Bioshock - by mana84
Last updated on March 05, 2013:
- more shaders fixed
Description:
- Smoke and fog effects are fixed
- Lighting and shadow issues are fixed
- Water effects are fixed
- Reflections and refractions on glass surfaces are fixed
- Added 3d crosshair (based on real depth values)
- 3D HUD
The game had a lot of 3d stereo issued shaders, I've fixed thousands of them and I believe the fix should be 100% complete now... make me know in case of other issues.
Known issues:
The moon skybox in the very first scene of gameplay appears to be a little nearer than it should be.Sometimes casted shadows are a little off... but they returns "in place" moving a little... I believe I can't "fix" that becouse those are the depth values the game passes to shaders. (Should be fixed now !)
How to install/play:
- Extract "Bioshock_fix.zip" archive in your "..\Bioshock\Builds\Release\" directory of the game, i.e. for steam version it's "..\Steam\SteamApps\common\Bioshock\Builds\Release\".
- Start the game in DX9, i.e. create a shortcut for bioshock.exe, go to properties and append "-dx9" to the destination field. If you have steam version, you can right-click on the game, click on properties->general->set launch options and add "-dx9" in the field.
I - key switches(cycle) HUD depth (3 variants).
U - key switches (cycle) depth presets (3 variants).
If you want to save your custom convergence settings press "U" and select required preset, set custom separation/depth settings , then press F7 and your settings will be saved in the config file.
Download:
Bioshock_fix.zip
Many thanks to Helix for adding a real 3d chrossair, 3d hud, and improving shadows; and to Schmeltzer, mike_ar69, birthright and foreverseeking for supporting/testing!
- more shaders fixed
Description:
- Smoke and fog effects are fixed
- Lighting and shadow issues are fixed
- Water effects are fixed
- Reflections and refractions on glass surfaces are fixed
- Added 3d crosshair (based on real depth values)
- 3D HUD
The game had a lot of 3d stereo issued shaders, I've fixed thousands of them and I believe the fix should be 100% complete now... make me know in case of other issues.
Known issues:
The moon skybox in the very first scene of gameplay appears to be a little nearer than it should be.
How to install/play:
- Extract "Bioshock_fix.zip" archive in your "..\Bioshock\Builds\Release\" directory of the game, i.e. for steam version it's "..\Steam\SteamApps\common\Bioshock\Builds\Release\".
- Start the game in DX9, i.e. create a shortcut for bioshock.exe, go to properties and append "-dx9" to the destination field. If you have steam version, you can right-click on the game, click on properties->general->set launch options and add "-dx9" in the field.
I - key switches(cycle) HUD depth (3 variants).
U - key switches (cycle) depth presets (3 variants).
If you want to save your custom convergence settings press "U" and select required preset, set custom separation/depth settings , then press F7 and your settings will be saved in the config file.
Download:
Bioshock_fix.zip
Many thanks to Helix for adding a real 3d chrossair, 3d hud, and improving shadows; and to Schmeltzer, mike_ar69, birthright and foreverseeking for supporting/testing!
Thank you very much mana84, this game is awesome, and now in great 3d it's sooooo cooool.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your work on this game.
nice one! thanks mate!
ReplyDeleteDude, this is so awesome! Can't wait to give it a go. Thanks for taking the time, you have my gratitude.
ReplyDeletethanks mana!! amazing work!!! yesterday i play a bit and looks fantastic. only issue i found its dynamic shadows, still look rare, are 3d but rare (i increase convergence to hand/weapon and have 1.1 version of the game - last update). i recommend people use sweetfx with this game, looks awesome!! 3D fix + sweetfx = other game. Thanks again mana.. .definitely i will play this game again to the end.
ReplyDeleteGreat work Mana84 !
ReplyDeleteDon't you mind if I will make few improvements(like full shadow fix for any convergence ) ?
Np, feel free to make all improvements you like! ;)
DeleteThanks !
DeleteDone :)
Wow Helix you're superfast! :)
DeleteGreat work! Thanks!
I'll look at your improvements, I hope I can understand and learn what you've done..
I just restored original position of the vertex (In other words make shadows look 2D. Did it in PS, because I'm too lazy to search VS) and move it based on the depth value from the depth buffer.
DeleteShadows use value from the depth buffer for casting, so we should use the same values for offset.
Thanks for explanations! That perfectly make sense!
