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{{mm}} [http://www.bioshockinfinite.com/home Official game site] | {{mm}} [http://www.bioshockinfinite.com/home Official game site] | ||
{{mm}} [http://forums.2kgames.com/forumdisplay.php?116-BioShock-Infinite-General-Game-Discussion 2K Games Forums] | {{mm}} [http://forums.2kgames.com/forumdisplay.php?116-BioShock-Infinite-General-Game-Discussion 2K Games Forums] | ||
− | {{mm}} [ | + | {{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions] |
{{mm}} [http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/BioShock_Wiki BioShock Wiki] - A huge wiki for all the BioShock games | {{mm}} [http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/BioShock_Wiki BioShock Wiki] - A huge wiki for all the BioShock games | ||
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|steam input api = unknown | |steam input api = unknown | ||
|steam input api notes = | |steam input api notes = | ||
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|steam input presets = unknown | |steam input presets = unknown | ||
|steam input presets notes = | |steam input presets notes = | ||
|steam controller prompts = unknown | |steam controller prompts = unknown | ||
|steam controller prompts notes = | |steam controller prompts notes = | ||
+ | |steam cursor detection = unknown | ||
+ | |steam cursor detection notes = | ||
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===Windows=== | ===Windows=== | ||
====Freezing and crashing==== | ====Freezing and crashing==== | ||
− | {{ii}} There have been reports of crashing and freezing, possibly related to i7 processors.<ref>[ | + | {{ii}} There have been reports of crashing and freezing, possibly related to i7 processors.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/828934424195304190/ Bluescreen and freez/crash - Steam Community Discussions for BioShock Infinite]</ref><ref>[http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?220736-game-freezes-every-5-10-min!-please-help! game freezes every 5-10 min! please help! - Irrational Games Forums]</ref> 2K is aware of this issue and there should be patch soon.{{cn|Did this ever happen?|date=September 2015}} |
{{Fixbox|description=Possible fixes|ref={{cn|date=March 2017}}|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Possible fixes|ref={{cn|date=March 2017}}|fix= | ||
* If the game crashes on start-up, disable any on-screen display applications like MSI Afterburner. | * If the game crashes on start-up, disable any on-screen display applications like MSI Afterburner. | ||
* Disable overclocking or underclock your graphics card. | * Disable overclocking or underclock your graphics card. | ||
− | * Disable Killer e2200 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller or any other virtual/VPN network adapters like Hamachi.<ref>[ | + | * Disable Killer e2200 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller or any other virtual/VPN network adapters like Hamachi.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/828934424202591643/#c828934724163245395 Game crashing after 5-10 minutes - Steam Community Discussions]</ref> |
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===Disable aim assist=== | ===Disable aim assist=== | ||
{{--}} Aim assist is on by default even when using keyboard and mouse.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avk8GcyVtRM "BioShock Infinite - Auto Aim on PC Version" - ThreePi on YouTube]</ref> | {{--}} Aim assist is on by default even when using keyboard and mouse.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avk8GcyVtRM "BioShock Infinite - Auto Aim on PC Version" - ThreePi on YouTube]</ref> | ||
− | {{--}} There are some auto aim variables in the .ini files but these variables are reverted to True every time you start the game.<ref>[ | + | {{--}} There are some auto aim variables in the .ini files but these variables are reverted to True every time you start the game.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/828934424272197173/#c828934424274578052 How to remove auto-aim - Steam Community Discussions for BioShock Infinite]</ref> There is no permanent fix yet. |
{{Fixbox|description=Permanent Partial Solution|ref=<ref>[http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=bioshock-infinite-auto-aim-on-pc-fix-34904 BioShock Infinite - Auto Aim on PC - Fix | Gameguru Mania]</ref>|fix= | {{Fixbox|description=Permanent Partial Solution|ref=<ref>[http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=bioshock-infinite-auto-aim-on-pc-fix-34904 BioShock Infinite - Auto Aim on PC - Fix | Gameguru Mania]</ref>|fix= | ||
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− | {{Fixbox|description=Temporary auto aim fix|ref=<ref>[ | + | {{Fixbox|description=Temporary auto aim fix|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/828934723998128114/ KB+M Player and don't like Aim Assist? Try this. - Steam Community Discussions for BioShock Infinite]</ref>|fix= |
{{--}} This fix needs to be applied every time the game is started. | {{--}} This fix needs to be applied every time the game is started. | ||
# Start the game with a controller plugged in. | # Start the game with a controller plugged in. | ||
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{{ii}} Mice with high polling rates can sometimes cause microstuttering. | {{ii}} Mice with high polling rates can sometimes cause microstuttering. | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Fix for Razer mice|ref=<ref>[ | + | {{Fixbox|description=Fix for Razer mice|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/648814844485556495/]</ref>|fix= |
# Open Razer Synapse. | # Open Razer Synapse. | ||
# Click on the "Performance" tab. | # Click on the "Performance" tab. | ||
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{{Fixbox|description=Update GPU drivers|ref=<ref>[http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?220431-Audio-Crackling Audio Crackling - Irrational Games Forums]</ref>{{cn|Is this still happening?|date=September 2015}}}} | {{Fixbox|description=Update GPU drivers|ref=<ref>[http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?220431-Audio-Crackling Audio Crackling - Irrational Games Forums]</ref>{{cn|Is this still happening?|date=September 2015}}}} | ||
