*No longer official* Bioshock thread.

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper

Originally posted by: swtethan
do you run vista 64?

XP Prof 32 and an NVIDIA card.

yeah, we run vista

 

[Regs]

They did a good job porting to :

XbOX 360, PS3, Windows XP, Windows XP64, Vista 32, Vista 64, ....

And people complained that you needed a SM 3.0 card!

 

[Painman]

What, you're beta testing the PS3 version?

There goes your NDA

 

[Fraggable]

Originally posted by: Regs
They did a good job porting to :

XbOX 360, PS3, Windows XP, Windows XP64, Vista 32, Vista 64, ....

And people complained that you needed a SM 3.0 card!

See personally I think they did a great job porting this game - if it was truly a port, which it seems it was.

If they had left support for SM2 in there, you know it would have had an impact on performance on newer cards. Just like when they came up with DX10, the intention was to have a version of DX without old unused features and performance-robbing legacy support to allow more intensive games, then people get mad when a game doesn't support their 3rd generation video card.

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: Regs
They did a good job porting to :

XbOX 360, PS3, Windows XP, Windows XP64, Vista 32, Vista 64, ....

And people complained that you needed a SM 3.0 card!

There is no PS3 version.

 

[Fraggable]

I had the funniest thing happen when I was playing yesterday. I heard a splicer coming so I shot a trip bolt across a doorway I thought he'd come through at about head-height. He walked through right as the claw was shooting back to my wall, and he took the claw in the side of his head - instant kill. I was laughing so hard the next splicer almost took me out.

 

[AdamK47]

My favorite line is when one of the Splicers tells me to go ahead and report him, but not in such a nice way.

 

[Mem]

I had my first major crash at the end as you go up the lift to fight a baddie,I rebooted and reloaded my last save and found I could not move my character,I checked controls and all of my customised movement keys had all vanished.

Once I sorted my movement keys out I finished the game,I must say it felt like I was fighting an end level boss rather then end game,game is short.

I wish the ending was longer and better anyway decent game that needs a patch or two.

 

[danEboy83]

I have a question, i tried searching on this forum but i couldn't find it. Does Bioshock activate your copy every time you start steam and play the game? Or can i play it on offline mode after i activate it once?

 

[Polish3d]

Edit, thanks Mem

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: Frackal

Originally posted by: Mem
I had my first major crash at the end as you go up the lift to fight baddie,I rebooted and reloaded my last save and found I could not move my character,I checked controls and all of my customised movement keys had all vanished.

Once I sorted my movement keys out I finished the game,I must say it felt like I was fighting an end level boss rather then end game,game is short.

I wish the ending was longer and better anyway decent game that needs a patch or two.

Thanks for the spoiler

I don't think I posted a spoiler so don't turn this into a flaming thread,enough members in other forums doing that,I actually left a lot out.

 

[Polish3d]

edit

 

[Mem]

Actually I knew from the beginning since I read it in a review ,plus it was obvious ,however edited to keep some people happy.


My opinion on the game is still needs a patch and too short.

 

[Mem]

I did lose sound again after enabling EAX,however it only happened once,not sure why some of us are having sound problems but not encountered any sound problems with my other 30+ games so will have to blame it on Bioshock needing a patch or two.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: Griffinhart

Originally posted by: HardWarrior

Originally posted by: Griffinhart
In the end they just didn't give widescreen owners what they were used to, but it doesn't make the game any less of a great game.

WS support isn't something that you care about. I get that. What I don't understand is why you feel the need to come online and denigrate those who do care.

Eh? how did I denigrate anyone? I am a widescreen gamer myself, and that is what I'm used to. It simply doesn't impact game play, It wasn't even apparent until I read about it after I played the game.

Most games have been designed for 4:3 then Widescreen is added later, which is usually done by adding more visible area on the sides. In this case they started with widescreen and then had to make 4:3 work, so they did the same thing by adding top and bottom visibility. It's simply not what widescreen gamers are used to.

I did know about the FOV problem in WS before I purchased the game, it did seem odd(FOV wise) at first but after awhile I got use to the FOV in WS mode..

 

[Mem]

Interview here with Ken-Levine from Bioshock.

Basically the copy protection, everything about how it works is exactly what you'll see in other titles like Splinter Cell: Double Agent, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Command & Conquer 3, Harry Potter. The only thing we have is online activation now. But that just does a check with a server and validates the installation. Right now we have a set number of installs and, frankly, it's too low. We screwed up. We analyzed where we were and we'll up the number of installs. We've also had a bunch of screw-ups along the way, I won't mince words -- these are real screw-ups. We had the activation server crash and we didn't have a proper procedure to be notified by it to fix it. So we've had meetings all week on how to fix these screw-ups. And we're fixing them.

 

[RedBeard]

I am running:
Vist x32 + 8800 GTS.

My Vsync options keeps getting disabled. Anyone else?
Other than that the game runs great at 1680, all options up. 4xAF, 2x AA.

 

[BradAtWork]

What resolution are 8800GTS 320 users running at?

I'm running at 1152x864 on High, with everything default.

The framerate isn't perfect, and often falls into the 20's.

Does this sound right?

 

[pontifex]

Green Object?

I found this in Arcadia. Is it anything or just some kind of glitch? Shooting, wrenching, and telekinesisizing it doesn't do anything.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: BradAtWork
What resolution are 8800GTS 320 users running at?

I'm running at 1152x864 on High, with everything default.

The framerate isn't perfect, and often falls into the 20's.

Does this sound right?

No. I have an x1900 AIW and I'm running at 1360x768 with everything maxed. I haven't had frames drop below, well I don't know since I haven't tested, but I've had no visual stuttering or slowdown at all, so at least above 30-35.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: pontifex
Green Object?

I found this in Arcadia. Is it anything or just some kind of glitch? Shooting, wrenching, and telekinesisizing it doesn't do anything.

404

 

[flashbacck]

Originally posted by: BradAtWork
What resolution are 8800GTS 320 users running at?

I'm running at 1152x864 on High, with everything default.

The framerate isn't perfect, and often falls into the 20's.

Does this sound right?

turn off vsync?

 

[imported_Imp]

Dang. Just had my first BSOD with faulting thing nv4disp... After loading it back up, it forgot all my display settings.

Just made it out of the mall, still loving it. Only pisser is that there isn't enough shotgun ammo lying around, and the machine's kinda too expensive for my "conservation minded" (cheap) self.

Edit: Double dang. Turns out it lost ALL my settings (i.e. audio, keys, graphics). Oh well, at least I found out my G5s extra buttons work without a hitch.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Canai

Originally posted by: pontifex
Green Object?

I found this in Arcadia. Is it anything or just some kind of glitch? Shooting, wrenching, and telekinesisizing it doesn't do anything.

404

fixed

 

[Canai]

Hmm I think it's some weird 60's jello?