DeleteMy most anticipated game to be 3D modded...and you opened that can...sweet! Thanks Mana for getting the ball rollin (and Helix if you get to fix them shadows). You guys rock!
ReplyDeleteUpdated !
ReplyDeleteShadows should be 100% fixed.
Added presets and 3D HUD and 3D crosshair(dynamic like in Dishonored).
Helix, how many hours does it take to fix a game (on average) ?
ReplyDeleteIt depends on the game.
DeleteAlien marines fix took about 2 hours in total(with all updates).
Prototype 2 took a bit longer.
Of course it depends from your experience too! ..and from what you're using to fix shaders.. for a game like this, fixing files one by one would take ages :) ...I've identified the pattern needed for bioshock shaders and I've written a java tool to make it fix automatically for me (I believe Helix is using scripting too). Last but not least, sometimes bugs arises and you lost more time...
DeleteBtw it took days of work with bioshock for me, but it could have taken less time if I had discovered I missed to dump some pixel shaders with the first one.
Hi guys. I noticed that Helix (or maybe Mana84?) modified 11ACE2E.txt to include an IF:
ReplyDeleteif_eq r0.w, c220.w
mul r0, r0, c220.x
endif
What happens now though is that whenever I look out the windows from a distance, the backdrop is no longer out at a far distance, it's always rendered 'inside' the room, which was the original problem.
What was the reasoning for adding in the IF? I've commented it out for, so hopefully it wont break anything else.
Thanks.
Ops sorry I completely forgot about it... I wanted to test that file before release but I didn't. The rescaling was good for those distant buildings (sort of skybox), but it broke other effects like the lighting on the doors of the medical pavillion. I should separate the skybox texture from other effects... I'll give a look at it later on today.
DeleteHi, I think I just posted my comments below at the same time. Anyway, some more info in the note below. Thanks!
DeleteBit more info on my previous comment:
ReplyDelete- using the new Release DLL, the above 11ACE2E.txt fix does not work, whether the If statement is there or not. The outside distant buildings render at or inside the windows depth (depending how close you stand to the windows)
- using an old Debug DLL, the above fix does not work with the IF statement
- using the Debug DLL, it does work if I remove the IF statement, i.e. the distant buildings outside appear to be at infinity.
Unfortunately, if I use an older DLL, Helix presets don't work, and therefore I am not sure what else might not work either.
It seems like this fix is tied to the presets because I noticed the outside canopy changing depth with the presets as I cycled through them.
I put the if statement just becouse I believed those buildings were rendered at screen depth and they contained 1 in 'w' but I didn't test this and I forgot to becouse I left this apart for a moment..
DeleteI still didn't look at Helix presets though, I'll give it a look as soon as I get the time.
if you just remove the if statement it will work for buildings but will cause issues with doors in the medical pavilion.
DeleteRename "11ACE2E.txt" to "011ACE2E.txt", should work in this case.
DeleteThanks for suggestion! I didn't noticed I left a copy of the file with 7 chars and added a copy with 8 chars.
DeleteFix updated, delete your old shaderoverride folder, redownload the archive and extract it. I've separated that skybox by its texture crc and it works correctly now.
ReplyDeleteThe file "011ACE2E.txt" was already present but there was a "11ACE2E.txt" too (that was wrong becouse names must be 8 chars long). I've edited "011ACE2E.txt" and the DX9Settings.ini and reuploaded the archive.
And I've deleted "11ACE2E.txt" of course.
DeleteWow - fast work! Great job. I know there is an explanation somewhere, but how do you go about identifying which textures are used in the shader? This would solve the outside Moon problem as well :-)
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately it won't help in that case (I've tested)... I can't find the needed moon shader (I believe the "D6DC4114.txt" we discussed about in nvidia's forum isn't the needed one).
DeleteAlthough other users said me that skybox is only visible in the very first minutes of gameplay. Just to be clear to anyone, the issue we are talking about is the skybox of the first scene of gameplay, it appears to be a little nearer than it should be. I'll add it in the "known issues".
You can check texture crcs in texturelog.txt after pressing f12 while using debug dll... here is Helix guide: http://helixmod.blogspot.it/2012/03/dlls-update.html
@Helix:
ReplyDeleteI've just tested a little more your proper 3d crosshair you made an awesome work and I believe it's really perfect now! I had never tested before becouse still I don't have the latest games you fixed. I'd like to add it in my next fixes too if it's fine with you... could I download your newest dll somewhere? Thanks a lot!
