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Bioshock Remaster 1/2 free upgrades now live on Steam.
- Thread starter BennyBlanco
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Hrm. I pre-ordered the second game on PC but had stop playing it and get a 360 copy because of crashes and other issues. It was pretty much unplayable after a couple of hours. I also had a set of issues with the first game (that I had played on 360 but got free with my pre-order so I played it again on PC) and it seems those are not fixed. They are actually even worse? That's a real bummer.
I really don't care about the graphics, I only care about stability and playability. If I play with a pad, will these remasters work better than the original games?
I really don't care about the graphics, I only care about stability and playability. If I play with a pad, will these remasters work better than the original games?
Yes.
Braag
Member
Yes, but at least in the first BioShock the in game mouse would turn extremely tiny, making the pipe minigame a little harder.
natsuyasumi
Member
re: bad Bio2 audio mix
This is the Steam forum thread I meant to link to.
Seems people are having more severe audio problems than that, even.
lensoftruth
Member
Does the no sound bug still exist then?
Tried a bit of Bioshock 2. Can't say I really noticed anything particular in terms of improvements, but I'm sure it'd be clear if I saw comparisons.
The only game in the series I don't have is Infinite. Is it worth buying? I know it's not upgraded in any way on PC, but it's 75% off on Steam so kinda tempting.
The only game in the series I don't have is Infinite. Is it worth buying? I know it's not upgraded in any way on PC, but it's 75% off on Steam so kinda tempting.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Cool. When I'm done with Dead Space trilogy in 4K, BioShock 1 and 2 will be next.
I think my G502 can fix this no problemo.
You can do the resolution, you'll be lacking the 4k textures they included in the remasters though so no super sampling textures or textures created for native 4k.
It seems you can enable 5.1 and EAX. Rather bizarre that both are disabled by default.
Edit: EAX requires a quick fix, so it being disabled by default isn't terribly surprising. Blind Squirrel could have implemented said fix, though.
Edit: EAX requires a quick fix, so it being disabled by default isn't terribly surprising. Blind Squirrel could have implemented said fix, though.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
I don't care. Dead Space looks great in 4K 60 (except crappy shadows (128x128 at times, yikes), dated lighting, lack of detail and # of objects on levels, SSAO, DOF, god rays etc. - I know, it's an early X360 game and I totally accept this) - I've played the game in 720p back when it was released so.... you know, it's a HUGE difference even with everything I've mentioned above.
Here's some screenshots I've made btw:
Art and level design rocks in DS games, just like in BioShock series.
So can we conclude that because I didn't have any major issues with Arkham Knight on PC at launch, that game was pretty fine too and the issues weren't widespread?
Seriously though, Bioshock 1&2 had very specific technical issues that were talked publicly for years and they did seemingly nothing to fix them. I guess it was more important to get something new to show up in screenshots instead of making these the definitive versions of the game. A bit like Deus Ex Human Revolution Director's Cut which fixed the boss fights, and completely messed up the PC version by removing many of the PC specific fixes done to that game.
You do know that if you have the PC originals you can download the remasters for free and try them both out and compare them?
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Yes, I do have original and remastered versions. What are you trying to say?
You can actually try them both at 4k and see in person if it actually is a downgrade.
Just looking at the no sound bugs, crashes and issues around changing resolution on the og version of bioshock on some people's systems and o/s indicates some people have some really rosy views of the original pc ports.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=266981933
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1133842
CyberPunked
Member
Found the graphics ini in the AppData folder. Here's the default "max" settings:
I'm gonna set everything to High/true, and see what happens.
