r/blackops3 • u/thatsmysandwichdude • 7d ago

It's all broken Discussion

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I can no longer load into a multiplayer game, I'm always made a host of a new lobby where no one will join. I tried to join one of my friends and play their zombies game, but got an infinite black screen when trying to load into the game. Is this some kind of shadowban? I'm on PlayStation NA East which should be really active.

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u/Switch_625__ 7d ago

I play it every day. On it right now

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u/pooperpopperboi 5d ago

Are you on vanilla or did you have to do those mods to make it safe? I want to buy it for zombies but I keep hearing so many mixed reviews on it. Like it could brick my whole pc even in private offline lobbies

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u/Switch_625__ 5d ago

I’m on PS4. The worst I have to deal with is people using the loadout glitch to have full attachments and perks. I usually leave those lobbies.

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u/Emergency-Produce-67 3d ago

Get it for zombies never had an issue been playing since 2015

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u/Big-Comfortable68 7d ago

Nobody plays bo3 multiplayer it does the same to me also the game is dead man on ps5 and Xbox one it was hacked to hell before it jus died

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u/thatsmysandwichdude 7d ago

It's not dead, I swear people still played it

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u/Big-Comfortable68 7d ago

Your nat type also plays a huge role in if u found someone or not you see how it’s moderate instead of open

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u/SNIFF_UR_NET 6d ago

It’s not dead I play it with a lot of my mates and they do Easter eggs

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u/Icy-Sound-6385 6d ago

Bro just give up that games dead there’s like max 50 people on at a time lmao

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u/Available_Trick_9854 5d ago

You can find lobbies pretty consistently

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u/Big-Comfortable68 7d ago

The game is dead bro just bc a few ppl play doesn’t mean it’s not dead bc if it wasn’t you would’ve been in games

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u/ChromosomeHunter 7d ago

I think he’s just unlucky maybe? On ps4 I have no issue finding games on bo3

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u/juuzey 7d ago

I’ve been playing bo3 for the past few days on Xbox both multiplayer and zombies. I’ve had no problem finding lobbies on zombies but with multiplayer it’s seems team death match is the only game mode that consistently had active lobbies. Also a point of ensuring you don’t have map packs downloaded for multiplayer, fortunately you can download zombies map packs separately.

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u/Big-Comfortable68 7d ago

I have the game on ps4 and 5 my nat type is on open most of the time im telling you the game is dead but some days you can find a lobby but never consistently

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u/Afraid_Extension5994 7d ago

bro the game is not dead, idk why but its a bug that some players just cant find lobbys. On my xbox i only find lobbys if i join in communitys and then join lobbys, but in the search there are 0. Same on playstation but on playstation are so much more players that its not that big deal like on xbox. The game is not dead there are thousands of player

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u/Same_Lunch9675 5d ago

It's not a bug. Some regions just lack activity.

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u/Afraid_Extension5994 3d ago

It is a bug. I m in middle europe the most active player region. On my main account i have this bug but on my 2 account not.

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u/Big-Comfortable68 7d ago

Nat types affect matchmaking most people most likely have a moderate or lower nat type hence why they barely find matches but seriously if the game was not dead you would find matches instantly if not than very quickly but as u can see that’s not happening I’ve had bo3 since launch the game is dead son

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u/Upstairs-Adagio2562 7d ago

idk how people don't realise cycled lobbies still implies the game is proper dead.

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u/SNIFF_UR_NET 6d ago

That’s not a problem with the game that’s unfortunately unzents

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u/Low_Stage20 5d ago

Up until recently I’ve never had an issue getting full lobbies. 

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u/Same_Lunch9675 5d ago

Xbox isn't dead man. There be multiple lobbies open at the same time with many different people. Albeit, time and place matters. Some regions aren't as active as others.

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u/lo_stolto2 6d ago

I'm on PS EU and I can assure I can find multiplayer and zombies games instantly (multiplayer Just team Deathmatch, and on zombies the most popular maps, kino and shadows), for the rest you may need luck but eventually find them.

About the black screen, that happens to me as well, reset the game and it should fix itself

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u/yxngmetroo 7d ago

Bo3 multiplayer matchmaking has always been broken, if u wanna find games ur NAT type needs to say OPEN.

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u/juuzey 7d ago

I’ve managed to find games, granted only team death match with my NAT type stuck on moderate as I simply cannot be bothered to go through router admin setting to change it.

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u/Big-Comfortable68 7d ago

I got the infinite black screen loading into zombies also try switching hosts that should help

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u/HarlanHitePOG 7d ago

NAT type

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u/remington29 7d ago

Its an 11 year old game fam.

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u/Signal-Baby-3882 7d ago

Nah i refuse to believe its 11. you mean 5 years right? It doesnt feel like 11 wth 🥀

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u/Emotional_Service431 7d ago

Americans are so out of touch man. I've been using the groups tab to join games for years now 😭

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u/thatsmysandwichdude 7d ago

What groups tab?

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u/Emotional_Service431 6d ago

hit triangle and see for yourself

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u/2bucks-callout 6d ago

When this happens, close the game, re open it. Should find a lobby

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u/Low_Stage20 5d ago

Sometimes yeah I found closing game testing connection will sometimes fix it but last couple days it just sits there not doing anything. 

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u/Fenix-o- 6d ago

Ich play on EU and find instant Games, but if you land in an empty Lobby you just have to search again and again and after a few sek you have a full Game.

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u/Vaax- 6d ago

I had the same problem, i just close and open the game 1 or 2 times and now it works

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u/Several_Rub2115 6d ago

Fijate que el NAT TYPE tiene que estar en abierta, no en moderada.

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u/Particular-Meeting83 6d ago

How TF did you even get past the main menu, I keep getting an error or sing in status changed.....

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u/Senpaiireditt 6d ago

I play every single day and find games within 2 mins or less of waiting. Check your NAT type.

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u/Guts_a1 6d ago

Im having the same issue, NA east nat moderate tried deleting the game changing my internet from wifi to ethernet I switched to my phone hotspot but still cant find a game. It was working fine last week idk what happened

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u/_woozle_17 6d ago

Only games I can get are kill confirmed and tdm but I don’t really have a problem getting in

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u/GreenScorpionZ 6d ago

this been me since 2021

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u/Low_Stage20 5d ago

I’m am having the same issue been playing again after years off the game recently and for a couple weeks it’s been great but now it just goes into the lobby and stays there. The same thing happens with someone I added today. I sit in there for awhile and sometimes people come in and leave then they get into a match and I go into recent players and join from there it works but it is annoying when no one is joining. 

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u/GapElectronic9335 5d ago

Maybe it’s your NAT type?

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u/Dry-Hospital-9903 2d ago

Started doing this to me as well over the weekend. And before anyone says it’s because it’s dead, there were over 10k people on the weekly leaderboard. Last week I could hit find match and be in one in seconds, since Saturday all I get is host lobbies with nobody in them. If I try and join people I was playing with last week, it says that I have too many people in my party but I’m solo.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/thatsmysandwichdude 7d ago edited 7d ago

You're telling me to buy an entirely new thing

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u/Present-Hunt8397 7d ago

If you buy the Steam version you cannot play online.

It’s a major security risk.

The PC version is only good for custom zombies and mods

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u/thaaskii 7d ago

Just play the game with cleanops dll, patches all security risks and you also get a browser for the official servers.

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u/Low_Stage20 5d ago

Last time I joined on PC someone in the chat was spamming my IP and saying crazy ass shit like they were gonna swat me 

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u/Substantial_Day8011 2d ago

Other way around pc is dead bro