Anyone help, I can't get this working on Gamefly edition, thanks in advance
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this but I have the steam version and nothing happens. Shaders are still broken and "i" and "u" keys doesn't work at all. I'd extracted this to "steam\SteamApps\common\bioshock\Builds\Release" and deactivated the dx10 option in the menu.
help ?
Make a shortcut of bioshock.exe and add in the end "-dx9" (without quotes)
DeleteThanks DHR!
DeleteDisabling dx10 in the game menu isn't enought indeed and this could be confusing. I've just updated the description so more users can read ;)
Thank you !
DeleteMany Thanks fellas!!!
ReplyDeleteI have an issue in Neptune's Bounty. In the main hub I get some wierd lighting on a certain texture that looks like it's using parallax occlusion mapping. I can take screens, but I don't know which program I can use to take them. I know I'm definitely using DX9.
ReplyDeletethanks for reporting, I'll give it a look this evening/night
DeleteNo problem. If it truly is an actual issue with the 3D fix, you'll notice it right away after the first couple rooms in the chapter. If you don't see it, then it's my PC or something.
DeleteI've just reached the part and identified the lighting issue, its caused by the fact in that area some surfaces are using others pixel shaders that are still not present in the fix... I really don't understand why they didn't dumped before by the debug dll. I'm addressing to them now, I'll update the fix soon.
DeleteIssues are gone ;) ...just redownload the fix!
DeleteSweet. You're the man!
DeleteThanks for all the work on this DHR and Helix. I have wanted to replay this game in 3D for a long time!
ReplyDeleteMana84/helix
DeleteOops, sorry about that. Thanks Mana84!
Delete*distracted by Katy Perry on tv....*
Well all know that feel, brother.
DeleteSeriously... A massive thank you to mana84, and for Helix for any help assisting him and in getting the fix published on your amazing website. You guys are carrying Nvidia 3D right now!
ReplyDeleteMana and Helix, you guys are incredible!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for the fix, many thanks for your hard work for us stereovision junkies :-)
Any idea if Bioshock Infinity will have good 3D? Or, if not, any idea if it would be in theory fixable?
Thanks
Its DX10/11 so unlikely. Only place that will mention what it looks like before release is nvidia profiles but they are unreliable.
DeleteBest place to mention you want support is on the "petition" 3d vision people started.
http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?205736-PC-3D-Vision-Support-please!&p=2672986#post2672986
Thank you Eqzi for the reply.
DeleteYeah, I know, I'm lazy, I could surely find answers to my questions on the web.
It's just that you guys have such a great site, I always come here ... and expect information on other games as well, not only fixes.
But you are right, normally those discussions are on the nvidia forums mostly, or the official game forums.
Cheers
Just out of curiosity (and this isn't a request), why have you guys chosen to ignore some of the more high profile games out there (or at least the ones that came before S3D was popular). I'm talking about Some of the shaders in Half-Life 2, Crysis, the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series, etc... Obviously you guys are doing us a huge service already and I am definitely not demanding anything. Just curious.
ReplyDeleteI'd still like to fix a lot of games I didn't yet... but I'd need more free time. Although fixing games can be a lot time consuming for me (maybe a little less for Helix), sometimes you believe you've fixed a game but new bugs arises while playing.
DeleteHowever I'm giving priority to titles I missed and still have to play, or eventually to a game I bought but I wouldn't play it without 3d vision, or sometimes just to a popularly requested title. Last but not least I'd like to play something from time to time becouse this is not my work ;)
Mana84 has a HL2 WIP actually... He has posted a link somewhere in the forum here https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/513190/3d-vision/how-to-fix-disable-shaders-in-games-dll-guide-and-fixes-
ReplyDeleteThe STALKERS are all a bit different, I looked at them a while back to find shaders I could disable. One of them works quite well in 3D, one is awful, but I can't remember which is which. I do agree though that sorting this series out would be great - unfortunately I do not have the skills/knowledge :-(
I agree it would be good to Crysis (if possible) by way of showing what C2 and C3 could look like if Crytek did it properly in the first place. I can only assume there must be a reason this one has never been fixed i.e. people tried and decided it could not be fixed...
Fix updated with other pixel shaders! This solves lighting issues in Neptune's Bounty.
ReplyDelete@Helix: some pixel shaders didn't dumped by your debug dll before... how could it be? I'm using the dll dated December 2012..
