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Bionicle Heroes

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Bionicle Heroes
Bionicle Heroes cover
Developers
Traveller's Tales
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Russia Noviy Disk[1]
Engines
Nu2
Release dates
Windows November 14, 2006
Reception
Metacritic 59
IGDB 52
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Shooter, Adventure
Themes Fantasy, Sci-fi
Series Bionicle
Bionicle Heroes on HowLongToBeat
Bionicle Heroes on IGDB
Bionicle Heroes guide on StrategyWiki
Bionicle Heroes on MobyGames
Bionicle Heroes on Wikipedia
Bionicle
Subseries of Lego
Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui 2001*
Bionicle: The Game 2003
Bionicle Heroes 2006
Bionicle: Masks of Power TBA

Bionicle Heroes is a singleplayer third-person shooter and adventure game in the Bionicle series.

General information

Rock Raiders United - A fan forum for the classic Lego games. Mods and utilities can be downloaded from here, but an account is required

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7.29 DRM disc check
Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
DRM-free after installation (requires an internet connection during installation)
Windows
A faithful higher quality icon can be downloaded from the Files section.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Delete or rename the Movies folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\EIDOS\BIONICLE Heroes\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\EIDOS\BIONICLE Heroes\

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 4:3 resolutions listed; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Widescreen mode is 16:9 only, use BionicleHeroesGFX for other aspect ratios.
4K Ultra HD
See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
2X, 4X, 8X options - unknown method, probably FSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Character animations may become buggy. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution manually[2]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open nuconfig.txt.
  3. Set NU_PCRESW and NU_PCRESH to the desired resolution.
  4. Set NU_PCWIDESCREEN to 1.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
  1. Download and run DxWnd.
  2. Click on Edit, then Add.
  3. Set the name and executable path.
  4. Set the window position and size.
  5. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed.
  6. Click OK, then File and Save.

Disable bloom effect

To disable it, you need to install HelixMod and use it to replace the bloom shader with a no-op.
Use HelixMod[citation needed]
  1. Download HelixMod.
  2. Unpack the archive to the installation folder
  3. Create a file named <path-to-game>\ShaderOverride\PixelShaders\41928EB1.txt containing the line ps_3_0
  4. Start the game
Use BionicleHeroesGFX[citation needed]

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Somewhat limited.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Menus navigable by mouse but no cursor is depicted
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Likes to randomly forget input mappings for no particular reason. Needs more testing.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Same option for mouse and controller.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and "effects", a.k.a. everything else
Surround sound
Up to 7.0 output. Requires DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
None of the characters in the game actually ever talk.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Always on.
EAX support
No EAX reverb; supports DirectSound3D calls for Binaural HRTF mixing.[3]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Danish
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Local retail only.
Spanish

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Bionicle.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Character animations buggy

Lock the max frame rate of the game to 60 FPS within your graphics card's control panel or set the refresh rate on 60hz

[4]

Low FPS

Change shader version
  1. Go to the Options menu and then Video Options.
  2. Change Shader version from 1.1 to 2.0, 2.0A or 3.0.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Mods

See the beginners setup guide for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.

Bug-fixes/Improvements

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz
AMD Athlon XP
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.9 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 3
ATI Radeon 9000
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 1.1 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Windows 95/98/ME/NT not supported


References

  1. Bionicle Heroes - last accessed on 2023-06-19
  2. Bionicle Heroes | WSGF
  3. Only 2000s Kids - last accessed on May 2023
  4. [missing title] - last accessed on [unknown]