Preseason Patch in CoD: Black Ops Cold War | Improved stability, bug fixes, and more

Treyarch publishes the preseason patch in CoD: Black Ops Cold War. Multiple issues are fixed in all game modes, including Zombies.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets the preseason update on December 8. The improvements bring different aspects of the game up to date for the launch of Season 1, scheduled for December 16.

The new features include stability improvements on all platforms. Ray Tracing bugs on PS5 and Xbox Series X have been fixed, along with other multiplayer-related issues. Now available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One and PC.

Full Notes on December 8 update on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

Global

Stability

• Added fixes related to unexpected crashes in ray tracing on next gen consoles.

• General stability improvements

Progression

• Fixed an issue where Prestige levels and icons would appear incorrectly in rendezvous menus.

• Fixed an issue where the Prestige 1 icon could appear on the Commanders rank icon in the post-match report.

UI

• Fixed multiple issues with certain items appearing incorrectly in rendezvous menus.

• Fixed an issue where the reward animation would sometimes appear corrupted in the post-match report.

Multiplayer

Playlists

• Motherland Pit (Team Duel, Domination, Confirmed Kill and Hot Spot in Moscow and Crossroads Strike.Available until the start of Season 1.

• Extreme Motherland Pit in Quick Play (Team Duel, Domination, Confirmed Kill). Available until the start of Season 1.

Progression

Camouflages

• Fixed an issue where Mastery Camouflages were not progressing correctly for some players, causing them to not be achieved.

• Reduced the number of kills without dying from 3 to 2 for Launcher and M79 challenges.

Game modes

Hotspot

• Checkmate | Adjusted respawns for zones 1, 3, and 4; resolved an issue where the point could be captured next to a box in zone 4.

• Garrison | Adjusted zone 1 to give a better balance of coverage on both teams; Adjusted respawns for zones 2 and 3.

• Crossroads Strike | Adjusted respawns for all zones; moved zone 4 to the adjacent tents to promote more opportunities for the attacking team.

• Moscow | Removed respawns near the back of the statue in zone 3.

Control

• Moscow | Adjusted respawns for attackers to reduce travel to targets; Additional respawns for attackers added closer to the center of the map when B has been captured.

• Miami | Adjusted respawns for attackers to reduce travel to targets.

• Checkmate | Adjusted respawns for attackers to reduce travel to targets

Strike Team: Dirty Bomb

Gameplay

• Reduced respawn protection time to reduce protection frequency by disinhibiting explosives for extended periods of time.

• Fixed an issue where players could collide when deployed after a squad elimination.

• Fixed an issue where players could land on others and die if they had waited until autodeploy.

• Fixed an issue where players could get hooked when taking cover at some points in Alpine.

• Fixed an issue where containers could respawn inside some items.

Casualty streaks

• Reduced the respawn rate of Attack Helicopters, Helicopter Gunner, and VTOL Escort.

• Fixed an issue where the cruise missile UI effects could be seen in the deployment menu.

Vehicles

• Fixed an issue where the Hind could exit the playable space in Alpine.

HUD

• Fixed an issue where dust and threat perception effects could appear in the overhead chamber.

Group invitations

• Added options in customizable games within the kill streak settings, for the score reset on death and the penalty on dying from a kill streak.

Round-based modes

• Fixed an issue where players could be kicked for inactivity when spectating in round modes.

Weapons

• Visual effects when semi-automatic weapons recoil have been polished.

• Hauer 77 | Fixed an issue with the animation of the Hauer 77 firing the last shot when aiming with the scope.

• Launchers | Fixed an issue where launchers would get stuck on stationary turrets in Combined Arms.

• Optics | Fixed an issue that could prevent thermal sights from displaying the thermal profile when inside a vehicle.

Casualty streaks

• Supply package | The explosion will not damage teammates in Extreme; fixed an issue where the packet could go through the ceiling of Checkmate.

• Combat bow | Fixed an issue where the Tactical Mask icon would appear incorrectly after damaging enemies with the bow.

• Cruise missile | Fixed a bug where missile damage could not appear with a hitmarker.

• VTOL escort | Fixed an issue that occurred in the VTOL camera when it was destroyed out of bounds.

• Helicopter gunner | Helicopter Gunner will now follow the correct short path in Crossroads Strike instead of the wide path in Combined Arms.

Maps

• Crossroads | Parachutes can now be activated where possible in all Crossroads modes; added a single camera curtain in 6vs6.

