Feb 9th Blacks Ops III Patch Notes - 2 of 3

Continued from Part 1

Multiplayer

Maps

• Breach
  • Adjusted geography at doorway of Coalescence offices to ensure smooth traversal in that area of the map.
  • Swapped #1 and #3 Hardpoint zones in rotation.
  • Adjusted #3 Hardpoint capture zone to prevent capturing while outside of intended zone.

• Combine
  • Addressed an exploit where Players were able to mantle atop a building to gain an unfair advantage against other Players.
  • Adjusted #3 Hardpoint capture zone to prevent capturing while outside of intended zone.

• Havoc
  • Adjusting spawn points that would slightly drop the player to the ground when respawning

• Redwood
  • Removing rogue pickup prompt while playing Search & Destroy.
  • Adjusting spawn points that would slightly drop the player to the ground when respawning
  • Fixed an issue where Players were able to leave the play space near southern gate.

• Hunted
  • Addressed an issue where AI scorestreaks were able to track Players through lodge walls.

• Nuk3town
  • Fine-tuned G.I. Unit traversals around the map.
  • Updated blue car profile to reduce poor engagements.
  • Tweaked unique Domination and Demolition cover objects to reduce poor engagements.

• Infection
  • Fixed an issue where Players were able to get to an unfair advantageous position on one of the roofs.
  • Added grenade collision on isolated area of Infection wall.

• Stronghold
  • Fixed exploit where Players were able to get atop trees in several areas.
  • Added kill brush to remove exploitable area near mansion.

• Free-for-All
  • A loss will no longer be recorded when joining a Free-For-All game in progress.

• Hardpoint
  • Addressed issue where Hardpoint boundary wouldn’t appear if a friendly Player controlled the point.

• Safeguard
  • Adjusted win timing in Safeguard.

• Search and Destroy
  • Addressed an issue where inactive Players were not being removed from games in S&D.

• Uplink
  • Updated regulation time limit conditions so that if the score limit is reached in regulation Round 1, it also sets the time for regulation Round 2.
  • Changed Overtime rules: Game ends if team that set the time to beat in Overtime Round 1 scores any points in Overtime Round 2 before the opposing team.
  • Players are no longer able to catch the Satellite Drone immediately after a score; the Satellite Drone resets as soon as the score occurs.
  • Fixed issue where Players were able to simultaneously pick up the Uplink Satellite Drone and a turret.
  • Reduced score bonus for kills while carrying Satellite Drone.
  • Removed aim assist while carrying the Satellite Drone if using gamepad

• Capture The Flag
  • Reduced score bonus for kills while carrying the flag.

• “Popular” will replace “Moshpit” in the next season. Popular features 6v6 on a mix of Domination and Kill Confirmed game modes.
• Domination and Kill Confirmed will be added to Arena Leaderboards.
• Addressed issue where Emblem Editor UI would remain behind the Arena Pro Series pre-game sequence if the Player was editing a layer during lobby transition.
• Arena default Custom Classes no longer contain restricted items.
• Removed the Map Voting stage from Arena.

Custom Games

• Fixed issue where the CTF Custom Game Settings win rules were flipped in the UI.
• Titles for Custom Games are now displayed in the lobby with the game mode and map.
• Official variants have been added to Custom Game modes for Hardcore and CWL rules (Call of Duty World League).
• An “Official” badge is displayed in lobby map image for Official game variants.
• Fixed incorrect Capture the Flag Rule Win Condition description text in game rules.

CODcaster

• Enabled CodCaster for bots only matches.
• Fixed bug where the CodCaster could begin a match before all Players joined.
• Player list will now wrap when cycling through Players.
• Player names now appear with the correct colors when using custom team colors.
• Addressed several UI issues related to CODCasting Hardpoint matches.
• Minimap will now show when a Hardpoint is in a contested state.
• Flag Carrier indicator should now properly appear when CODCasting CTF matches.
• CODCasters can now see objective indicators in the Player List when a Player has an objective.
• Addressed issue where if a Player protected/banned multiple items, only the first item would display.

Lobby Invites

• Addressed an issue where Player’s max party size would be set to 1 when going from a Multiplayer Lobby to a Zombies Lobby.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when accepting an invite during any cinematic.
• Addressed several issues related to Players being able to exceed the max party size in various situations.
• Resolved several bugs related to joining a session from outside of the game.
• Players can now send game invites while in Campaign.

Challenges and Medals