Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Developer(s)	Treyarch
Publisher(s)	Activision
Engine	Black Ops II
First release date	November 13, 2012

Call of Duty

Call of Duty	2003
Call of Duty 2	2005
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	2007
Variety Map Pack
Call of Duty: World at War	2008
Champs
Valor
Bravo
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	2009
Stimulus Package
Resurgence Package
Call of Duty: Black Ops	2010
First Strike
Escalation
Annihilation
Rezurrection
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	2011
Content Drops 1-24
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	2012
Revolution
Uprising
Call of Duty: Ghosts	2013

Key points

List of known issues on Treyarch website.

Performance boost when using beta Nvidia drivers.

FOV has been patched to a maximum of 90.

General information

Steam Users' Forums

Steam Comunity Discussions

Official forum

BO2 Optimizations Summary - useful optimisations thread.

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Retail		All versions unlock on Steam
Amazon
Steam

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is a Steamworks title.

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 (although there is no visual indication of when it is ready).

Delete video files • Link This will disable the game intro video which forms part of the campaign storyline. You can keep this by not deleting the intro.webm file. 1) Navigate to game folder C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II\video\ 2) Delete or move these files: default.bik default.webm dolby.webm frontend_load.webm intro.webm treyarch.webm

Game data

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

Data locations

	Location
Windows 7	C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Black Ops II\players\save\
Bindings	bindings_sp.bdg

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

Video settings

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

Sound settings.

Graphics option	Native	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Reports show problem display on third monitor.
Field of view (FOV)		Scale from 65 to 90.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		There is a "Texture filtering" option with low, medium and high settings.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

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

Highest resolution not showing

Monitor may support 1920x1080, but highest available setting may be 1440x900 or 1680x1050.

Set Catalyst Control Center • Link 1) Go to your Catalyst Control Center > My Digital Flat Panels > Properties (Digital Flat-Panel) 2) Activate "Enable GPU scaling".

Audio settings

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

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse acceleration, with no option.
Controller support

Network settings

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

Set static IP • Link This can be done by setting a static IP for your PC and then forwarding the following ports to it. TCP: 3074, 27014-27050 UDP: 3074, 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27030

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.

Use Steam key to download game • Link Enter the serial key into Steam product activation and download the game.

FPS drop while zooming in

Framerate drop while aiming down sights.

Set low Depth of Field • Link Set Depth of Field option to low without significant visual impact. Additionally you can turn off Ambient Occlusion and FSAA which affect the speed when aiming down sights.

Cannot start game

Fixing initialization error • Link Use this fix if you experience the Error during initialization: Unhandled exception caught error. 1) Open the control panel (Start > Control panel) 2) Select Date and Time. 3) Click on Change date and time... 4) Select November 11th as the current date on your computer. 5) Confirm by pressing OK on the two open windows.

Error '57475' When Joining Game

Fixing 57475 error • Link These steps should fix the error, but they reset all of your stats. 1) Download a memory address editor (like Cheat Engine). 2) Run the game. Go to barracks. Use an editor to change the value of address '02e97ca4' (version 21.406.7) to 5. 3) Go to 'Prestige mode' and then click 'Prestige Awards'. 4) Select 'Fresh Start'. Your stats should now be reset, and the error shouldn't come up anymore.

Issue with changing Language

Fixing Localization Problem • Link This problem occurs after switching the game language. It crashes the game on startup with a message similiar to this one : "Error during Intialization: ERROR: sound Bank failed to load cmn_root.Englisch. You have a Build Problem." Solution : Set the lanuage of all three game parts (singleplayer , multiplayer and zombies) to your desired language and wait for steam to finish downloading.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows Vista SP2/7	Windows Vista SP2/7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2GB (32-bit) or 4GB (64-bit)	2GB (32-bit) or 4GB (64-bit)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB	Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	16 GB	16 GB

Users have the option of installing the campaign (~8.7 GB), multiplayer (~4.5 GB), and zombies (~1.0 GB) separately.