BLACK OPS III - General, Settings & MORE - Community Help

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In this part some general things are listed which could be usefull.

SET A FPS CAP(<180)! Game will run smoother + you save power/temperature

Fullscreen
Black ops 3 will switch to windowed mode whenever you tab out.
To get back into Fullscreen mode just press Alt + Enter (this also works with many other games).

Input/Mouse Lag (Graphics Card)
I had some damning input lags when I began to play.
The solution for me was increasing the refresh rate. (NOT the fps, got 140+)

Black Ops III gave me two options based on my graphics card (gtx 960).











So after messing with the resolution, 1152x864 gives me a higher refreshrate.











This solved the problem with the input lag for me.

(Perhaps this problem is getting fixed soon :D) - I think it has been fixed


Show all graphics options
Go to "Guide\Config\Show all graphics options"

Settings

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Config

First of all you need to find your Black Ops III folder.

You usually find it here "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\". Your installation path may differ from the above location.

If you still can't find it:
- go to Libary
- select Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Right click -> properties
- navigate to the "local files" tab
- press the "Browse local files" button

Now go to "Call of Duty Black Ops III\players" and open "config.ini" (rightclick & open with... notepad)



Replace the line of your config as needed with the following:


Performance

Line	Explanation
MaxFPS = "0" // 0 to 1000	unlimits MaxFPS
DrawFPS = "1" // 0 or 1	shows your current FPS
SmoothFramerate = "0" // 0 or 1	get highest possible FPS
CorpseCount = "8" // 1 to 32	limits max corpses
RefreshRate = "240" // 1 to 240	sets refreshrate to max
Vsync = "0" // 0 or 1	disables Vsync
BackbufferCount = "2" // 2 to 3	buffer as less frames as possible
ResolutionPercent = "100" // 50 to 100	50 = better performance, 100 = better graphics
MeshQuality = "2" // 0 to 8	MeshQuality: 0 highest - 8 lowest
TextureFilter = "1" // 0 to 2	TextureFilter: 0 lowest - 2 highest quality
TextureQuality = "2" // 0 to 3	TextureQuality: 0 highest - 3 lowest
TextureQualityFX = "2" // 0 to 15	EffectsQuality: 0 highest - 15 lowest
TextureQualityProbes = "1" // 0 to 16	ProbesQuality: 0 highest - 16 lowest
TextureQualityBakedSunShadows = "2" // 0 to 2	SunShadowsQuality: 0 highest - 2 lowest
TextureLowDetailResident = "0" // 0 or 1	forces mips to stay loaded instead of streaming
DisableDynamicLightShadows = "1" // 0 or 1	disables DynamicLightShadows
DisableDynamicSunShadows = "1" // 0 or 1	disables DynamicSunShadows
SpotShadowTextureSize = "512" // 128 to 8192	128 highest - 8192 lowest performance
OmniShadowTextureSize = "256" // 128 to 2048	128 highest - 2048 lowest performance
ShadowFiltering = "0" // 0 or 1	disables multi-sampled Shadows
ActorShadows = "0" // 0 to 16	disables ActorShadows
VolumetricLightingEnabled = "0" // 0 or 1	disables VolumetricLightning
VolumetricLightingMaxSunSamples = "8"	1 to 256, decreases VL samples for sunlight
VolumetricLightingMaxLightSamples = "8"	1 to 256, decreases VL samples for light
VolumetricLightingSkipSunSamples = "1" // 0 or 1	skips every other VL sun sample
VolumetricLightingSkipLightSamples = "1" // 0 or 1	skips every other VL light sample
OIT = "0" // 0 or 1	disables order-independent transparency
SSAOTechnique = "GTAO Low Quality"	sets the SSAO method to low quality
AATechnique = "SMAA 1x"	sets the AA method to SMAA 1x
MotionBlur = "Off"	turns motion blur off
MotionBlurQuality = "Low"	sets motion blur quality to low
SubsurfaceScattering = "0" // 0 or 1	disables better lighting for skin

Show all graphics options
Go to //Hide graphics options that are too demanding for the user's video card
RestrictGraphicsOptions = "1" // 0 or 1
and set "1" to "0" to select Ultra option or High in game


Reduce Input-lag

Line	Explanation
MaxFrameLatency = "0" // 0 to 4	reduces input lag
MouseFilter = "0" // 0 to 10	disables mouse smoothing
MouseAcceleration = "0" // 0 to 1	disables mouse acceleration

When you've done your optimizations, save your config and rightclick it. Select properties and activate read-only, so the game won't overwrite your changes.

If you still have performance problems mess with the quality settings by unchecking the read-only property.

Setup

Here are some other tweaks that could also be usefull.


Remove intro / ending movie
Go to your Black Ops 3 folder (as shown in config) and navigate to the "video" folder and
delete or rename:

• "bo3_global_logo_logosequence.mkv" to disable the start intro
  
• "mp_nuketown_fs_endingmovie.mkv" to disable the nuketown ending movie
  
• also works with the other files like campain (cp_) zombie (zm_) movies!

Starting Problems / Try this anyway

Installing this could fix some starting problems:
Go to "Call of Duty Black Ops III\_CommonRedist\vcredist\2010"
and install vcredist_x64 or vcredist_x86
(depends on your operating system whether you have 64bit -> x64 or 32bit -> x86)

Compatibility mode

1. Set your game and steam on admin mode (Right click the bo3.exe -> properties -> Compatibility)
   
2. Mess with the compatibility modes (Win7, XP, Vista, ...)
   
3. Try the same for all users (button)
   
4. Disable your firewall and antivirus programm
   
5. Move your install location (reinstall in another steam libary/another hard drive)
   
6. Did you use any Tuner/Cleaner; Did you denied any services?
   
7. Refresh your OS
   
8. Reinstall your OS / Install a newer one (The game may not run on cracked OS)

Other solutions you should give a try:
1. Make sure you're not using family sharing to play the game - it must be activated on this account.
2. Update your drivers - don't use betas!
3. Disable your antivirus program and your windows firewall
3a. Are you using BitDefender? BO3 doen't like it...
4. Did you use any tweaker, tuner, etc.?
5. Do windows updates!
6. Change your install path, maybe another drive?
7. Try everything again and try to find other solutions :D
8. Reinstall your OS - BO3 doesn't work (well) on cracked OS!
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[TomTheLlama]

will guide ever get finished ?

[ItzSilver]

So yeah can u use config to fix the check dlc every 5 sec thing

[pwbcforlife]

Got this on steam deck to play zombies, worked sweet for a day. Then it keeps bugging saying controller disconnected mid game, even though I'm playing handheld and the only fix is to close the game. Any ideas this is super frustrating, one of the main reasons I brought the deck

[patriziolubrani]

hello, i need to know what i need for play in multiplayer. I just installed Call of Duty Black Ops III Multiplayer starter Pack. I don find how enter match multiplayer. What i need for play?
Thks

[louisbucquet]

hi i have a problem with my controller. I tried to connect my controller to steam, and it works. But when i'm in the game it doesn't work ! do you know what to do ?

[LOCK23]

I mean sure any online game but can't find anything for me? but does the online multiplaure work?

[BiaBeamerBoy]

i start matchmacking but don't find match ... everytime said : 50 party --> 0 , anysolution?

[Celyoo]

cool

[AvrgDerk]

@cheetos you can try out DXVK, it helped eliminate fps drops when sliding and aiming down sights for my deck lol. If it works then it works

[Krit]

I am having an issue where none of my bo3 zombies mods are loading. I have tried reinstalling verifying files everything related to that and nothing works so im out of ideas. Any suggestions?