Black Ops 2 Failed To Allocate From State Pool Fix Best | Call Of Duty

Before launching BO2, open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and end tasks for:

: Set the game's .exe to run in Compatibility Mode for Windows 7 or 8 and check "Disable fullscreen optimizations".

If the issue occurs at startup or across all modes, try these standard PC maintenance steps: Before launching BO2, open Task Manager (Ctrl +

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The most common fix for the "LA Mission" crash is to temporarily lower your game's resource demands until you pass the specific cutscene or scripted event that triggers the error. A third, often overlooked solution is and disabling

: Navigate to the game folder, right-click the .exe file (t6sp.exe for campaign), and set compatibility to Windows 7 or Windows 8 .

A third, often overlooked solution is and disabling fullscreen optimizations. Right-click the game’s .exe , go to Properties > Compatibility, and check "Disable fullscreen optimizations." Then, in-game, select "Windowed (No Borders)" instead of Fullscreen. This changes how Windows’ Desktop Window Manager (DWM) handles the game’s framebuffer, often bypassing memory allocation conflicts caused by exclusive fullscreen mode. This fix is particularly effective on Windows 10 and 11, where legacy DirectX 9 titles (like BO2 ) suffer from poor presentation model handling. This fix is particularly effective on Windows 10

If the 4GB patch is insufficient, the next best step is to . The "state pool" error often triggers when the game attempts to load "Extra" or "High" textures on a card with abundant but slow VRAM. Navigate to the game’s in-game graphics settings and set Texture Quality to "Medium" or "High" (avoid "Extra"). Furthermore, disable "Depth of Field" and reduce "Shadow Map Resolution" to medium. These settings directly impact the state pool’s size. For advanced users, editing the config_mp.cfg file (found in Documents\Call of Duty Black Ops II\players ) to manually set seta r_videoMemoryScale "0.85" can trick the game into using 85% of its detected memory pool, preventing overflow.