Call of Duty: Black Ops
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Developers | |
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Treyarch | |
Multiplayer | Certain Affinity |
Nerve Software | |
Pi Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
IW 3.0 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 9, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | September 27, 2012 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 81 |
IGDB | 81 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Asia, Cold War, Europe, World War II, Zombies |
Series | Call of Duty: Black Ops |
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 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions for Windows version
- Steam Community Discussions for OS X version
- CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all multiplayer maps.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Steam | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | ||||
Steam (unavailable) |
- All Windows versions require Steam DRM.
- Windows and OS X versions are sold separately and cannot play online together.[1]
- Various security vulnerabilities have been found with all Call of Duty games between Modern Warfare (2007) and Black Ops III, allowing hackers to remotely access, execute code on, and control user's PCs if they connect to the game's online modes.[2]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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First Strike | Included with the macOS version of the game. | |
Escalation | Windows only. | |
Annihilation | Windows only. | |
Rezurrection | Windows only. | |
Rezurrection Mac Edition | OS X version of Rezurrection. | |
Annihilation & Escalation Bundle - Mac Edition | OS X versions of Escalation and Annihilation. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename the video files[3] |
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Plutonium
- An easy-to-install replacement launcher using dedicated servers for the game's online modes. Fixes the security vulnerabilities while also adding several enhancements:
- A custom-built anticheat system
- Aim Assist for controllers
- Discord Rich Presence
- Ultrawide monitor support
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Call of Duty Black Ops/players |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42700/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\players\save\[Note 1] |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Call of Duty Black Ops/players/save |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42700/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings[Note 3]
Game settings[Note 4]
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Stretched, use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Flawless Widescreen or Widescreen Fixer. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Ranges from 65-80° in multiplayer only. See Field of view (FOV). | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | MSAA 2x/4x/8x. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 91 FPS.[4] See High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) | |||
Color blind mode |
Field of view (FOV)
Use Call of Duty: SCZ FoV Changer or FOV Changer[5] |
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Modify FOV using a key bind[6] |
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Notes
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High frame rate
Set the frame rate cap in the config file[7] |
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Notes
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Set the frame rate cap using the console[8] |
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Notes
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Depth of field
Disable Depth of field[9] |
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Motion Blur
Disable motion blur[10] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Can be changed in the config file. See Mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Only active during gameplay, controller cannot be used to navigate any menus. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Five button layout presets and four stick presets. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Tracked motion controllers | Razer Hydra works with Sixense MotionCreator bundled profile.[11] | |
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Button/gesture prompts |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | Button prompts only reflect controller input. |
Mouse acceleration
Change the setting in the config file[12] |
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Audio
Sound settings[Note 5]
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | 7.1. | |
Subtitles | Under Game settings. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Some ambient sound effects still play when unfocused. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Fan translation. | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, link #1, link #2. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | Only available in Japanese retail release.
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Polish | Only available in Polish retail release.
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Russian | Retail only. Patch for digital release here. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | This is a mod for Zombies mode, made with Latin American Spanish audio files extracted from Call of Duty: Black Ops III DLC "Zombies Chronicles", as well as Black Ops IIII, modifying the Castilian Spanish and English files, in order to replace the English audio files. Available through this guide. |
- To enhance sound quality download DSOAL and put into the game folder.
Network
- Windows and macOS players cannot play with each other.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | Local play is only available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS. | |||
LAN play | Versus, Co-op Supported but requires an internet connection for Steam authentication.[15] Co-op is Zombies mode. |
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Online play | 18 | Versus, Co-op Co-op is Zombies mode. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | Servers must be rented from GameServers.[16] | |
Direct IP | Open the console (~) and use /connect followed by the IP.[17] |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 3074, 27014-27050 |
UDP | 3074, 3478-4380, 27000-27030 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Native 3D | ||||
Nvidia 3D Vision | See also Helix Mod: Call of Duty: Black Ops. | |||
TriDef 3D | ||||
iZ3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpX game list. |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest | |||
Novint Falcon |
Issues unresolved
Cannot install the game from retail DVDs
Use Phoenix extractor[18] |
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Dialogs of the Spanish dub are too loud or unintelligible
- A number of dialogs from the Spanish localization have unregulated volume levels, which ranges from being almost inaudible to uncomfortably loud. While one way to deal with this would be enabling subtitles, such an option isn't available for this localization despite existing in the game's code.[19]
Issues fixed
- TweakGuides created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. An archived version can be found here.
