Prototype 2
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Developers | |
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Radical Entertainment | |
Publishers | |
Activision | |
Engines | |
Titanium | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 24, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Prototype |
Prototype | |
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Prototype | 2009 |
Prototype 2 | 2012 |
Key points
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Forum thread with additional fixes - maintained by Suicidal.banana.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
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Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Amazon.com (unavailable) | ||||
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable) |
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.
Name | Notes | |
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RADNET Access Pack |
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Colossal Mayhem Pack |
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Excessive Force Pack |
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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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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115320/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Windowed. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Can be toggle between Off, Low and High. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Set refresh rate manually; see Widescreen resolution. Frame rate is capped at 500 FPS; However, all games using the Titanium engine are internally locked at 60 FPS and will duplicate previous frames to achieve higher frame rates. Only the mouse cursor updates above that. Mouse controls won't work properly above 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
- An in-depth look at the Prototype 2 settings is available on this GameSpy Port Authority article.
Widescreen resolution
- Resolution is natively capped at 1920x1080 and 1920x1200.
Change resolution launch option[4] |
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Windowed
Force windowed[citation needed] |
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Windowed launch option[4] |
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Use the Notes
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Force on Fullscreen
Force fullscreen |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | See Mouse acceleration. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Mouse acceleration
- 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. |
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. |
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. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | At least 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
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.
- While there is a fix for Prototype, there are no known fixes for Prototype 2.
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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Turn in-game vsync |
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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). |
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. |
Issues fixed
- 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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(Windows 8+) Disable Catalyst A.I. in the registry[citation needed] |
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Low frame rate
- This is caused by the engine incorrectly overpolling the USB I/O in Windows.[10]
Install a mod[citation needed] |
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Use DirectInput FPS Fix. |
Disable unused HID devices[citation needed] |
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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. |
Crash before the "Radical Entertainment" logo
- After the notification about automatic savegames, and before the logos and main menu, the game crashes.
Remove the space in the game folder path. |
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Rename your game folder to |
No voice audio during gameplay
- Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.[4]
Set sound option to TV[citation needed] |
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Glowing outlines on characters
Disable antialiasing[4] |
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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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Disable HID-compliant device[citation needed] |
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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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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 |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
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:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/115320/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (115320) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ5l4L_3RxY
- ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/review/prototype-2-review/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Radical_Ent/status/197456612460466177
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 P2 - Bugs & Solutions / FAQ - [Sticky Please] - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/xcfmu/a_warning_to_avoid_prototype_2_for_pc/c5l5ld3
- ↑ Possible Fix for mouse lag in Prototype 2 without using controller - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ Screenshot showing difference between Nvidia and ATI - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ [Temp. FIX] Memory leak - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ https://steamcommunity.com/app/115320/discussions/0/451852225145790704/
- ↑ F.E.A.R. - FPS / Logitech fix - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)