After giving us a big update earlier this month, Treyarch has followed that up with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 update 1.14 today on PlayStation 4, which addresses and fixes a lot of issues within the game, while also retiring the Mercenary playlist.
Here’s the full list of patch notes for update 1.14:
Multiplayer
General
- Mercenary playlist has been retired.
- Dream Team no longer tagged by the profanity filter.
- “Complete Your Season Pass” has been added to the In-Game Store.
CODCaster
- Added support for Numpad number inputs.
- Added support for arrow key navigation when the Player Loadout panel is up.
- Added custom team colors to loading screen, competitive screens when viewed as a CODCaster, and End Game/Round Transition Screens.
Improvements to Player Card Readability
- Increased the overall size of the Player’s Name.
- Increased the height/width of the widget to allow for larger font as needed.
- Added custom team color to the background of the team name.
- Added a transition effect when switching to a different player.
Updates to the Player List to display Team Colors
- Added a custom team color gradient to the background of the team name on the Player List.
- Added a visual indication on the team that is being switched to.
- Removed the color when the team is no longer being spectated.
Visibility updates to the CODCaster Score Panel
- Added Custom team color to background of team that is currently being spectated, on team switch the color should disappear.
- Added Arrow indicator to team that is currently being spectated, on team switch the arrow will switch sides.
- Added Additional Accent Color to top area of widget, on team switch the color will disappear.
- Added a color bar to the bottom of the team currently being spectated, on team switch the bar will disappear.
- On team switch, the team being switched to will scale slightly larger.
- On team switch, the team being switched to will pulse from the standard grey background to a slightly brighter version of the custom team color then settle to the normal color gradient.
Black Market
- Latest loot items will be marked with a banner when earned and when viewed in the Black Market’s recent Contraband list.
Specialists
Outrider
- Sparrow
- Increased speed to maximum arrow charge.
- Increased rapid-fire rate.
Prophet
- Tempest
- Reduced beam size.
Create-A-Class
Submachine Guns
- Kuda
- Reduced 3-hit kill damage range.
- Reduced 5-hit kill damage range.
- VMP
- Reduced recoil stability.
- Vesper
- Increased recoil stability.
Assault Rifles
- Man-O-War
- Reduced reload speed.
- Reduced aim-down-sights speed.
Black Market Weapons
- HG-40
- Increased 3-hit kill damage range.
- Garand
- Increased reload speed.
- Increased recoil stability.
- Increased hip-fire accuracy.
- FFAR
- Increased recoil stability.
- Increased hip-fire accuracy.
- Increased Aim-down-sight speed.
Game Modes
Fracture
- 4 new Medals added.
- Break The Bank: Deposit 5 or more core files without leaving the fracture site.
- Jackpot: Deposit 10 core files without leaving the fracture site.
- All Gone: Rapidly deny 5 or more of your team’s dropped core files.
- Tearjerker: Kill an enemy who is carrying 5 or more core files.
- Resolved an issue where Fracture was not counting toward objective Contracts.
- Resolved an issue where Combat Focus was not properly increasing score for Fracture score events.
Maps
Empire
- Out of bounds triggers added around driveway and near pool to prevent players from leaving intended playspace.
- Collision added near art gallery door to prevent players from using an exploit.
- Fixed an exploit where Players were able to stand on a golden eagle relief statue in one of the rooms.
- Players are no longer able to stand on one of the fences outside of the map boundaries.
Cryogen
- Adjusted Free-For-All start spawns.
- Kill triggers added to prevent an exploit that allowed players to leave the intended playspace.
Berserk
- Adjusted Free-For-All start spawns.
- Collision added around pit to prevent players from sitting on a wall to gain an unintended line of sight.
- Out of bounds triggers added behind houses to prevent players from leaving intended playspace.
- Collision added behind houses to prevent players from sitting on a wall.
- Resolved an issue where players could unintentionally stand on a tree.
- Resolved an issues where players could capture a Hardpoint outside of the intended capture zone.
Rumble
- Resolved an issue where AI Scorestreaks would target enemies through the bunker in the arena.
- Resolved an issue where players were able to plant C4 behind a screen in the VIP Room.
Zombies
General
- Addressed exploit issues for the Killing Time, Undead Man Walking, and Fear in Headlights GobbleGums.
- Fixed issues that could cause players to lose weapons or get duplicate weapons when using the Disorderly Combat GobbleGum.
- Resolved a rare loss of functionality when joining on a host as they leave their lobby.
- Added various stability fixes for Theater Mode.
Gorod Krovi
- Addressed an issue where players could acquire unlimited points during a Valkyrie drone round.
- Addressed an issue where players could acquire unlimited XP points when incubating the dragon egg.
- Addressed an issue where players could acquire an unlimited Death Machine power up after riding the dragon.
- Addressed an issue where players could interact with the Pack-A-Punch when locked during a lockdown event.
- Addressed an issue where players could jump onto a bookcase in the Supply Depot.
- Addressed an issue where players could jump onto a tank outside the Dragon Command.
- Fixed a bug that allowed players to leave the playable space when using the Flinger trap.
- Players can now release the dragon egg with NX ShadowClaw Dual Wield and Apollo’s Fervor ammunition.
- Players can now receive full Draconite Controller ammunition when picking up a Max Ammo power up or when using the Cache Back GobbleGum.
- Fixed a spawning issue when starting the Dragon Strike Controller quest at high rounds.
- Fixed an issue where players would occasionally not obtain the Slash N’ Burn after completing the Time Attack.
- Fixed rare progression breaks with the main Easter Egg quest.
- Fixed issue where players could hit a death barrier upon entering the sewer under S.O.P.H.I.A.
- Fixed a stability issue with the NX ShadowClaw Dual Wield and Apollo’s Fervor ammunition during the Nikolai Easter Egg boss fight.
- Addressed performance issues for split screen games.
- Improved streaming performance for various enemy types.
Der Eisendrache
- Adjusted the pickup radius for the completed arrow of the Kreeaho’ahm nal Ahmhogaroc bow.
- Fixed a bug that caused controller vibration to persist when prone crawling with a charged bow.
The Giant
- Fixed a rare issue that caused Hell Hounds to become stuck in place.
- Resolved an issue that blocked voiceover audio from playing when taking certain weapon types from the Mystery Box.
Dead Ops Arcade 2: Cyber’s Avengening
- Reduced Night Fury damage.
It’s unclear when the update will hit Xbox One and PC.
The Descent DLC for Black Ops 3 is now available for PS4 and you can read our review over here. Expect it on Xbox One and PC in early August.
[Source: Activision Support, David Vonderhaar]
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