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Gamingnewslink.com’s self-help guide for bioshock 2 Errors, Freezing, Slowdown, Install and Crash to Desktop problems
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IMPORTANT NOTE : If you encounter errors or issues with Bioshock 2 that are not included in the list below, issues which the solutions listed does not resolve, Tell us about it by Posting it in the comment box at the bottom of this page (No registration required). Include details about the Bioshock 2 error and the specifications of the system you are running Bioshock 2 on. It doesn’t have to be a fullblown dxdiag log, just the Video Card, Processor and amout of RAM and of course the Operating System (and service pack versions) you are playing Bioshock 2 on. REMEMBER to check the comments at the bottom of this post.
First thing’s first, ensure that you’re PC can handle Bioshock 2. Here’s Bioshock 2’s minumum system requirements
List of Known Bioshock 2 errors and solutions/workarounds
Problem #1 : Bioshock 2 crashes to desktop when Games for windows(GFW) / Windows live tries to log on
Workaround :
Delete everything in here.
C:\Users\*Username*\Documents\Bioshock2
Then reload. (If you wish, backup the files).
credits: ColonelBlack in 2kgames forums
Problem #2 : Bioshock 2 crashes when attempting to load savegames
Solution #1 : Try deleting the following file
Users/*username*/App Data/Roaming/Bioshock2/Bioshock2SP.ini
credits: Tech Kris from 2kgames forums
Solution #2 Created a new windows profile and game runs without probs… does it have todo that my common profile called “#” ?
credits: Rehbock from 2kgames forums
Problem #3 : Bioshock 2 crashes during cutscenes
Solution #1 : No known solution at the moment
Problem #4 : Bioshock 2 crashes with this error message at startup : “BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”
Solution #1 : If you set your Windows Display to 16-bit, Change the background color setting from 16-bit to 32-bit and now it works! Hopefully this helps someone else. (“Right click on the desktop >Personalize > Display settings”)
credits: Sgt-Maestro from steam and Spenser in this article’s comments
Problem #5 : Bioshock 2 after the initial cutscene.
Solution #1 If you bought it via steam, try this fix
The crash is due to the game using DX10. Setting the game in DX9 fixes it (that is, as always as you have a savegame, because if you don’t, it shouldn’t crash).
Go to Games -> Bioshock 2 -> Right click -> Launch in DX9 mode.
credits: Gattsu from steam forums
Problem #6 : Bioshock 2 crashes when killing NPCs.
Solution #1 No known fix at the moment
Problem #7 : Bioshock 2 crashes randomly
Solution #1 Switching to DirectX 9 totally fixes this problem but I would much rather play with 10 since my PC is more than capable.
credits: foo from gamingnewslink comments
Problem #1 : Post Your Bioshock 2 error at the comment box below if you are experiencing errors that are not listed here
Solution : Help out and post solutions to Bioshock 2 errors at the comment box below if you know one 
credits: YOU!
Problem #1 : Bioshock 2 screen is flickering with blue shade/tint on textures
Solution #1 : Disable SLI if you have it enabled.
credits: AdamLazaruso
Solution #2 :Enabling Vsync might fix the flickering
Problem #1 : Bioshock 2 sound skips / stutters
Solution :
1. Go to: Control Panel > Sound and Audio Devices
2. Go to: Audio > Advance > Performance
3. Change the ‘Hardware Acceleration’ setting from ‘Full Acceleration’
to ‘Standard Acceleration’
4. Click ‘Apply’, then ‘Ok’
credits: Tech Kris from 2kgames forums
Problem #2 : Bioshock 2 cinematics skips / low framerate during cinematics
Solution : No known solutions at the moment
Problem #3 : Bioshock 2 crashes during cutscenes
Solution #1 : Reference Section I (CRASHES), Problem #3 of this guide
Problem #4 : No sound in Bioshock 2 Multiplayer mode
Solution #1 : No known fix at the moment
Problem #5 : Bioshock 2 Random Crashes with error message “Bioshock 2 has stopped working”
Solution #1 : Go to Steamapps/Common/Bioshock 2/SP/Builds/Binaries Run Bioshock2.EXE (Run as admin on Windows 7)
credits: Greasemunky from steam
Problem #6 : Bioshock 2 crashes, and this error message appears :
BioShock2.exe – Entry Point Not Found
The procedure entry point _except_handler4_common could not be located in the dynamic link library msvcrt.dll.
Solution #1 : Update your video card drivers
credits: slato from bioshock2forums
Problem #1 : Post Your Bioshock 2 error at the comment box below if you are experiencing errors that are not listed here
Solution : Help out and post solutions to Bioshock 2 errors at the comment box below if you know one
credits: YOU!
Problem #1 : Bioshock 2 startup error “Faulting Application Path: X:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\BioShock 2\SP\Builds\Binaries\BioShock2.exe”
Solution : No known solutions at the moment
Problem #2 : Bioshock 2 crashes with this error message at startup : “BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.” or “Bioshock 2 has stopped working”
Solution #1 : Check Section I (BIOSHOCK 2 CRASHES), Problem #4 and #5 of this guide
Problem #1 : Bioshock 2 Hacking problem : keys dont respond during “hack mode”
Solution : If you changed your control settings in Bioshock 2, particularly the one you use to activate “hack mode”, revert it back to default
credits: Tech Kris from 2kgames forums
Question #2 : Why does Bioshock 2 look ugly even when settings are set to the highest.
Answer : Bioshock 2 uses lower resolution textures compared to other games of it’s age 
sad to say that it’s working as intended
Answer : bad texture popping, taking 30 seconds and longer for textures in an area to load. sometimes the textures in that area do not load at all
credits: eclipse via gamingnewslink comments
Problem #3 : Can’t load Bioshock 2 save games. Error message “Failed to load saved game” appears
Solution : No known fix at the moment
Problem #4 : Bioshock 2’s framerate slows down to a crawl on specific areas (ex. First fight with the Big Sister)
Solution : No known fix at the moment
Problem #5 : Cant use the “perform” action to loot bodies or pick up items in Bioshock 2
Solution : Set your config to default, looks like there’s a hotkey glitch in Bioshock 2
credits: Cakey
Problem #6 : Bioshock 2 framerate drops when accessing menus (pause menu and map menu)
Solution :
Only solution to problem(see post above) is to remove “waterfall.bik” and “map.bik” from the BinkMovies folder in the Bioshock2 folder (Steamapps/bioshock2/SP/content/binkmovies/)You won’t see the pretty graphics when u open these menus, but they will work!
If you have any problems with any videos causeing lag, check in this folder! here is a link to the codec to view .bik files so you can locate which one causes you lag and remove it (but make sure you back up these files b4 u go deleting them!)
credits: Issue reported and fixed by Rayjingstorm in this article’s comment #24 and #25
Important!: If you are experiencing errors with Bioshock 2 that are not listed above or is not solved by the specified fixes, Tell us about it by posting in the comment box below (include system specs, OS, and description of the error you encounter in Bioshock 2, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO POST/ASK QUESTIONS/POST SOLUTIONS
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After a few minutes of playing the game, my screen goes out of range, and after a few seconds the pc restarts. I also changed the graphic options with no results.
