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There is no native AA support in BioShock 2. AA can be forcibly enabled, however, through your graphics driver's control panel. Please consult the user guide for your particular graphics driver on how this is performed. | There is no native AA support in BioShock 2. AA can be forcibly enabled, however, through your graphics driver's control panel. Please consult the user guide for your particular graphics driver on how this is performed. | ||
For Nvidia cards you can force SGSSAA (2x-8x) in DX9 Mode via Nvidia inspector with the AA bit - 0x000010C1 - <ref> http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9254703&postcount=2348 </ref> | For Nvidia cards you can force SGSSAA (2x-8x) in DX9 Mode via Nvidia inspector with the AA bit - 0x000010C1 - <ref> http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=9254703&postcount=2348 </ref> |
Revision as of 11:34, 9 March 2014
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Developers | |
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2K Marin | |
2K China | |
Multiplayer | Digital Extremes |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2.5 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 9, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | March 29, 2012 |
Warnings
- For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
BioShock | |
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BioShock | 2007 |
BioShock 2 | 2010 |
BioShock Infinite | 2013 |
BioShock Remastered | 2016 |
BioShock 2 Remastered | 2016 |
Key points
- DRM switched from Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM to Steamworks.[1]
General information
- 2K Games Forum
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for BioShock and BioShock 2
Availability
- All Windows retail and digital versions of BioShock 2 activate on Steam.[1] Activation unlocks all DLC, including Minerva's Den.
- Achievements and saves are separate from Games for Windows - LIVE; you will have to start over when switching from Games for Windows - LIVE to Steam.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8850/pfx/[Note 1] |
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8850/pfx/[Note 1] |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
- Any custom FOV settings will be reset automatically at various times during gameplay when control is taken away from the player; i.e. for cutscenes. Zooming down iron sights will also yield this effect. Custom FOV settings will not work in multiplayer.
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
There is no native AA support in BioShock 2. AA can be forcibly enabled, however, through your graphics driver's control panel. Please consult the user guide for your particular graphics driver on how this is performed. For Nvidia cards you can force SGSSAA (2x-8x) in DX9 Mode via Nvidia inspector with the AA bit - 0x000010C1 - [2] Example what inspector should look like
Input settings
Audio settings
Issues fixed
Crash on startup
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Menu flickering
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Game brightness is extremely high in DirectX 9 mode
- This behavior is triggered by notification popups from the Steam overlay
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Left Plasmid hand disappears
- This glitch is especially likely when using the Scout-Plasmid.[3] Therefore it is advisable to quick save before using it.
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Game crashes in DirectX 10 mode
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No little sister voice acting
- Bug causes little sisters to become mute.
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Other information
Hold to duck/aim down sights
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Disable auto-aim
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Inject EVE Hypo
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Performance tweak (havok)
Instructions |
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Skip intro videos
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 GHz or Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz | AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.60 GHz or Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 11 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA 7800GT ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB of VRAM | NVIDIA 8800GT ATI Radeon HD 4830 512 MB 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>/8850/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (8850) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- Pages needing cover images
- Windows
- OS X
- Games
- Invalid template usage (Series)
- Pages with broken file links
- Invalid template usage (Fixbox)
- Invalid section order
- Missing section (Availability)
- Missing section (Save game cloud syncing)
- Missing section (Video)
- Missing section (Input)
- Missing section (Audio)
- Missing section (Localizations)
- Missing section (API)