− | {{Fixbox|description=Run the game in compatibility mode|ref=<ref>[ | + | {{Fixbox|description=Run the game in compatibility mode|ref=<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/8870/discussions/0/828935673041637408/]</ref>|fix= |
Audio stutter may also be fixed by enabling compatibility mode for <code>Windows Vista SP2</code> | Audio stutter may also be fixed by enabling compatibility mode for <code>Windows Vista SP2</code> | ||
# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Binaries\Win32\</code> | # Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Binaries\Win32\</code> |
Revision as of 07:54, 9 September 2018
Developers | |
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Irrational Games | |
2K Australia | |
Iron Galaxy Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Aspyr Media |
Linux | Virtual Programming |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
OS X | Aspyr Media |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 26, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | August 29, 2013 |
Linux | March 17, 2015 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
BioShock | |
---|---|
BioShock | 2007 |
BioShock 2 | 2010 |
BioShock Infinite | 2013 |
BioShock Remastered | 2016 |
BioShock 2 Remastered | 2016 |
Key points
- Quality PC port, including graphics and control options.[1][2]
- The game has a built-in benchmark mode which can be accessed through launcher in Advanced menu. On Linux however, you must add
DefaultPCBenchmarkMap.xcmap -unattended
into the Launch Options to access it. - Aim assist is on by default even when not using a controller, but can be fixed.
General information
- Port Report: BioShock Infinite.
- Official game site
- 2K Games Forums
- Steam Community Discussions
- BioShock Wiki - A huge wiki for all the BioShock games
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Developer website | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
Amazon.co.uk | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Season Pass | ||
Early Bird Special Pack | Exclusive to the Season Pass | |
Columbia's Finest | ||
Clash in the Clouds | Part of the Season Pass | |
Burial At Sea: Episode One | Part of the Season Pass | |
Burial At Sea: Episode Two | Part of the Season Pass |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Replace files[citation needed] |
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Edit Configuration File[citation needed] |
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StartupMovies=2KLogoSweep720p2997 StartupMovies=IrrationalLogoTest StartupMovies=UE3AnimatedLogo_ProRes StartupMovies=AMDLogo720p
StartupMovies=LoopingMovieUntilStartupFinishes |
Turn Off Texture Streaming
Edit Configuration File[citation needed] |
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UseBackgroundLevelStreaming=False MipFadeInSpeed0=0 MipFadeOutSpeed0=0 MipFadeInSpeed1=0 MipFadeOutSpeed1=0 OnlyStreamInTextures=True PoolSize=0 LoadMapTimeLimit=999 LightmapStreamingFactor=0 ShadowmapStreamingFactor=0 bAllowSwitchingStreamingSystem=False UseDynamicStreaming=False
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\BioShock Infinite\XGame\Config\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/irrationalgames/bioshockinfinite/GameDocuments/My Games/BioShock Infinite/ |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
- Key mappings are encrypted which prevents sharing key bind files or creating custom commands.[3]
Save game data location
System | Location |
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macOS (OS X) | |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/8870/ |
- Game creates an automatic permanent save at the beginning of each chapter. These saves are automatically overwritten if replaying from a previous chapter.
- Only one save game is able to played at any one time.[4]
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Multi-monitor
- The HUD may not be centred automatically for multi-monitor setups.[citation needed]
Centering HUD on multi-monitor setups[citation needed] |
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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).
FOV slider expansion[citation needed] |
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Maximum FoV by slider | MaxUserFOVOffsetPercent value |
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85 | 21.43 |
90 | 28.57 |
95 | 35.71 |
100 | 42.86 |
105 | 50.00 |
110 | 57.14 |
120 | 60.00 |
Disable post-processing effects
- Some of the post-processing effects can only be disabled in the game's XEngine.ini file. These effects include depth of field, light bloom, and color correction.
Disabling post-processing[citation needed] |
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Disable lens flare and dirt effect
- Both effects are controlled by a single setting
Disable lens flare and dirt effect[citation needed] |
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Input settings
Mouse speed slider tweak
- Slider for mouse speed is set to very wide range, which can be unsuitable for high precision mice.
Mouse slider tweak[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Bioshock Infinite. | |||
TriDef 3D |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest |
Issues unresolved
Windows
Freezing and crashing
- There have been reports of crashing and freezing, possibly related to i7 processors.[5][6] 2K is aware of this issue and there should be patch soon.[citation needed]
Possible fixes[citation needed] |
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Issues fixed
Texture streaming quality 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 an 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.[8]
Low texture quality and streaming fix[9] |
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[TextureStreaming] UseTextureFileCache=False TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=1500 PoolSize=3000 LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=3000 |
FPS dropping
- Nvidia cards experience FPS drops in certain areas when
Dynamic Shadows
is set to Very High or Ultra.
