Black Ops Tweaks thread

SeantheMan

This seems to be the best source of information for tweaking and improving FPS i found so far. Some of them really improved my FPS while I hold out in the hope of a patch

http://www.fragworld.org/frag/home-117.html

Anyway, some settings that may be of importance are:

r_multiGpu

This should only be enabled if you have multiple graphics cards or a graphics card with multiple GPUs. If you don't have multiple GPUs, don't know what this means, or are having issues with your MultiGPU solution, please set this to "0".

r_multithreaded_device

This setting should be enabled for EVERYBODY as the minimum requirements for Black Ops clearly states that you need a multithreaded (multicore) CPU to run the game. However, some people have noticed that by setting this to "0" some of the skipping lag is relieved. Test this out only as a last resort.

r_vsync

VSync prevents screen tearing. If you don't know what that is, just set it to "0" because you probably don't care anyway. Otherwise, VSync usually doesn't have any negative performance issues with today's graphics cards. However, there may be a few performance issues linked to VSync with the current release of Black Ops. Try setting this to "0" for compatibility.

r_blur_allowed

This setting enables Blur shader effects. If you have a strong shader card, this setting may be negligible. Otherwise, just go ahead and set this to "0".

r_distortion

This setting enables Distortion shader effects. If you have a strong shader card, this setting may be negligible. Otherwise, just go ahead and set this to "0".

r_dof_enable

This setting enables Depth of Field shader effects. If you have a strong shader card, this setting may be negligible. Otherwise, just go ahead and set this to "0".

r_glow_allowed

This setting enables Glow (HDR?) shader effects. Normally, this should have a negligible performance impact. HOWEVER, this setting seems to be buggy! Performance improved DRAMATICALLY when I set this option to "0".

rate

Rate is the rate at which the client sends packets to the server. If you set this too low, below 10000 or so, you run the risk of sending insufficient data to the server and lagging out. Set this too high, above 50000 or so, and you run the risk of flooding your connection to the server. This setting should be adjusted according to your connection speed and may take some fine tuning.

cl_maxpackets

This setting controls how many packets the client will hold to ensure packet transmission. If you set this setting to low, below 20 or so, then you run the risk of being disconnected prematurely. If you set this setting too high, above 150 or so, then you run the risk of continually resending redundant data and lowering your ping (or worse, getting choked). This setting is very hard to tune because it depends on so many factors beyond your own connection. Most people have found setting this to 100 is a good compromise for most servers.

SeantheMan

Adding CherryGhosts optimised CFG ....Point of these posts being , that you don't/won't have to search through 120 pages of topics to find the necessary tweaks .
Please only post if you have tweaks, advice or configuration changes to add.

Using the first post my FPS has gone from 30's --> 60-90

Just go to your Black Ops folder on Steam (<whatever your directory is\Steam\steamapps\common\call of duty black ops\players)

Open config_mp with word pad, ctrl+a and delete. Copy all the quote here into the wordpad and save.

You can alter the resolution obviously but other stuff such as brass bullets and blood, as well as character model calculations have been reduced, but the core textures are still nice looking // generated by Call of Duty, do not modify
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SeantheMan

Anyone with a ATI graphics card should go and change their 3D settings within the Catalyst controller to performance in every case to boost FPS

Also, with regards to speakers - setting mine from (small/laptop) to large also made a difference.

Lab_Mouse

constantly getting connection interrupted-ping of 999.

My line is fine can ping the server directly for 33ms+/-.
Just wondering is there anything in the config file that might help.

Must add since the last patch have been able to play the game at full video settings with no stuttering or lag.

Its just starting to fukking annoy me now.If I wanted connection interrupts all the time I would of bought a PS3:pac:

Headshot

just how is the pc version going our of interest ?

Lab_Mouse

I've found it fine since the last(2nd patch) except for the high ping I've been getting.And that is only happening once a day or there abouts for me.

Before that I was using cherryghosts tweaked config settings which made the game look sh1te but playable.

Wonda-Boy

Yeah, game is fine now stutter wise. Get the odd freeze for 1sec then its fine.

Joeface

slightly off topic only slightly

Any one else running this on 8800gtx sli .........struggling a bit 35-45 fps

any advice ..full spec in sig