Prototype 2

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Prototype 2

Developers
	Radical Entertainment
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Titanium
Release dates
Windows	July 24, 2012

Prototype

Prototype	2009
Prototype 2	2012

Key points

Widely criticised as being a very poor PC port with a very large number of issues.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Forum thread with additional fixes - maintained by Suicidal.banana.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
Gamesplanet
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
RADNET Access Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115320/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/115320/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
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 and 120+ FPS		Set refresh rate manually; see Widescreen resolution.

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 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.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed] 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.

Windowed launch option Use the windowed command line argument. Notes Mouse cursor is always visible and not captured to window.

Force on Fullscreen

Force fullscreen 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.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
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

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
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.

Use controller[citation needed] A controller will bypass the mouse acceleration problem.

Limit frame rate See Frame rate capping to limit frame rate (for example, to 60 FPS) to limit mouse acceleration.

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		At least 5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
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.

This can lead to a very poor graphical quality.

There is no known fix for Prototype or Prototype 2.

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  Prototype on Nvidia graphics card.

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  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] 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.

Turn in-game vsync Set refresh rate up to 60 Hz (higher frequency won't fix the issue) Turn in-game vsync on Restart the mission

Performance degrades over time

Prototype 2 has memory leak issues. The steps below help alleviate this.

Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed] Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).

Alt+tab to release memory 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

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.

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] 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.

(Windows 8+) Disable Catalyst A.I. in the registry[citation needed] 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.

No voice audio during gameplay

Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.

Set sound option to TV[citation needed] Go to Options -> Audio. Set the sound system option to TV instead of Home Theater.

Glowing outlines on characters

Disable antialiasing

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] Unplug the device(s) before starting the game, then plug them back in.

Disable HID-compliant device[citation needed] 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).

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] Evolve by consuming/finding collectibles to proceed with missions.

Stuck at gray screen after task switching

Press Alt+Tab ↹ two more times[citation needed]

Run in a window (see Windowed)[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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)	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