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Bionicle Heroes

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Bionicle Heroes
Bionicle Heroes cover
Developers
Traveller's Tales
Publishers
Eidos Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 14, 2006
Bionicle Heroes guide on StrategyWiki
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

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SecuROM 7 DRM disc check
Windows

Essential improvements

Disable bloom effect

To disable it, you need to install HelixMod and use it to replace the bloom shader with a no-op.
Disabling bloom[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

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 settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution manually[1]
  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.

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

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].

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2000
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 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
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible

References