Muffled audio
- After dying in a mission, the audio may be muffled.[20]
Restart level[21] |
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Dark characters on "Victor Charlie" & "Vorkuta" level
- On the level "Victor Charlie" characters may appear darkened when the flashlight is pointed at them.
- On the level "Vorkuta" characters appear darkened when going up the elevator.
Edit the config file[22] |
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Mouse issues on Linux
Change mouse polling rate |
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Performance issues on Linux
- If the current hardware is giving bad performance, it may be due to the scheduler in use by the kernel. The CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) does not work well with this game.
Change Linux kernel scheduler |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[23] |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.9n |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 AMD Phenom X3 8750 |
Intel Pentium Dual Core E6500 2.93 GHz AMD Phenom II X2 560 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 3 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 12 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTS 240 ATI Radeon HD 4850 |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.8.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | Intel Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 640M ATI Radeon HD 3870 Intel HD Graphics 5000 512 MB of VRAM | ATI Radeon HD 5750 1 GB of VRAM |
- PowerPC Processors (G4 and G5) are not supported.
- The following chipsets are not supported: Nvidia GeForce 7, 8 and 9 series, 100 series, 300M series, ATI Radeon X1000 series, HD 2000 series, HD 4670, HD 6490, HD 6630, Intel GMA (950/X3100), HD Graphics 3000 and 4000.
- This game is not supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).
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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (42700) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ Number of corpses only applies to the campaign and Zombies, and Field of View only applies to multiplayer.
- ↑ Subtitles and graphic content only apply to the campaign and Zombies, and Draw HUD and Enable Console only apply to multiplayer.
- ↑ Sound occlusion is only present in campaign and Zombies.
References
- ↑ The GameAgent Blog (via Internet Archive) - Aspyr Mac FAQs: Call of Duty: Black Ops - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ CVE-2018-20817 exploit - last accessed on 2023-11-13
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-11-21
- ↑ Steam Community - Does Black Ops have FPS cap? - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-19
- ↑ H3XED - Black Ops PC: How to Change FOV (Adjust Field of View) - last accessed on 2020-11-22
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-11-21
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-11-21
- ↑ Verified by User:Faust8 on 2023-09-15
- ↑ Verified by User:Faust8 on 2023-09-15
- ↑ Sixense (via Internet Archive) - Razer Hydra Control Profile - Call of Duty: Black Ops - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2020-11-22
- ↑ SteamDB - Call of Duty: Black Ops Retail (JP) - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ SteamDB - Call of Duty: Black Ops Retail (PL) - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ Twitter - @pcdev on September 6, 2010 - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- "To clarify: you can play MP on a LAN as long as everyone on the LAN has internet connectivity. #codblackops #pc"
- ↑ GameServers.com - Call of Duty : Black Ops Announcement! - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ Arqade - Is there a way to play Call of Duty: Black Ops on LAN without an internet connection? - last accessed on 2021-01-02
- ↑ community.pcgamingwiki.com - last accessed on 26 May 2023
- ↑ como poner los subtitulos al black ops de pc - last accessed on 2023-10-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Faust8 on 2023-09-15
- I died in mission Crash Site and got audio muffled after.
- ↑ Tested by Faust8.
- ↑ Steam Community - How to fix a Victor Charlie mission underground tunnels "black characters" bug - last accessed on 2020-11-22
- ↑ Aspyr Support - MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions - last accessed on 2021-01-02