Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War: Launch Week Patch Notes, Patch Notes, MP5, M16

It has been just over a week since the worldwide release of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

With thousands of players offering feedback surrounding various elements of the game, Treyarch has detailed all the changes made during the first week of release.

See all the changes made below:

Weapons

Assault rifle

FFAR1

• Increased recoil
• Slightly reduced max damage by 3.5% (28 to 27)
• Reduced max damage range by 34% (38m to 25m)

Sub-machine gun

Alpha submachine gun

• Reduced  base effective damage range by 33% (15.24m to 10.16m).

Added more character to initial recoil by tweaking multiple bullet trajectories. (While this does not affect the vertical / horizontal control stats in Gunsmith, this change makes it more difficult to stay on target by adjusting the trajectories of multiple bullets during the initial shooting experience.)

 

Tactical rifles

M16

• Reduced the maximum damage range by 15% (25.4m to 21.59m).
• Increased sprint to fire time.
• Slightly slowed movement speed while firing.
• Slightly increased delay between bursts.
• Rebalanced rate of fire bonus on barrel attachments.
• Slightly reduced effectiveness of laser attachmentes

Tactical Rifle Charlie

• Reduced max damage range by 20% (38.1m to 30.48m).
• Increased sprint to fire time.
• Slightly slowed move speed while firing.
• Slightly increased delay between bursts.
• Rebalanced fire rate bonuses on barrel attachments.
• Slightly reduced effectiveness of laser attachments.

Type 63

• Slightly increased rate of fire.
• Rebalanced rate of fire bonuses on barrel attachments.

DMR 14

• Slightly increased rate of fire.
• Rebalanced rate of fire bonuses on barrel attachments.

Light Machine Gun

M60

• Improved max damage ranges
• Improved movement speeds.

Sniper rifle (all)

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• Adjusted Sprint to Fire times to account for early blend/interruption allowed via animation system.The effective Sprint to Fire time is notably shorter than what is displayed in Gunsmith. We have plans to address the Gunsmith readout in a future update.
• Adjusted movement speed impact when firing to intended values to make each shot feel more powerful.
• Fine-tuned barrel attachments that improve idle sway to provide a unique feel on each gun.

Pistols

Magnum

• Slightly improved fire rate
• Improved max damage range.
• Improved visibility while firing after the first shot.

Shotguns

Shotgun Bravo

• Slightly reduced damage between ranges from 5.8m to 7.7m.

Game modes

Hardcore

• Friendly fire system now works correctly to reflect damage after 3 team kills.

Search & Destroy

• Fixed an issue where bomb defusing could take longer than 7.5 seconds

Free-For-All

• Adjusted several starting respawns that allowed players to have line of sight to another player before the start of the match.

CDL Hardpoint

• Addressed an issue where players would spawn outside of the intended play space when playing CDL Hardpoint in Custom Games.

Combined Arms

• Improved the interaction when using Stationary Turrets in Combined Arms.

Spawns

• Adjusted various spawns in Multiplayer game modes that could result in the player spawning above the ground.

Custom Games

• Added Scorestreak Cost Overrides to Custom Games.

Scorestreaks

Combat Bow

• Reduced ammo from 5 to 4.

Care Package

• Increased cost from 1800 to 2000.

Sentry Turret

• Cost reduced from 2000 to 1800.

Napalm Strike

• Increased cost from 2100 to 2500.

Air Patrol

• Cost reduced from 3200 to 2700.

Artillery

• Increased cost from 2500 to 3000.

Cruise Missile

• Increased cost from 2600 to 3500.

War Machine

• Increased cost from 3500 to 4000.

Attack Helicopter

• Increased cost from 4,000 to 4,500.
• Increased damage from 50 to 75 per bullet.
• Increased health from 4,500 to 5,000.
• Decreased the duration of the screen shake from bullet impacts.
• Reduced the amount of time the helicopter will stay in one place before relocating.

VTOL Escort

• Cost reduced from 8,500 to 8,000.
• Increased turret burst duration and reduced cooldown.

Chopper Gunner

• Increased cost from 6000 to 6500.
• Reduced gun movement when firing.

Maps

Garrison

• Addressed an issue where a player in the crawlspace could collide with players above them.

Equipment

• Tomahawks can now be thrown immediately at round start.

Eliminations

• Extended time after damaging an enemy that will count toward an Elimination if that enemy is killed.

Finishing Moves

• Improved the ability to trigger a Finishing Move on misaligned surfaces.
• Addressed an issue where players would end up in an unintended pose if they were downed while being eliminated by Finishing Move.

