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BioShock Remastered

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BioShock Remastered
BioShock Remastered cover
Developers
Blind Squirrel Games
Publishers
2K Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 2.5
Release dates
Windows September 15, 2016
macOS (OS X) August 22, 2017[1]
BioShock Remastered guide on StrategyWiki
BioShock Remastered on Wikipedia
BioShock
BioShock 2007
BioShock 2 2010
BioShock Infinite 2013
BioShock Remastered 2016
BioShock 2 Remastered 2016

Key points

Remastered version of BioShock. Released as part of BioShock: The Collection, which also includes BioShock 2 Remastered.
Free to owners of BioShock on Steam.[2] Purchasing this version likewise gives a free Steam copy of the original.
Includes the formerly PS3 exclusive Challenge Rooms DLC (challenges, museum, Survival difficulty and new game plus).
The overall audio quality has been downgraded due to poor mixing, lack of EAX support and higher compression of the sound files.
Lots of reports of entire save files lost due to frequent crashes have been issued.[3]

General information

Official website
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Also unlocks a copy of the original BioShock.
Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch the game with -nointro parameter[4]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/409710/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\BioshockHD\Bioshock\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/409710/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Up to 128 save files (and no more than 512 MB) can be synced.

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Input settings

Controllers need to be unplugged or disabled in game settings for mouse to work.

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Replace toggle binds with hold binds

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open User.ini.
  3. Find the key you want to change, for example zoom (in this case the key is mouse 2, default is Z)
  4. Change it so it looks like this:
Rightmouse=ZoomCycle | onRelease ZoomCycle

Then repeat for all instances of the keybind

Note: This works for walking and crouch as well, changes their lines to (in this case the buttons are Shift and CTRL)

Shift=Walking | onRelease Walking
Ctrl=Duck | onRelease Duck

Audio settings

General settings.
General settings.
Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Added in PC Patch 3.[5]
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Russian
Ported from BioShock. Available here.
Brazilian Portuguese

Surround sound

The game, after being patched, now supports in-game options for Mono, Stereo, Quad, Surround, 5.1, 7.1. There is no in-game option for Pro Logic support.
Enable Dolby Pro Logic[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open Bioshock.ini.
  3. Change SpeakerMode= to SM_ProLogic.
Surround sound requires your output device to be set to 48kHz, otherwise most audio will not play.
Set output device to 48kHz[citation needed]
  1. Right-click the speaker icon in your taskbar.
  2. Select playback devices.
  3. Double-click the entry that says "Default device".
  4. Change to the "Advanced" tab.
  5. Select a 48000Hz format.
  6. Don't forget to save your changes.

Issues fixed

Game stutters / freezes when entering new area

Lower the texture detail in config file[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open Bioshock.ini.
  3. Go to section [Engine.RenderConfig].
  4. In it change TextureDetail to either Medium or Low.

Game crashes on startup

Windows 7: install platform update[citation needed]
Reinstall OpenAL[citation needed]

Game crashes reliably at specific points

Some custom control binds can cause the game to crash at specific points (such as during the tutorial section or after obtaining a new weapon) and appear to be caused by control hints shown on the screen. Mouse buttons 4 and 5 (and likely any additional extra mouse buttons) are known to cause this problem.
Remove or modify controls bound to the mouse[citation needed]
  1. Reset controls to default or change controls that were bound to extra mouse buttons in the game's controls menu.
  2. This may also be fixed by leaving the default control for each function in place and assigning the mouse button you wish to use to the secondary control for that function. The default control should display on the in-game control hints rather than crashing when attempting to display the mouse button.

Game crashes randomly

Disable reverb[citation needed]
  1. Random crashes may be caused by compatibility issues with audio drivers. Disabling reverb in the game's audio options can stop the crashes, but may cause audio glitches.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7 SP1 64-bit
Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 25 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 7770
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible
Mobile chipsets and integrated/AGP graphics cards may be incompatible.

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>/409710/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (409710) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

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  2. Remastered BioShock: The Collection Coming to PC on September 13, 2016 - last accessed on June 30, 2016
  3. [1]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2016-09-17
  5. PC PATCH NOTES: 12/5/2017