Win7 64-bit
core 2 quad 6600
ati radeon 4850 512mb catalyst 10.1 (reinstalled drivers and updated directx, changed catalyst options)
audigy 2 zs
8gb ram
From computer->manage->event viewer->windows logs->application i got this error
Faulting application name: Bioshock2.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0×4b2adbf8
Faulting module name: Bioshock2.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0×4b2adbf8
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0×003e744b
Faulting process id: 0xc48
Faulting application start time: 0×01caa9a77f070b71
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\BioShock 2\SP\Builds\Binaries\Bioshock2.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\2K Games\BioShock 2\SP\Builds\Binaries\Bioshock2.exe
Report Id: bf5535b7-159a-11df-aa40-90e6ba19d365
When i first installed Bioshock 2 it was running without difficulty. When i opened up the map in-game, the game crashed and now whenever i try to open the game or the multiplayer, it opens in an extremely small resolution, like 50×50.
for everyone getting a bioshock2.exe error when trying to load the sp game – i fixed the issue for myself, hopefully it’ll work for you as well.
first, load windows live from the start menu and let it download an update.
directx released an update a couple days ago – download and install that.
finally, restart your computer and load the game!
i also let windows update install a few things that appeared today. not sure if those had anything to do with the game working now but it cant hurt to try if you’re still having trouble getting it to run!
The game works just fine during the following events:
Launching
Multiplayer
Loading Games
Cinematics
But, during Single Player I can only play about 10 minutes (tops) before my game randomly freezes. It has happened several times now. i’ve updated my ATI Graphics driver, C++, etc… No help. There is no specific theme as to when it freezes, just different times during gameplay (Ex. Picking up an Eve Hypo).
System
Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit
1.6Ghz Core 2 Duo
ATI Radeon 3850
2gigs of Ram
*Edit to previous Post*
I noticed after several tries just now that is only freezes after i pick up any random item or use items like First Aid Kits or Eve Hypos. Maybe that helps in diagnosing the problem.
Hey ,
problem here is bij isntal the Crack.exe
game not start , whit bioshock2launcher.exe
damm can not find the problem
help help help plz
michael
In Windows XP, hitting escape to save goes to a screen that only has single player, quit to multiplayer, and quit to windows, which in turn makes it to where you have to load your last save, so all progress is lost.
Bioshock 2’s screen goes black when I set vertical sync to off. I have to start the task manager to close the game and restart it.
Intel 975E O.C. to 4 Ghz liquid cooling
EVGA Classified 3x SLI MOBO
2xEVGA 295 graphics cards running in quad core
Creative Titanium soundcard
12GB of Corsair Dominator ram running at 1600 Ghz
Bioshock 2 works fine at first, then at a certain point, somewhere around the place where you first see two enemies in the water and the hint tells you that you can kill them with electricity, it starts to lag really bad. Then, when I go around, with the lag, and try to pick up the rivet gun, the game crashes. The game only crashes when I pick up the rivet gun, it is just slow otherwise. I have tried updating everything(graphics card etc.), I don’t seem to have directx 9, and the settings are all down to the lowest. I have tried with vsync on and off. Please help!
when starting the game i double click the desktop shortcut, my mouse cursor has the hourglass, then it goes away, i can hear my cd-drive working. then both just stop and my desktop never changes, it doesn’t freeze, the game just doesn’t start, no loading screen or anything. any help would be appreciated
I am having a similar problem to levmeister, except without the lag. when I try and pick up the rivet gun, it just locks up.
Installed- launched successfully, made it through the intro cinematic, then randomly crashes after hearing “myself” (Im assuming) breathing. Attempted to run “as administrator” with the same result.
System: WinVista 64-bit, Nvidia 250 GTS 1 GB, 4GB RAM- stock, no overclock or anything fancy. All drivers up to date.
Very frustrated to say the least.
update for section 7
“”Question #2 : Why does Bioshock 2 look ugly even when settings are set to the highest.
sad to say that it’s working as intended”"
Answer : Bioshock 2 uses lower resolution textures compared to other games of it’s age
Answer: bad texture popping, taking 30 seconds and longer for textures in an area to load. sometimes the textures in that area do not load at all.
As with zakenkristaren, my bioshock 2 wont even start when i click launch, just a bit loading and then nothing.. i bought it over steam.
mine isn’t steam, just the cd version. so it doesn’t seem to be the version thats the problem. oddly enough though, while single player wont start at all, multiplayer opens and works.
I have problems in launcher , i didnt bought it , i downloaded it , torent file , razzor1911 , so i dont know how all of you people have problems whit torent file or CD file .When i start the game , he shows logo , than shows error send , dont send error report , you know this file in other games or other files , when need to press send , or dont send button , and i put many cracks , and missing files if anyone have torrent game ,help me please , i read about the same problems , only i dont know if it is torrent or original game ,i know its crack problem , but maybe its in my computer becose only some people have this problem when i read comments in my torrent site ,for all of them worked fine , but me and other , someone have the same problem, HELP somehow , i waited this game so long , and now a crash , god damned , i dont want to buy the game.
I find that the game will randomly crash and force me to reboot my PC if I use DirectX 10.
This especially happens in any scenes where you get submerged in water, such as very early on when the big sister smashes the glass and floods the room.
Switching to DirectX 9 totally fixes this problem but I would much rather play with 10 since my PC is more than capable.
hey,
The game itself runs smoothly for my system, apart from an annoying texture problem which spoils the atmosphere! What happens is that some textures are rendered in blue or with some weird-looking red and green dots or stripes.
I’m running with a 512mb HD Saphire/Redeon, a Dual Core 2 2.3 and with 3 gig of ram. Any thing I can do to resolve the issue?
Single player work fine for me,
thoguht id try out muliplayer made my player and then when i went into the lobby its crashed.
Now everytime i try and laucher the program i get onto the main menu and freezes/crashes with the loading screen.
You would think they would have all these problems sorted out after what Bio shock 1 was like !
anyone has the same problem or knows how to fix it please let me know !!
Cheers
I’m experiencing soundissues, like, distorted sounds during underwater parts of the game, especially in one place. Also sounds going missing when there are too many sounds going on.
I also had a bug where the plasmids stopped working in the middle of a big fight, the hand was just still and Q didnt work (this happened multiple times), although it did work to change plasmid with the F1, F2, F3 etc buttons. Still quite annoying.
My specs are C2D E6750, GeForce 8800 GTX, 3gb ram.
when i first started the game ….it gave me this error
SeuROM lancher has stopped working
SETUP ERROR:
Error Code: -5001 : 0×80070057
Error Information:
>SetupNew\setup.cpp (1187)
Please make sure you have finished any previous setup and closed other application :S:S
Someone help me!!!
PLEASE
@16 L2Spell btw buy the game. cracks man… what a douche.
and mine doesn’t work either, cant even get to the main screen, crashes before that.. just the error that say’s: “BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.” and there isn’t a solution yet. so gotta wait. cheers to all that can play the game ^^
The game loads fine. I can load my save game. It doesn’t take long to load, and everything is smooth. I can play as long as I want with no errors, freezing, lagging, etc., Even in the boss battles, picking up rivet gun, underwater scenes everything is smooth. Then i attempt to open any ingame menu, like hitting “M” for the map and hints, or “esc” for the pause menu, and it all goes down hill. I drop to 1 FPS(but it seems to be lower than 1, as it actually refreshes about 1 time every 5 seconds). It seems odd that a game that has no problems rendering the actual game would have problems loading a static menu!
