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PostPosted: Mon, 22nd Feb 2010 23:33    Post subject: Re: 2K Games Announces Extensive Downloadable Content
twobells wrote:
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• Rank Increase to level 50 with Rank Rewards
• New playable characters Louie McGraff and Oscar Calraca
• 20 new trials*
• A third weapon upgrade for each weapon
• Five additional masks*
*Some items are only available after a player achieves a rank of 41 or higher.

Watch the xbots shell out cash like crazies over this "extensive" "content" pack, proving yet again how this model of excluding content from release is smart business. Rolling Eyes


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PostPosted: Mon, 22nd Feb 2010 23:35    Post subject:
I knew the day would come eventually.... just like Borderlands, we're now paying cash to get a fucking level cap raise Sad
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PostPosted: Tue, 23rd Feb 2010 00:19    Post subject:
Lukxxx wrote:
I have a problem, after 5 min of playing I'm feeling sick and dizzy. I just have to stop playing. I had similar problem in first bioshock but I think I got used to it.

Any recomendations to change something in config files maybe? I think I'll try changing FOV to 90 or something.

I play at 5:4 1280x1024.


At FOV 100 it's playable for me, stil little dizzy sometimes, but game is worth it.

Strange I have this only in Bioshock games, no other game ever had that effect on me (and I'm playing since late 80's!)
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PostPosted: Tue, 23rd Feb 2010 13:42    Post subject:
Patch out via LIVE.
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 20:41    Post subject:
JBeckman wrote:
Patch out via LIVE.

Cracked already or not?
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:20    Post subject:
There was a patch ? I've been playing the unpatched versioon all along (SP only)

So, changelog ? Is this the first patch regarding singleplayer ?
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:21    Post subject:
Uses a launcher so you can just re-use the crack without any problems. Smile

EDIT: Changelog and local downloads.
http://www.patches-scrolls.de/bioshock2.php#p2d
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:25    Post subject:
Can you post the patch itself plz ?

EDIT: ok, ninja edit !

EDIT 2 : Yay, FOV fix !


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:28    Post subject:
Haha, yeah I tried to do a quick answer to your question, patch itself was added to various sites yesterday it seems, guess there's a little delay from LIVE update to when sites get ahold of the patch files.
(And should the patch program cause problems the -f parameter for setup.exe can be used to force a path to extract/install the files to, also useful to see what's updated.)
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:33    Post subject:
JBeckman wrote:
Uses a launcher so you can just re-use the crack without any problems. Smile

EDIT: Changelog and local downloads.
http://www.patches-scrolls.de/bioshock2.php#p2d


I don't understand as the Reloaded release that I have came with a cracked launcher, so how will I be able to use that crack with the new patch?

Is it because the patch is not doing anything to the singleplayer .exe file?
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:43    Post subject:
Bioshock2.exe is untouched by the crack (Updated by the patch though.) and the launcher only contains a sort of SecuROM check so by re-using Reloaded's crack you get the full patched version.

Bit hard to explain, kinda like re-using the launcher for GTA IV in newer patches. Smile
(Reloaded does hook to LauncherO.exe so a copy of the new launcher named to that could work but just copying over the old stuff works.)

Also come to think of it you might have the "full" crack that contains those other files (Not part of the disc, release date check bypass.), the actual crack is the launcher exe, loader .dll file and for Reloaded's release LauncherO.exe
(But a copy and renamed launcher.exe works fine.)
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:48    Post subject:
JBeckman wrote:
Bioshock2.exe is untouched by the crack (Updated by the patch though.) and the launcher only contains a sort of SecuROM check so by re-using Reloaded's crack you get the full patched version.

Bit hard to explain, kinda like re-using the launcher for GTA IV in newer patches. Smile
(Reloaded does hook to LauncherO.exe so a copy of the new launcher named to that could work but just copying over the old stuff works.)

Also come to think of it you might have the "full" crack that contains those other files (Not part of the disc, release date check bypass.), the actual crack is the launcher exe, loader .dll file and for Reloaded's release LauncherO.exe
(But a copy and renamed launcher.exe works fine.)


Well, I think I have the full crack because I have the Launchero.exe and Launcher.exe and Bioshock2.exe and several other files, rld.dll is one of them
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:50    Post subject:
I renamed the new launcher to ....launchero.exe , so that the RLD launcher will use the new one, but it still says version 1.0 ingame.

JBeckman what does it say for you ?
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:51    Post subject:
1.0 Steam original so it's not a problem.
(EDIT: Atleast it shouldn't be a problem.)

EDIT: Might be due to it being Steam though, but it's also noticeable in that LIVE will nag for a update until installed at which point it'll be quiet, that could just be a registry value check though.

EDIT: If the version number is in the launcher it's not a huge problem though as the rest of the game will be updated, launcher is pretty small (Aside from SecuROM.) so it can't really contain anything important.)


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:52    Post subject:
Hey Vga, I bet you know but gamecopyworld has a miniimage.
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:53    Post subject:
Finished this game yesterday and I must say that IMO this game is nearly good as first Bioshock. 9/10 for me.


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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:53    Post subject:
Launcher is hastle-free Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 21:59    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
I renamed the new launcher to ....launchero.exe , so that the RLD launcher will use the new one, but it still says version 1.0 ingame.

JBeckman what does it say for you ?


I just installed the patch and copied all files from the reloaded crack, the game starts but the menu still says 1.0 and strange enough, when I loaded a savegame the game took a long time to load in all textures (normally it takes a second for me and now it's 5 seconds so not a major issue I just think it's strange)

But the big question that I like to have answered is if they actually fixed widecreen for 16:10 monitors. I have read the changelog, but the guys at Widescreen Gaming says that it's only fixed for 16:9 and 16:10 users like me are fucked as we have less screen now.

