Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War Season One Patch Notes

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CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS COLD WAR SEASON 1 PATCH NOTES

MULTIPLAYER

MAPS

The Pines (6v6)*

• Coming to Core and Hardcore map rotation at the start of Season One.

Raid (6v6)*

• Coming to Core and Hardcore map rotation at the start of Season One.

Nuketown ’84 Holiday (6v6)*

• Coming to Core and Hardcore map rotation at the start of Season One.
• Available in Nuketown ’84 Holiday 24/7 playlist at the start of Season One. Hardcore Nuketown ’84 Holiday also available in Quick Play.
• Replaces Nuketown ’84 during Season One holiday event.

Gunfight Maps (2v2)*

• Coming to Gunfight mode at the start of Season One: Game Show
• ICBM
• U-Bahn
• KGB

Nuketown ‘84 (6v6)

• Adjusted spawns to reduce spawning in longer lines of sight to reduce spawn-trapping.
• Added spawns in and around mid-map to reduce spawn-trapping.

GAME MODES

Gunfight*

• Available at the start of Season One.
• 2v2 showdowns. First duo to win six rounds wins the match.
• Includes four new maps: Game Show, ICBM, U-Bahn, and KGB.

Prop Hunt*

• Available at the start of Season One.
• One team of Hunters scours the map for the other team disguised as Props throughout the environment.
• Map list includes The Pines, Cartel, Checkmate, Moscow, Nuketown ’84 Holiday, and Garrison.

Hardpoint

• Additional spawns added for all Hardpoint zones on Crossroads Strike.
• Adjusted spawns for Hardpoint zone 2 on Moscow.
• Addressed an issue where players could capture a Hardpoint outside of the yellow house on Nuketown ‘84.

Domination

• Addressed an issue where zone borders would show as contested before the round started.
• Addressed an issue where the announcer would incorrectly state an “almost won” line to the losing team.

Free-For-All

• Players will now join matches already in progress less frequently.

Search & Destroy

• The bomb waypoint will now fade when in line of sight.

Control

• Overtime Defense will now be given to the team that has fewer total deaths during the previous 4 rounds.
• Removed several defender spawns that were too close to the A zone on Garrison.

VIP Escort

• Addressed an issue where the VIP’s third-person model would not match their first-person view during Exfil.

Fireteam

• Addressed an issue where the Cruise Missile HUD effects would play while in the Fireteam Spawn overhead menu.
• Addressed an issue where the Fireteam Spawn overhead HUD effects would be present during Best Play.
• Fixed a rare crash in Fireteam: Dirty Bomb related to the Sentry Turret.

Custom Games

• CDL Control
• Reduced capture time from 60 seconds to 45 seconds.
• Addressed an issue where the lives remaining UI would not properly display the correct number of lives.

FEATURED PLAYLISTS*

• Raid the Mall
• Available at the start of Season One. Includes a moshpit of 6v6 modes on Raid and The Pines.
• Gunfight
• Available at the start of Season One.
• Prop Hunt
• Available at the start of Season One.
• Nuketown ’84 Holiday 24/7
• Available at the start of Season One. Includes a moshpit of 6v6 modes on Nuketown ’84 Holiday.

WEAPONS

New Weapons*

• Mac-10 SMG available for free at Tier 15 in the Battle Pass System at the start of Season One.
• Groza assault rifle available for free at Tier 31 in the Battle Pass System at the start of Season One.

Assault Rifles

• AK-47
• Reduced headshot multiplier.
• Reduced damage for 20” Spetsnaz RPK Barrel.
• Krig 6
• Reduced headshot multiplier.
• FFAR 1
• Increased damage ranges.
• Reduced recoil.

Submachine Guns

• Milano 821
• Increased effective damage ranges.
• KSP 45
• Increased effective damage ranges.
• Bullfrog
• Increased effective damage ranges.

Tactical Rifles

• M16
• Reduced maximum effective range.
• Reduced fire rate.
• Tactical Rifle Charlie
• Reduced headshot multiplier.
• Reduced maximum effective range.
• Reduced fire rate.
• Reduced damage for 19.8” Task Force Barrel.
• Attachments
• Adjusted Barrel attachments that improve fire rates for tactical rifles.

Light Machine Guns

• M60
• Increased ADS speed.
• Increased weapon swap speeds.

Sniper Rifles

• Sniper Rifle Charlie
• Increased damage multiplier for upper chest to allow for a one-hit kill without attachments.
• 22.6” Tiger Team Barrel will now increase one-hit kill zone to upper arms.
• Recoil adjusted for higher shot power.

Pistols

• Magnum
• Increased effective damage ranges.
• Increased fire rate.