It is difficult to navigate my mouse to exit to windows(i save with F12) and get out because i must guess at where my cursor will land, wait 10 seconds, and then when it finnaly gets over the button, click the mouse like mad to be sure i am clicking upon the next refresh. Then i do it all over again for are you sure and do you want to save.
Also, during multiplayer, just after it loads, it always says i lost connection and exits to lobby.
PLEASE HELP! teh game is realy fun, and i want to enjoy it!
Only solution to problem(see post above) is to remove “waterfall.bik” and “map.bik” from the BinkMovies folder in the Bioshock2 folder (Steamapps/bioshock2/SP/content/binkmovies/)You won’t see the pretty graphics when u open these menus, but they will work!
If you have any problems with any videos causeing lag, check in this folder! here is a link to the codec to view .bik files so you can locate which one causes you lag and remove it (but make sure you back up these files b4 u go deleting them!)
http://www.radgametools.com/
I had issue #4, it would look like the game was starting but instantly crash with an error message. Tried -dx9 and -nointro, compatibility, updated ATI drivers, etc with no avail.
After reading a forum post, I changed the background color setting from 16-bit to 32-bit and now it works! Hopefully this helps someone else.
Updated the guide with Spenser and Rayjingstorm’s suggestions and eclipse’s update.
Then fixes for Mikkel’s error : check solution for Section I (Crashes) Problem #4
im kind of in a hurry right now so i’ll be updating the guide later in case i missed solutions posted by the comment`ers
The game starts, and I log in, start the game, and after first loading it crashes each time whatever i do. Please help
ARRRGGGHHHHHHH!
I keep getting this error when trying to install, please help!!!
Im Running Vista 32 SP 2, 4gb ram, AMD Turion X2 Ultra Dual Core Mobile ZM-84 2.30ghz Processor, ATI 4530 Radeon Graphics card 512mb.
Error Code: -5003 : 0xffffec75
Error Information:
>SetupNew\setup.cpp (486)
PAPP:BioShock 2
PVENDOR:2K Games (http://www.2KGames.com)
PGUID:4A8B461A-9336-4CF9-98F4-14DD38E673F0
$16.0.0.328
Only happens after I run the setup after chossing the language
I hit the “Failed to load saved game” problem and was able to work around this by creating a new Windows user account and running the game under that.
I think the problem is that ‘My Documents’ isn’t mapped to the default directory in my usual account. When I changed it back to default and copied the save games over I was able to load them.
My problem is that I cannot open single player, it just doesn’t let me.
Hi,
hope they’ll fix it … soon. I can play 2-3 minutes, then the scrren gets black, only the music goes on…
no message, nothing, in the system tray no hang out…
I “loved” Bioshock 1, but now this… hmmmmmm 2kgames
Good “luck” while patching…
Yeah I have the same problem as Carsten, the screen suddenly goes black around 10-15 minutes in and it just hangs. No way to minimize or anything. Requires a manual restart.
Processor: Intel Core i7 975 3.33 GHz
Ram : 8.00 GB
Graphics : 2xATI Radeon 5750
Operating: Windows 7 64-bit
Monitor(s): Dual screen setup if it matters
Motherboard: EVGA X58
Any help would be very appreciated.
I can’t use “save” in the menu
I bought the game and have installed it. when i try to run the game for the 1st time it attempts to check the release date. this gets to about 30% then fails. it says:
at error occurred during the online release date check. click retry to try again.
you can click retry til the cows come home and it does zip.
Further message:
if the error persists, please click cancel to abort the process and find a solution at the support website: http://www.2kgames.com/bioshock2/activation
Most pointless website ever just says that the gamecant be activated before midnight last night. yeah great thanks
gg 2K nice fuck up
to edit my last post, i have the exact recommended requirements for the game, with nvidia graphics.
I. Bioshock II crash problems
Problem number 4
Crash on startup, the solution does not work. Tried restart and reinstalling live.
this is my system:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MAIN
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model Blackbird-002
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9450 @ 2.66GHz, 2666 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD P06, 6/18/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = “6.1.7600.16385″
User Name main\willy
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 6.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 6.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 4.63 GB
Total Virtual Memory 12.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 10.7 GB
Page File Space 6.00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Dual ati 9800’s
here is the error i get:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: BioShock2.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.1
Application Timestamp: 4b2adbf8
Fault Module Name: BioShock2.exe
Fault Module Version: 1.0.0.1
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b2adbf8
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 003e9bf2
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
If you use any kind of windows skinning program (hacked uxtheme.dll, tweakui, windowsblinds etc) put bioshock2.exe and any other related exes for mp and sp play as exclusions (so they wont be skinned). This fixed my problem I had with crashing at startup
Bioshock 2 installs fine, and plays the intro movie beautifully. As soon as it gets to the point where the actual game begins, either from hitting Esc during the movie or letting the movie finish, my computer powers completely off. I get no error message, nothing, it’s like the power cord was yanked out of the computer. I have the newest updates, and have tried all of the suggested fixes for crashes, but no matter what I do, I’m still unable to play the game. My computer is not overheating, and every other game works fine, including Bioshock 1.
AMD Phenom X3 8450
2GB DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon 3850 w/512MB GDDR3 RAM
500 watt PSU
the game runs nearly perfect for me i have a little bit of lag sometimes but other than that pretty good, its real small tho completed it in 5-6 hours. i do have 2 problems first my plasmids disappear my hand totally disappears and doesn’t come back until i rescue a little sister (it disappears on its own and every time i zoom in with any weapon). my second problem is that sometimes when i press esc to pause the game instead of pausing it takes me back to the main menu loosing all my progress since my last save! (REALLY ANNOYING!!!) To anyone with the razor 1911 version you have to download the missing rar file then insert files into the binary folder which is located here (XP) –> HardDrive:\Program Files\2K Games\BioShock 2\SP\Builds\Binaries plus you have to insert the files out of the crack folder on the iso into the binary folder also. really easy! any problems with the install leave a msg here and il try to help the best i can
(razor1991 only)
razor 1911 even :p
Solution for 1911 edition: Just look in the original installation folders (2K Games-> Bioshock 2-> SP-> builds -> binaries. Copy the binkw32.dll file found in there and paste it into the cracked SP folder-> builds-> Binaries folder. If you overwrote the original SP you have to reinstall the game, this time just rename the original SP folder something different and paste the cracked SP folder in the same directory.
Using any sort of vending machine (Circus/Gatherers/Gene Banks etc..) drops my FPS to about 0-2, making it quite difficult to buy anything. I can probably purchase 1 item per 1-2 minutes. Also when picking up Plasmids/Tonics also does the same thing, along with the videos. I end up just mashing ESC and SPACE to just skip it so I dont end up wasting 5 minutes on seeing the description.
