BioShock Remastered

BioShock Remastered

Developers
Original game	Irrational Games
Remastered	Blind Squirrel Games
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	2K Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows	September 15, 2016
macOS (OS X)	August 22, 2017

BioShock
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. 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 was severely compressed (See Restore uncompressed audio for video for solution).

Lots of reports of entire save files lost due to frequent crashes have been issued.

General information

Official website

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
Discord		Included with Incorrect store feature name. See here for available options..
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

Restore uncompressed audio for video

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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/409710/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioshockHD\Bioshock\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/409710/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Discord
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 settings

Graphics settings.

Input settings

Controllers need to be unplugged or disabled in game settings for mouse to work.

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  Controller settings.

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  Controller buttons.

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  Input settings.

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  Keyboard rebinding.

Replace toggle binds with hold binds

Instructions[citation needed]

It is strongly recommended to make a backup of the .ini file, because these tweaks can lead to some issues (see below) Go to the configuration file location. Open User.ini. Find the Alias section and add the following: 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 If you change any Toggle key (Zoom, Crouch, Walk), you will encounter issues like ADS reverting to Toggle or being stuck in Crouch or Walk mode. Save and reload doesn't fix this. Save and go back to the main menu then load your saved game to fix the issue. The in-game "Customize Binding" menu won't allow to rebind any key that has been changed from Toggle to Hold using this method. This can be fixed by adding a ReplaceableAction= for each in the sections that are relevant to them.

Pick individual items from containers

Pick individual items from containers[citation needed]

Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open User.ini. Scroll down to the [ContainerUIActive] section and bind CollectContainerItemInSlot 0, CollectContainerItemInSlot 1 and CollectContainerItemInSlot 2 to any unused keys. Can be bound over existing keys so long as they aren't used in the container interface (i.e. Hack and Reload). Note that, much like the hold binds, binding over other bind can make you unable to change them in the menus. the fix is to add the following ReplaceableAction= to the [ContainerUIActive] section: ReplaceableAction=CollectContainerItemInSlot 2 ReplaceableAction=CollectContainerItemInSlot 1 ReplaceableAction=CollectContainerItemInSlot 0

Audio settings

General settings.

Audio settings.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Added in PC Patch 3.
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation, download.
Italian
Japanese
Polish				Fan translation, download.
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]
Go to the configuration file location. Open Bioshock.ini. Change SpeakerMode= to SM_ProLogic.

Surround sound requires your output device to be set to 48kHz, otherwise most audio will not play.

Set output device to 48kHz[citation needed]
Right-click the speaker icon in your taskbar. Select playback devices. Double-click the entry that says "Default device". Change to the "Advanced" tab. Select a 48000Hz format. Don't forget to save your changes.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
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
Go to the configuration file location. Open Bioshock.ini. Go to section [Engine.RenderConfig]. In it change TextureDetail to either Medium or Low.

How to keep proper weapon order in Neptune's Bounty

Instructions
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]

Reinstall OpenAL[citation needed]

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]

Reset controls to default or change controls that were bound to extra mouse buttons in the game's controls menu. This may also be fixed by leaving the default control for each function in place and assigning the mouse button you wish to use to the secondary control for that function. The default control should display on the in-game control hints rather than crashing when attempting to display the mouse button.

Game crashes randomly

Disable reverb[citation needed]
Random crashes may be caused by compatibility issues with audio drivers. Disabling reverb in the game's audio options can stop the crashes, but may cause audio glitches.

Extremely low resolution textures while running under Linux (Proton/Wine)

Disable eventfd-based in-process synchronization primitives In Steam game properties, Set Launch Options as PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 %command%

Brightness adjustments have no effect (Windows 10)

Disable Fullscreen Optimizations
Locate BioshockHD.exe under <path-to-game>\Build\Final. Right Click on BioshockHD.exe and select Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Under settings select "Disable fullscreen optimizations" and click OK to save the changes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	FMOD, OpenAL
Interface	Adobe Flash
Cutscenes	Bink Video, Flash

Performance tweak (Havok)

Improving Havok physics engine performance[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Build\Final\. Open Default.ini. Edit the line HavokNumThreads=2 to represent the number of cores in your machine's CPU. For example, using a quad-core CPU, change the line to HavokNumThreads=4. Some systems may require doing the same with Bioshock.ini, located in %APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\

Improving Engine Memory usage[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\Build\Final\ Open Default.ini. Search for [Engine.GameEngine] and increase the CacheSizeMegs value under it (maxes out at 512). Some systems may require doing the same with Bioshock.ini, located in %APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1 64-bit
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)
	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