The one and only Official BioShock Thread- now with added SPOILERS

sid · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:11

n1kunj said:
Which usenet one is corrupt? The <UHQ> one?

Yes, the one by multi5 I think.

sid

GazD · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:12

Aye its this one with Volumes 8 and 15 Corrupt

BioShock PC Demo-Multi5-PLAYABLE

Tom|Nbk · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:15

Street said:
Well I've just been playing it.. Although it runs smooth as anything, the water textures don't display properly, also seem to be getting some seethrough textures!

Hello mate I take it you are in Vista in which case the game defaults to DX10 mode. ATi having problems with DX10 mode atm. So for now play in DX9 to do this...

If you experience graphics corruption or stability issues on Windows Vista using ATi DirectX 10 hardware (eg Radeon HD 2xxx), please launch the game in DirectX 9 mode. This is done by right clicking the Bioshock icon in the game explorer and selecting "Play-DirectX9".

Andelusion · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:15

Oh I forgot about this one: does anyone find the mouse sensitivity very high? Even on 1 I find it very sensitive, I usually have it pretty low and it seemed ridiculously snappy even on the lowest setting.

turbotoes · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:16

Sorry posted wrong links first time around (trying to do too much at once!!) these were posted by Robert

Tom|Nbk · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:16

Andelusion said:
Oh I forgot about this one: does anyone find the mouse sensitivity very high? Even on 1 I find it very sensitive, I usually have it pretty low and it seemed ridiculously snappy even on the lowest setting.

My gripe is the fact we can't walk

sniffy · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:18

turbotoes said:
can somebody tell me the password for this lot? downloaded nice and quick but wants a p/w

I didn't need to enter a password :confused:

That is the one Tom linked to yes?

Street · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:18

Tom|Nbk said:
Hello mate I take it you are in Vista in which case the game defaults to DX10 mode. ATi having problems with DX10 mode atm. So for now play in DX9 to do this...

Cheers Tom, hope they get it sorted for release.. Would like full DX10! However.. Game Explorer? I probably don't get that being on Vista Business..

Andelusion · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:19

turbotoes said:
can somebody tell me the password for this lot? downloaded nice and quick but wants a p/w

There was no password required when I extracted them.

Tom|Nbk · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:20

Street said:
Cheers Tom, hope they get it sorted for release.. Would like full DX10! However.. Game Explorer? I probably don't get that being on Vista Business..

Should be out at 12am tonight

This has just been posted on The Cult of Rapture site

WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL DEMO DOWNLOAD TONIGHT AT 7 PM EDT
August 20, 2007

While there are versions of the BioShock demo available now on the web for download, I recommend you waiting until 7 PM tonight to download yours. The official release is timed so that you can optimize your system with the latest drivers that will make the game run as smoothly as possible. Running BioShock with outdated drivers may impact your performance, so if you do happen to play the demo before the 7 PM launch time, please be sure to check your system again after grabbing the latest and greatest drivers as a true measure of performance and quality.

I also didn't need a password for those files :confused:

Flanno · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:21

Anyone tried it with the Beta drivers Nvidia just launched which are supposed to have improved Bioshock compatability ?
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html

Also, do people think when/if AA works with this game that framrates will take a nose dive. I am hoping to play it on a q6600/gtx/vista32 at 1920.

turbotoes · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:26

I've just noticed that number 18 was smaller than the other files, so I'll try a re-d/l and see what happens

marc2003 · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:29

Aekeron said:
My housemate has just played it in on his 9800pro too. Apparently it played fine, though obviously graphics weren't amazing.

really? i thought it was sm3.0 only which even rules out x800series cards from running it. :confused:

sniffy · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:30

I'm gutted

The game loads then when it's suppose to go in-game, it crashes to desktop

Any recommendations lads?

I've got:

ATI X1950 pro
AMD 64 2.4 GHz
Windows XP

I'm going to update my graphics card drivers, after that I dunno what to do really.

GazD · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:32

Apparently the PAR files break the rar files, so redownload the "damaged" volumes and do not repair them, they should extract fine.

Got this info from a post on usenet.

EDIT

I TRIED THE ABOVE AND IT EXTRACTED FINE, INSTALING NOW!

Gonzo0 · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:38

Flanno said:
Anyone tried it with the Beta drivers Nvidia just launched which are supposed to have improved Bioshock compatability ?
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html

Also, do people think when/if AA works with this game that framrates will take a nose dive. I am hoping to play it on a q6600/gtx/vista32 at 1920.

Looks like these are the drivers 2K were talking about

Robert1986 · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:39

For those that bought the game from steam. What time on friday will it be unlocked? It says on my countdown that it'll be unlocked at around 8pm on friday the 24th!?!?! wtf! This is madness!! :mad:

Street · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:39

Tom|Nbk said:
Should be out at 12am tonight

Cool, at least ATI are on the ball with the drivers!

Might leave it then until I can play it properly.. Shame as I was looking forward to it all day!

Meh, can't even play CSS cos the connections getting battered here by someone!

Gonzo0 · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:43

Downloading the nvidia beta driver now. Will report back once ive run through bioshock with FRAPS. Hopefully i will get above 60fps with these

Tom|Nbk · 20 Aug 2007 at 20:43

Street said:
Cool, at least ATI are on the ball with the drivers!

Might leave it then until I can play it properly.. Shame as I was looking forward to it all day!

Meh, can't even play CSS cos the connections getting battered here by someone!

Play it in DX9 mode the changes with DX10 are very subtle anyway.

Gonzo0 said:
Downloading the nvidia beta driver now. Will report back once ive run through bioshock with FRAPS. Hopefully i will get above 60fps with these

Do a benchmark with fraps!. MIN MAX AVG

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