But, have no fear! Many Reddit users have started to post and compile fixes for the peskier problems. Here is a list of a few to help you out:
Difficulty and Gameplay Settings Resetting
Several players have reported that their settings reset back to Medium difficulty, Adaptive Training ON, and Disable Vita-Chambers Off once they exit the game. This could potentially make it impossible to earn the Survivor Achievement on the Steam version of the game. Luckily, Reddit user Help_An_Irishman posted a fix for this bug.
Find your Bioshock.ini (typically in C:\Users[YOUR NAME]\AppData\Roaming\BioshockHD\Bioshock) and make a copy, then open it in a text editor.
Under [ShockGame.ShockUserSettings], find and edit the following lines accordingly:
GameDifficulty=GD_EXTREME
AdaptiveTraining=False
NoVitaChamber=True
Save the file, then right click on it, click Properties, and tick the box that says Read-only. Apply.
/u/Help_An_Irishman also states that, “You have to start a game with your preferred settings, make sure things are the way you want them in the Options menus, then save, quit, and make the .ini Read-only.”
Mouse Sensitivity
Go to these folders and find these .inis
C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BioShockRemastered\Build\Final
DefUser.ini
and
C:\Users\ “YOURUSERNAME” \AppData\Roaming\BioshockHD\Bioshock
User.ini
Find
“IF_MOUSE_LOOK_ENABLED Axis aMouseX Speed=2500.0”
“IF_MOUSE_LOOK_ENABLED Axis aMouseY Speed=2500.0”
To change the sensitivity, the speed must be changed in both .ini files.
Mouse Acceleration and smoothing
Go to this folder and open this .ini
/AppData/BioshockHD/
Bioshock.ini
Find
ReduceMouseLag
DoubleBufferMouseLag
set both to false.
Now, In the same folder. Open:
user.ini
Find the section [Engine.PlayerInput] and add these, directly below it:
MouseSmoothingMode=0
MouseAccelThreshold=0
FOV
Go to the folder and open the .ini
C:\Users\ “YOURUSERNAME” \AppData\Roaming\BioshockHD\Bioshock
User.ini
Find the section for the Fkeys (f11 or 12) and input: SetFOV xx
so for example: F11=SetFOV 100
Advanced Graphic Settings
Reddit user Araneatrox compiled a list of graphic settings many players have wanted to change. These files can be found in the BioShock.ini file. In order to find the settings you wish to change in this list, search the list (CTRL+F).
/AppData/BioshockHD/
Bioshock.ini
[Engine.RenderConfig]
HDRSceneExpBias=-3
MaxSkeletalProjectorsPerActor=6
OffsetSkeletalProjectorRearFrustrumPlane=10.000000
UseSoftwareAntiAliasing=True
EdgeDetectCutoff=0.002000
EdgeBlurSize=0.500000
StreamingVisibleWeight=10.000000
StreamingDiffuseWeight=4.000000
StreamingBSPWeight=1.000000
StreamingEmissiveWeight=7.000000
StreamingLightmapWeight=5.000000
StreamingNormalmapWeight=1.000000
StreamingDynamicLoadedWeight=10.000000
StreamingDistanceScale=1000.000000
HighDetailShaders=True
Shadows=True
RealTimeReflection=True
PostProcessing=True
HardwareOcclusion=True
UseRippleSystem=True
UseHighDetailSoftParticles=False
UseSpecCubeMap=True
UseDistortion=True
HorizontalFOVLock=True;
HorizontalFOVLockPS4=True;
HorizontalFOVLockXB1=True;
LevelOfAnisotropy=4
RenderDetail=3
UseMultithreadedRendering=0
UseVSync=1
UseFxaa=1
ForceGlobalLighting=False
CascadingWaterSimulationVelocity=10.000000
UseHighDetailPostProcEffects=True
UseMultithreading=True
DisableExtraAntiPortalClip=True
TextureDetail=High
FluidSurfaceDetail=High
DynamicShadowDetail=Medium
Enable 5.1 sound and EAX
By /u/punkonjunk
To Enable 5.1 and EAX do the following:
Find and Open
C:\Users[your use name]\AppData\Roaming\BioshockHD\Bioshock\ > Bioshock.ini
Ctrl+F to search for : SpeakerMode=
change to: SpeakerMode=SM_5_1
Directly Below : SpeakerModeValue=5 [ optional ]
Thanks to all the people that posted their fixes on Reddit. Hopefully, this list will aid in your adventure through Rapture and Columbia. If I missed a fix you think would be helpful, kindly comment down below.
