Bioshock finally working

[garbanzo]

after lots of trial and error, i finally managed to get Bioshock running in 7000 32bit. i had to run the installer in Vista compatibility, otherwise it got confused by DX11. then i actually had to install DX9 from the DVD (!) otherwise i just got a blank screen. finally, i had to run the game in XP compatibility mode, otherwise i got no sound during the game.

so now it works, but i often get artifacts on the screen during play which i never saw on XP :huh:

 

[skunksmash]

thanks for sharing garbanzo.....

visually Bioshock has no rival, but the gameplay never really gripped me.....





SK

 

[garbanzo]

have you tried Dead Space? it's everything Bioshock should have been. the funky camera angle takes some getting used to, but otherwise it's great. it definitely rivals Bioshock in terms of visuals - i often have to stop running to just look around in amazement. gameplay is similar - meelee weapons on one hand, and special powers on the other - but its pace is better, and it somehow just works cleaner.

it's hella scary though. i play it in the dark with my super-fancy Sennheiser headphones on and the sound cranked way up. what a thrill!

 

[skunksmash]

just making my way through it now

it is AMAZING, graphically & for what it does to ya mentally, the way they setup the in game camera angles takes some getting used to as its quite limited, but it certainly makes you wanna check whats behind quite a bit...lol


the radar could have been better though, i find myself lost a lot of the time.......



SK

 

[garbanzo]

yeah the map is pretty useless, it's sort of a pseudo-3D render that is just impossible to follow.

maybe you know this, but if you hold CTRL, you project a blue beam on the floor that shows you where to go to complete the next objective. i use that instead of the map most of the time. i just check the map if i see an unlocked door that the beam doesn't lead me in to - i check to see where it goes before i venture in and get ripped in half

i'm only on chapter 2, i can't play for too long at once, otherwise i just get too wound-up. it's an intense game!

 

[skunksmash]

well i never knew that, cheers......

it is super intense, i just dont want it to be another 1 lvl wonder like crysis warhead was.... it will really piss me off if i finish it in 10 mins....



SK

 

[garbanzo]

nah, it's got like 11 levels. i expect it will take at least 8 hours playing at a reasonable speed, and more if you take your time. plus once you play through once, you can start again with your current weapons and suit. the difficulty doesn't change, but you get a chance to upgrade further and try new weapons, so a second playthrough could be worthwhile.

 

[damoh]

Dead Space is one hell of a game lol took me 13 hours on the xbox to complete. lol
But once complete i got 500000 quid for weapons and a ultra sick suit lol, played again and was amazed how much i had forgotten how to do lol, so it was like playing it all over again, just harder thats all, cos i had it on impossible settings

 

[smarteyeball]

I've been meaning to play dead space once I've finished other games. i'd just finished fallout 3 and then the anchorage expansion was released...

 

[Jeckena]

problems

i have the steam version of bioshock and am running build 7000 of windows 7 but can't get the sound to work. Under audio options it just says everything is at 0 but won't let me change it. Already tried compatibility mode and im using integrated sound card on asus p6t board with updated drivers. Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[garbanzo]

hi Jeckena, welcome to the forum!

a few questions:
is your sound card working elsewhere?
have you played Bioshock previously on that same machine, but in a different OS?

it sounds like the game isn't recognizing that you have a sound card installed...

 

[craigisak]

I am having the same problem with BioShock. I am running Windows 7 and Bioshock through Steam. I have the menu sounds and also the movie sounds but in game there is no sound what so ever. BioShock ran fine on the same machine running Windows XP. I even tried running steam in compatibility mode in Win XP SP2. Still no luck. If anyone has any suggestions I would be very appreciative.

 

[MUff1N]

after lots of trial and error, i finally managed to get Bioshock running in 7000 32bit. i had to run the installer in Vista compatibility, otherwise it got confused by DX11. then i actually had to install DX9 from the DVD (!) otherwise i just got a blank screen. finally, i had to run the game in XP compatibility mode, otherwise i got no sound during the game.

so now it works, but i often get artifacts on the screen during play which i never saw on XP :huh:

I don't know if you figured this out yet or not, but all you have to do is run Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime to fix W7 up for gaming!
After I installed the Runtime ALL my games played just fine!
It installs all versions of DirectX & the games will use what they need.

I have Bioshock running in DX10 on W7 build 7000! Same with Crysis.

 

[Jigoku]

I don't know if you figured this out yet or not, but all you have to do is run Microsoft DirectX® End-User Runtime to fix W7 up for gaming!
After I installed the Runtime ALL my games played just fine!
It installs all versions of DirectX & the games will use what they need.

I have Bioshock running in DX10 on W7 build 7000! Same with Crysis.

just tried this and my games still get the bsod.

thanks for the nice idea though.

 

[LeonLandford]

Bioshock on windows 7 Works

I know it sounds weird, but after changing bioshock exe to work in compatibility mode with windows 2000, everthing just went fine, even with that crap patch 1.1 from 2k. the game is running well and isnt crashing anymore, hope that will help! ( lol)

 

[ballerjones]

Still not working

I've got Windows 7 64bit, all other games except for Bioshock have been working.

Like everybody else, the menu and movies have sound but not the game. I tried that End-User Runtime thing, the DLL hack, the compatibility thing, the compatibility registry hack - literally everything.

Still nothing, I'm wondering if users in my position that posted earlier have gotten theirs working.

 

[mckillwashere]

It worked great for me from day one of the rtm even in x64
It must be a hardware problem not an os problem

Ill try to reinstall it again, how long do you have to play before a crash?

 

[mickey megabyte]

works fine for me too on my x64 - didn't have to do anything special to make it work.

only problem is lack of anti-aliasing (but that's the game's engine!)

*edit* there's something in the sea.

 

[ballerjones]

never crashes

It doesn't crash, plays right through - but with no sound.

I can't really reinstall a steam game, but I might try to reinstall my sound driver. Every other game works fine, though. Even other games by 2K work.

 

[mckillwashere]

My bioshock is the retail version so I really cant help to much with the trouble shooting of it under steam.