Specs:
Windows XP
ATI Radeon 4830 HD
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+
2.19GHz
1.75GBs RAM
Service Pack 2
I realize my CPU isnt the greatest. But while actually playing, I can get about 20-30 FPS.
Game will not accept the license/registration key when trying to launch the single player game. I’ve already deleted my files inside the bioshock 2 folder, allowing me to launch the game again without the crash to desktop bug. I have Internet connectivity, so that isn’t the prob. My system exceeds all of the recommended specs.
I keep getting an error when i try and start bioshock.
BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
AppName: bioshock2.exe AppVer: 1.0.0.1 ModName: d3d9.dll
ModVer: 5.3.2600.5512 Offset: 0009785b
I have an NVIDIA 8800GT and my video drivers are up to date.
Any Tipes
For working crack download razor 1119 missing files from isohunt and copy singleplayer crack to sp directory and same for multiplayer at least it worked with that crack in singleplayer. And if it still gives BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.” Error then just simply goe screen setup and change settings from 16-bits to 32-bits and atlest after that it will be fine.
And if it still gives BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.” Error then just simply goe screen setup and change settings from 16-bits to 32-bits and atlest after that it will be fine.
Anonymous — February 11, 2010 @ 1:16 pm
look those your specs and minium specs these dont fill even any part of minium requiments there is only one solution u need more ram and new cpu. I got 2500mb ram and 2,22 gzh cpu and i got barely 30-40 fps and cutscenes lagg as you :p
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+
2.19GHz
1.75GBs RAM
Ik heb een installatie probleem:
Ik draai windows 7 32 bit. Ik heb bioshock 2 van razor en van reloaded. Beide in iso vorm. Ik laad een van de iso’s in daemon tools. Op het moment dat ik op setup.exe druk krijg ik even een klein zwart popupschermpje en dan sluit hij af. Ik krijg geen melding niks. Ik heb geprobeerd om de compatibiliteit aan te passen maar krijg hetzelde probleem. Ik krijg de setup.exe gewoon niet opgestart..Dit bij beide Iso’s van zowel razor als reloaded.
Ik heb geprobeerd op windows 7 64 bit. dan krijg ik dat dit niet compatible is voor zowel 64/ 32 bits windows..
Ik gebruik bootcamp op een macbook pro.
specs:
Intel Core duo p8700 2,53Ghz
4 Gb RAM
Nvidia GeForce9400M 256mb.
Aan de specs zal het niet liggen…
Als iemand me kan helpen graag….
translation in english
Sorry bout that.
I got a installation problem:
Im working on Windows 7 32 bit. I got both bioshock 2 releases: Razor and Reloaded. I tried 2 install both iso’s. But i got the same problem. Everytime i try to load the setup.exe i get a little black screen and disapears, no error, nothing…i try to set the compatibility to win xp en vista and so on. The same problem with both Iso’s.
I have tried the same on win 7 64 bit: Then i got another problem when i hit the setup.exe. I get a error screen wich say that it cannot be run on a 32 bit or 64 version on windows 7 …weird.
Im running bootcamp on a macbook pro with specs:
Intel Core duo p8700 2,53Ghz
4 Gb RAM
Nvidia GeForce9400M 256mb.
So no worries there… Dont come tell me that it is because i have a mac…im running other games just fine.
I think its a setting problem in windows 7 but i dont know what kinda setting…seeying that most ppl can install the game just fine…
So if any1 out there can help me, that would be great! Thnx in advanced!
Ok, I had low fps menu problem and solved it by setting Bioshock2.exe, Right Click, Properties, Compatibility Mode ->Windows 2000, OK.
But, crashses are present. Some people solved those by setting “Reverb audio” to Off setting.
Good luck guys.
Just installed it my system specs are fine and when I goto launch i get “SecuLauncher: failed to start application. [2000]-> 0×000036B1.”
Any help on how to fix this would be much appreciated.
@ post 31 (“My problem is that I cannot open single player, it just doesn’t let me.
“)
i have the same problem!
anybody can help us please?
MP is okay.. i can open it.. but SP dont open without an error message etc.
need help please!
Ok I fixed my own problem. If you can’t get bioshock 2 to even launch. Go to
C:\Program Files\2K Games\BioShock 2\SP\Builds\Binaries
Right Click Bioshock2Launcher and set compatibility to win 2000
no… sorry… this couldn t be help me
this makes me so angry… i dont have a plan how i can get in the game (SP)
i click on SP nothing comes up not even a splash screen but in the task bar i see bioshock2.exe runs then it goes away after a second
SecuLauncher:Failed to start Application [2000] -> 0×000036B1
is what I get every time I try starting the SP. Tried everything: updated drivers, downloaded Microsoft Framework 3.5 and that C++ thing, the recommended version and the newest version, reinstalled the game like 20 times, but the SP still isn’t working.
Nvidia Geforce 285 gtx
with a intel core 2 duo E8500 @ 3.16 GHz
Please help me!
I have a solution for a problem, and a question.
Everyone who is getting the insta-crash on startup, with no splashscreen or error message, here is a possible solution (it worked for me):
When I do this to fix problem 1: “Workaround :
Delete everything in here.
C:\Users\*Username*\Documents\Bioshock2
Then reload. (If you wish, backup the files).”
How will load my save files again? When I copy them back in it’s the same thing again?! So that means every time I get that bug I have to start the game over entirely!?
Ups forgot to copy paste the link for the solution: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1142617
@eddie
I have that too that my pc restarts. hopefully somebody can help. And eddie let me know if you fixed the problem.
my system:
core2quad q9450
asus extreme striker 2
geforce 280gtx
ocz 4 gig ddr3
win vista 64bit
i click on SP nothing comes up not even a splash screen but in the task bar i see bioshock2.exe runs then it goes away after a second and iv tried runing on dx9 thing still nothing
That’s odd kingZ :S For me the splash screen came up after about 3 minutes after doing the dx9 thing
the game run fine on my pc but it freeze or crash every 15 – 20 mn ! help me
mr_fj can u run games for windows live
Yes I can. If you can’t, then you should probably reinstall it or download an update :/
Hi,
All the buttons on my keyboard stop working except the weapon slots(1-4 keys) and the Microsoft Live(Home key) after the cut-scene about the second plasmid ability. It’s not a video cut-scene but rather just stops you from moving to play audio.
Also, I have the 1.47Gb ripped version with no multiplayer, lower textures, and compressed video.
Anyone else with this problem? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
i have over 10 times it just wont run it says it has stoped working then the little splash boxes goes away
The second time you hear eleanor after she tells you to grab the plasmid, the game Gets stuck(it DOESNT crash) you cant move or pause or anything; but you can change weps with 1,2,3
Maltai, Do you have an AMD Prossesor or windows 7?
i recieve the same problem with the rip
Turns out that Bioshock 2 (SP wise) hates Windows Blinds / Aston 2 desktop alteration software so if anyone has software of this type running in their background then they should turn it off.
In case anyone is curious:
Windows XP Pro SP3
Geforce 8800 GTS 640 meg vid card
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 Ghz
2 gigs ram
Cracked software will always fail more… Expect that when you download illegally
IRT Problem #3:
I am running WinXP SP3, and I found that creating a desktop shortcut and telling it to run in compatibility mode for Windows 2000 basically fixed all of my .bik and cutscene issues.
