Call of Duty: Black Ops

[HSMagnet]

the ballistic knife is going to be the great humiliating death now

[SuperTaz]

I can just imagine having RC Bombs in COD4 Killhouse. That would be great for all those campers.

[HSMagnet]

pcdev #modtools and dev console news here: http://bit.ly/dvo5pU #codBlackOps #pc 3 minutes ago via web

[Kite]

MOD TOOLS AND DEV CONSOLE CONFIRMED BY pcdev!

 

We plan to open the game up for modding sometime post-launch. We do not know yet to what extent you will be able to mod the game. There are some purely technical issues related to engine and internal tool enhancements that do not easily fit the modtools paradigm. We have looked at it close enough to see that it is non-trivial and we will have to pick it up again post-launch. Right now we are completely focused on finishing the game.

 

And, dev console: confirmed.

-pcdev-

 

http://www.callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=263066&p=3127169

[HSMagnet]

:P

[Wilbur]

This actually sounds promising.

[McBain{TibeT}]

Great news, I will definitely be buying this now.

[Everson]

Doesn't it just sound promising!

 

Public Server Files + PB to come, or die

[MaydaX]

Doesn't it just sound promising!

 

Public Server Files + PB to come, or die

 

tbh I could care less if it has PB or not at this point so long as I get a game I can enjoy and not some stripped down console port that lacks the basic PC features I enjoy. CoDBO is shaping up to be that game.

[HSMagnet]

tbh I could care less if it has PB or not at this point so long as I get a game I can enjoy and not some stripped down console port that lacks the basic PC features I enjoy. CoDBO is shaping up to be that game.

 

QFMFT

[Kolor]

I'd like PB for the familiarity of admining it, but as MaydaX says, for me that is not a deal breaker.

[HSMagnet]

i remember when i thought PB was a big PITA, CoD games were highly overrated and couldn't understand the desire to peruse thousands of PBSS ...

i mean no GUI or simple chat text admin control? ludicrous

 

now i still hit F2 ....

 

 

bind F2 "pb_rcon pb_sv_say ^1 Respect all players and admins! No racial, religious or political comments!"

[Everson]

A few of you have missed this item of news floating around the community at the moment, so I thought I would draw attention to it:

 

A German internet article claims that at Gamescom JD categorically ruled out a tie-in with Steam:

 

http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://blog.codinfobase.de/2010/08/gamescom-call-of-duty-black-ops-das-vorlaufige-fazit/&ei=MohzTL7SIIqQjAeWlOCxDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://blog.codinfobase.de/2010/08/gamescom-call-of-duty-black-ops-das-vorlaufige-fazit/%26hl%3Den

 

The piece which concerns us the most is this:

 

There will be, and Josh was quite quick on this Answer, NO forced Steam. However, there will be a Steam Version, but thats more of a completion thing.

 

EDIT: Translation by Monochrom

 

Basically, the gist of it is this: Black Ops is not tied in with Steam, but will be available on Steam just like COD:WaW was.

 

This means:

 

1. No VAC

2. A good chance there will be public server files

3. A chance there will be no charge for PC DLC unless Black Ops is going to use Game for Windows Live to sell it.

 

Of course, all this needs confirmation from JD here, but it is looking very good for Black Ops at the moment. I've made a pre-order on this basis. Just hope I don't get let down.

http://callofduty.com/board/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=265021

[Kolor]

I can live with paid DLC, especially as it will now have to stand up against community made mods and add-ons after the announcement of mod tools.

[injuneer]

Paid DLC is fine as long as patches aren't lumped in with the maps and such. People shouldn't be expected to pay for game fixes.

[Duality]

Paid DLC is fine as long as patches aren't lumped in with the maps and such. People shouldn't be expected to pay for game fixes.

 

I don't mind DLC at all as long as it adds a decent enough amount of content to the game to justify it's price. Take the new ArmA2 DLC for example - an entirely new playable faction, new vehicles, weapons etc, for a reasonable price. And the clincher? All the engine updates that are released with the DLC will be made available to everyone via a patch, regardless of whether they purchase. That's how to do DLC :)

[Crotan]

Valve knows how to do DLC, they've added on a campaign "The Passing" and an uncommon common infected with their last DLC, and are going to be adding in another campaign "The sacrifice" and the old L4D 1 campaign "No Mercy" to L4D 2. No cost to PC players!

 

I do wish however that it had PB, because we run a L4D 2 server and have come across aimbotters believe it or not

Edited August 24, 2010 by Crotan

[HSMagnet]

just give me a decent game with servers and files and console

 

at this point idk about anything else

[Wilbur]

just give me a decent game with servers and files and console

 

 

It sounds so simple. Hopefully they will just do it this time around.

[=GoMg=THE__DRIFTER]

just give me a decent game with servers and files and console

 

at this point idk about anything else

 

+1 ...

[Everson]

http://twitter.com/JD_2020/status/22648047318

 

Follow @JD_2020/mp-reveal for LIVE updates from a bunch of attendees at the #CODBlackOps MP event on Sept 1 - Starts at 6:00pm Pacific!

That's 2am in the UK on September 2nd 2010 :(

 

But hey... at least I'll have lots to read when I wake up.

[Everson]

@JoshPeckler 1 question i really would like answered, will mod support be in Retail (not modtools but just mod support with basic redirect)

 

@TheRealZeRoY I thought they where going to give a full reveal, why would they not answer that question???

 

@THErealRUDEDOG you not convinced Anti-Cheat and Public Server Files are going to be on the agenda for the MPReveal?

http://twitter.com/eversonj90/status/22718826255

 

@eversonj90 they can say av and dedicated but can they say when? is it int the box? its all in the details.

 

@THErealRUDEDOG I guess it's time to sit tight and hope the MPReveal is truly a reveal ALL aspects of Multiplayer. Less than 12 hours!

http://twitter.com/eversonj90/status/22720454875

 

@eversonj90 agree, it will be a very interesting turn of events and I look forward to what they have to say/reveal.

[HSMagnet]

i will wait until some nice people plunk down their cold, hard cash to play the game. then i will listen for purring or the wailing and gnashing of teeth

 

 

then i will make a decision as to think about buying or not

[buttscratcher]

Nothing of substance, but a few early details.

 

Hopefully the image will be able to be read.

Edited September 1, 2010 by buttscratcher

[HSMagnet]

Nothing of substance, but a few early details.

 

Hopefully the image will be able to be read.

 

that was not encouraging

 

if it ends up being a fiasco like L4D where you payed for a server but had no control over it.....

 

nothing more annoying than being vote-kicked off your own server....

 

sounds very console oriented. i realize it will be a port from a console game, but, damn.

 

i foresee lots of "oh, we will have that shortly" like when cod:waw came out....

 

 

i hope i am wrong