Crashes for Windows 7 after "Radical" sign is shown. Solution :
open Task Manager
open Processes tab
select Steam.exe
select Set Affinity
check only CPU 0 to CPU 7
run the game
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Key points
- Widely criticised as being a very poor PC port with a very large number of issues.[1][2]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Forum thread with additional fixes - maintained by Suicidal.banana.
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.[3]
DLC and expansion packs
- Preorder DLCs "Bio-Bomb Butt Kicker" (GameStop exclusive) and "Hardened Steel Vehicle Armor" (BestBuy exclusive) are only available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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RADNET Access Pack |
- Over 55 unique pieces of digital content accessible at launch at no extra charge.
- 20 Events Death-defying chopper races, intense combat scenarios plus more!
- 20 Challenges Compete with and beat your friends’ best scores!
- 5 Exclusive ‘Behind The Scenes’ Videos
- 5 Exclusive Sgt James Heller Mutation Abilities
- 5 Bonus Unlock Abilities for Sgt James Heller
- Alex Mercer Skin unlock – the ultimate fan reward
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Colossal Mayhem Pack |
- Thermobaric Boomstick: All the force of a Thermobaric Ordinance in a compact rocket launcher form. Will need to be reloaded from Radnet Menu if dropped.
- Heller Test Subject Skin: Playable skin of Heller after his infection while being experimented on.
- Infected Heller Skin: Playable skin that gives Heller a zombified appearance and changes all of his dialogue to growls.
- Infantry Heller Skin: Playable Skin from before Heller was infected with Blacklight.
- Warp Vortex: Throw or kick an object and it causes a vortex of energy to pick up all light objects and enemies nearby. Will also work with the Bio-Bomb grenade.
- Anti Gravity Field: Anything Heller comes into contact with instantly loses its gravitational hold to the earth, including people.
- Air Time: Infinite gliding, never touch the ground again.
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Excessive Force Pack |
- New Weapon: Viral Infector Grenade Launcher
- Armored Heller Skin
- Agile Armor Alex Mercer Skin
- Zombie Mercer Skin
- Shockwave
- Chaos Creator Mode
- Medusa's Wrath
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- Colossal Mayhem Pack and Excessive Force Pack never released on Steam, however the files were hidden within the PC release files.
Download community fix
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- Download the file unlocker here.
- Extract the files to <path-to-game>.
- Enjoy.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Video settings
Template:Video settings
- An in-depth look at the Prototype 2 settings is available on this GameSpy Port Authority article.
- Resolution is natively capped at 1920x1080 and 1920x1200.
Change resolution launch option[4]
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- Right-click the game in the Steam Library.
- Choose Properties, then Set launch options.
- Add
resolution=2560x1600@60 (resolution followed by refresh rate).
- Choose OK to save your changes.
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Force windowed[citation needed]
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set the path to
<path-to-game>\prototype2.exe .
- Set the window size to the in-game resolution.
- Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
- Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX9.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
- Start the game and adjust in-game resolution.
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Windowed launch option[4]
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Use the windowed command line argument.
Notes
- Mouse cursor is always visible and not captured to window.
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Force on Fullscreen
Force fullscreen
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- Download and run DxWnd.
- Click on Edit, then Add.
- Set the path to
<path-to-game>\prototype2.exe .
- Under
Generic tab, check Fullscreen only .
- Click on DirectX tab, set DirectX9.
- Click OK, then File and Save.
- This option is valid only if you own multiple displays and you want to run the game in Fullscreen on your middle monitor.
- Owning multiple displays on Windows 10 makes the game unable to run in Fullscreen (While moving the mouse fast, it will go out of the game boundaries and clicking will tab out the game). The above steps fixes the issue.
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Input settings
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- Mouse acceleration is tied to frame rate of the game, leading to extremely choppy control in periods of poor performance.[5]
Use controller[citation needed]
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A controller will bypass the mouse acceleration problem.
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Limit frame rate[6]
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See Frame rate capping to limit frame rate (for example, to 60 FPS) to limit mouse acceleration.
