Official Bioshock for PC thread - Page 7

http://www.nvidia.com/object/windows..._hotfixes.html

Give this a try.

I've only played the demo, but really enjoyed that. I'm amazed at how well it looks and runs. I'm buying the game tomorrow.

Yeah this about as good a game as there is. It definitely has widescreen issues but I managed it well enough.

I played it in Vista/DX10 with everything turned on (visually) and at 1920x1200. I have a Core2 E6600, 4GB RAM, RAID 0, and that 8800 GTX thing and according to fraps (and with no tinkering) I was getting 45-75 fps. Nothing is overclocked so it is quite impressive how much this game delivers in the fram-rate department as compared to say Lost Planet.

The game was awesome; the hacking was OK, reminds me of a game called Pipe Dreams, and you can almost get enough hacking tools to open every safe if you are careful. The free saves are a little to convenient but the game is story driven enough that you shouldn't worry about it. I reload my saves almost every time I died anyways.

The final confrontation was too easy but it wasn't bad.

Anyone know about the different endings in the game, and if you are rewarded with a longer ending if you save/kill all the little sisters or beat it on hard mode?

Thanks. The only patch that wasn't on my system is KB940105 and I dont have SLI.

This is a Dell 9200 standard with nothing but a DVD, BFG 8800 GTS 640, Vista basic 32 bit and a Dell 2405. I can't believe it crashes on the game while others can run it well. Its not even hand built.

Same crash as before with all those patches installed.

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: bioshock.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 46b7d7a9
Fault Module Name: StackHash_e17d
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00000000
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.768.2
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: e17d
Additional Information 2: 3be9f8a50bddd4313bd572f57066c49b
Additional Information 3: 81dc
Additional Information 4: aa162d78020c3d2d8202ca7dabeada06

Metroid Prime 3 is taking more of my time now as Bioshock fades away.

PS. I would try running it in dx9 mode but how the hell do you get it to run in dx9 when downloaded from Steam? the link shows "applaunch 7076" and I dont think putting a -dx9 is passed to the game.

In my experience "hand built" systems are far more stable than mass market units. Especially when adding after market hardware like your 8800GTS.

Either right click on your desktop shortcut or hit start/all programs/steam, then right click on Bioshock, select properties and change your settings under the compatibility tab.

Good luck.

I've been playing the game all day and it just doen't cease to amaze me. The Boston Phoenix gave the 360 version a 10 out of 10, and the PC version deserves it too. I really need a better videocard though, even running it at 1280x800 on my system is really taxing it. Whenever a Big Daddy luimbers closeby it slows down...

Love the sound too. If you don't have a Audigy based card that supports OpenAL, you're really missing something.

My Steam must be something newer or whatever. The place where I put "-dx9" is in the advanced launch options for the game in the Steam menu. Anyhow, I did initialize it in dx9 and it still crashed in the same spot. Perhaps I'm just not looking in the right place. It is strange that none of these anecdotes made a single difference.

If I have to reinstall the OS, I would, heh. Nothing really on this PC, just games and a terminal to my unix boxes.


Yeah I would too if I had the same experience. The 8800 GTS is questionable. Its too bad that the Nvidia support on the GTS is iffy.

For those wondering about different endings. Yes, there are two different endings to the game. I believe you need to rescue all of the little sisters to get the "good" ending.

There is also a bonus plasmid you get after saving the first three little sisters...and a more powerful version after you save a few more (and do some research on the big daddys.)

No spoilers, but I think you'll find this particular plasmid VERY useful. Go get it!

I finished the game a few days ago and got the "good" ending. If anybody wants to describe the other ending (in spoiler tags!), I am a bit curious about it, but I'm not sure I want to replay the game just to see it.

I didn't think the "other" ending made much sense...and it only lasted about 15 seconds.

Doesn't really matter to me anyway...The gameplay is what it's all about.

If you want to see it, just google "bioshock ending" and click the video tab on top of page.

Too funny...I got the evil ending and I honestly didn't understand it either! I thought it was just me.

-Trouble

I just finished the game, good ending.
The whole game was a really amazing experience.
So, what to play now?

I just started again. Miraculously, a complete OS reinstall and nvidia beta drivers, ms hotfixes, vista updates, redownload and reinstall of Bioshock allowed me to play again. Its funny how I see the same freezing reported on 360 platform.

One additional item, if it helps anyone, is that I have to manually set the resolution in default.ini to what I want it, otherwise I get a tiny window on my 1920x1200 desktop. Something in the Vista update won't allow the game to change resolution.

Oh man. I just had a super huge crash today and could not recover at all. I had to do a totally fresh install of Vista64, and I was so close to the end of BioShock too.

Now let's see if I can somehow salvage my saves because I am no way playing through the game again. If I can't I'm going to pitch a fit.

how did that happen? the windows vista crash?

I love Vista, but after 2 months with it I think I could have waited for SP1. But no, I really*needed* DX10

I have a short in my case somewhere. I really need to replace it, but it's a pain in the ass to transplant all my hardware to a new case, and don't want to bother until it's time to buy a new motherboard.

Bioshock on vista looks amazing. I know im late to the party but it really is a fantasic looking and fun game.

Bioshock PC is 9.99 at Circuit City this week.

jeez... I just purchased it a month ago on Steam for $19.99, at $9.99 its a steal as long as you have the proper horsepower to play it. Great game.