Shotguns

• Hauer 77
• Decreased damage ranges.
• Decreased damage range for 25.2” Task Force Barrel.
• Shotgun Bravo
• Decreased damage ranges.
• Decreased fire rate.
• Decreased damage range for 24.8” Task Force Barrel.
• Attachments
• Adjusted Barrel attachments that improve fire rates for shotguns.

General

• Reduced the amount of player knockback when being damaged by bullet weapons.

Perks

• Flak Jacket
• Reduced explosive damage mitigation.
• Forward Intel
• Increased viewable mini-map area.
• Ninja
• Removed protection from Field Mic detection.
• Spycraft
• Added full immunity to Field Mic detection.

Equipment

• Frag Grenade
• Slightly increased damage.
• Molotov
• Slightly increased damage.
• Stimshot
• Reduced heal speed.

Field Upgrades

• Field Mic
• No longer detects users who are crouch-walking, ADS walking, or swimming.
• Gas Mine
• Increased damage.
• Removed detonation delay.
• Reduced how much a player will be slowed when affected by the gas.

SCORESTREAKS

• H.A.R.P.
• High-Altitude Reconnaissance Plane shows both enemy positions and their directions on the mini-map.
• Cruise Missile
• Addressed an issue where the Cruise Missile HUD effects would display after a Cruise Missile killcam.
• Addressed an issue where using a Cruise Missile from a Care Package could clear score earned toward the player’s equipped Cruise Missile Scorestreak.
• RC-XD
• Addressed an issue that allowed the RC-XD to push teammates.

GENERAL

• Quick Play will now display the player’s last selected tab between Core and Hardcore by default.
• Addressed an issue where Friendly Fire penalties would be applied for self-kills in Hardcore modes.
• Addressed an issue where the camera could not access the entire map in Crossroads.

ZOMBIES

General

• Added support for 2-player splitscreen.

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.
• Added stability improvements for Host Migration.

WEAPONS

• Mac-10
• Mac-10 SMG added to Mystery Box with weapon rarity/attachment variations once owned.
• Groza
• Groza assault rifle added to Mystery Box with weapon rarity/attachment variations once owned.

DIE MASCHINE

Support

Cruise Missile

• Cruise Missile added as new Support weapon starting in Season One.

Leaderboard*

• “Die Maschine” leaderboard updated to start tracking Highest Round completed instead of Total Rounds completed.

Salvage Rewards

• Refactored Round Milestone Salvage awards to ensure a more even distribution and higher amount awarded to all players.

Exfil

• Addressed an issue that could prevent zombies from reaching the Exfil area fast enough to be cleared.
• Addressed an issue that sometimes caused an excessive number of Megaton enemies to spawn during the Exfil event.
• Addressed a rare issue that could cause the Megaton to become stuck outside of the map during the Exfil event.
• Addressed an issue that allowed completing Exfil while in the Dark Aether in the “Die Maschine 20 Round” playlist.

Field Upgrades

• Addressed an issue that could cause the player to lose charge on a Field Upgrade when swapping classes to one that had the same Field Upgrade equipped.
• Addressed an issue where Field Upgrades that have an active duration were able to earn progress toward the next charge while still active.

Equipment

• Addressed an issue that prevented the Cymbal Monkey from automatically being picked up and stacked if one was already in the player’s inventory.

Pack-a-Punch

• Addressed a timing-specific issue that caused the Pack-A-Punch to become non-functional.

UI

• Addressed an issue that could cause the “Swap and Attach” prompt to appear on weapon pickup prompts under specific circumstances.

General

• Closed various map exploit areas.
• Addressed an issue that could cause the left hand of a Dual Wield weapon from receiving Weapon Skill upgrades.
• Addressed an issue that prevented players from Pinging the Mystery Box.
• Addressed a rare issue that could prevent Plaguehounds from triggering their death visual effects.

DEAD OPS ARCADE 3

• Gameplay
• Added various enemy and weapon tuning.
• Closed various map exploits.
• Leaderboards*
• Leaderboard stats reset for Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad (boss defeats, high score, high round) at the start of Season One to allow for a fresh start based on updated gameplay tuning.

ONSLAUGHT (PS4/PS5)

• Gameplay
• Increased early Surge spawn rates for a faster-paced experience.
• Filling up the Surge meter now immediately clears the area.
• Maps
• The Pines*
• Available in Onslaught at the start of Season One.
• Nuketown ‘84
• Added various exploit fixes.
• Enemies
• Addressed an issue that prevented Plaguehound toxic kills from contributing to Orb Power.
• Addressed various pathing issues for the Megaton.
• General
• Addressed a rare issue that could cause Salvage to drop in Onslaught when using certain attachments

PC

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.
• Addressed an issue that could cause the game to occasionally crash when quitting the game.

General

• Updated recommended driver version for NVIDIA GPU to 457.30.
• Updated recommended driver version for AMD GPU to 20.11.01.

 

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