Running steam version, works perfectly until the after the first fight with big sister. when she cracks the glass and the water floods in, about a second after the glass blows the computer turns off. No blue screen, it’s as if someone ripped the power cord out of the wall. Tried again with exact same results on exact same part, dunno what’s being called up to render the crash (or if GFWL attempts to give an achievement there or something?), but it instantly hard crashes my machine.
Processor Information:
Vendor: AuthenticAMD
Speed: 2200 Mhz
4 logical processors
4 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Supported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported
Network Information:
Network Speed:
Windows Version:
Windows Vista (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
DirectX Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll
Driver Version: 8.16.11.9107
DirectX Driver Version: 8.16.11.9107
Driver Date: 27 Sept 2009
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
DirectX Card: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
VendorID: 0×10de
DeviceID: 0×613
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 2
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1600 x 900
Desktop Resolution: 2650 x 1680
Primary Display Size: 22.20″ x 12.52″ (25.47″ diag)
56.4cm x 31.8cm (64.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 512 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
Memory:
RAM: 6142 Mb
Anonymous — February 12, 2010 @ 6:51 am wrote
IRT Problem #3:
I am running WinXP SP3, and I found that creating a desktop shortcut and telling it to run in compatibility mode for Windows 2000 basically fixed all of my .bik and cutscene issues.
Thanks for the tip! I have this problem too so I’ll check it out.
updated drivers, rebooted, all is well. the complete power cut still caught me off guard though, I thought my battery backup had failed or something
Not sure if this helps. I was getting start up issues with crashing and not getting past the first screen of privacy policy. I installed the whole game off the root of C: to bypass any windows 7 UAC control of the program files folders. Seemed to fix the problem.
Running:
windows 7 64bit.
thanks
Game freezes in about the same place every time, but even after CTL, ALT, DEL 2 processes stay active. I can end the launcher process but have to reboot to purge Bioshock2.exe*32. Running Win7 and have been unable to find a patch. The official sites support link is “Comming Soon”
Solution> go to Bioshock 2\SP\Builds\Binaries and open the file DefaultOptions.ini. change “StartupFullscreen=false” to “StartupFullscreen=true” and you’ll be running the game in windowed mode, but at least you’ll be playing it until another solution comes up.
see ya!
Every time i play, after a few minutes (4-8 minutes) i get a black screen, but the sound is still to hear. No error-message, i have to shut down the .exe, then windows reports that the programm is not responding. After it search for errors, then start again the application … playing 5 minutes … black screen… help me… please … i would like to ENYOY Bioshock 2…
Carsten
To : ThatCanadianGuy — February 11, 2010 @ 6:05 am
BLACKSCREEN WITHOUT ERROR MESSAGE EVERY FEW MINUTES
Hi,
you wrote you’ve got the same problem. I want to ask you, whether you foundt a solution…
I tried everything, but still there is no solution…
Greetings,
Carsten
I finally found something that works! after updating everything and it not doing anything. all i did was add -dx9 to the target line in the shortcut properties and BAM! it started. hope it helps you all! ^^ this is for the “single player wont even launch but multiplayer will” bug
@70 Scott. I have a AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz running on Windows XP 32bit SP3. I am also running it on a Geforce 9500gt 1Gb DDR2 and 4Gb DDR2 Ram.
As to the problem
“SecuLauncher:Failed to start Application [2000] ”
You can Google for an answer, but its an issue with MSC++ 2005 redistributable. It has to be updated to SP1, which is included on the BS disk. Bioshock will attempt to update it during install but will not spit out an error message if it cannot. Problems may arise if Winblows cant find the uninstall package for it.
Before you go any further …
IMPORTANT! back up your “X:/windows/install” folder! IMPORTANT! If its already empty, I hope you have a backup or are pretty happy with what you have installed, cuz this is where all of the MSI uninstall info is kept.
Go to the control panel and see if you can uninstall it (backup first!). If you get a message asking you for the location, you may be in for a bit of work because its been deleted… and as a side affect for some reason, it may have deleted every file and directory in the Windows install folder as well. (More Microsoft Voodoo)
When it WAS installed, it copied an MSI file here and renamed it to an alphanumeric name. If it cannot find it, it wont uninstall… OR UPDATE! without the update = error[2000]
I found my fix here and though it applies to Vista, it worked in XP.
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/88060-how-do-i-uninstall-ms-c-redistributable.html#post434745
Once you have uninstalled it, be sure to restore your windows installer folder contents if they disappeared, and then run the vcredist____.exe found on the BS disk.
That should get it
As to the problem
“SecuLauncher:Failed to start Application [2000] ”
You can Google for an answer, but its an issue with MSC++ 2005 redistributable. It has to be updated to SP1, which is included on the BS disk. Bioshock will attempt to update it during install but will not spit out an error message if it cannot. Problems may arise if Winblows cant find the uninstall package for it.
Before you go any further …
IMPORTANT! back up your “X:/windows/install” folder! IMPORTANT! If its already empty, I hope you have a backup or are pretty happy with what you have installed, cuz this is where all of the MSI uninstall info is kept.
Go to the control panel and see if you can uninstall it (backup first!). If you get a message asking you for the location, you may be in for a bit of work because its been deleted… and as a side affect for some reason, it may have deleted every file and directory in the Windows install folder as well. (More Microsoft Voodoo)
When it WAS installed, it copied an MSI file here and renamed it to an alphanumeric name. If it cannot find it, it wont uninstall… OR UPDATE! without the update = error[2000]
I found my fix here and though it applies to Vista, it worked in XP.
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/88060-how-do-i-uninstall-ms-c-redistributable.html#post434745
Once you have uninstalled it, be sure to restore your windows installer folder contents if they disappeared, and then run the vcredist____.exe found on the BS disk.
That should get it
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I was loading bioshock 2.
to start playing and I got.
Missing
d3dx9_33.dll and the game won’t load.
Windows 7 prof
Phenom II x4 940 3GHz
8GB RAM
Geforce 9600 GT 512 MB GDDR3
Every time I try to update live from inside Bioshock 2, all 4 cores of my processor start operating at 95-100% load. The amount of heat that causes makes my PC almost instantly turn itself off. I have never had any issue even remotely like this before. I don’t see any reason that simply downloading an update should require all four of my Phenom’s cores to go into overdrive and nearly burn themselves out.
Windows 7 prof
Phenom II x4 940 3GHz
8GB RAM
Geforce 9600 GT 512 MB GDDR3
Every time I try to update live from inside Bioshock 2, all 4 cores of my processor start operating at 95-100% load. The amount of heat that causes makes my PC almost instantly turn itself off. I have never had any issue even remotely like this before. I don’t see any reason that simply downloading an update should require all four of my Phenom’s cores to go into overdrive and nearly burn themselves out. I can play the game just fine but unless you update live you cannot log in or continue a game that you could only save by logging into live.
