Key points
- Widely criticised as being a very poor PC port with a very large number of issues.[1][2]
- Poor sales of the game on console platforms has resulted in Radical Entertainment being essentially shut down. The long-term effects of this on support for the PC port remains to be seen.[3]
- A controller is highly recommended.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Steam Forum thread with additional fixes - maintained by Suicidal.banana.
Availability
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- All versions require Steam.[4]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
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- 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.
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]
Audio settings
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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.[6]
- 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
Template:Right On some PC configurations it's impossible to complete the mission Operation Flytrap.
Performance degrades over time
- Memory leak caused by a setting on x64 bit Windows to do with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Physical Address Extension (PAE).
Issues fixed
No voice audio during gameplay
- Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.[7]
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.
Waypoints don't trigger and can't use airbridge
- Seems to be sporadically caused by crashing in the middle of a mission
System requirements
Windows |
|
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) |
| |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
10 GB |
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