Getting Started

Press the ~ key (tilde / grave, top-left under Esc) to open the Plutonium console. If nothing happens, enable the console in the Plutonium launcher/in-game options first, then press ~ again. Type a command and hit Enter. You’ll need it for the Sprint/ADS improvement below.

Black Ops 1 has a long-standing quirk: you can’t aim down sights while the Sprint key (Shift) is held. Normally you have to fully release Shift before you can aim, which loses gunfights. One console command fixes it.

Open the console (~) and paste:

bind MOUSE2 "+speed_throw; -breath_sprint; -sprint"

Now you can ADS without releasing Sprint. What it does: aiming (+speed_throw) also clears the sprint input (-breath_sprint) so the engine stops blocking your aim. The trailing -sprint is a required no-op: it absorbs the key event so the sprint release actually fires.

The game sometimes strips custom MOUSE2 binds on restart. If ADS goes dead, just re-paste the line.

An alternate way to apply your settings. Most of these have an in-game menu equivalent (Graphics / Game tabs), but a few have no menu entry at all. Open the console (~) and paste the block. seta both applies a setting and saves it, so you only paste once and it sticks across restarts.

seta com_maxfps          "144"     // frame cap (also Options -> Game -> Max FPS)
seta r_displayRefresh    "144 Hz"  // Match your monitors output Hz
seta cl_maxpackets       "100"     // stock 30; lowers input latency
seta com_reduceSleep     "1"       // Options -> Game -> Reduce engine sleeps
seta r_aaSamples         "8"       // anti-aliasing (8x)
seta r_texFilterAnisoMax "16"      // anisotropic filtering (max)
seta r_picmip            "0"       // texture quality: Extra
seta sm_enable           "1"       // shadows on
seta cg_fov              "65"      // base FOV (true FOV = cg_fov x cg_fovScale)
seta cg_fovScale         "1.30"    // 65 x 1.30 = ~85 total; also drives ADS sensitivity
seta gpad_enabled        "1"       // controller support

Or apply all of them at once. Paste this single line into the console and hit Enter:

seta com_maxfps 144;seta r_displayRefresh "144 Hz";seta cl_maxpackets 100;seta com_reduceSleep 1;seta r_aaSamples 8;seta r_texFilterAnisoMax 16;seta r_picmip 0;seta sm_enable 1;seta cg_fov 65;seta cg_fovScale 1.30;seta gpad_enabled 1;vid_restart