII | 2017 |
Call of Duty: Warzone | 2020 |
Call of Duty: Vanguard | 2021 |
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 | 2022 |
Call of Duty: Mobile | TBA |
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
- Steam Users' Forums
- BO2 Optimizations Summary - Useful optimization list thread.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Steam |
- All versions require Steam.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Season Pass | ||
Revolution | ||
Uprising | ||
Vengeance | ||
Apocalypse | ||
Nuketown Zombies Map | ||
Extra Slots Pack | ||
Bacon Personalization Pack | ||
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.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202970/pfx/[Note 1] |
- There are several configuration files in the
players
folder but onlybindings_sp/mp.bdg
is unencrypted.
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/202970/pfx/[Note 1] |
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.
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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 | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Russian |
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.
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Error '57475' When Joining Game
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Issue with changing Language
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Zombies Leaderboard and Campaign Career Record crash
- Crash during campaign whenever Career Record is displayed, or in Zombies whenever Leaderboard is displayed. Caused because of bug displaying more than 60 and less than 100 Steam friends.
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Unhandled Exception Caught
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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), and zombies (~1.0 GB) separately.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.