Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII

Developers
	Treyarch
	Raven Software
Windows	Beenox
Publishers
	Activision
Release dates
Windows	October 12, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	84
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Battle royale
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Call of Duty: Black Ops

Call of Duty: Black Ops
Subseries of Call of Duty
Call of Duty: World at War	2008
Call of Duty: Black Ops	2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops II	2012
Call of Duty: Black Ops III	2015
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII	2018
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War	2020

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII is a multiplayer first-person action, shooter and battle royale game in the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.

General information

CallofDutyMaps - A detailed Website for all included multiplayer maps.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Download-only; no disc is included in the physical box.
Amazon.com
Battle.net		Digital Deluxe Edition and Multiplayer/Battle Royale Only also available
(unavailable)		Standard Edition
(unavailable)		Digital Deluxe Edition
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Digital Deluxe Edition.
Humble Store (unavailable)

All versions require an Activision account, Battle.net DRM and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

No microtransactions information; you can edit this page to add it.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit config.ini[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file location. Open config.ini. Find the line play_intro_movies and set the value to 0. You can also change this option in game on interface settings. Save your changes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\players\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

Video

Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Officially announced.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+.
4K Ultra HD		Based on the official announcement.
Field of view (FOV)		60 to 120, can be independent from aiming down sights.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, SMAA 1x, Filmic SMAA 1x, SMAA T2x, Filmic SMAA T2x, render resolution up to 200%.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		60 to 300, or unlimited. Separate slider for Menu FPS. For a manual change, see Manual optimizations.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia.

Input

In-game Input Settings

In-game Controller Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Aim assist is disabled in PC version.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, Voice and Cinematics.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		100	Versus, Co-op 8-10 players in most modes, 8-12 in Chaos TDM, 4 in Zombies, up to 100 in Blackout.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Dedicated servers for Multiplayer and Blackout. P2P for Zombies mode.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	443, 3074
UDP	443, 3074

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video

Manual optimizations

All of the following changes are done by changing config.ini in the configuration file location with a text editor.

All manual changes to the settings in the configuration files can be overwritten and changed to defaults. Setting the file to read-only mode after saving changes can prevent this.

Some settings can be duplicated in the folder with the id of the player profile, there they should also be changed.

• Set the line max_fps with max_fps_menu to a numerical value to change the framerate limiter to a custom value, or 0 to disable it the framerate limit.
• Set the line auto_cull_radius to 10 for decreasing the draw distance in case of framerate issues.
• Set the line video_memory to a decimal value between 0 and 1 to set the maximum percentage of VRAM to use (e.g. 0.75 is 75%).
• Set the line smooth_framerate to 1 to smoothen the framerate.
• Set the line backbuffer_count to 3 to enable triple buffering.
• Set the line threaded_rendering to 1 and worker_threads to the number of threads the given computer has.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4340 AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i5-2500K AMD Ryzen R5 1600X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	55 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660/1050 AMD Radeon HD 7950 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970/1060 AMD Radeon R9 390 / AMD Radeon RX 580 4 GB / 6 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.