Honestly if the lag issue isn't fixed by Monday I will be asking D2D for a refund on the game. Absolutely no excuse for the excessive lag due to extreme CPU usage. Did they even QA the PC version using the minimum requirements for hardware? Better yet, did they even QA it at all?
Now I'm one of many who can't even play MP because it's that bad for lag. Oh well another new game release and I'm still falling back to older games like CoD4. Why am I buying new games again?
FOV is broken too, only the gun model changes:
FOV 65
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9454/blackopsmp2010111000102.jpg
FOV 80
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9454/blackopsmp2010111000102.jpg
Widescreen fixer seems to fix the fov properly
Without
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6726/blackopsmp2010111000193.jpg
With
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/6726/blackopsmp2010111000193.jpg
Treyarch has until this weekend to fix the lag. After that I will be demanding a refund from D2D. This is totally unacceptable for a PC game in 2010 built on a modified engine that is what 10 years old?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDh1Sb_eGyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi01mzBHQfk
I have two more that are a lot worse but youtube is behind for processing atm.
One thing I hated in MW2 and MoH is the lack of control over time and scorelimits. Maps are too short and end in well under ten minutes just when it's getting fun. I've always preferred 20 minute time limit and at least double the std score limit.
Guess another game I will throw down after mere months at this rate. Least my new hobby is proving to be more entertaining.
BTW there is absolutely no access to the server. You must use this rcon tool to configure the server. No command line, No ftp access, No access to cfg files.
EA started this no server files shit and should be beaten with a stick.
Been reading the steam forums and a growing number of people are posting problems. Common complaint is lag in MP and it's resource heavy:
Few SS posted
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/Shagula69/BlackOpsMP2010-11-0909-18-48-48.jpg
http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr349/Shagula69/BlackOpsMP2010-11-0909-23-27-49.jpg
http://i11.fastpic.ru/big/2010/1109/9a/9354bc2f88b5e87d16d89332286a939a.jpg
So ya nice lag free gaming that gameservers.com is providing :P
Thing is PB is becoming a thing of the past with developers outside of EA. I see just as many cheaters in VAC games as PB ones that don't stream. Least we can spec them in codbo unlike moh.
EA hasn't made a game that appeals to me so I have to goto CoD. MoH was ok but lacked a lot that codbo is offering.
I pre-ordered for $44.99, it's worth that for sure.
Sick an tired of waiting for something good to come out after cod4. MoH flopped so this is the game for me.
While waiting for release I'm playing with 3d graphics :P
It's not DICE, it's made by Easy but yes if it has the same policies as Heroes (No server files etc) then we won't be touching it even with a 10 foot pole. Then again I wish that was the case for MoH but have to make mistakes in order to learn from them right? :P
Players who seem to shoot me before I get a chance to do anything usually have a much lower ping which in MoH I can't see. Yes I do blame the game maker for picking Skill over Ping on the scoreboard :)
Older games yes. Most new ones like MoH and BC2 don't even have spectator or demos so less tools to use.
Year after year :P
Way things are going PB will be on par with VAC because the features that set it above are either broken or the game doesn't support it.