Black Ops 2 Zombies

This guide will walk you through downloading Black Ops 2 and setting up the Plutonium client. The Plutonium client allows you to play several Call of Duty games with support for a friends list, dedicated servers, and playing multiplayer zombies with up to eight players.

  1. Download the game files (14GB).

  2. Create an account on the Plutonium forums.

    Note: the username you choose here will be what you are known as in-game.

    A screenshot of Plutonium's register page

  3. Follow sjerred to add them as a friend.

    A screenshot of a Plutonium user's profie with the follow button

  4. Unzip t6.zip.

  5. Go into the t6 folder that was created when unzipping.

  6. Run the plutonium executable in the t6 folder. This will start the Plutonium client.

  7. Login to the Plutonium client using the account you created in step 2.

    The login screen for Plutonium

  8. Hover your cursor over the icons on the sidear. Look for an icon labeled “T6 Zombies”. Click the icon.

  9. Click the “setup” button.

    The setup button

  10. In the popup dialog, select the t6 folder with the game files in it. The folder that you pick should have the plutonium executable in it.

    The contents of the t6 folder

  11. Click the “Play” button to start the game.

    The play button

In-game

Once Black Ops 2 has opened, you can press F to view your friends list.

You can play Zombies with others by hosting a custom game. Once you’ve created a custom game lobby, press P to open your party settings. Be sure your settings allow friends to join you. You can also modify your lobby size.

Note that you cannot start a game with more than four players in the lobby. You’ll have to start the lobby with no more than four players; the other players game join your game while it’s in progress via the friends list. Eight-player games are only supported on maps that also support the “Grief” gamemode.