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Force adaptive vsync outside of game[citation needed]
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To fix the choppy mouselook camera, turn OFF vsync in-game and turn ON adaptive vsync in the nvidia control panel.
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Audio settings
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Localizations
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Issues unresolved
No shadows with AMD/ATI graphics cards
- Prototype 2 has a similar bug as with Prototype, where shadows are not rendered properly on AMD/ATI Radeon cards.[7]
- This can lead to a very poor graphical quality.
- There is no known fix for Prototype or Prototype 2.
Prototype on Nvidia graphics card.
Prototype on AMD/ATI graphics card.
Cannot complete Operation Flytrap
- On some PC configurations it's impossible to complete the mission Operation Flytrap.
Set core affinity[citation needed]
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- Alt+tab out of the game
- Open task manager,
- Find
prototype2.exe
- Right click -> Set Affinity... and uncheck all but one of the checkboxes.
- Go back into the game and restart the mission.
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Turn in-game vsync
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- Set refresh rate up to 60 Hz (higher frequency won't fix the issue)
- Turn in-game vsync on
- Restart the mission
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Performance degrades over time
- Prototype 2 has memory leak issues. The steps below help alleviate this.
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed]
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).
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Alt+tab to release memory[8]
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Alt+tabbing in and out of the game appears to release 500-600mb of RAM, delaying the onset of a memory leak crash temporarily.
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Issues fixed
Unplayable frame rate in the main menu and ingame on a AMD card using Crimson driver
- Caused by Catalyst A.I. interfering with the game.[9]
- Make note of the original key values that need to overwritten, as they will have to be reverted once the game is no longer actively played
(Windows 7) Disable Catalyst A.I. in the registry[citation needed]
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000 (or 0001)\UMD\ .
- Change the
CatalystAI value to 30 .
- Change the
CatalystAI_DEF value to 0 .
- Save the changes made and launch the game.
- If the fix does not work, try restarting the computer and launching the game again.
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(Windows 8+) Disable Catalyst A.I. in the registry[citation needed]
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- Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0000 (or 0001)\UMD\ .
- Change the
CatalystAI_DEF value to 0 .
- Save the changes made and launch the game.
- If the fix does not work, try restarting the computer and launching the game again.
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Low frame rate
- This is caused by the engine incorrectly overpolling the USB I/O in Windows.[10]
Disable unused HID devices[citation needed]
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- Open the Start screen/Start menu, type
devmgmt.msc and press ↵ Enter.
- Select "Human Interface Devices". Disable all "HID-compliant consumer control device", you should not need to disable ANYTHING else.
- It is advised to re-enable the devices after the game has closed.
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Crash after starting or loading a game
- The game may crash on a CPU with more than 8 threads.
Turn off hyperthreading and all physical processing cores above 8 or turn off all but four logical cores.
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Enter your computer's BIOS and turn off the hyperthreading CPU feature and all physical processing cores above 8 or turn off all but four logical cores. The specific procedure depends on your motherboard, thus you have to consult the manual of your motherboard if you're unsure how to do this.
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No voice audio during gameplay
- Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.[4]
Set sound option to TV[citation needed]
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- Go to
Options -> Audio .
- Set the sound system option to
TV instead of Home Theater .
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Glowing outlines on characters
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.
Unplug USB devices[citation needed]
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- Unplug the device(s) before starting the game, then plug them back in.
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Disable HID-compliant device[citation needed]
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- This may accidentally disable an input device.
- Open the Device Manager.
- Disable one or more instances of
HID-compliant consumer control device (not HID-compliant device ).
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Waypoints don't trigger and can't use airbridge
- Seems to be sporadically caused by crashing in the middle of a mission
Force a reload of your character by evolving[citation needed]
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- Evolve by consuming/finding collectibles to proceed with missions.
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Stuck at gray screen after task switching
Press Alt+Tab ↹ two more times[citation needed]
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Run in a window (see Windowed)[citation needed]
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7 |
7 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz AMD Phenom X3 8750 |
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 GHz or better, AMD Phenom II X4 3 GHz or better |
System memory (RAM) |
2 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB of VRAM
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References