Bionicle: The Game

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Bionicle: The Game
Bionicle: The Game cover
Developers
Argonaut Games
Particle Systems
macOS (OS X) Zonic Limited
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[Note 1]
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Lego Interactive
OS X Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2003
macOS (OS X) January 19, 2005
Bionicle: The Game guide on StrategyWiki
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Bionicle
Subseries of Lego
Bionicle: The Game 2003
Bionicle Heroes 2006

General information

BioSector01 - A detailed wiki for everything Bionicle related.
Brickipedia - A detailed wiki for everything Lego-related.
Rock Raiders United - A fan forum for all of the classic Lego games. Mods and utilities can be downloaded from here, but an account is required.

Availability[edit]

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
 SafeDisc DRM[Note 2].
Windows
macOS (OS X)
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\LEGO Interactive\Bionicle\Saved Games\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location[edit]

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\LEGO Interactive\Bionicle\Configuration\
macOS (OS X)

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
See the talk page
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
SFX and Music.
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output. Requires DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
No EAX reverb; supports DirectSound3D calls for Binaural HRTF mixing. [3]

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish

VR support[edit]

3D modes Native Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved[edit]

Game crashes on startup[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
ExecutablePPC 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Received a universal binary update to support Intel processors in 2008, ensuring compatibility with 10.7 "Lion" through 10.14 "Mojave".

System requirements[edit]

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, ME, 2000, XP 98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz Intel Pentium III 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 800 MB 900 MB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible 		64 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ Universal binary release only.
  2. ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
  2. ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
  3. ↑ Only 2000s Kids