Es ist soweit. Black Ops erhielt nun auch endlich das Update für PC. Nach dem Chaos um den PS3-Patch bleibt zu hoffen, dass alles läuft. Die Änderungen sehen jedenfalls schonmal ganz gut aus:

Call of Duty Black Ops:

• Improved threading performance on computers with only 2 cores.
• Additional performance optimizations
• Added  an option to pre-cache all shaders during load time. This fixes  hitching related to shader compiling on some video cards when viewing an  area of the map for the first time.
• Fixed random freezes in certain computer configurations.
• Allow Team Change on Ranked servers when it does not unbalance teams (this is a server admin option).
• Allow Team Change grace period at start of match (server admin option).
• Added 4 more reserved slots (server admin option)
• /connect
• Improved quickmatch results (server side change)
• Fix for watching films through Combat Record
• Fixed compassSpectatorsSeeEnemies exploit
• Fixed 3rd person fov exploit
• Fix for infinite supply drop exploit.
• Fixed crosshair flickering when stereo is active.
• Various spawn improvements
• Various sound improvements
• Fix for Zombies – Teammate shadows not displayed properly.
• Fix for radar not staying on in One in the Chamber when it should.
• In a Domination match, the Position Secured medal is no longer delayed.
• ‘Hardened: Equipment Shot’ Challenge can now be completed by destroying a ‘Camera Spike’.
• Fix for choppy final killcam in dedicated servers.
• Various map glitches fixed.
• Weekly  and Monthly leaderboards will now track all kills, deaths and assists  properly (All Time leaderboards were not affected by his)
• Added mixed hardcore playlist
• Added mixed barebones playlist
• Added 12 player versions of all playlists

Black Ops Rcon Tool:

• Reduced timeout values. Connect (or failure to connect is faster).
• Added all white-listed dvars for Ranked and Unranked. Admins have rcon access to ALL available dvars.
• Added Settings and Console tabs for Ranked servers.
• Fixes a bug where the “Server” tab doesn’t update values when connecting to a new server.
• Added version number to the title bar.
• Fixed a bug where UI state didn’t persist after switching to another server.
• Added “disconnect” button.
• Fixed map “set” to not use admindvar.
• Changed all dvars which could be possibly float, to float. Mostly these are time-type dvars.
• Fixed bug where entering a value of zero for Message Duration would cause a unhandled exception error.
• Truncated all message fields to 140 chars.

Quelle: Gameservers.com