Stability

General

• Fixed a crash that could occur during intro sequences of a Multiplayer match.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when using Weapons/Ammo Caches.
• Fixed multiple rare crashes that could occur while the player was downed.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when pinging a downed friendly player.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when taking damage as the inflictor disconnected from the game.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when firing a locked-on missile.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur in Search and Destroy.
• Added various stability fixes.

Scorestreaks

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when the player disconnected after their Care Package had landed.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur if the owner of a VTOL Scorestreak disconnected from the server as they were taking control of the Scorestreak.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using the Cruise Missile.
• Fixed a rare crash related to Scorestreak score aggregation.

Progression

• Fixed a crash involving incorrect tracking of challenge progress.

Vehicles

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur when vehicles were being respawned.

Equipment

• Fixed a rare crash related to the Decoy Grenade.
• Fixed a rare crash that could occur if C4 was being detonated but it no longer existed.

Field Upgrades

• Fixed a rare crash involving an incorrect volley count for the SAM Turret.

Killcam

• Fixed a rare crash that could occur in limited-life modes when viewing the Killcam.

Perks

• Fixed a very rare crash that could occur when the Forward Intel Perk attempted to adjust the player's mini-map range while the player was not alive at the time..

Various Fixes

UI

• Addressed an issue where the player would receive a UI error when they returned to the lobby post-match.
• Addressed an issue where, if a player respawned or joined in progress while their teammate was downed, their revive UI would be missing.
• Addressed a rare occurrence where players would receive a UI error at the end of the exfil cinematic.

Progression

• Addressed an issue where the Woods Operator Unlock Challenge would not progress correctly if different weapons were used during a killstreak.

Gunsmith

• Addressed an issue where the player would lose functionality within the Pause menu if the Gunsmith menu remained open after the intro cutscene.

Vehicles

• Addressed an issue where Operators are missing a pistol while riding as a passenger on vehicles when viewed in 3rd person.

Zombies

Gameplay

• Improved general zombie pathing.
• Enemies will now use their out-of-bounds attacks against players in more unintended locations.
• Closed various exploitable locations where the player could leave the intended play space.

Stability

• Fixed a crash that could occur when Perks did not properly match up with the player’s upgraded Perk Skills.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when picking up Perk cans.
• Added various stability fixes.

Bug fixes

Perks

• Addressed an issue that allowed obtaining multiple versions of the same Perk.
• Addressed an issue that prevented purchasing the Elemental Pop Perk from one side of the machine.

Field Upgrades

• Addressed an issue where the Tier III Aether Shroud could occasionally place the player under the floor..

Weapons

• Addressed an issue that prevented attachments from applying to certain weapons.
• Addressed an issue that caused certain weapons, such as the Ray Gun, to be lost when being revived.
• Addressed an issue where Support rarity would display as the same rarity as the player’s weapon instead of the rarity it was on the ground.
• Addressed an issue that caused Set Showcase Weapon not to function properly in Create-a-Class.
• Corrected the Ray Gun ammo cost to 10,000 to properly match the rest of the Ultra weapon class.

Progression

• Addressed an issue with the incorrect icon displaying when reaching Prestige 1.
• Addressed an issue that caused weapon XP to be earned on weapons used by teammates.
• Addressed an issue that allowed players to earn progress toward Dark Ops Challenges erroneously by joining a match in progress.
• Addressed an issue that caused multiple inaccurate XP notifications to appear at the end of a co-op match.

HUD

• Addressed an issue that caused the player’s health bar on the HUD to not properly display as empty when dying under specific circumstances.
• Addressed an issue where only two of the remaining players’ names were visible after one of four players dropped out of the match.
• Addressed an issue that caused incorrect player colors to appear on the HUD after death.

Visuals

• Addressed an issue that caused enemy models to sometimes appear low quality.
• Addressed an issue causing visual effects from Aether Shroud to continuously play after spectating.

Loot

• Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented obtaining item drops.

Host Migration

• Addressed various issues which sometimes caused host migration to fail.
• Addressed an issue where players would get a UI error while attempting to open their scoreboard while migrating hosts.

Gunsmith

• Addressed an issue that caused loss of functionality using the Gunsmith menu during the start of a match.

Mystery Box

• Addressed an issue that prevented the weapon name from properly appearing after using the Mystery Box.
• Addressed a rare issue that caused the Mystery Box to remain open after use..

Equipment

• Addressed an issue that sometimes prevented the Decoy from being deactivated when thrown out of the play space..

Sensitivity

• Addressed an issue that caused the player’s controller sensitivity to be altered by the jump scare.

Dead Ops Arcade 3

• Addressed an issue where the Arcade Machine pickup could cause a break in game progression.
• Addressed an issue that caused enemies to spawn on top of players.
• Addressed an issue where the player would see placeholder text before the opening cutscene played.

