Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Game Settings Update Today Includes K9, Scorestreak Improvement & More

black ops 4 game settings update today

In case you turned on Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and noticed a new hotfix, it’s because Treyarch has rolled out a new Black Ops 4 game settings update today! Both consoles and PC versions are getting the hotfix treatment, and the server-side update has a few fixes included that should be good news for everyone playing the game.

Here’s the summary and complete list of Black Ops 4 game settings update today (via Treyarch):

SUMMARY

  • K9-Unit pathing improvement
  • RC-XD and Dart targeting update
  • Zombies update for Aim Assist and Deadshot Dealer
  • CWL Custom Game fixes
  • Challenge fixes for “Got Rocks” and “Bring the Pain”
  • Stability fixes in MP, Zombies, and Specialist HQ
  • Zombies fixes for cutscene skipping and Bowie Knife Prestige on PC

ALL PLATFORMS

Multiplayer

  • Specialists
    • Updated Nomad’s K9-Unit AI to address an issue that prevented Juneau from pathing to enemies under certain circumstances.
  • Scorestreaks
    • RC-XD
      • Targeting diamond now only displays for enemies in line of sight.
    • Dart
      • Targeting diamond now only displays for enemies in line of sight.
  • Challenges
    • “Bring the Pain” Challenge now properly only tracks EKIAs with Operator Mods on the Saug 9mm, MOG 12, Mozu, and VKM 750.
  • CWL Custom Games
    • Fixed an issue with displaying friendly name and health UI after the player died in the first round of CWL Search and Destroy.
    • Closed an exploit that could allow players to spectate the enemy team while playing CWL Control.
  • Stability
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a Custom Game with Bots and Custom Classes disabled.

Zombies

  • Gameplay
    • Addressed an issue where Aim Assist and Deadshot Dealer were not functioning properly for players who were not the host.
  • Stability
    • Fixed a crash that could occur when activating DEFCON switches in Classified.

General

  • Global Challenges
    • “Got Rocks” Challenge now properly tracks launcher kills in Blackout and Zombies, and should restore lost progress since this week’s 1.08 update.
  • Specialist HQ
    • Fixed a crash that could occur during Ajax’s Combat Training.

PC

In addition to the changes above, we’ve also made the following changes on PC in version 265.45(57).16.0.33.0.24825:

Zombies

  • Miscellaneous
    • Restored the ability to skip Zombies cutscenes.
    • Players can now Prestige the Bowie Knife in Zombies.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the Arsenal map exploit is part of the fix rolled out today. Let’s hope it’s patched out soon.

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