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Latest revision as of 13:45, 27 May 2024
Developers | |
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Radical Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Titanium | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 24, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Genres | Shooter |
Series | Prototype |
Prototype | |
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Prototype | 2009 |
Prototype 2 | 2012 |
Key points
- The PC port suffers from a number of technical issues and engine-limitations.[1][2]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Forum thread with additional fixes - maintained by Suicidal.banana.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable) | ||||
(unavailable) | ||||
Humble Store (unavailable) |
DLC and expansion packs
- Preorder DLCs "Bio-Bomb Butt Kicker" (GameStop exclusive) and "Hardened Steel Vehicle Armor" (BestBuy exclusive) are only available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Name | Notes | |
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RADNET Access Pack |
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Colossal Mayhem Pack |
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Excessive Force Pack |
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- Colossal Mayhem Pack and Excessive Force Pack never released on Steam, however the files were hidden within the PC release files.
Download community fix |
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Essential improvements
Prototype Fix Plugin
- A mod that includes patches for several of the problems with the PC version mentioned in this article:
- Prevents crashes on machines with many cores and threads.
- Fixes framerate-related problems caused by game trying to poll every DirectInput/HID device.
- Can reduce frame-doubling and fixes mouse input issues at framerates higher than 60FPS by removing tickrate limit.
- Fixes broken VRAM calculation on newer cards, allowing 4xMSAA option to be selectable again & slightly improving performance.
- Allows changing the in-game 640x480 & 800x600 resolution options to custom values (desktop resolution by default)
- Optionally allows increasing shadow resolution from 2048x2048 up to 8192x8192.
- Allows modifying camera FOV to increase/decrease by desired amount.
- Can run the game in borderless windowed mode, improving startup time & reducing issues when switching between game via ALT+TAB.
- Includes patch to fix shadowing issues on AMD graphics cards.
- Engines 500FPS limit can be customized, allowing even higher framerates or helping to limit it to the G-Sync/FreeSync framerate window.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. Fix for FOV with UW | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be toggle between Off, Low and High. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Set refresh rate manually; see Widescreen resolution. Frame rate is capped at 500 FPS; However, all games using the Titanium engine are internally locked at 60 FPS and will duplicate previous frames to achieve higher frame rates. Only the mouse cursor updates above that, which can lead to difference in mouse acceleration depending on performance, especially above 60 fps. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
- An in-depth look at the Prototype 2 settings is available on this GameSpy Port Authority article.
Widescreen resolution
- Resolution is natively capped at 1920x1080 and 1920x1200.
Install Prototype Fix Plugin |
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Change resolution launch option[4] |
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Windowed
Force windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Windowed launch option[4] |
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Use the Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | See Mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
- Mouse acceleration is tied to frame rate of the game, leading to extremely choppy control in periods of poor performance.[1]
Use controller[citation needed] |
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Limit frame rate to keep mouse acceleration constant[5] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | At least 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | Fan translation - #1 | |||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation, download. | |||
Polish | Available on steam despite not being listed on the store page.[6] | |||
Russian | Available on steam despite not being listed on the store page.[7] | |||
Spanish |
Issues unresolved
No shadows with AMD/ATI graphics cards
- Prototype 2 has a similar bug as with Prototype, where shadows are not rendered properly on AMD/ATI Radeon cards.[8]
- While there is a fix for Prototype, there are no known fixes for Prototype 2.
- Unknown if this bug has been solved over the years through graphics driver updates.
Cannot complete Operation Flytrap
- On some PC configurations it's impossible to complete the mission Operation Flytrap.
Force game to use only one CPU core[citation needed] |
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Cap framerate to 60 or lower before starting the mission[citation needed] |
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Performance degrades over time
- Prototype 2 has possible memory leak issues that cause performance degradation after extended time of playing the game.[citation needed]
Workaround: Alt+Tab ↹ to release memory[9] |
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Issues fixed
Low frame rate
- This is caused by the engine incorrectly overpolling the USB I/O in Windows in some cases.[10]
Install Prototype Fix Plugin |
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Crash after starting or loading a game
- The game may crash on a CPU with more than 8 threads.
Install Prototype Fix Plugin |
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Turn off CPU threads above 8 in the BIOS |
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Use msconfig to limit your processor without going into BIOS.[11] |
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If you're on Windows, you can simply turn off your threads in System Configuration:
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Crash after starting or loading a game on Linux with Proton
- The game may crash on a CPU with more than 8 threads.
Add taskset -c 0-7 %command% as a command line argument[citation needed]
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No voice audio during gameplay
- Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.[4]
Set sound option to TV[citation needed] |
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Glowing outlines on characters
Disable anti-aliasing[4] |
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Game crashes when booting the game
- Some keyboards (and likely other input devices) may cause Prototype 2 to crash while attempting to load the game, showing a brief black screen that isfollow by a crash-to-desktop.
- Devices with additional USB ports for connecting peripherals may be responsible for the problem.
Disable HID-compliant consumer control devicec[12] |
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Unplug USB devices till the game boots[citation needed] |
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Stuck at gray screen after task switching
Press Alt+Tab ↹ two more times[citation needed] |
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Run the game in Windowed mode[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | v1.9.99.0 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8750 |
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz or better, AMD Phenom II X4 3 GHz or better |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM |
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>/115320/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (115320) 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 PROTOTYPE 2 REVIEW - PC Gamer - last accessed on 2022-09-02
- ↑ WTF Is... - Prototype 2? - TotalBiscuit - YouTube - last accessed on 2022-09-02
- ↑ twitter.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 P2 - Bugs & Solutions / FAQ - [Sticky Please] - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Possible Fix for mouse lag in Prototype 2 without using controller - Steam Discussion Forum - last accessed on 2022-09-02
- ↑ Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2023-08-12
- ↑ Verified by User:Averygoodperson on 2023-08-12
- ↑ Screenshot showing difference between Nvidia and ATI - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ [Temp. FIX] Memory leak - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ F.E.A.R. - FPS / Logitech fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Try my SOLUTION to fix Prototype 2 Startup Crash. - last accessed on 2022-03-23
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-02