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BioShock 2

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BioShock 2
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Developers
2K Marin
2K China
Publishers
2K Games
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows February 9, 2010
macOS (OS X) March 29, 2012
BioShock 2 on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.
BioShock
BioShock 2007
BioShock 2 2010
BioShock Infinite 2013
BioShock Remastered 2016
BioShock 2 Remastered 2016

Key points

Uses SecuROM DRM with unlimited activations and an available revoke tool.
It is possible to disable GFWL.

General information

2K Games Forum
Steam Users' Forums - for BioShock and BioShock 2.

Availability

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All versions have SecuROM.
All versions have Games For Windows Live, which can be disabled.

Games For Windows Live (GFWL)

Instructions

Retail v1.5 Patch

The latest patch is v1.5. The Steam version already has this patch.
The patch accidentally mutes all the Little Sisters. This can be fixed (see #No Little Sister voice acting) but the fix requires an #Games For Windows Live (GFWL) account to be signed in. It may be advisable to avoid the patch because the interaction with the Little Sisters is a significant aspect of the gameplay.

Game data

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Because of GFWL you must back up both your Live profile and the game saves in order to transfer or restore your saves.
Save games generated when signed into GFWL are not compatible with 'offline' mode, and vice versa.
Use BioShock 2 Saved Game Utilities to easily back up the save folders needed for BioShock 2.

Video settings

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Field of view (FOV)

Any custom FOV settings will be reset automatically at various times during gameplay when control is taken away from the player; i.e. for cutscenes. Zooming down iron sights will also yield this effect.
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)

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Anti-aliasing (AA)

There is no native AA support in BioShock 2. AA can be forcibly enabled, however, through your graphics driver's control panel. Please consult the user guide for your particular graphics driver on how this is performed.

Input settings

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There is no native controller support (Xbox 360 or otherwise) in this game.

Disabling auto-aim

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Audio settings

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Issues fixed

Hold to Duck / Hold to Aim Down Sights

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Menu flickering

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Crash on startup

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Left Plasmid hand disappears

This glitch is especially likely when using the Scout-Plasmid. Therefore it is advisable to quicksave before using it.
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Green Pepper Edition - no product key

The Green Pepper Edition of Bioshock 2 does not contain a product key. Therefore it is not possible to create a Windows Live Account or add Bioshock 2 to an existing account.
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Game does not start on Windows 8

When installed on Windows 8 Pro x64, trying to run the game doesn't do anything. This is mostly like an issue with GFWL.
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Crashing Windows 7 and 8

The game will periodically crash when installed on Windows 7 or 8.
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No Little Sister voice acting

May occur after installing 1.5 Patch, which causes Little Sisters to become mute.
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SecuROM

Error message: Too many activations on different PCs or too many reactivations on the same PC have been performed
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Performance tweaks

Havok

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System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Windows XP SP2
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA 7800GT 256 MB
ATI Radeon X1900 256 MB

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