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Revision as of 08:48, 5 January 2019

Call of Duty: Black Ops III
Call of Duty: Black Ops III cover
Developers
Treyarch
Publishers
Activision
Engines
IW engine
Release dates
Windows November 6, 2015
Call of Duty: Black Ops III guide on StrategyWiki
Call of Duty: Black Ops III on Wikipedia
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Key points

Features split-screen with multi-monitor support (one monitor per player).
Official modding tools and unranked dedicated servers available.[1][2]
By default, some settings are restricted depending on graphics card, but a fix is available here.
There may be some performance issues, but a fix is available here.

General information

GeForce Graphics Guide
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Contains 6 DVD's.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Amazon.co.uk
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam and Arxan Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Zombies Deluxe Edition contains the base game, the Season Pass, The Giant Zombies Map, Zombies Chronicles and 3 Personalization Packs.
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - Multiplayer Starter Pack is a multiplayer-only version of the game that has limited content.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Season Pass
Windows
Awakening Included in the Season Pass.
Windows
Descent Included in the Season Pass.
Windows
Eclipse Included in the Season Pass.
Windows
The Giant Zombies Map Included in the Season Pass.
Windows
NUK3TOWN Bonus Map Originally a pre-order bonus, later made free.
Windows
Salvation Included in the Season Pass.
Windows
Zombies Chronicles
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete BO3_Global_Logo_LogoSequence.mkv found in <path-to-game>\video[3]

Make all settings available

Many graphics cards are able to handle high graphical settings, but by default the game hides/restricts some settings.
Edit config.ini[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open config.ini with your file editor of choice.
  3. Find the line RestrictGraphicsOptions and edit the value from 1 to 0.
  4. Save your changes.

Notes

If the game is installed in the default folder then you might need to run your file editor of choice as an administrator, or copy your config file to your desktop, make changes and replace original file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\players\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311210/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\players\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/311210/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Advanced video settings.
Gameplay video settings.
Gameplay video settings.

Template:Video settings

Triple buffering

Edit config.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open config.ini.
  3. Find the line BackbufferCount and edit the value from 2 to 3.
  4. Save your changes.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
:
Lacks Latin American translation (available on console version). Only Castillan traduction is available.

Network

Network settings.
Network settings.
Voice Chat settings.
Voice Chat settings.
Text Chat settings.
Text Chat settings.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op, Versus
[5]
LAN play
Online play
18 Co-op, Versus
Co-op is limited to 4 Players

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
For Ranked matches.[5][6]
Self-hosting
Unranked only[2]
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27014-27050
UDP 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27031, 27036
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed

Stuttering

The game has some compatibility issues with older operating systems such as Windows 7 due to the outdated graphics stack (WDDM).
Change operating system[citation needed]
  1. Back up your files and programs.
  2. Go to Microsoft site .
  3. Select at will the type of transition to Windows 10.
  4. Upgrade to Windows 10 or reinstall from scratch.
  5. Download and install the latest drivers for your configuration, in particular the video card.
  6. Turn off the transparency of the desktop interface in the system settings in the personalization color section.
  7. You can also turn on the game mode in the system settings to ensure a higher priority of the game in automatic mode.
This action is the cornerstone of stability and smoothness of the gameplay, as Windows 10 has more advanced basic elements that the game requires.
The game does not take advantage off the entire VRAM amount available.
Edit config.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open config.ini.
  3. Find the line VideoMemory and edit the value from 0.75 or 0.90 to 1.
  4. Also check the parameter StreamMinResident and change its value if required from 1 to 0.
  5. Save your changes.
You can also disable the function of HPET which is a technology of high-precision timer in the motherboard.
This can sometimes cause performance problems.
Disable HPET[7]

Method 1:

  1. Tap on the Windows-key, enter cmd, right-click cmd.exe in the results listing and select to run the command prompt with administrative privileges.
  2. To enable HPET as the only timer run the command bcdedit /set useplatformclock true
  3. To disable HPET in Windows run the command bcdedit /deletevalue useplatformclock
  4. Restart your computer.

Method 2:

  1. Search "Device Manager" on your PC.
  2. Scroll down to "System Devices" and open the sub-menu.
  3. Scroll to "High Precision Event Timer" and click it.
  4. Click "Actions" at the top of the window, and from that pop-up menu, click "Disable".
  5. Restart your computer.

Game changes microphone gain at launch

Modify microphone gain ingame[8]
  1. Start up the game and open the menu, select OPTIONS and after select CHAT that has a headset icon.
  2. Change Voice Chat Record Level to your preferred microphone gain.

Game crashes on startup

Add anti-virus exclusion[9]
  1. If you have either AVG or AVAST, they are known to cause the game to crash.
  2. Add the entire installation folder to the exclusion list on either anti-virus to fix
For better result, need uninstall antivirus and disable built-in Windows Defender.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 810 2.60 GHz
System memory (RAM) 6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 100 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 6970
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX Compatible
A 64-bit system is required.

Notes

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/311210/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (311210) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References