UPDATE:
Can’t find the post again lol, but one said something about vending machine menus causing extreme lag. These are Bink Videos!!! If you read my post (24-25) you will see that the only way to fix this problem (short of a patch) is removing the video files. Go the that post, download the Bink tools, watch the videos and find the menus that are causing lag. I had to remove all 4 vending menus, pause and map menu, and all of the “educational” vids for new skills/plasmids to get my lag to stop(also did for MP). Hope this helps “Anonymous” lol.
there was just an update and the exact same thing is still happening.
Same as VII #3. Sucks not to be able to progress.
OK. So ill start up my single player game, then i get to my main menu panel, and my fps drops big time. Also, if i hit M during the game, the fps drops really badly. I tried deleting the files that were instructed to delete via article # 25 but it still didn’t work. What do i do?
Problem #4 : Bioshock 2 crashes with this error message at startup : “BioShock 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.”
TURN OFF AA IN NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL!!!
worked for me at least, just right-click desktop>nvidia control panel> Manage 3d-settings> turn off antialiasing
potential fix for in game crashing/freezing/textures not loading bug
uninstall all microsoft visual c++ libraries then reinstall the latest version off the bioshock 2 dvd in the support folder
okai so I got installed the Bioshock 2 and it starts fine, but when i choose new game and the game loading, it got freeze and error comes up that saying “Bioshock 2 has stopped working” and nothing more.
I have update everything from software to Drivers and nothing works
My PC Spec:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
8GB Ram
1GB GeForce 285GTX
1TB HDD
Windows are all up to date
please help, wanna play this game so bad ):
@ Carsten
I unfortunately have not found a solution but when and if I do i will post it here.
@Rose
I think you can fix your problem by reinstalling Direct X at this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/aboutGFW/pages/directx.aspx
Its the links down below to the right on the page.
Basically, I bought the game on steam last night, played it for a while with no problems. Then I paused the game and it crashed for no reason so I went to reload the game and every time I try it crashes again. So I reinstalled it and got the same problem again. Any ideas?
hi i have i problem when i go to the part of have the fist system security of the game soon i past this part go to a part of a woman talk and have a red thing in a desk and when the woman stop talk the game freeze i just can change weapons but i cant move and press start what i do????
I have a stupid problem that annoys me so much, I’m in a level in which i have to save 3 little sisters and suddenly after saving the last one all my weapons vanished except for the drill, the camera and the security hacker WHAT SHOULD I DO PLZ SAVE ME THXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Have the same problem as Carsten and thecanadianguy! WE NEED HELP! It’s awfully annoying!
the game is flickering the minute i start it. i enabled V sync nothing happened. i searched around in the Nvedia control panel to turn off the Sli i didn’t find anything but i don’t think its on. also tired playing it with the windows 2000 compatibility thing didn’t work. i messed around the control panel and turned off all the settings for the game, still nothing.
i am now completely stomped… please help i really want to play this game badly.
by the way this isn’t the first game to flicker i have another one “beyond good and evil” that does the same thing but all my other games are fine.
im very sure i have the recommended requirements and my windows is XP
I think I found the problem and i have it fixed, windows games live will update when you open the game and this is important because this update fixes the problem I have. If you let the automatic (or almost) update go through and you follow the instruction you should be okay, just make sure you leave it alone until prompted or it might crash.
Hopefully this helps.
ThatCanadianGuy
@kareem: If you save the last of the 3 little sisters you get a special tonic for the drill that increases its damage but deactivates all other weapons.
Hi,i accidentally pressed “continue” at the first time when yoy have to create an account,so i cant create an offline account,i have tried to unistall the game an delete everything from my documents but still when i reinstall the game it ‘remembers’ my last option and doesn’t ask me the dialogue where you can create an offline account…Any ideas??
Have this version BioShock.2.PROPER-RELOADED on win 7 x64. I signed into game live then started game. The game asks me to sign in then for an activation number. Don’t have it. Any thoughts. Can’t save.
@Jake
Buy the game dude no one is gonna help you.
@Carsten and BullHax
What are you comp specs?
Are you on dual screens?
Thanks this info will help.
@ThatCanadianGuy
I’m only trying to play single player?
Look, I dont want to start and argument here but you should buy the game and play it, dont pirate something period. You wont get any help here either for it. With a legit copy you wouldnt have the problem you have right now. Dont you atleast owe the developers the measly 50$ for the game they worked hard on?
I bought the works fine now. Thx.
I bought the game, works fine now. Thx.
On the subject of the black screen fix it might seemed odd to say now but **it has not** been fixed, the update seemed to only postpone the black screen crash a bit longer but it has not been fixed.
ThatCanadianGuy
Bioshock 2 will not load,
I get to pick language and it goes to start installer, freezes machine 3/4 of the way through gettinmg the installer program. I got a replacement disc and it does the same.
windows XP
intel core 2 QUAD Q9550
4 GB ddr2
geforce 8800GTX
zone alarm turned off
any ideas?
First of all i meet all the requirements for the game.
I downloaded the game and i got to that part of it where you get the telekinesis plasmid only problem is…I cant freaking get it,unable to move and can only change weapons with 1,2,3 etc… Please help me i’d be gratefull!
LOL Funny how all the people who come on this forum looking for help with their Ripped Bioshock2 games usually sound like they’ve never taken an English class in their life.
And those of you saying BioShock2’s graphic suck, maybe you should check the system your running them on. heres my system:
CPU: i7 940 (Virtually an 8 core processor)
RAM: 8gigs
VID: Nvidia 295 (an over 1.7 gig card)
OS: Vista Ultimate 64bit (DX10 BABY OH YA)
BioShock has been running flawlessly for me. non of that slow texture rendering as some of you say you are getting. I have every thing set to highest(at 1920×1440 on a 20inch Graphic Series Viewsonic), and everything is Sharp, Crisp, and Always Rendered!
I dont know what you guy mean by the textures not being the greatist. Again i say its your systems, because ALL the graphics, Including the textures, are Rediculously impressive in this game, heading the graphics race right along side with Modern Warfare 2.
No i havent had any issues with this game(accept with live, Games for Windows live Sucks Ballz! Steam is way better) untill recently. I think im nearing the end of the adventure.
and Im about to rescue Eleanor. I saved the game, and then began the fight with the two big sisters. and then CRASH. After all this time. playing the game with not one problem, get near the end, and it crashes. and not only that, when i tryed to reload the game, it said LIVE NOT INSTALLED(but it was) and it forced me to download the Live install exe. I let it do its thing, try to restart the game, again ERROR LIVE NOT INSTALLED. restart my computer, game successfully loads, just get in the map and, CRASH. turn computer off for the night. turn comp back on the next day. load bioshock, now i get Grapical errors(little boxes across the middle of the screen, seems to be assosiated with the animation in the background, but also with the Live program) at Main Menu, and everytime i try to fight those Two Big Sisters to save eleanor, my game crashes. all my other games seem unaffected. WTF HEEELLLP!!!
-=$p4c3dM0nk=-
Just got Bioshock 2 working after 3 days trying every fix i could find:
I downloaded the game via steam. When I would go to run it I got the hourglass for 3 second, and then nothing ( Under task manager, the Bioshock2Launcher.exe, and Bioshock2.exe would show for a few seconds then disappear) …no error msg’s, nothing.