Vsync bug fix[10][11] |
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VsyncTo60WhenUnder30=False to VsyncTo60WhenUnder30=True |
Make the Game Hor+
Edit Configuration File[citation needed] |
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AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV |
Disable aim assist
- Aim assist is on by default even when using keyboard and mouse.[12]
- There are some auto aim variables in the .ini files but these variables are reverted to True every time you start the game.[13] There is no permanent fix yet.
Permanent Partial Solution[14] |
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Temporary auto aim fix[15] |
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GUI scaling on high resolution displays
- GUI elements are not scaling with resolution which makes these elements rather small on high resolution displays.
GUI scaling tweak[16] |
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Windows
Crash on start for some Windows 7 and 8 users
Force start in Windowed Mode[citation needed] |
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Run Steam as an administrator and the game itself NOT as an administrator[citation needed] |
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Change the "Documents" folder back to default if it has been moved[citation needed] |
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Cannot restore game after Alt-Tab
Exit TeamViewer[17] |
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Change from toggle to hold aim down sights
AutoHotkey script for hold to aim[citation needed] |
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#IfWinActive BioShock Infinite $mbutton:: Send {mbutton} KeyWait, mbutton Return mbutton Up::Send {mbutton} Notes
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Stuttering during gameplay
Enable fullscreen mode[citation needed] |
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Run game in compatibility mode[citation needed] |
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Texture Pool Size Fix[18][19] |
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Xbox controls even with no controller attached
- Bioshock Infinite auto-detects any controllers/joysticks attached to the system including virtual ones. This could make the game uncontrollable, cause the camera to spin, and label the menu with Xbox prompts.
Remove all controllers[citation needed] |
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Microstuttering
Adaptive and dynamic V-Sync[citation needed] |
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- Mice with high polling rates can sometimes cause microstuttering.
Fix for Razer mice[22] |
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Audio crackling
Update GPU drivers[23][citation needed] |
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Run the game in compatibility mode[24] |
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Audio stutter may also be fixed by enabling compatibility mode for
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Linux
Game starts on the wrong screen
Start with a a command line option[citation needed] |
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Game starts on the wrong screen, wrong aspect ratio
- In a multi-monitor configuration where 1 monitor is portrait and 1 monitor landscape and where game starts on portrait monitor and is forced to run on the landscape monitor using
--eon_force_display
, game does not recognize landscape monitor's aspect ratio and will only allow portrait aspect ratios/resolutions. - No real fix is available at this time.
Pending fix[citation needed] |
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Game uses system mouse acceleration
- The game uses mouse acceleration, even if mouse acceleration is turned off in-game.
Disable mouse acceleration in the system before game launches[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 10, 11 | |
OpenGL | 3.3, 4.1, 4.2 | 3.3 on OS X, 4.1/4.2 on Linux. |
Shader Model support | 4, 5 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | Wwise, OpenAL | OpenAL is used in Linux |
Interface | Autodesk Gameware, SDL | SDL is used in Linux |
Input | SDL | Linux only, for gamepads. |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2 | 7 SP1 64-bit |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.7 GHz AMD Athlon X2 |
Quad core |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | 30 GB |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon 3870 Intel HD 3000 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible | ATI Radeon 6950 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.8.4 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 3870 Nvidia GeForce 640M 512 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 14.10, Mint 17.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.7 GHz AMD Athlon X2 |
3 GHz Intel Core i5 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia/AMD OpenGL 4.1 compatible | OpenGL 4.2 compatible |
References
- ↑ Port Report: BioShock Infinite - The Port Report
- ↑ PC Specifications for BioShock Infinite Announced! - Irrational Games Blog
- ↑ 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 - Comment from Port Report: BioShock Infinite - The Port Report
- ↑ Bioshock Infinite: Multiple Savegames Workaround Guide | gamefront.com
- ↑ Bluescreen and freez/crash - Steam Community Discussions for BioShock Infinite
- ↑ game freezes every 5-10 min! please help! - Irrational Games Forums
- ↑ Game crashing after 5-10 minutes - Steam Community Discussions
- ↑ Bioshock Infinite texture streaming problem - YouTube
- ↑ Verified by User:LDK on 28 March 2013
- ↑ "Vsync Bug Fixed :D" posted by shankly1985 - OverClocker
- ↑ Verified by User:DoctorPacman on 17 November 2013
- ↑ "BioShock Infinite - Auto Aim on PC Version" - ThreePi on YouTube
- ↑ How to remove auto-aim - Steam Community Discussions for BioShock Infinite
- ↑ BioShock Infinite - Auto Aim on PC - Fix | Gameguru Mania
- ↑ KB+M Player and don't like Aim Assist? Try this. - Steam Community Discussions for BioShock Infinite
- ↑ BioShock Infinite PC Performance Thread - NeoGAF.com
- ↑ Bioshock Infinite Alternate Tabbing Issues - 2K Forums
- ↑ BioShock Infinite: Fixing Lag / VSYNC - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Verified by User:TGrreny on 7 April 2013
- ↑ Micro-Stuttering: Adaptive VSync (Nvidia) - Tom's Hardware
- ↑ Micro-Stuttering: Dynamic V-Sync (AMD) - Tom's Hardware
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Audio Crackling - Irrational Games Forums
- ↑ [2]