Treyarch have assured the PC community they’ve no intention of letting them down, assuring not only will CoD Black Ops 3 ship with the all important FoV slider, but it’ll fully support dedicated servers too.
Treyarch have a history doing a great job with the PC builds of Call of Duty, and after the criticisms level at CoD Ghosts (developed by Infinity Ward) for both poor performance and missing FoV slider (eventually patched in) the developers have taken to Twitter and confirmed they’ll make no such mistake with BO3.
“BlackOps3 PC will use 100% dedicated servers for all ranked matches. (Same as previous BlackOps PC titles.) This is how we do it” says PC dev on Twitter, much to the happiness of hundreds of followers.
BlackOps3 PC will use 100% dedicated servers for all ranked matches. (Same as previous BlackOps PC titles.) This is how we do it.
— pcdev (@pcdev) April 27, 2015
This is great news for the more competitive players in the CoD community, eliminating host advantages and ensuring a nice even playing field. They certainly wasn’t stopping there, pointing out they’d keep up the same tradition of other Black Ops titles: “BlackOps3 will ship with an adjustable FOV slider. (Same as previous BlackOps PC titles.)”
BlackOps3 will ship with an adjustable FOV slider. (Same as previous BlackOps PC titles.) — pcdev (@pcdev) April 27, 2015
But what about the pesky frame rate questions? In the age of 144HZ monitors, what type of caps will there be? Well, in Multiplayer (where many would argue frame rate is the most important), the developers are currently thinking of making the limit the same as Black Ops 2, which was 200 frames per second. For single player modes, the frame rate will be be limited only by your PC hardware. “I don’t like FPS caps on PC, unless necessary for balance or server performance in ranked matches… BlackOps2 = uncapped in SP/ZM, max 200 in MP. It’s too early to say what we can do in BlackOps3, but that’s my thinking on the topic.”
I don’t like FPS caps on PC, unless necessary for balance or server performance in ranked matches… (1/2)
— pcdev (@pcdev) April 27, 2015
BlackOps2 = uncapped in SP/ZM, max 200 in MP. It’s too early to say what we can do in BlackOps3, but that’s my thinking on the topic. (2/2) — pcdev (@pcdev) April 27, 2015
Below is a reminder of the minimum PC specifications for Call of Duty Black Ops 3 on the PC.
Operating System: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-530 @ 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 @ 2.60 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 470 @ 1GB / ATI® Radeon™ HD 6970 @ 1GB
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
If you’re wondering why the requirements are fairly low, Mark Lamia, the head honcho over at Treyarch said the following: “We have a dedicated team working on features and optimisation specifically for the PC that’s focused on ensuring we can deliver the best PC game possible for Call of Duty.
“For players on high-end rigs there are feature-rich options for them. You’ve invested in your rig, you want to be able to turn on all those options and play all maxed out.”
Naturally, we’ll cover how the title ends up playing on a variety of different PC hardware, and put out a nice face-off versus both the Playstation 4 and Xbox One builds to see how they all stack up against one another.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will see a release on November 6, 2015 for the PC, Playstation 4 and Xbox One. It’s been confirmed by Treyarch they’ve no plans to develop the title for either the Xbox 360 or the Playstation 3.
In the meanwhile, checkout a few leaks of CoD Black Ops 3.