Hate to keep being that guy but I have a couple more issues to report. In Arcadia there are more of those weird lighting shaders, in the main hub. I can keep reporting these if you like since I'm currently replaying Bioshock. I have no issues at all with completing the entire game again.
ReplyDeleteNo problem ;)
DeleteI believe I've just understood what's happening with this game... every level loads some new shaders and so to be able of dump all the needed shaders, I need to load every level and execute a new dump each time (and fix the new shaders).
Fix updated with new shaders! Make me know if you'll find other issues!
For some reason, I can't extract the zip. I get WinRAR error messages ("Cannot create d3d9.dll Access is denied). There's a whole bunch of them. I have the CD version. Any ideas on how to fix this ?
ReplyDeleteHave you tried to extract temporarly into another folder and then move the files in the game's directory? Do you updated to the last patch? (I believe it's needed)
DeleteMana84,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. I patched to 1.1 (that's the last one, right ?) and extracted the zip in another folder before moving them to the game folder (I have Win 7 64, and the game is in the x86 folder). However...well, it doesn't seem to work and I know this because pressing "I" or "U" does nothing (no presets)... Damn, and I was so looking forward to this !
Game must be launced in DX9 mode. DX10 surface effects in options will be grayed out if dx9 is in effect.
DeleteStart the game in DX9, i.e. create a shortcut for bioshock.exe, go to properties and append "-dx9" to the destination field. If you have steam version, you can right-click on the game, click on properties->general->set launch options and add "-dx9" in the field.
Then make sure folder layout is as follows..
Bioshock\Builds\Release\d3d9.dll
Bioshock\Builds\Release\dx9settings.ini
Bioshock\Builds\Release\shaderoverride\
If you start the game and then alt tab. And delete d3d9.dll and it lets you. It is not in in effect.
DeletePlease either make sure installed in right location, dx9 is active, or reinstall latest version of DX9
Thank you! And you can pull weapons out of the screen? It is too deep inside the screen ...
ReplyDeleteYou can switch different depth/convergence profiles by pressing 'U' key while ingame. If you like to change a profile with custom settings, you should enable "advanced settings" in nvidia's control panel (right-click on the desktop, open Nvidia control panel, hotkeys) so you can press ctrl+F6 to increase convergence (pop-out) or ctrl+F5 to decrease it (pop-in). Then if you want save your settings, press F7 and they will be saved in the config file.
DeleteYou do not understand ... I mean, that depth does not match the depth of weapons of the world. Distance weapon to the ground is very small. If not standing, and sitting. This problem was in BORDERLANDS 2. Can you fix it?
DeleteThis has to do with FOV in most cases Ive found out. Increasing FOV brings world closer to you but gun is at same poistion. So increasing FOV will make gun seem at smaller depth. Try lowering FOV a wee bit.
DeleteFix updated with other shaders fixed.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your excellent work.
Could someone suggest a solution for a problem I have, which is that when I add -dx9 to the launch options the frame rate drops to about 1 frame every second. The image looks fantastic but it updates that slowly that I can't control the mouse in the menus to exit the game. I've tried lowering all the settings to the lowest it will go but that doesn't stop it happening.
That's strange, never happened to me... what's your hardware? Does it happen even without the fix?
DeleteG'day
DeleteYes even without your fix it happens. If I use the show/hide stereoscopic effects key to disable 3d it runs fine.
I have a Intel I7 2600k CPU 3.4 ghz, 16GB ram, a GTX 580, VG278H, Win 7 64bit and it's a steam version of Bioshock.
Thank You very much for your work and assistance.
Just thought I should report that Hephaestus' skybox renders at screen depth.
ReplyDeleteOk thanks, I'll give it a look this evening ;)
DeleteArchive updated with Hephaestus' skybox fixed!
DeleteSweet! I can now continue my trek through Rapture.
DeleteWater reflections incorrect in Fort Frolic Flooded basement.
ReplyDeleteDon't know how anal you are going to fix this game, but considering this room is only a small room to aquire a tonic, it's not really so important
Would you like us to report all oddities mana84, or just serious ones?
Also found the water reflections leading up to Hephaestus are incorrect ;-)
DeleteHephaestus core even.
DeleteScratch that, it seems to be the usual suspect (water fountain) that has caused incorrect reflections earlier in the game also. I get the feeling this is due to how to game renders?
