BioShock Remastered
Developers | |
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Original game | Irrational Games |
Remastered | Blind Squirrel Games |
macOS (OS X) | Feral Interactive[1] |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2.5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 15, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | August 22, 2017[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi, Steampunk |
Series | BioShock |
BioShock | |
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BioShock | 2007 |
BioShock 2 | 2010 |
BioShock Infinite | 2013 |
BioShock Remastered | 2016 |
BioShock 2 Remastered | 2016 |
Key points
- Remastered version of BioShock. Released as part of BioShock: The Collection, which also includes BioShock 2 Remastered.
- Free to owners of BioShock on Steam.[2] Purchasing this version likewise gives a free Steam copy of the original.
- Includes the formerly PS3 exclusive Challenge Rooms DLC (challenges, museum, Survival difficulty and new game plus).
- The overall audio quality has been downgraded due to poor sound balance, lack of EAX support & proper reverb settings. Actual bitrate of audio files is much higher, but not for BIK video audio tracks, which were severely compressed (See Restore uncompressed FMV audio for solution).
- Lots of reports of entire save files lost due to frequent crashes have been issued.[3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Developer website | ||||
GOG.com | Included with BioShock Classic. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Also unlocks a copy of the original BioShock. |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Launch the game with -nointro parameter[4]
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Restore uncompressed FMV audio
- Download and install this mod
GUI Fixes Pack
- Rather big patch for game interface. Features a number of fixes such as patch to make dialogue subtitle background widescreen friendly. Download here.
BioShock Tweaker
- Allows you to change settings that are not normally adjustable from the options menu (i.e. custom resolution). Point the program at the game's configuration file location.
- May increase the frequency and likelihood of crashes on some machines.
- Allows access to "ForceGlobalLighting" that will cause the game to freeze in specific places if enabled.[citation needed]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/BioShock Remastered/VFS/User/AppData/Roaming/BioshockHD/Bioshock/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/409710/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioshockHD\Bioshock\SaveGames\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/409710/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Up to 128 save files (and no more than 512 MB) can be synced. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Added in via patch. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Added in via patch. 75° to 130°. Default is 100°. Doesn't scale viewmodels. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, toggle only | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate caps. First person animations are locked at 60 fps. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
- Controllers need to be unplugged or disabled in game settings for mouse to work.
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Two keys per action. | |
Mouse acceleration | Disabled post launch via patch. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput only. | |
Full controller support | If controller is disabled in settings, requires keyboard or mouse to enable. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Supported on OS X. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | See DualShock button prompts. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
DualShock button prompts
Download and install the PlayStation Button Icons mod[5] |
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Replace toggle binds with hold binds
Instructions[citation needed] |
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Aliases[57]=(Command="ZoomCycle | onRelease ZoomCycle",Alias=ZoomHold) Aliases[58]=(Command="ToggleWalk | onRelease ToggleWalk",Alias=WalkHold) Aliases[59]=(Command="DuckKeyPressed | onRelease DuckKeyReleased | onRelease Jump",Alias=DuckHold) 4. Bind each alias to a key in the following sections: [Default] [GathererChoice] [ContainerUIActive] [MovementOnly] (can skip ZoomHold) [NoJump] [NoMovement] [OnlyMedHypoAndMovement] (can skip ZoomHold) [NoPlasmids] [EverythingExceptWeaponAndPlasmids] (can skip ZoomHold) [InResurrectionStation] Example: find the key you want to change, for example zoom (Aiming Down Sights, Right Mouse Button in this case): Rightmouse=ZoomCycle And change it to: Rightmouse=ZoomHold
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Pick individual items from containers
Pick individual items from containers[citation needed] |
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ReplaceableAction=CollectContainerItemInSlot 2 ReplaceableAction=CollectContainerItemInSlot 1 ReplaceableAction=CollectContainerItemInSlot 0 |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master, effects, music and voice. | |
Surround sound | Added with patch up to 7.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | Open Bioshock.ini and change the bEAXEnabled= line to true.[6] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | Added in PC Patch 3.[7] | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation, download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | Fan translation, here. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
Russian | Ported from BioShock. Available here. | |||
Spanish |
Surround sound
- The game, after being patched, now supports in-game options for Mono, Stereo, Quad, Surround, 5.1, 7.1. There is no in-game option for Dolby Pro Logic support.
Enable Dolby Pro Logic[citation needed] |
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- Surround sound requires your output device to be set to 48kHz, otherwise most audio will not play.
Set output device to 48kHz[citation needed] |
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D, Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
Game stutters / freezes when entering new area
Lower the texture detail in config file[4] |
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How to keep proper weapon order in Neptune's Bounty
Instructions |
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You just shouldn't pick up any weapons after putting yours into Pneumo. It might be hard to survive the ambush on high difficulty levels, but it's the only way to prevent incorrect weapon order from causing. |
Game crashes on startup
Windows 7: install platform update[citation needed] |
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Reinstall OpenAL[citation needed] |
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Game crashes reliably at specific points
- Some custom control binds can cause the game to crash at specific points (such as during the tutorial section or after obtaining a new weapon) and appear to be caused by control hints shown on the screen. Mouse buttons 4 and 5 (and likely any additional extra mouse buttons) are known to cause this problem.
Remove or modify controls bound to the mouse[citation needed] |
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Ensure that ForceGlobalLighting is set to False in both Bioshock.ini and Default.ini [citation needed]
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Game crashes randomly
Disable reverb[citation needed] |
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Linux
Extremely low resolution textures while running under Proton/Wine
Disable eventfd-based in-process synchronization primitives
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Game doesn't start anymore
If you have core dumps enabled and the game crashed once, it won't start anymore.
Delete core file from the games folder |
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Brightness adjustments have no effect (Windows 10)
Disable Fullscreen Optimizations |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9, 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | FMOD, OpenAL | |
Interface | Adobe Flash | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video, Flash |
Performance tweak (Havok)
Improving Havok physics engine performance[citation needed] |
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Improving Engine Memory usage[citation needed] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 GHz |
3.0 GHz Quad Core |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 25 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 7770 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | ATI Radeon HD 7970 Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible |
- Mobile chipsets and integrated/AGP graphics cards may be incompatible.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.12.5 | 10.12.6 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 27 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX AMD Radeon R9 M290X Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 2 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/409710/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (409710) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paradise reborn: BioShock™ Remastered surfaces on macOS August 22nd | Feral News
- ↑ Remastered BioShock: The Collection Coming to PC on September 13, 2016 - last accessed on June 30, 2016
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-09-17
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2019-11-02
- Make sure to download the patch for GUI Fixes Pack in the optionals section of the mod page.
- ↑ https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/09/16/bioshock-remastered-fixes/
- ↑ PC PATCH NOTES: 12/5/2017