Code:
[Engine.RenderConfig]
HDRSceneExpBias=-3
MaxSkeletalProjectorsPerActor=6
OffsetSkeletalProjectorRearFrustrumPlane=10.000000
UseSoftwareAntiAliasing=True
EdgeDetectCutoff=0.002000
EdgeBlurSize=0.500000
StreamingVisibleWeight=10.000000
StreamingDiffuseWeight=4.000000
StreamingBSPWeight=1.000000
StreamingEmissiveWeight=7.000000
StreamingLightmapWeight=5.000000
StreamingNormalmapWeight=1.000000
StreamingDynamicLoadedWeight=10.000000
StreamingDistanceScale=1000.000000
HighDetailShaders=True
Shadows=True
RealTimeReflection=True
PostProcessing=True
HardwareOcclusion=True
UseRippleSystem=True
UseHighDetailSoftParticles=False
UseSpecCubeMap=True
UseDistortion=True
HorizontalFOVLock=True;
HorizontalFOVLockPS4=True;
HorizontalFOVLockXB1=True;
LevelOfAnisotropy=16
RenderDetail=3
UseMultithreadedRendering=0
UseVSync=1
UseFxaa=1
ForceGlobalLighting=False
CascadingWaterSimulationVelocity=10.000000
UseHighDetailPostProcEffects=True
UseMultithreading=True
DisableExtraAntiPortalClip=True
TextureDetail=High
FluidSurfaceDetail=High
DynamicShadowDetail=Medium
jetsetnickradio
Member
Don't set Forced Global Lighting to true. That's "baked" lighting instead of real-time lightning.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
It is not necessary, really. I can tell by just looking at comparison screenshots here that I don't really like what they did and original looks better to me even with the lack of 4K textures etc. To me these remasters - original games with HD textures mod and lack of DX10 features.
You know, there's System Shock Remake demo available on Steam right now and I know that the final game will look better, but you know what? I like how the game looks now and I do not want it to be changed (and I hope it won't) cuz it's part of a charm and atmosphere, same goes for the first two BioShock games.
MekaDragon
Member
So, Bed of Chaos... we meet again.
Unaha-Closp
Member
When I launch Bioshock Remastered it gives me a locked up PC, non responsive Keyboard and Mouse, Black Screen and all I can do is force a restart - nice port.
Bioshock 2 launches just fine.
Bioshock 2 launches just fine.
Lister
Banned
Yes. Yes he did.
socksfelloff
Member
Awesome gesture to the PC community. I will play once a 21:9 fix comes out for it.
RealityCheque
Banned
Bio 1 has the best story, Bio 2 has the best DLC. Bio Infinite is a bad shooter with it's head planted firmly up its ass. It's loved and hated in nearly equal measure.
If you want to buy it to play a competent shooter, you'll be disappointed. If you want to buy it to enjoy a coherent and well told story......you'll also be disappointed.
Fuck that game.
dr_rus
Member
Same thing in these remasters. It really is a very low effort project.
Azure Dream
Member
CyberPunked said:
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drangleic tourism
Member
Huh...played a bit. Kind of underwhelming to be honest.
Anybody having issues with using DS4Windows? I had no issues using a controller with the original, but it won't seem to recognize it in the remaster. The game starts with "gamepad on" in the options menu amd shows the xbox button prompts but won't take any input from the DS4 itself. Weird.
Anybody having issues with using DS4Windows? I had no issues using a controller with the original, but it won't seem to recognize it in the remaster. The game starts with "gamepad on" in the options menu amd shows the xbox button prompts but won't take any input from the DS4 itself. Weird.
Mouse acceleration (seems to have worked):
Get BioShock Mouse Fix 1.2 from here; open the batch file in notepad and edit these lines:
From:
To:
Run and enter mouse DPI. Done.
Get BioShock Mouse Fix 1.2 from here; open the batch file in notepad and edit these lines:
From:
Code:
set "BioShock.ini=%AppData%\Bioshock\bioshock.ini"
set "User.ini=%AppData%\Bioshock\User.ini"To:
Code:
set "BioShock.ini=%AppData%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\bioshock.ini"
set "User.ini=%AppData%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\User.ini"Run and enter mouse DPI. Done.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Thw game thinks I'm using a gamepad... What the fuck?
Garrett Hawke
Member
If you go into the controls setting and then back out it autonatically enables "use controller" so make sure you set that to no then leave that menu.
Yep! Best thing about this remaster.
jabberwocker
Banned
This is may be a stupid question but how long are the upgrades free?
For the foreseeable future.
From what I understand, it's possible to mod a higher physics tickrate into the original release. Not sure how well it works though.
I don't think the offer expires. Just note that you can no longer purchase the original releases directly through Steam.
NumberThree
Member
BSOD is a system issue.
Buying either game/Minverva's Den now nets you both versions. The free upgrade applies to everyone, essentially, as 2K didn't even raise the price, which came as a surprise to me.
Is that the Bioshock.ini or User.ini?
Coolade
Member
I've been playing at 21:9. Set your manual resolution in the bioshock.ini file (and any other setting you prefer) and then set it to read only
