stuminus3
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Huh, lots of new geometry in the remaster. I thought it was just new textures. Thanks!
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Bioshock Remaster 1/2 free upgrades now live on Steam.
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texhnolyze
Banned
So, uhm.. which one is which?
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Getting decent framerates at 4k with my 970m. Typically ~50-60, some drops a little lower, sometimes up to 75 if no vsync. I'm wondering if a few tweaks could have this purring nicely.
Lighting hitting more surfaces seems to be what eats up the most framerate as opposed to crazy shit going down on the screen. Probably wrong.
Anyone start digging into the ini's?
Lighting hitting more surfaces seems to be what eats up the most framerate as opposed to crazy shit going down on the screen. Probably wrong.
Anyone start digging into the ini's?
the order i typed.
Dream_Journey
Member
No trading cards and some old bugs still remain? Shame...
Bioshock remastered works fine. You can tell more effort was put into it with the extra content in main menu, extended FOV option (that wasn't in the original was it?), etc.. Bioshock 2 remaster seems pretty bare bones and it also immediately crashes when I try to set 2560x1440p resolution, any lower resolution works fine so far.
Okay that does kinda sound like what happened to my old 8800GT before it broke..
I'm only getting stereo sound lol, not even using my subwoofer. I'll confirm that it's properly set up and try again. I don't see why it wouldn't since i haven't changed anything in a while.
SirMossyBloke
Member
So in my Steam library it's listed as:
Bioshock
Bioshock Remastered
Bioshock 2
Bioshock 2 Remastered
Bioshock Infinite
Not sure why it's messed up for other people.
Edit: no surround sound? Oh thats gonna make me mad if true.
Bioshock
Bioshock Remastered
Bioshock 2
Bioshock 2 Remastered
Bioshock Infinite
Not sure why it's messed up for other people.
Edit: no surround sound? Oh thats gonna make me mad if true.
dr_rus
Member
Do a power cycle: turn off, switch off your PSU / disconnect from the outlet, wait for some 15 seconds, reconnect and power on.
Sometimes the issues may stuck even after reboot if it was a h/w error like overheating.
Yep, not working. Did a speaker test and everything checks out. I'll wait until they fix it.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Well, on PC at least, the water was enhanced in DX10 mode along with smoke and fog effects
yeah it is.
because of this.
i've also noticed a lot more sealife in the remaster. during that scene in my pics, i noticed 2 sharks and a ton of starfish stuck to the glass. makes the sea seem more alive.
Yeah, are all of these DX10 improvements gone? That DX10 water was tight (although I always thought the sliding down the tube water looked awful on all platforms)
SirMossyBloke
Member
So why remove the DX10 enhancements? DX11 wouldn't have stopped this, surely?
Here's an old feature on the DX10 water effects if anyone needs a refresher of the cool shit they added: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nywdxgJbHQ
CreepingFear
Member
Eh, still have the originals and got the remastered for free. Can't complain.
This makes me happy that I can play the original still. The textures in those first images are horrendous in the remaster. It's like they didn't even try to match them to the original. And the neon signs looks a lot more detailed in the original game.
Sword Of Doom
Member
On a positive note, the extra details in the environments look nice
It's weird though, I keep looking and some of it actually looks worse. Like the neon sign with the plasmid hand pointing. Wtf??
are you looking at the right ones? the textures are way better in the remaster.
The water looks terrible and it's in stereo. I am with the guy you responded to. No reason to ever play the downgraded remasters.
Dream_Journey
Member
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Yeah, this is going to end well.
I know. I couldn't believe it
none of the old tricks work for me. i switched to a controller.
is anyone getting freezing when bringing up the map? mine stalls for 3 or 4 seconds.
The bottom one is higher resolution but all the detail/distress is gone. Looks like a flat gray wall.textures not water.
vs
xeroborn55
Member
I dont really care to compare screenshots or worry about the water effects. It looks good enough and it was free. At least the sound works in Bioshock 1 remaster without messing with drivers etc.
I just played through the first hour of bioshock. Its been a few years, and I'm reminded of what a truly fantastic experience that game is.
Edit: to the post above - I had sound issues on this computer with regular bioshock 1. Booted up the remaster and it worked fine with no tinkering.
I just played through the first hour of bioshock. Its been a few years, and I'm reminded of what a truly fantastic experience that game is.
Edit: to the post above - I had sound issues on this computer with regular bioshock 1. Booted up the remaster and it worked fine with no tinkering.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
SERIOUSLY? This was the one thing I wanted fixed since I could never play it properly.
Fucking hell.
I played the first bit and I was fine, but I haven't run into any areas with turrets and ambient water sfx going at the same time yet (which would for sure cause issues in the original). I'll just have to hope it is actually fixed.
I just tried that, but argh, I can't play FPS games with dual stick controllers anymore. I'll wait for a fix. If they don't ever fix it, at least I still have the old version.
I've dipped into the PC Bioshock/2 remasters and am suitably pleased with the fact that they're free and the quality of the new textures and performance that I'm seriously thinking about buying the Ps4 collection in order to throw some monies at them.
I think Bioshock 2 might be my favorite, really good trilogy, with two really great games and a alright one.
I think Bioshock 2 might be my favorite, really good trilogy, with two really great games and a alright one.
Why would you pay money for a half baked remaster that 2K couldn't even take the time to get right?
Good God at those graphics settings. Anybody care to post a comparison to the original PC graphics settings?
Sweet Jesus. I have probably the same laptop.
Is 4K60 out of the question for my 1070 laptop?
Sweet Jesus. I have probably the same laptop.
Is 4K60 out of the question for my 1070 laptop?
They are likely all there, just buried in an ini now rather than shown as a setting. I'd imagine the change is arbitrary as they are all turned to max by default.
The only thing definitely missing is the DX10 water effects.
I have a MS ergonomic keyboard and the volume up shows the map, volume down is the same as Escape. WTF?
Let it go Debbie Downer.
I wouldn't count on everything being there on ini files just yet. Even the mouse acceleration setting that worked editing the old .ini files don't work anymore in the remastered version.
Because I think they did get it right, I mean I'm playing them right now and enjoying them . . . as I stated, as you quoted.