Maybe I misunderstood something, but this game is really weird when it comes to proper widescreen support (Amateur night at 2K maybe???)
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 22:10    Post subject:
Yes I have read the same about widescreen, unsure about the loading times though, might have to do a re-run ("evil" ending perhaps.) to test it myself.

EDIT: Misunderstood, it's the streaming you are talking about, yes I noticed some places take a while to fully stream in the highest quality level of a texture.
(Unsure if it's some aggressive optimization to reduce texture memory usage or something else, could be a bug as well.)
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 22:13    Post subject:
You shouldn't copy all the files from the RLD crack. The RLD crack has a ...launchero.exe which is the unpatched original launcher. Rename the patched ...launcher.exe to ...launchero.exe so that it uses the new file.

Only use RLD ..launcher.exe and rld.dll from RLD's original crack.
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 22:21    Post subject:
JBeckman wrote:
Yes I have read the same about widescreen, unsure about the loading times though, might have to do a re-run ("evil" ending perhaps.) to test it myself.

EDIT: Misunderstood, it's the streaming you are talking about, yes I noticed some places take a while to fully stream in the highest quality level of a texture.
(Unsure if it's some aggressive optimization to reduce texture memory usage or something else, could be a bug as well.)


Could be, But i think I was one of the few who didn't have any issues except for the widescreen stuff when I completed the 1.0 version, so I don't maybe the patch messed with something.

About me copying every file from the Reloaded Crackfix, I think that maybe we need a new crackfix for this new patch because when I patch the game and copy everything from the fix I must be overwriting some new patched files as it's both a cracked launcher and a cracked Bioshock2.exe plus the rest. Because the patch definitely overwrites files that is needed to start the game, i know because I tried to start the game after patching without reapplying the crackfix.
So maybe that is why the menu still says 1.0 and then it's very likely that the game doesn't function as it should.

I got a bad hangover today so if don't make sense you know why Smile
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 22:28    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You shouldn't copy all the files from the RLD crack. The RLD crack has a ...launchero.exe which is the unpatched original launcher. Rename the patched ...launcher.exe to ...launchero.exe so that it uses the new file.

Only use RLD ..launcher.exe and rld.dll from RLD's original crack.


Thx man! I have done what you said and I guess maybe everything works fine, but I still get the 1.0 in the menu screen.
Not gonna bother with anymore today, to dizzy because of a bad hangover Smile To much cheap whisky and rum last night Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Feb 2010 22:54    Post subject:
maul_inc wrote:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You shouldn't copy all the files from the RLD crack. The RLD crack has a ...launchero.exe which is the unpatched original launcher. Rename the patched ...launcher.exe to ...launchero.exe so that it uses the new file.

Only use RLD ..launcher.exe and rld.dll from RLD's original crack.


Thx man! I have done what you said and I guess maybe everything works fine, but I still get the 1.0 in the menu screen.


So do I with my bought version which is fully updated..it's just the way it is.
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PostPosted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 17:31    Post subject:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You shouldn't copy all the files from the RLD crack. The RLD crack has a ...launchero.exe which is the unpatched original launcher. Rename the patched ...launcher.exe to ...launchero.exe so that it uses the new file.

Only use RLD ..launcher.exe and rld.dll from RLD's original crack.

I don`t get it, what i need to do, in steps, please Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 17:41    Post subject:
KainXVIII wrote:
I don`t get it, what i need to do, in steps, please Very Happy

How about you read what you quoted? Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon, 1st Mar 2010 17:47    Post subject:
KainXVIII wrote:
VGAdeadcafe wrote:
You shouldn't copy all the files from the RLD crack. The RLD crack has a ...launchero.exe which is the unpatched original launcher. Rename the patched ...launcher.exe to ...launchero.exe so that it uses the new file.

Only use RLD ..launcher.exe and rld.dll from RLD's original crack.

I don`t get it, what i need to do, in steps, please Very Happy


1. let the game update via live or do it manually http://www.patches-scrolls.de/bioshock2.php#p2d
2. go to gamefolder\mp\builds\binaries\ and rename bioshock2launcher.exe to bioshocklaunchero.exe (if a file with that name already exists, overwrite)
3. go to gamefolder\sp\builds\binaries\ and rename bioshock2launcher.exe to bioshocklaunchero.exe (if a file with that name already exists, overwrite)
4. extract the rld crack to a new folder.
5. copy only bioshock2launcher.exe from rld mp folder to gamefolder\mp\builds\binaries\
6. copy only bioshock2launcher.exe from rld sp folder to gamefolder\sp\builds\binaries\
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PostPosted: Thu, 11th Mar 2010 16:50    Post subject:
Sinclair solution DLC out, that MP addon pack, LIVE marketplace.
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PostPosted: Thu, 11th Mar 2010 17:06    Post subject:
Holy Sh** the 'Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" is only 24kb,another case of paying for content that you already have in the game files! man,they need to be sue for this.


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PostPosted: Thu, 11th Mar 2010 18:34    Post subject:
I finished the game yesterday and my personal opinion is that its gunplay is better than the first, mainly because of the weapons+upgrades. The story is about the same convoluted and sometimes boring and naive stuff as the first.

Art direction is awesome (same as the first) I found the last couple of hours of gameplay really good and the ending was awesome.
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PostPosted: Fri, 12th Mar 2010 19:52    Post subject:
Explanation regarding the DLC and it's small size.
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62780
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