DeleteHi Foreverseeking! Thanks for reporting, please could you share a savegame/s near issue/s? Thanks!
DeleteI have done that, how can I send it to you?
DeleteI've just sent you a PM with my email.
Deleteminor bug: light reflection is 2D in Olympus heights bar.
ReplyDeleteminor bug: polar bear Olympus heights Fontain's apartment (funky shadows)
Deleteminor bug: Olympus Heights Light above medkit on path to mercury suite showing on one eye not the other.
DeleteJust completed the game, wow, thankyou mana84. It's virtually perfect. Could not detect a single graphical glitch since my last report. so other then minor visual disturbances around water ripples cased by waterfall etc (incorrect reflections) polar bear and medkit it was perfect.
DeleteThose minor bugs I would leave if I were you, unless you know you can fix them all quickly and easily. The incorrect reflections in the flooded basement is a little more moderate 'bug' but it's literally a room for 1 tonic and nothing else.
Thanks again, that was a true pleasure to play through in 3D!
you're welcome, I'm glad the fix worked pretty well for you... please if/when you have the time to send me a savegame near the issues I'll try to fix the remainig issues too. Thanks in advance!
DeleteThank you for this fix ! Do you think do the same thing for Bioshock 2? it would be great :)
ReplyDeleteNobody to answer this question ? :(
DeleteSorry I was a little busy lately... I'll give a look at Bioshock 2 too ;)
DeleteThank for answer; I hope it would be fix too :)
DeleteHave you looked finally bioshok 2? I have tested and there are many bug related to 3D :(
DeleteFix updated, thanks @foreverseeking for his savegames ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Could you please attempt a 3d fix for Strike Suit Zero Much appreciated if you are able ( looks shit in 3d!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fix. Everything looks great. I am having one issue though maybe someone could help me with. I used the hex converter to set the HUD back (0x3f800000) since text was still doubled. The text looks great now, but the arrow up top that points you in the right direction is doubled now. It looks like it set everything back but that. Is there somewhere in the options that i can edit to set the arrow back too? Thanks
ReplyDeleteI remember playing this soon after I got my setup (must have not been fixed). In 3D it seemed to feel like you were about 3 feet tall. I wonder how the fix will affect that. I'll have to revisit this one. Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteMight be due to field of vision. (Game has console fov)
DeleteGo here http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2465816
After installing the fix, the game crashes on startup. I disabled Steam Overlay but still no help.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your efforts, Mana. A fantastic game which you now made even more fabulous, if it was even possible!
ReplyDeleteI'm playing and will provide feedback. The only small thing I've spotted so far is that the very nice 3D weapon crosshair disappers when I use the zoom. It reappears after a while (cannot say exactly if it reappears by itself after a fix number of seconds or if I need to move the mouse to look around).
So I totally avoid using zoom, and I'm not sure if by doing this I lose some weapon accuracy - but I don't care, I prefer stealth anyway :-)
Thanks again for your 3D fix, it is immensely appreciated.
Hi there!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all: thanks for all the work and effort you put into these fixes, I'm new to 3d vision and really happy about the increased number of properly working games thanks to you.
Unfortunately, I can't get this particular fix working. After inserting the fix files, Bioshock won't start in dx9 mode (appcrash, stopped working). Without the files, dx9 mode runs flawlessly. I have already disabled the steam overlay and any other possibly conflicting software according to your guide.
Any suggestions? (steam version on win7 x64 with 3d vision 2)
Nevermind, I don't really know what is was, I only know that somehow a reboot or some other meaningless action must have fixed it ;)
DeleteApparently Trillian (im client) now has ingame overlay and was running in the background, must have been it.
Deletenp. Thanks for letting know.
DeleteWow, thank you for this! I am really enjoying my late first playthrough
ReplyDeleteIs there a way to remove the red cross-hair? Its quite disruptive. It is present in all scenes, even the intro and menu, and it is rather distracting as well. Was the red cross-hair added by the mod, or is it in game?
ReplyDeleteNvidia laser sight.
DeleteCtrl-F12
Is default key to disable/enable
Should really go to nvidia control panel->set up stereoscopic 3d->set keyboard shortcuts
Click advanced.
Can reassign keys there.
Most important is convergence. Its called "pop-out" but its not really. It can be used for that but it makes the game seem less flat. Hold the key you assing for up to 20 seconds in game and you should see image start to shift.
http://helixmod.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-unlock-convergence-in-locked.html
If you look at left/right RE5 pictures. Both were recorded with same depth but different convergence. Convergence is what makes the one on right less flat.
assing = assigning
DeleteThanks for all the free work that you have done. Its really something that speak very well of you.