Onslaught

• Addressed an issue where “Die Maschine” tips could appear while loading into an Onslaught match.

Global

Settings

• Aim Response Curve Type options added to Settings.

Stability

• Fixed a rare crash related to playing voiceover audio.
• Fixed a rare crash related to player footstep effects.

Bug fixes

Progression

• Addressed an issue that made weapon camo and Challenge progress appear to reset after resuming from a suspended state.
• Addressed an issue where Medals earned in-game were not displayed in the Barracks tab.
• Addressed an issue where a Challenge's description could overlap with other text.

Camos

• Addressed an issue with Mastery camos always appearing as locked in the Gunsmith but usable in Custom Games.
• Addressed an issue where the “Equipped” icon was not showing correctly on the selected camo upon returning to the camo menu.
• Addressed an issue that would allow players to equip any weapon camo in Custom Games.

Calling Cards

• Addressed an issue where Calling Cards could revert to default or previously selected Calling Cards.

Attachments

• Addressed an issue where optic reticles could appear unlocked despite the player not meeting the requirements.
• Addressed an issue where attachments always showed as unlocked when swapping Weapon Blueprints.
• Addressed an issue that would unlock all optic reticles on Weapon Blueprints.

Reticles

• Addressed an issue where reticles could appear upside-down.

Cosmetics

• Addressed an issue where Stickers would not appear on weapons when selected in certain slots.

The Operators

• Addressed an issue where the CIA logo displayed for all Operators, regardless of affiliation.

UI

• Addressed an issue where overlapping text was shown when receiving a friend request in-game through the user’s Activision account.
• Addressed a UI error that could occur when loading in as a CODCaster in Custom Games.

PC

Bug Fixes

Progression

• Addressed an issue that displayed 0 XP earned in the After-Action Report when reaching Prestige 1.

Main Menu

• Addressed an issue where the player could access the Multiplayer menu without having the Multiplayer Pack installed.

Settings

• Addressed an issue where the option to enable Ray Tracing was displayed when not supported.
• Addressed an issue where the Screen Space Reflections setting was stuck on Low Quality.
• Updated the description of "Field of View" options in the Settings menu.

Friends List

• Addressed an error notification when bringing the party back to the main menu.

Fireteam: Dirty Bomb

• Addressed an issue with team names showing up incorrectly in the After-Action report of a Fireteam: Dirty Bomb match.
• Addressed an issue where Battle.net friends would not display the rich presence of a friend playing Fireteam: Dirty Bomb.
• Removed an unnecessary notification when joining Fireteam: Dirty Bomb playlists.

Aspect Ratio

• Addressed aspect ratio issues in 16:10 for tutorial menus.
• Addressed an aspect ratio issue with portal effects in Zombies.

Known issues

Multi platform

Controllers

• DualShock 4 may disconnect intermittently on PlayStation 4 system running on outdated system software. Update your PS4’s system software to 8.01 to resolve.

Progression

• After reaching Prestige 1, the player’s Season Level number in the upper-right corner of the screen displays the correct level, but the level number displayed in the After-Action Report is currently inaccurate.
• Some visual issues can occur during the level-up sequence.
• Friends' level icons are not displayed until the player accesses the menu of any game mode.

Split Screen

• Visual issues can occur in splitscreen in Multiplayer.
• Splitscreen is currently unavailable in Zombies.

Combat Record

• “Elite Eliminations" in Zombies are not currently being tracked in the Combat Record.

Fireteam: Dirty Bomb

• Team names in the After-Action Report scoreboard are currently incorrect for Fireteam: Dirty Bomb matches.
• In rare cases, "Detonating Dirty Bomb" may stay on the player's HUD longer than intended.

Parties / Friends list

• Party leaders may receive "You left the party" after bringing their party back out to the main menu.
• Players are able to “Quick Join” a player that is marked as Offline.

Scorestreaks

• Chopper Gunner path on Crossroad Strike takes the player farther outside of the play space than intended.

Chat

• The recipient's name is missing from the chat box when whispered from the Scoreboard.

PC

• Various stability issues currently being investigated.
• The Multiplayer menu currently shows up as "Partially Installed" when the Multiplayer package isn't installed.
• The Connection pop-up overlaps currently with the account creation screen. Interacting with the error pop-up will allow the player to complete the sign-up process.
• The camera in Theater cannot be rotated with the mouse.

Keyboard and Mouse

• The Confirm button at the Change Display Name screen may stay locked even if the player enters text in the Edit box.
• Quickly navigating through long scrolling lists using a mouse can currently cause stability issues.