Prerequisites
- BO3 Game Torrent (see our torrent guide)
- BOIII Client (see our BOIII download page)
- SteamCMD (Steam Console Client)
Guide
- Visit the Black Ops 3 Steam Workshop
- Search the map that you want to download in the search bar
- When you are on the map page, copy the mod ID from the end of the url to your clipboard.
- Use SteamCMD to download the map
- Download SteamCMD
- Extract SteamCMD and make sure it has it’s own folder.
- Open
steamcmd.exe
and wait for it to update. - Type
login anonymous
and press enter. This will log you into an anonymous account. - Type
workshop_download_item 311210 MODID
and replaceMODID
with the mod ID you copied from Step 2 and hit enter.- If you download times out, add
validate
at the end. (For Example:workshop_download_item 311210 2926551695 validate
)
- If you download times out, add
- Wait for the download to complete. There is no progress bar!
- Once your download is completed, locate where your map has been downloaded and open up the folder.
- Make map folder in BO3 install folder
- In the folder you located from the download, you should see a bunch of files.
- Pay attention to 2 certain files it should start with
zm_
ormp_
. You will want to right click one of them and click “Rename” from the menu that pops up. Hit CTRL + C to copy the name to your clipboard. - Now navigate to your BO3 install folder. For the torrent version, the folder should be called
t7_full_game
. You will want to create a folder inside and name itusermaps
if it is not there already. - Once that is done, go inside the usermaps folder and make a brand new folder and the name will be what you copied from earlier (For Example:
zm_quiet_cosmos
). Do CTRL + V to paste the name in and hit enter and now your folder should be named like this:
- Copy map files to map folder you made
- Open a new file explorer window and locate the map files from earlier (from Step 3)
- Copy all files in the folder and paste them (or drag and drop them) into the
zm_mapname
ormp_mapname
folder you made in your BO3 usermaps folder- To select all files, press CTRL + A or select all files at once
- To copy all the files, press CTRL + C or right click them and select
Copy
- To paste all the files in the new folder, press CTRL + V or right click and select
Paste
into the empty map folder
- Load up the BOIII Client or download it if you do not have it
- Go into a solo or custom games match and go to the map selection screen and your custom map should appear.
- Congratulations, you have successfully installed custom maps on the torrent version for BO3
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