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Revision as of 10:24, 29 March 2013
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BioShock (series)
Key points
- Quality PC port, including graphics and control options[1][2].
- Without modification the game is limited to only a single save[3]. For a workaround see the Multiple Save Games section.
- Be sure to update your graphics card drivers: GeForce 314.22 WHQL Drivers for nVidia cards and AMD Catalyst Beta 13.3 for AMD cards.
General information
- Port Report - General Overview of the PC port
- Steam Users' Forums
- Steam Comunity Discussions
- 2K Games Forums
Availability
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- BioShock Infinite is a Steamworks title and as such, all versions, retail included, will require and unlock on Steam.
Improvements
Skip intro videos
GUI scaling on high resolution displays
- GUI elements are not scaling with resolution which makes these elements rather small on high resolution displays.
Game data
Exiting to desktop reveals how much time has passed since last checkpoint.
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- Although configuration files are in plain text, there is a base-64 encoded section for user key mappings which prevents custom command creation. When decoded, the section contains a number of strings corresponding to command names from the .ini files, and approximately 300 or so bytes of binary data of unknown purpose[4].
Video settings
In-game graphics settings.
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Field of view (FOV)
- There is a FOV slider in the game options, however it only increases/decreases FOV by 15% from the default value of 70º (59,5º - 80,5º).
| Maximum FoV by slider |
MaxUserFOVOffsetPercent value
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| 85 |
21.43
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| 90 |
28.57
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| 95 |
35.71
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| 100 |
42.86
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| 105 |
50.00
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| 110 |
57.14
|
Input settings
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Mouse speed slider tweak
- Slider for mouse speed is set to very wide range, which can be unsuitable for high precision mice.
Issues unresolved
Freezing and crashing
- There seems to be a problem on some systems that game crashes every few minutes and/or freezes whole system[5][6].
One method to mitigate stuttering is to navigate to (My) Documents\my games\BioShock Infinite\XGame\Config and open XEngine.ini. Search the file for PoolSize and increase the value (640 would be a good starting point).
- If you have issues with the game immediately crashing on start-up, make sure you disable any on-screen display applications (showing FPS/GPU usage) like MSI Afterburner.
Issues fixed
Only Very Low or Low options for texture quality and texture streaming problems
- When the game can't detect or detects wrong video memory size, it automatically enables only Very Low and Low options for texture quality.
- There is also on issue on some systems that selection Very High or Ultra for texture quality will cause to textures never load properly and game tries to load them over and over as demonstrated here.
Stuttering during gameplay
Audio crackling
Aim assist
- Aim assist is on by default even when using keyboard and mouse.[7]
- There are some auto aim variables in the .ini files but these variables are reverted to True every time you start the game[8]. There is no permanent fix yet.
Microstuttering
Xbox controls even with no controller attached
- Bioshock Infinite auto-detects any controllers/joysticks attached to the system including virtual ones. This could make game uncontrollable and cause camera to spin, menu contains labels for Xbox buttons.
1920x1080 on 1920x1200 monitor
Multiple save games
- Only one save game is able to played at any one time.
Hold to aim down sights
- To change from toggle aim down sights to hold aim down sights, simply make an AutoHotKey script:
Other information
Unlocking 1999 mode before game completion
Bioshock Infinite features "1999 mode" which makes game much harder. Normally this mode is unlocked by finishing game at least once, however there is a code which unlocks this mode right away:
System requirements
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- Windows XP and DirectX 9 video cards are not supported[9].
References