My system: Q6600 quad core, 2 gb ram, Geforce 260 gtx.
Here is a list of what i did. I believe that I only needed to do the last thing on the list, but i’m listing the other things just in case it was a combination of things that actually fixed it for me:
- Downloaded lastest gfx drivers (version 196.21)
- Downloaded lastest directX (vcredist_x86.exe)
- reinstalled (re-downloaded) Bioshock 2 via steam
- reinstalled steam
- Downloaded and installed “Game For Windows Live Client”
(My friend said steam installed GFWL for him when he installed Bioshock2, but for whatever reason mine did not (twice it did not since i re-downloaded the game.)
Anyway after installing and launching GFWL the game finally started! Hope this helps someone! Also apologize if someone has already said this.
game crashes when saving
game crashes when any cinema is triggered
you ever feel like something was rushed to hell?
haha i think its really funny that you guys can not install and play a simple game. maybe you should all go buy the game for xbox or summit cuz ya all useless at this lmfao!!!!
@ bit post 118. the game worked perfect for me sept the pause/main menu problem as stated above. i dont think the game was rushed it plays well. and i will apologise for post 119 it was my m8 trying to be clever but don’t worry i smacked him with my keyboard :p
@ -=$p4c3dM0nK=- maybe u deserved it due to you thinking your all high and mighty with your pc spec get over yourself u pompous ass hole, i have got pretty much the same as you (except my screen is 26″) some people cant afford this spec so maybe you should consider other peoples feelings before trying to act like the big man with your pc! TOSSER!
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@70,Scott. Downloaded the 4.16Gb Rip by ali213. Works like it should except for multiplayer. High graphical settings included unlike in the 1.47Gb Rip, key binds functional, and bink videos are all there.
@116,-=$p4c3dM0nk=-. Discouraging people who do not speak English well is ignorant. Also, don’t judge things you haven’t tried (textures). It gives misleading information which defeats the whole purpose of this Q & A.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz
Windows XP 32bit SP3.
Geforce 9500gt 1Gb DDR2
ForceWare 196.21, DirectX feb2010
4Gb DDR2800 Ram.
Smooth frame rates at the highest settings even with a budget system like mine.
please try to take a look in post #106 i am realy stuck
@ leo & @ jake when you start the game up press home that takes you to the windows live menu you should be able to create an offline account thats what i did and then you will be able to save ect.
I use DirectX 9 mode on Bioshock 2 mode to avoid crashes, however when I do, the textures are all square and pixelated, I wait for hours but it does no good is this texture pop-up or some other problem?
!! on windows xp playing single player often when i click escape to save my game a menu pops up that only has the options quit to windows, menu, or go to single player mode meaning I cant save my game and! i can’t get out of this menu without quiting my game.
If no1 has a solution I suppose I can beat the game solely on autosaves lol.
@ connor. i had the same problem no fixes so far but if you press f12 (i think) then it quick saves i used that as when i went to save it went to the main menu
but yeah quick save will save you haha 
oh if it isnt f12 then check the controls in options as thats where i found it!
@frankie, some of us can’t afford an xbox or playstation, and (in my case) would never be able to use it because we can’t hook it up to our tv. Don’t be an @$$|-|0!3
I’ve got a problem with this game…
after the Intro movie(little sisters taken by lamb) the game suddenly freezes and had a black screen and then crash out to desktop… and then a messages tray appears and it says that the Drivers Service Stopped or something…
can any one help me?
mail me… irvingzr@yahoo.co.id
my Specs:
Proc: Intel Pentium Dual-Core 2,66GHz E5300
Graph: ATi Radeon HD3650 @512MB with Catalyst 10.1
OS: Windows 7 Build 7600RTM Ultimate
RAM: 2048MB
please help me….
After installing the latest Patch 1.0.0.1 ive got no sound in Singleplayer. Sound still works in Multiplayer…so the Error should be to find somewhere (beyond the sea) in the ini File.
Cant belive that this game is a another chunk of Betaware!
Iam angry about that!
And guys dont come with intall plz the latest sounddrivers etc. The entire rest of the system including the Games still works fine.
Specs:
Asus M2N32 Sli
Sound Blaster Audigy Zs2
Windows 7 64Bit
Maybe someone could me mail the solution.
Thx in advance…
This seems like it haves hell a lot of problems, damn i won’t buy it and waste my money
during the first few minutes when it says 1958 i always skip this part and my screen is black i hear some weird sound (i think its part of the game) and then it says bioshock 2 does not respond.
ITS ALIVE!
Thank you soo much I’ve been trying to find a solution for 2 days now.
@devz
Thanks.
I bought a computer recently and have been able to play other recently released games fine. during bioshock 2 regardless of what I set the graphics to eventually the fps begins to drop drastically. the screen flickers and flashes and I have to restart. sometimes exiting to menu will fix it, but rarely. it’s strange, sometimes I can play for hours with out this happening, other times it happens almost immediately.
I also have the problem with occasionally the game will exit straight to the main menu when pressing esc. it happens about 1/10 times.
my drivers are up to date I really don’t know what the problem would be, my graphics card is a nvidia gforce 8600 gt, my processor is an amd athlon dual core 6000+ 3ghz with 3.25 gigs of ram. windows xp service pack 3.
Problem: The game audio and video will slow to a crawl completely randomly. The issue seems to happen at least once every minute. A very annoying issue, especially during battles. After a few seconds it goes back to normal before repeating the problem. Other than this issue the game runs fine!
Athlon 64 6000+ @ 3ghz
4gig DDR2 ram
Radeon 4650
Using Xpadder to play with a xbox360 controller.
Thanks in advance for any help coming my my!
OS: Windows 7
HEY HEY, I was one of the people who’s single player wouldn’t work, my settings were at 32 bit from the start so I didn’t know what to do. Here’s what worked for me. Make a shortcut of the Bioshock2launcher to the desktop(for convenience) go to the properties then compatibility, CHANGE IT TO RUN IN COMPATIBILITY MODE WITH WINDOWS 2000. I really hope this helps because I was just as pissed as the rest of you…
single player, a;ll wepaons stopped working except for the hacking tool drill and plasmas.
Got to the end of what i presume is the game and have no weapon selectable that I can shoot with.
all are grey’d out.
bit of a let down really.
my post was the anonymous #136, I tried turning off vsync and running in 2000 compatibility and nothing helps. every time I’m playing with out fail the screen stutters and flickers, dropping my fps massively.
Win7 Pro x64
6 GB DDR3
Intel I7 920 (not OCed)
GeForce GTX 285 (not Oced)
HP P400 RAID Controller with 512MB BBWC (write caching enabled)
4x Seagate Cheetah 146GB 15K SAS drives Striped
BioShock 2 downloaded through STEAM
Patched through MicroSoft Live
I had problems saving games in BioShock 2 (especially with Quick Save). Every 2nd or 3rd save would fail and I wouldn’t be able to start the game again without it crashing. I stopped using Quick Save and it happened much less frequently but still occured regularly. I discovered that if I deleted the 0KB [filename].bsb file (you have to quit the game to delete it) from My Documents\Bioshock2\Saved Games then I was able to save again (although it will happen again) and the game would restart just fine. I run a Windows 2003/2008 based domain at home and use folder redirection for the My Documents folder so this may contribute to the issue.
