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BioShock 2

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

DRM switched from Games for Windows - LIVE and SecuROM to Steam.[1]

General information

2K Games Forum
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for BioShock and BioShock 2

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
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 Windows version only.
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Mac App Store
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 OS X version only.
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Steam
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 Windows version only.
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Retail
DRM details are not known
 Optional Steam unlock.[1]
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All Windows retail and digital versions of BioShock 2 activate on Steam.[1] Activation unlocks all DLC, including Minerva's Den.
Achievements and saves are separate from Games for Windows - LIVE meaning that a new game is required when switching from Games for Windows - LIVE to Steam.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Minerva's Den
Windows

Game data

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8850/pfx/[Note 1]

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8850/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Graphical options.

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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. Custom FOV settings will not work in multiplayer.
Instructions

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Instructions

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. For Nvidia cards you can force SGSSAA (2x-8x) in DX9 Mode via Nvidia inspector with the AA bit - 0x000010C1 - [2] Example what inspector should look like

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Audio options.

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Network

Online features in non-Steam versions require a Microsoft account (optional for offline play).

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Audio Cutting Out in Combat Sequences

On some computers, user audio will cut out during combat sequences.

Mouse sensitivity not correctly adjusting

On some computers, the game's mouse sensitivity will be extremely low, and raising the values makes mouse movements imprecise.
Instructions

Issues fixed

Crash on startup

Instructions

Menu flickering

Instructions

Game brightness is extremely high in DirectX 9 mode

This behavior is triggered by notification popups from the Steam overlay
Instructions

Left Plasmid hand disappears

This glitch is especially likely when using the Scout-Plasmid.[3] Therefore it is advisable to quick save before using it.
Instructions

Game crashes in DirectX 10 mode

Instructions

No little sister voice acting

Bug causes little sisters to become mute.
Instructions

Other information

Hold to duck/aim down sights

Instructions
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Disable auto-aim

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Inject EVE Hypo

Instructions

Performance tweak (havok)

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2 7
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4 GHz or Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.60 GHz or Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 2.13 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA 7800GT
ATI Radeon X1900
256 MB of VRAM 		NVIDIA 8800GT
ATI Radeon HD 4830
512 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/8850/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8850) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References