Prototype 2

Prototype 2

Developer(s)	Radical Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Activision
Engine	Titanium 2
First release date	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.

Poor sales of the game on console platforms has resulted in Radical Entertaintment being essentially shut down. The long-term effects of this on support for the PC port remains to be seen.

A controller is highly recommended.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Forum - for Prototype series.

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

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Retail		All versions unlock on Steam.
Amazon
Steam

Prototype 2 is a Steamworks title.

Game data

Save game location

	Location
Default	%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\Activision\Prototype 2\

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			See Custom resolution and refresh rate.
Multi-monitor			See Custom resolution and refresh rate.
Field of view (FOV)		Default FOV is not very narrow even for large screens.
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Can be toggle between Off, Low and High.
Vertical sync (Vsync)

An in-depth look at the Prototype 2 settings is available on this GameSpy Port Authority article.

Windowed

Windowed launch option • Link Steam • Link In Steam go to game's Properties, click Set launch options and add windowed. Retail • Link For other versions, right click on the game shortcut properties. In the target bar, right after the quotes, press space and type windowed.

Custom resolution and refresh rate

Resolution is natively capped at 1920x1080 and 1920x1200.

Change resolution launch option • Link Fix from Agamemnon_71. Steam • Link In Steam go to game's Properties, click Set launch options and add resolution=2560x1600@60 where first two numbers are custom resolution and last is refresh rate. Retail • Link For other versions, right click on the game shortcut properties. In the target bar, right after the quotes, press space and add resolution=2560x1600@60 where first two numbers are custom resolution and last is refresh rate.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		See Mouse acceleration
Controller support

Mouse acceleration

Mouse acceleration is tied to framerate of the game, leading to extremely choppy control in periods of poor performance.

Controller use • Link A controller will bypass the mouse acceleration problem.

Limit framerate using Dxtory • Link Fix from by oWhiteWolf. Using Dxtory to limit framerate (for example, to 60FPS) will limit mouse acceleration.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows Vista(R)/XP, Windows 7	Windows 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6GHz, 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
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT with 512 MB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850 with 512 MB RAM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 (1GB) or better, ATI Radeon HD 5850 (1GB) or better
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	10 GB

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.

No official or unofficial fix has been issued for Prototype or Prototype 2.

Screenshots from aaronmoi.

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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 • Link 1) Alt+tab out of the game 2) Open task manager, 3) Find prototype2.exe 4) Right click -> Set Affinity... and uncheck all but one of the checkboxes. 5) Go back into the game and restart the mission.

Performance degrades over time

Memory leak caused by a setting on x64 bit Windows to do with Data Execution Prevention (DEP) and Physical Address Extension (PAE).

Disable antialiasing • Link This fix only extends memory space so that the crash occurs later on 32bit systems, and won't work on 64bit systems. DEP will compromise system security in the long term. To set DEP off and PAE on use these commands in a command window with admin rights: 1) Start > cmd and run it with ctrl+shift+enter. 2) Enter commands: bcdedit /set nx AlwaysOff bcdedit /set pae ForceEnable Additional information at Microsoft website.

Alt+tab to release memory • Link 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 resolved

No voice audio during gameplay

Bug caused by Dolby surround setups.

Set sound option to TV • Link Go to options > audio. Set sound system to TV instead of Home Theater.

Glowing outlines on characters

Disable antialiasing • Link

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

Disable HID-compliant device • Link This may accidentally disable an input device. Open up the Task 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 • Link Evolve by consuming/finding collectibles to proceed with missions.