Call of Duty Black ops 4 (PC)

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 10:53

Mark A said:
Hmm, the code I got was in this format: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX . I tried with and without dashes, even tried typing it in instead of copy and pasting with no luck. Tried 3 different browsers and they all say its an incorrect code.

Asus are useless and the email link they give to contact should there be a problem just bounces back. Activision said the code went though and I should get a code in 20 days, but the code I just received was supposed to be the code that could take 20 days... It seems after googling there are a few others having an issue and Activision support are giving different answers to everyone, so i'm not very hopeful at all.

Sorry to hear that.

Where did you buy your card from?

I once bought a mobo with a promo on. Paid around £450 from the rain forest site and it was supposed to come with a free key for assassins creed black flag that I intended to sell to recover £30. It came in a scratch card style format and had to remove the foil. Much to my horror and entertainment once I had scratched the foil away there was no key underneath.

I contacted the rain forest about this and they offered me a 30% refund to recover the cost of the game so ended up getting WAY more than the £30 I wanted.

Not guaranteeing you can get similar treatment but I would certainly push for a part refund from wherever you bought it.

Tom|Nbk · 11 Oct 2018 at 11:05

Got my key now and preload done might get on tonight for a hour or so

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 11:24

Tom|Nbk said:
Got my key now and preload done might get on tonight for a hour or so

Wish they did was steam do,

This game unlocks in Aprox : Xdays X hours X minutes.

Seems to be a lot of confusing surrounding when it's actually going to be playable.

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 11:26

Tom|Nbk said:
My Battlenet User is : TomNbk#2211

Have added you to OP

shankly1985 said:
A very good watch

Adding this to OP too! great watch

Mark A · 11 Oct 2018 at 11:29

harry5522 said:
I contacted the rain forest about this and they offered me a 30% refund to recover the cost of the game so ended up getting WAY more than the £30 I wanted.

Wow, thats awesome. I should start complaining more, I tend to just forget about things like this as they were supposed to be 'free' anyway, so just let it go.

I'm just going to wait for the 20 days to pass and then contact Activision again, then go from there.

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 11:44

Mark A said:
Wow, thats awesome. I should start complaining more, I tend to just forget about things like this as they were supposed to be 'free' anyway, so just let it go.

I'm just going to wait for the 20 days to pass and then contact Activision again, then go from there.

I would be pushing it a little pal 20 days will take you way past launch day.

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 11:54

Have just added these launch times to the OP

Los Angeles - 9 pm PT, October 11
UK - 5 am BST, October 12
New York - 12 am ET, October 12
Sao Paulo - 1 am BRT, October 12
Stockholm - 6 am CEST, October 12
Berlin - 6 am CEST, October 12
Moscow - 7 am MSK, October 12
Singapore - 12 pm SGT, October 12
Seoul - 1 pm KST, October 12
Sydney - 3 pm AEST, October 12

Looks like it is a 5AM job then

On the bright side i am on 2-10:30 so i will be home for 11 straight into bed with an alarm set for 5

atomic7431 · 11 Oct 2018 at 12:20

harry5522 said:
Have just added these launch times to the OP

Los Angeles - 9 pm PT, October 11
UK - 5 am BST, October 12
New York - 12 am ET, October 12
Sao Paulo - 1 am BRT, October 12
Stockholm - 6 am CEST, October 12
Berlin - 6 am CEST, October 12
Moscow - 7 am MSK, October 12
Singapore - 12 pm SGT, October 12
Seoul - 1 pm KST, October 12
Sydney - 3 pm AEST, October 12

Looks like it is a 5AM job then

On the bright side i am on 2-10:30 so i will be home for 11 straight into bed with an alarm set for 5

was about to post this lol

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 13:10

I can’t belive I am genuinely excited to play a call of duty game!

Feels alien to me

Also for those who may not have watched the 30min video

Blackout is being limited to 120fps for a few days for further server testing, it will be progressively raised over the coming days/weeks.

MarkA · 11 Oct 2018 at 13:20

I still don't technically understand why local FPS has any relevance to server side config!

Tom|Nbk · 11 Oct 2018 at 13:30

Ah 5am booooo. Will be playing Friday night then

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 13:39

MarkA said:
I still don't technically understand why local FPS has any relevance to server side config!

I belive it is to do with data sent : data received. The more frames you push the more data you send and the server needs to be able to cope with it.

But my knowledge is limited.

MarkA · 11 Oct 2018 at 13:55

harry5522 said:
I belive it is to do with data sent : data received. The more frames you push the more data you send and the server needs to be able to cope with it.

But my knowledge is limited.

I thought that's why you had tick rates, rather than this linked to FPS. Who knows!

FloppyPoppy · 11 Oct 2018 at 16:45

MarkA said:
I thought that's why you had tick rates, rather than this linked to FPS. Who knows!

The tick rate on blackout is super low sadly (10 or 20hz iirc) I think that’s the issue, they need to make sure the amount of frames doesn’t deteriorate the experience

YoungBlood · 12 Oct 2018 at 05:21

First impressions, Dayum she runs well.
Just playing through the Specialist training missions as I'm rusty to the CoD universe.

Going to take some dialing in of the keybindings as I don't use a keyboard.
So far so good though.

OneZeoN · 12 Oct 2018 at 07:36

YoungBlood said:
First impressions, Dayum she runs well.
Just playing through the Specialist training missions as I'm rusty to the CoD universe.

Going to take some dialing in of the keybindings as I don't use a keyboard.
So far so good though.

Do you use a controller online???

shankly1985 · 12 Oct 2018 at 07:59

Do we have a release patch notes? Changes to blackout etc?

YoungBlood · 12 Oct 2018 at 08:31

OneZeoN said:
Do you use a controller online???

No, one of these;

I don't know how anyone uses a keyboard, these things fit like a glove in the left hand.

shankly1985 said:
Do we have a release patch notes? Changes to blackout etc?

None that I have seen, Read that the armor has been nerfed in blackout vs the beta.
Feels like ttk has dropped, like less than it was but still more than Blops 3 (in regular multi)

MasterOC · 12 Oct 2018 at 09:23

I Hate call of duty … its a derivative , rehashed pile of garbage , and for once I cant wait to play it ! .

Tbh the only reason I am buying the game is because of blackout . MP for me will be try and see as weapon balancing is siding towards close quarter action as all the previous games have done. Zombies never interest me but again try and see.

For once , I am happy with what the PC version brings to the table especially as when I tried the beta it was head and shoulders above PUBG in gameplay , performance and even graphics ( although the latter is subjective for most I talk to )

Did they confirm they would be starting at 120hz/120fps cap and then looking to unlock down the line when they've analysed ?

FloppyPoppy · 12 Oct 2018 at 10:08

Been playing it for a while. Zombies is good fun, only played one online game of it with an ex and her bf ( he was somewhat salty upon me killing a zombie with my knife in round 1 for ks despite it chasing me )...... guess it's something else that's bothering him????????

only had a couple games of blackout feels good but struggling to hit 120fps on the bigger map.

Had to lower my settings to minimum and res scale down to 60 (1080p native) to get it to really smooth frame rates in normal and zombies (1050ti) can't wait until my new gpu gets in! Might be able to push my 240hz screen to it's limits.

MasterOC said:
Did they confirm they would be starting at 120hz/120fps cap and then looking to unlock down the line when they've analysed ?

Yes they did. They will be progressively raising the frame cap as mentioned somewhere in this video by one of the developers.