COD%2BBLACK%2BOPS Steam pre-load is up!

[Tomato]

If you haven't pre-ordered the game yet I'd suggest you get it from Steam. You can start downloading the game right now, so on the 9th you download one little file to fully activate the game and play.

Edited November 3, 2010 by Tomato

[Dan]

Hmm figures they do a preload for Black Ops and not MW2. Lol the reason I didn't order it on steam was because mw2 was released at noon last year on steam. Soo I have to get to Gamestop early >.>

 

Edit: Found it on a torrent.. hmm maybe I can install the preload myself >.>

[Tomato]

Yeah, I didn't know whether to expect a pre-load either, and especially not a whole week before release. Definitely says good things for this game.

Edited November 3, 2010 by Tomato

[FiveMagic]

Ah! get laid off before the game comes out and i really want to buy my guitar Such bs, everyone's going to have a head start and kick my ass by the time i get it

[infectbomb]

If we choose to download it off steam, do we use a credit card or how do we pay?

[Malokyte]

High five for steam purchasers!

 

o/

 

(don't leave me hanging bro)

[Tomato]

@infectbomb: Yeah, you pay by credit card.

 

@Malo: \o

[Malokyte]

@Malo: \o

 

o/*\o

 

[Dan]

Just finished the torrent, put it in my steam directory. Darn all the files are encrypted.

[Pegasus™]

Just finished the torrent, put it in my steam directory. Darn all the files are encrypted.

 

most likely the crack will be out on the release date.

[Dan]

most likely the crack will be out on the release date.

By then I won't need it lol

[Tomato]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure no Steamworks game has been actually cracked before release date. Which is unfortunate because I sort of wanted to play the singleplayer before it came out. I know I'll only be playing MP for a while after release.

[Pegasus™]

@Tomato

I think you're right man..none has been cracked yet.

 

@Dan

True! It'll be pointless by then. we all want to get single player out of the way. but at the same time.we all want to play co-op single player campaign too..

 

another question for you guys. since gameserver only provide limited access(kick/ban) to the server..how is game type gonna work(server config)? I mean FFA,TDM,Wage Match..etc.

Edited November 6, 2010 by Pegasus

[Dan]

@Tomato

I think you're right man..none has been cracked yet.

 

@Dan

True! It'll be pointless by then. we all want to get single player out of the way. but at the same time.we all want to play co-op single player campaign too..

 

another question for you guys. since gameserver only provide limited access(kick/ban) to the server..how is game type gonna work(server config)? I mean FFA,TDM,Wage Match..etc.

They let us set 3 things on ranked server:

 

1) Map rotation - not sure but should be ok

2) Gamemode - Regular, HC, and barebones

3) Gamemodes should be part of map rotation but each has their own rulelist that has to be followed to be ranked. So we should be able to pick TDM, CTF, etc

 

Once everyone prestiges to max and everyones happy in 5 months we can switch 1 or 2 servers over to unranked.

[Tomato]

So far we are not able to host our own Wager Servers. Treyarch will have a bunch of Wager Servers hosted themselves. I'm guessing this is so that they don't have admins kicking/banning in wager servers. The downside I see is that hacking may be more popular there since we can't host our own.

 

As I understand it, the way you set up the server playlist is you have to select one of the already set playlists (TDM, Domination, CTF, etc) and you can only run one of those at a time. You can exclude maps from the server rotation. I'm pretty sure we are unable to change point/time limit. I'm not 100% on all these, so we might have to wait until release to mess around with it ourselves.