ReplyDeleteI'm working on a video project (it's 2D) that required footage from this game, and I decided to try it out in S3D with this fix. WOW the game looks good when viewed in S3D, even at six years old. Mana did a phenomenal job on this one.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't planning on playing BioShock right now, but the gameplay is a lot better than BioShock Infinite's, so I think I might finally complete this game for the first time.
I decided to make this my first 3D playthrough on my projector and it was MINDBLOWING. I never even cared about playing this game on my 2D monitor and now it's one of the best gaming experiences I've had in years. Thanks for allowing that to happen.
ReplyDeleteThe minor remaining issues I noticed:
In addition to the moon skybox at the beginning, the skybox (or seabox, rather) in the final boss fight is also wrong.
I found the distortion on the edges of the big daddy helmet in the final world to be something pretty uncomfortable.
There were like 2 or 3 rooms with some off reflections on the puddles, like the Fort Frolic bathroom as someone pointed out above, sorry I can't be specific on the others.
The parallax shaders are rendered the same in each eye, so the effect doesn't really work in 3D. No idea if that's something which can be fixed or not.
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ReplyDeleteI thank you so much for this amazing fix !! Without HELIX community 3D Vision would be not worth in existence. THX A LOT !!
ReplyDeleteI must ask one question.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning when you see the first splicer kill a civilian and Atlas is talking to you so that you should take the radio the lights flicker. In 2D the lights flicker all over the screen on/off or say light/black. In 3D the lights flicker in kind of stripes. I don't see the flicker over the screen but 5-6 black bars or stripes horizontally. Same goes for other flickering devices later in the game like screens hanging on the ceiling which flicker. It should light on/off but I see black bars flickering which kills kind of the immersion.
Is it my setup or did the NVIDIA drivers fuck this up? Or is it in the fix? The fix otherwise works absolutely perfect. I'd appreciate any reply, even if people can just confirm, that they get the same issue.
Thanks
If you are getting problems in 2D, then something went bad on your machine. Best try DDU reinstall of drivers.
DeleteI think this is a case of VSync being disabled. I got similar issues until I turned VSync back on. This will normally set your framerate to 60. You can bump it up to whatever your monitor can handle in bioshock.ini, I believe.
DeleteQwinn, this is quite old. But you're the man! VSync fixed the light flicker issue. I disable Vsync by default in almost every game, so I did it in Bioshock as well. But this fixed it. Thanks!
DeleteI know it's an old game, but I just bought it and would like to play it through. The 3D Vision rating text that displays that can be disabled with Control-Alt-Insert says to turn off Shadow Maps, High Detail Post Processing and Distortion in in-game settings. Is this no longer necessary with the helixmod fixes, or should one still turn those off?
ReplyDeleteI would just try it, but this game has an annoying bug where, if you ever crash, you lose all your settings. There's a way to fix it, but it sort of requires placing your settings in stone and difficult to change, so figured I'd ask.
They both work I "think".
DeleteFind your ini file probably in my documents and set to read only.
Any update for the Remastered versions of Bioshock and Bioshock 2?
ReplyDeleteIt would be a waste of ShaderHacker time to make a fix for the remasters. It's DX11, which means making a brand new fix, from scratch. Nothing carries over. So a ShaderHacker can fix a game that looks identical to the original (and the original still works), or make a new fix for a game that has never been fixed before.
DeleteAs a general rule, the remasters are doing nothing special, the only reason they exist is to bring those games to PS4 and XBone.
You're wrong Bo3b , Play Bioshock Remastered on PC/Steam its amazing, looks a lot better then the old game, like going from farcry 2 to farcry 3 , I just need someone to not brush it off and then fix it, It would look as good as WITCHER 3 in 3D
DeleteWell, if you say so. When I look at a comparison like this video, I actually prefer the original. They removed water reflections, which is bizarre. There are more animations of cloth and plants. Removed graphic options.
DeleteMy statement still stands- it's a ton of work to fix games. Unless someone is enthusiastic for a given game, it's not going to happen. If you genuinely love the remaster, you should take it upon yourself to fix this game. 3Dmigoto is 100x better than HelixMod for fixing games, but it will still be challenging. Satisfying though.
