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Revision as of 12:53, 3 August 2012
Key Points
- Widely criticised as being a very poor PC port.[1]
- Poor sales of the game on console platforms has resulted in Radical Entertaintment being essentially shut down. The long-term effects of this on support for the PC port remains to be seen.[2]
Very Common Errors Template:Ee No shadows with ATI graphics cards. Template:Ee Cannot complete Operation Flytrap. Template:Ee Performance degrades over time (memory leak).
General Information
- Steam Forum.
- Steam Forum thread with additional fixes - maintained by Suicidal.banana.
Windows
System Requirements
Video Settings
- An in-depth look at the Prototype 2 settings is available on this Gamespy Port Authority article.
Windowed
Template:Star Fix from Steam forum thread by Suicidal.Banana.
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Custom Resolution And Refresh Rate
- Resolution is natively capped at 1920x1080 and 1920x1200.
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Input Settings
Mouse Acceleration
- Mouse acceleration is tied to framerate of the game, leading to extremely choppy control in periods of poor performance.[3]
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Issues
Template:Eee Issue - No Shadows With ATI Graphics Cards
Template:Ee Prototype 2 has a similar bug as with Prototype, where shadows are not rendered properly on AMD ATI Radeon cards. Template:Ee This can lead to a very poor graphical quality. Template:Ee No official or unofficial fix has been issued for Prototype or Prototype 2. Template:Star Screenshots from aaronmoi.[4]
Template:Eee Issue - Cannot Complete Operation Flytrap
Template:Right On some PC configurations it's impossible to complete the mission Operation Flytrap.
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Template:Eee Issue - Performance Degrades Over Time
Template:Right Also known as a memory leak.
- Caused by a problem with a setting on x64 bit Windows. To do with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Physical Address Extension (PAE).
- If you are having the "memory problem" chances are PAE is not forceenabled.
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Template:Eee Issue - No Voice Audio During Gameplay
- Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.[5]
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Template:Eee Issue - Glowing Outlines On Characters
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Template:Eee Issue - USB Devices Crash Game
- Some keyboards (and likely other input devices) may cause Prototype 2 to crash while attempting to load the game (brief black screen, follow by a crash-to-desktop).
- Devices with additional USB ports for connecting peripherals may be responsible for the problem.
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References
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ5l4L_3RxY
- ↑ http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/6/28/3124092/prototype-developers-radical-entertainment-rumored-to-be-shutting-down
- ↑ http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/xcfmu/a_warning_to_avoid_prototype_2_for_pc/c5l5ld3
- ↑ http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2845269
- ↑ http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2844357