Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Update 1.06 Live on PS4 and Xbox One

After giving us update 1.05 last week on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, Activision and Treyarch have now released Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 update 1.06 on PS4 and Xbox One.

Reportedly bringing the total size of all updates on PS4 to 9.5GB, here’s the full list of Multiplayer patch notes for today’s update:

General

• Removed UI error that could occur if Players were idle for a long period of time in the Main Menu.
• Fixed issue where DLC 1 purchases from the Playlist menu were not immediately updated in the UI.  
• Leaderboards now require 25 games to be played in a game mode in order to be ranked by Score Per Minute (SPM).
• The Friends filter is disabled when a player has over 100 friends on a Leaderboard to prevent a known issue. We are further investigating.

General Gameplay

• Fixed issue where hit markers moved off-center when a player was taking damage.

Specialists

• Outrider
  • Sparrow
    • Increased ability to hit enemies.
• Nomad
  • Rejack
    • Increased remaining Power when player terminates.
• Prophet
  • Tempest
    • Increased ability to hit enemies.

Create-A-Class

• Assault Rifles
  • ICR-1
    • Increased long distance damage range.
  • HVK-30
    • Increased long distance damage range.
  • Sheiva
    • Increased long distance damage range.
  • KN-44
    • Increased medium distance damage range.
• Submachine Guns
  • Vesper
    • Reduced recoil stability.
    • Reduced Hip-fire accuracy.
  • Weevil
    • Increased medium distance damage range in Hardcore mode.
• Sniper Rifles
  • Locus
    • Increased weapon switch speed.

Scorestreaks

• Power Core
  • Cost decreased to 1250.
  • Duration increased to 60 seconds.
  • Fixed an issue where the Power Core would occasionally fail to destroy an enemy Counter-UAV.

Maps

• Breach
  • Swapped #1 and #3 Hardpoint zones in rotation.
  • Adjusted #3 Hardpoint capture zone to prevent capturing while outside of intended zone.
• Combine
  • Adjusted #3 Hardpoint capture zone to prevent capturing while outside of intended zone.
• Havoc
  • Adjusting spawn points that would slightly drop the player to the ground when respawning
• Infection
  • Added grenade collision on isolated area of Infection wall.
• Redwood
  • Removed rogue pickup prompt while playing Search & Destroy.
  • Adjusting spawn points that would slightly drop the player to the ground when respawning.
• Stronghold
  • Fixed exploit where Players were able to get atop trees in several areas.
  • Added kill brush to remove exploitable area near mansion.
• Gauntlet
  • Addressed exploits where Players were able to get to unfair vantages point on the urban side of the map.
  • Fixed issue where Players were able to get outside the map on Jungle side.
  • Resolved exploit where Players were able to view through solid geo on urban side of map.
• Splash
  • Fixed exploit where Players were able to land on invisible collision near one of the large torches on the East side of the map, giving them unintended and unfair sightlines.
  • Addressed an exploit where Players could get outside the playable area near the Atlantis Riptide control room.
  • Added collision to prevent Players from getting to an unfair vantage point at the center of the map.
  • Fixed exploit where Players were able to get into the ceiling of the Atlantis building.
  • Resolved exploit where Players were able to gain an unfair advantage near yellow water tube at the center of map.

Game Modes

• Uplink
  • Removed aim assist while carrying the Satellite Drone.

And here’s what’s changed with Zombies:

General

• Fixed several issues with Daily Challenges not showing the correct reward.
• Resolved an issue where GobbleGums wouldn’t activate for different users after already being used once in the map.
• Resolved an issue where, upon reviving a player, they could experience a functionality loss after using a GobbleGum that requires manual activation.

Shadows of Evil

• Fixed Shadows of Evil Easter Egg bug.

Der Eisendrache

• Resolved a bug where an increased number of zombies would respawn after being killed via the A-10 Rocket platform trap.
• Fixed an exploit in which the DG-4 anti-gravity trap would never turn off.
• Resolved a bug where zombies would be immune to the DG-4 anti-gravity trap.
• Addressed an issue where the Raygun Pack-a-Punch skin would not update when the weapon is packed.
• Fixed a bug where Players would get stuck in spectator mode if downed with Quick Revive perk on the A-10 Rocket platform.
• Addressed an issue that occurred when using “Killing Time” GobbleGum during a key sequence in Der Eisendrache.
• Addressed a rare progression break during the main Easter Egg.
• Resolved an enemy spawn issue that occasionally occurred during a Der Eisendrache Easter Egg.
• Various enemy pathing issues have been fixed.

Finally, the one Campaign patch note says Treyarch “added support for the Tactical Mode ‘auto-on’ feature.”

You can read the Xbox One patch notes over here.

You may also experience some issues with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 multiplayer being down, as they are currently at Defcon 2 on PS4 and Xbox One. “Online services are degraded. Users in some regions may experience connectivity issues,” Treyarch says.

[Source: Activision Support via Reddit, WCCFTech]

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