• Navy | Parachutes can now be activated where possible in all Armada modes.

• Garrison | Fixed an issue where one of the explosive barrels could never detonate in Garrison.

Field improvements

• Trophy | It will now destroy Trophies thrown in close proximity; fixed a bug where sometimes it could not destroy missiles on the way; Fixed a bug where shooting could spawn a hitmarker for infantrymen.

• Assault pack | It will now be destroyed if an enemy uses it.

• Field Microphone | Fixed an issue where players could double the score if two microphones overlapped.

Vehicles

general

• Added a helicopter aiming mode.

• Fixed an issue where the camera could clip onto a player’s head when switching from driver to passenger while pointing a gun inside the vehicle.

• Fixed an issue where players could appear with corrupted animations if they respawn inside a motorcycle as a passenger.

general

Stability

• Fixed a rare issue that could occur when a player was dismembered by an explosive.

Executions

• Cleaning of general errors in the executions.

• Fixed an issue when executing on enemies that were downed. They did not count toward unlocking the Operator Stone challenge.

Gestures

• Dialogues added to first person gestures.

Mouse and keyboard

• Fixed an issue where the jump and cover button were tied to the mouse wheel.

• Fixed a problem when navigating with the mouse in the Theater.

• Fixed an issue where the microphone icon did not appear correctly in the Group tab.

• Fixed an issue with group chat volume settings.

• Improved mouse rotation controls when inspecting a weapon.

Audio

• Fixed an issue where a character’s sound when performing a melee hit could be delayed.

Others

• Fixed an issue where players could not immediately die after being downed in water.

Zombies

general

• Fixed an issue that stuck the Trapper Challenge progress at 255 points.

• Fixed an issue causing incorrect Mastery camouflage progress on the info panel.

• Fixed an issue where Prestige icons would not appear correctly in the Zombies menu.

Combat record

• Fixed an issue where ranged damage data would appear incorrectly on some Zombies weapons.

• Final kills will now be recorded correctly.

• Elite eliminations will now register correctly.

UI

• Fixed a bug with overexposed or extended text outside the menu panel.

• Fixed an issue with some 3D models not being oriented correctly in the menus.

• Fixed an issue where the Bonus Class would not appear in the Zombies menu for PlayStation users.

Die Maschine

Stability

• Added various stability fixes.

information

• Added data from Season 1 to discover in Die Maschine.

Gameplay

• Several exploit areas closed.

• Fixed an issue where zombies would sometimes get stuck at a spawn point.

• Fixed an issue that caused certain zombies to incorrectly use their ranged attacks in specific locations.

• Fixed an issue that caused the zombies to walk incorrectly when the decoy was used in specific locations.

• Fixed an issue that caused the minimap level to be displayed incorrectly when spectating.

• Fixed an issue where some shadows would appear wrong when pointing a flashlight.

Weapons

• Fixed an issue that caused ammo to incorrectly deplete from the D.I.E. Electrobolt when using the Ethereal Mantle.

• Fixed an issue that caused a weapon’s rarity to be incorrectly displayed after respawning.

• Fixed an issue that caused weapons to duplicate when using the Arsenal under specific circumstances.

Trials

• Fixed an issue that caused damage and health regain checks to not progress when recovering health bonuses from Jugger-Nog.

• Fixed an issue that prevented some weapons from receiving a specific test reward.

Mystery box

• Fixed an issue that prevented some weapons from appearing within the animation loop when using a mystery box.

Main mission

• Fixed a rare issue that could block the progress of the main story in the decontamination step.

Ping

• Fixed an issue that caused the wrong display of icons for certain weapons.

Audio

• Fixed an issue that blocked some lines of dialogue.

UI

• Fixed an issue that could cause the pause menu to crash when using the Arsenal.

• Fixed an issue that caused mixed visual effects from various ammo mods.

Dead Ops Arcade

Stability

• Fixed various stability issues.

Gameplay

• Added the trial room event.

• Added various changes to enemy artificial intelligence.

• Added various weapon changes.

general

• Added host migration in Dead Ops Arcade.

• Added options to disable various elements of the interface.

Onslaught (PS4 / PS5)

• Added data from Season 1.

• Fixed an issue with the course of enemies.

• Fixed a rare issue causing Perk Redundant to spawn from power-ups.

Pc

• Added various stability fixes.

• Fixed a bug with text in windowed mode.

• Fixed an issue that caused a blurry image on NVIDIA Ansel when using a sniper scope.