Batman: Arkham City

Batman: Arkham City

Developer(s)	Rocksteady Studios
Publisher(s)	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
First release date	November 22, 2011

Batman: Arkham

Batman: Arkham Asylum	2009
Batman: Arkham City	2011
Batman: Arkham Origins	2013

Steam Users' Forums for game series

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Steam		GOTY edition - includes all DLC
Origin		GOTY edition - includes all DLC
Green Man Gaming		Regular and GOTY edition

All versions require a Games For Windows Live Account to play.

All versions contain SecuROM - 5 machine limit, 10 activations per machine.

Improvements

Disable Logos

Disable Logos - steam • Link 1) Navigate to steamapps\common\batman2\BmGame\Movies. 2) Rename 2 files: StartupNV.swf Startup.swf

Game data

	Location
Save game location	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham City\SaveData
Configuration files location	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham City\BmGame\Config

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
GameSave Manager		Supports both the standard and GOTY versions.

Video settings

Video settings.

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Position Affects Gameplay
Field of view (FOV)		See FOV
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

FOV

Change FOV • Link A simple *.ini tweak, as described here (steam forums) among other places, allows to bind a FoV value to a key. To do this: 1) open %userprofile%\My Documents\WB Games\Batman Arkham City\BmGame\Config\bminput.ini 2) to bind a FoV value of 100 to the F10 key, add this line at the end of [Engine.PlayerInput]: Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="fov 100") The result: default fov fov 100 Note that the game might overwrite the edited version of bminput.ini. Do not despair, keep editing it until it finally sticks.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Issues Resolved

DLC issues

DLC issues • Link First Method: If you bought the Batman Arkham City: Arkham City Skins Pack or Arkham City Challenge Map Pack through Steam and you can't access them, go to Steam and Verify Integrity of Game Cache. If it still doesn't work, make sure you're using an online account in GfWL instead of an offline/local account. Be warned, if you switch from an offline account to an online account you won't be able to transfer your saves to the online account (you'll still be able to use them on the offline account, though). Second Method: If you're unable to use your DLC key in GfWL or the Marketplace (it says your code is invalid or it doesn't do anything) go to Set Your Default Country or Region and select the region of your GfWL account. After that, use the search bar to go to the Batman Arkham City store page and see if the DLC you want to use is there. If it isn't, you'll have to change the region of your account to US. Remember, you can only change your account's region once a year.

Low FPS

Low FPS • Link Turn off PhysX and DX11, as both of these features seem to be resource hogs, and ensure you have the latest DirectX End-User Runtimes.

Crash with error "xlive.dll is missing"

Crash with error "xlive.dll is missing" • Link Install Games for Windows Marketplace If it still doesn't work after that, try starting Games for Windows Marketplace and log in. If it doesn't start, try installing Windows Live Messenger and log in and then try the Marketplace again. The game should now start without the xlive.dll error.

Crash Fix – For Quad Core PCs

Crash Quad Core PCs • Link Start the game Alt+Tab Out of the game Open Task Manager Right click on BatmanAC.exe Choose: "Set Affinity..." Select core 0 and 1 only. You need to run the game on two cores basically, so to avoid the crash to desktop.

Gray screen after fight with Joker

Gray screen after fight with Joker • Link After beating Joker in the Steel Mill, you may encounter a gray screen that looks to be a cutscene that refuses to load. It tells you you can skip it by clicking the left-mouse button, but doing so will have no effect. If you encounter this problem and you have the game on Steam, try validating your cache. Right click on Batman: Arkham City Select Properties Select Local Files Select "Check integrity of game cache files". The process might complete too fast (less than three seconds for a game of several gigabytes). If that's the case, launch the game and load up the menu. Press Alt+F4 and GfWL will helpfully inform you that you might lose unsaved progress. Click yes to continue. Try validating your game's cache again. If validating your cache did not work or you do not have a version of the game on Steam, delete the game's local files (Steam -> Batman: Arkham City -> Remove local files), reinstall the game and try again. Luckily your saves are stored in the Steam Cloud.

No sound or weak sound

No sound or weak sound • Link For Windows 7 and Vista users: Update your sound card drivers. If doing that doesn’t clear up the problem, make sure you have volume set to max for Batman Arkham City in the volume mixer (click on the little speaker icon in the bottom-right of your screen in the system tray). If you’re in-game, just alt+tab out of the game and check if Batman Arkham City is set to max in the volume mixer. Another tip you could try is to go to Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Communications Tab then select the “Do Nothing” radio button to permanently fix this issue. For Windows XP users: Reduce hardware acceleration, or set your speakers to Stereo.

GfWL Missing

GfWL Missing • Link For Windows 8 users: If the game doesn't save, it may be because Games for Windows Live is not working. To fix this, uninstall GfWL Redistributable (bundled with the game) and Games for Windows Marketplace (if installed). Reinstall Games for Windows Marketplace. Games for Windows Live should now appear in-game, and save will now work.

Game crashes right after launch

Game crashes right after launch • Link The Windows 7 event log may show entries like this: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: BatmanAC.exe Application Version: 1.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 00000000 Fault Module Name: BatmanAC.exe Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.0 Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000 Exception Code: c000001d Exception Offset: 0348d7d2 OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Additional Information 1: b1da Additional Information 2: b1dad02de602a574f3e3edfa7bc260e4 Additional Information 3: 3984 Additional Information 4: 3984b60a0d265364fe265f881509cbd0 If you are using EMET and set SEHOP to opt-out, Batman Arkham City needs to be added to the opt-out list. To do this: 1) Create an empty text file 2) Add theses lines: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\BatmanAC.exe] "DisableExceptionChainValidation"=dword:00000001 3) Save it as batman.reg (name doesn't matter, just the .reg extension is important) 4) Double click it 5) Run Arkham City

Game crashes during introductory cutscene

Game crashes right after launch • Link If game crashes to desktop in the middle of the introductory cutscene, try reinstalling PhysX or disable PhsyX entirely (Documented after installing from GameFly.) 1) Open the launcher 2) Disable PhysX in the options menu 3) Start the game normally

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7	Windows 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+	Intel or AMD dual-core 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB RAM	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB or ATi Radeon HD 3850 512 MB	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 6970
Hard disk drive (HDD)	17 GB hard drive space	17 GB hard drive space

Useful links

• Technical Issues section of the official forum.
• a well-written post (steam) about the way the game handles save data.
• Alternative download for the December 2011 update. NOTE: You have to extract content.xbx, Media1.cab and setup.exe in a folder, copy TitleUpdate.msi to the same folder, and then launch setup.exe.