**Bioshock Technical Thread - Not Official**

Not sure if this is the right thread, but I downloaded the demo and got no mouse pointer and the graphics were all screwed up:

bioshock_demo_screenie.jpg


I tried it full scren and windowed, made no difference :/

Any ideas? I tried the ATi hotfix, no joy..

System specs:

X2 5200+
ATi X800 GTO2 @ 850XT flashing
2Gb ram
etc..

Quite tempted to try this game ouit, obviously no way I'll splash out if the demo won't run.
 
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SpudMaster said:
anyone got any fixes for the no aa?
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Not yet, well nothing 'proper' the guy who does Tweakguides.com is getting the game very soon so I expect we'll get some info sometime today. :)

The engine does support it but it's a tad buggy with the lighting, will probably get a workaround soon.
 
Good thread, thanks for the info. I didn't have much luck with the beta drivers released by nvidia... the offical drivers work fine though.
 
fornowagain said:
Not for the lack of trying I can't get the Demo to run in DX9 mode in Vista 32bit. Tried the right click Directx9 on the icon and the -DX9 switch on a shortcut and it just crashes.

I'd like to use the widescreen FOV app and see what it looks like with AA and I don't have XP installed. Any ideas?
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Yes, On install the game seems to set itself up for the hardware configuration it finds, I instaled with crossfire dissabled and had to reinstall to run 2 cards
 
riddlermarc said:
Not sure if this is the right thread, but I downloaded the demo and got no mouse pointer and the graphics were all screwed up:

bioshock_demo_screenie.jpg


I tried it full scren and windowed, made no difference :/

Any ideas? I tried the ATi hotfix, no joy..

System specs:

X2 5200+
ATi X800 GTO2 @ 850XT flashing
2Gb ram
etc..

Quite tempted to try this game ouit, obviously no way I'll splash out if the demo won't run.
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Take a look here http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5689
 
just played the demo there and it ran ok at a low res with mostly full

probly not good enough FPS for some of you lot but it was good enough for me :)
 
Anyone got Vsync working on a nVidia card?

I don't mean in-game Vsync either, the control panel method to force it.

Doesn't work for me on 163.44 so I have to turn it off in-game which results in flickering lighting.
 
sup3rc0w said:
Glad you know you're place, we all know TomNBK starts all the official threads!! :D
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;)

It's a shame that the search function is down since all this information is available in the other thread..
 
Jihad said:
Anyone got Vsync working on a nVidia card?

I don't mean in-game Vsync either, the control panel method to force it.

Doesn't work for me on 163.44 so I have to turn it off in-game which results in flickering lighting.
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Am having problems as well with Vsync on this game with my 8800gtx,,,Shows up really bad on dell 24" monitors.. (this is with the bioshock demo)
 
I got AA working in the full game, only works for dx9 atm though.

Screen 1 - AA
Screen 1 - No AA

Screen 2 - AA
Screen 2 - No AA

Screen 3 - AA
Screen 3 - No AA

Pics with AA = Dx9 mode.
Pics without AA = Dx10.

4x Supersampling was the AA used, no lighting issues or any other rendering issues performance seemed fine no slowdown in the short time I played, will check later.

All pics are full sized, not scaled down with max settings in-game.

EDIT: Using Vista x64 with nVidia 163.44 drivers.
 
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