You won't convince anyone here, no one sees these comments except posters for this page. Best bet is to take this discussion to the 3D Vision forum and ask there.
Seems like there is a culling issue. When I play with max depth, there are objects popping in on the sides of the screen.
ReplyDeleteYou can use the NVidia frustum control of Alt-F11 to change the edges. It's in advanced settings in stereo control panel.
DeleteNice work , thank you !
ReplyDeleteThx a ton! :)
ReplyDeleteRexeos
Can you fix Bioshock Remastered?"1&2" It's my fav game and i'd like to play it in HD 3D
ReplyDeleteHey all,
ReplyDeleteFor the life of me, I cannot get the in-game crosshairs to converge at a correct to the target they are overlaying. I've tried the different HUD settings as well as messing with my convergence settings. However, as it stands, I cannot focus on BOTH the target and the crosshair as they are not at the same depth.
The description mentions "dynamic crosshair" fix, so I assume that means that the crosshair will go to the depth automatically of the target it is over.
Any suggestions!
Thanks for an AMAZING fix.
Bah! NVM. It seems to be an incompatibility with Flawless Widescreen fixer which I use to play over triple screen.
DeleteHi! I have installed the fix for this game, but there is a strange issue with the game causing "motion sickness"-like problem. There seems to be something wrong about how the game is handling sideways movement of the camera, very strange. The closest thing I have come to a problem like this before (I have used 3d vision for years) was with Wolfenstein 1 motion sickness. I am having problems identifying what the error can be. I am on win 7, 1080ti sli, 8700k oc, driver 425.31, lots of other 3d vision games installed working 100%. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteHi, any hint why I do not get 3D Vision to kick in? I start the game in native screen resolution, 120HZ, with -dx9 parameter setting. In-game setting says fullscreen on, but no 3D. Bioshock 2 works as expected, but not 1...
ReplyDeleteNot sure. You can try to disable the full screen optimizations on the compatibility tab.
DeleteI just tested this using HelixVision/3DFM and it was working correctly without any problems. Driver 452.06, Win10 2004, monitor set to 120Hz.
Hm... Thanks for the reply. I already had the full screen optimizations disabled. Also, I run it in compatibility mode for Vistta SP2, but that doesn't make a difference. Driver is the same.
DeleteI run it via 3DFixManager, and I already re-installed the 3D fix via that tool. I know that some two or so years ago it worked.
Any chance for a log output to get? Maybe need to re-install, since other games work fine...
Hi again, I brought it to work finally and figured I post what I did here. It was a hard time...
DeleteFirst, nothing worked, so I decided to do a complete re-install. That was what nearly killed the game for me because the installation procedure, after it copied all files from CD, wanted to download a patch, which kept failing, and therefore the installation did not went through and deleted everything again.
I figured that I could, while the error message of the installer was still showing, copy the installation folder to a safe place, so that after confirming the error and deletion of the installation, I could copy it back.
That worked, but of course I did not get the patch, and the game was not registered correctly. It could be started, however -- being version 1.0 only.
I then browsed my download directory for Bioshock and found that I had already downloaded all required patches some years ago, and I was able to install the installation patch (a file called bioshock_patch.gz which you can still find in the net), the global 1.1 Retail patch (Bioshock_Version_11_Patch_Worldwide_Retail.zip downloaded from gamershell), the German uncensor patch (Bioshock Uncut 1.0.7z) and the patch that patched that uncensor to 1.1 (BioShock UCP v1.0 zu v1.1 Update.rar), in that order. In order for the patches to run, they must recognize the game, therefore they must be run from inside the installation directory since it was not correctly installed.
I now had a running Bioshock 1.1 again, tada!
But still no 3D...
What finally made it work was: Creating a shortcut of bioshock.exe and setting compatibility mode to Windows 8. Easy, isn't it? Now it also works from within 3DFixManager.
Thanks again for those wonderful tools, I have now arrived in Rapture again and already finished my first splicers in full 3D experience :)
O yes, I forgot to mention: if you want to have sound and have a RealtekHD audio card, you should go to in-game settings and configure Stereo, and in Windows activate the Stereomix input device. Otherwise -- silence...
DeleteCan this patch be used with geo11?
ReplyDeleteNo, the original game is DX9 and uses HelixMod+Fix. geo-11 is DX11 only. In principle someone could fix Bioshock Remastered in DX11 with geo-11, but would need to fix the broken shaders.
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