My problem is almost identical to “Crash problem #4″, but it occurs only when trying to play single. Multi works fine. Game crashes just after 2K intro, or if a mouse is clicked – menu appears in which when Singleplayer is chosen – it crashes.
I am using 32 bit color, latest 10.2 Catalyst, and all system updates there were.
I would be very grateful for any help with this issue, it has bee a week since I bought this game and still there is no way to start it…
OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
RAM: 8GB
CPU: Intel Q6600@3200MHz
GPU: ATi Radeon 4870 512MB
Storage – Samsung SSD for OS, 2xBarracuda 7200.11 in RAID 0 for games
Sound: SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro (7.1 setup for OS).
Game crashes when starting new game. No save files and windows live is connected. It just crashes after the loading screen.
My game opens up just fine but when i start a new game and the 1st cutscene is about to start it freezes music jumping over and over and my pc just locks up
can anyone help
bioshock 2 doesn’t work. Only says that the date release check has failed and even if u retry it it fails again and again, this happens everytime u click the play button, i have bioshock on pc. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
After patching the game (about 171mb filesize of the patch) it couldnt recognise my old save game before patching.
However I tried to play a new game with & without patching it works fine.
Is there any solution? I want to play with my old save games coz I already completed halfway.
So, apparently I’m the only person on the Internet to report this problem, but here it is:
I load up Bioshock 2 and it runs. It runs -beautifully.- But ONLY if I stay logged out of Windows Live. I can’t save or load my savegame without that login, though. The second I log in, gameplay slows to a crawl – to the point that I can’t actually play the game because the lag is so ridiculous. but it’s not crashing out, or giving me any useful information at all. It just runs unplayably slow when I’m logged into GFWL, and seamlessly beautiful when I’m not.
My specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Pentium Dual-core E5300 2.6gHz
6GB RAM
nVidia geForce 9800GT, 1GB
On-board sound (sound hasn’t been a problem for me at all)
I kind of resent that I have to be on the internet to play single-player. But I digress. Thanks for reading.
Jenn create an offline account by scrolling down the page after pressing the home (default key) just after launching the game, follow the steps & ur offline account will be ready. Hope that helps
BS2 was fine, and i played it, but then it started to crash when GFWL log`s in.
The solution kinda dosent work, there is no folder like this :/
ok, fixed
OS
Windows XP
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor, 3800+, MMX 3DNow (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Display
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
Video Memory: 512MB
Driver Date: 1/11/2010
Sound
Sound Card: SoundMAX HD Audio
Driver Date: 11/1/2009
My problem occurs in the area following the first underwater sequence. Tenenbaum sends a message to you, and then opens the flood doors. You see a splicer ahead of you in a lit room, then he runs off. As soon as I walk into the lit room, my graphics die and the screen goes black. My keyboard and mouse don’t seem to respond to input, but I can still hear the world continuing to go on (music keeps playing, etc). I cannot alt-tab, etc out, and in the end have to reboot my computer. When I lowered the graphics settings, I was able to walk further into the room, when a triangle slice of the top 1/8th of my screen went pink, then gray, and then my screen went black. I’ve been able to reproduce this 3/3 times.
The Crash which features Not able to load a savegame can also be fixed if u copy over the cracked .exe files
When i start a new game in bioshock 2, i see the first movie that goes 1 frame per 20 sec, in 10 min i start the game ( see my hands and get my drill ) i have no problems with graphics, but again when i press M so i can access the map and objectives panel the game “freezes” again ( i move my mouse, but it moves only after 10 sec ) – solutions ?. The same if i hit escape to save the game.
instead of crashing, my games hangs after attempting to log in to GFWL after it says loading profile
When i put the cd in the computer and atempt to install the game, Explorer crahes. If I eject the disck explorer works again. I’m running Vista 32bit, quad core intel processor, gforce 8700. I have treid to install the game on an XP service pack 3, duo core intel processor and gforce 8 series.
Game will randomly freeze, sometimes after 2 minutes of playing and sometimes after over an hour.
Often there is a “looping sound” effect and some texture glitches (some textures get pink & green dots/lines on them).
Can’t alt+tab, ctrl+alt+del, or alt+f4. I have to manually power down the computer.
Specs:
Windows Vista 64 bit
2.8 Intel core 2 quad
8 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Boo. Boo indeed.
My ps3 bioshock2 keeps freezing. I have already deleted and reinstalled the game. Now I can’t even get started. What do I do?
When I launch the game launcher(razor911), all I get is black screen
I’ve got a problem with the new patch. i cant update the game, patch dont initialize, get a sample error msg that dont means nothing. I’ve got a lot of other bugs to, hope that the patch fix them…
Bah when I play Bioshock 2 and play it for about 5 mins it will freeze with green artifacts on my screen, in dx9 mode its even worse.
Windows 7 64bit
8800gt
Phenom 2 x4
4gb ddr3
My screen goes black when i start the game and no of the solutions work for me”/
Problem:
I keep getting random crashing where I can play anywhere from 5 minutes to maybe an hour.
I get the:
Problem #5 : Bioshock 2 Random Crashes with error message “Bioshock 2 has stopped working.”
The crashes are abolutely random and I know it’s not based on settings, as I have played the game from 640×480 with all the extra Visual Settings shut off to 1440×900 with all the max Visual Settings on. I also tried it with Audio Settings, but to no avail either.
I tried the fix, but it didn’t do anything either. So is there any fix for this or are we going to have to wait for a patch?
Specs:
Windows Vista Home Prem 32-bit none of the SP’s installed.
Intel Core2Duo E4700 2.6Ghz
3GB DDR2 RAM
ATi HD 4650
SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Every time i try to go to multi player it loads up and then says *Not responding* and then closes
The Directx 10 Crashes are due to 3rd party programs such as gamerOSD or Rivatuner. I uninstalled gamerOSD and now all my games can run at directx 10 or 11. SO NO NEED TO CHANGE IT TO dx9 its quite retarded if you had to.
Every time I sign in to an offline account, it says “You must be signed to Games for Windows – Live to play Games for Windows – Live matches.”.Nid help here
whenever i press on the bioshock 2 singlepalyer button on steam, it says launching bioshock 2. that then goes and my mouse starts doing the loading thing, then the loading thing freeses and i cant do anything at all on my pc, so i have to turn it off by the plug, any help?
amd phenom 955 3.21 Ghz quad core
ati radeon 4200 (x2)
ati radeon 5770 (x1)
230 vac power supply
please help me
when i press on the play button on steam, it says loading, and then that dissapears and the loading thing on my mouse stops. then i cant do anything, so i have to switch the power from the plug. no splash screen, no error, just a crash.
amd phenom 955 3.21 Ghz
ati radeon 5770
ati radeon 4200 (x2)
230 vac power supply
my pc can more than handle this, but it wont work
please help me. i think it may not have enough power, but i wanna be sure. this happens with crysis aswell. THANK YOU
@jamsworld :
right click on the game then click on verify game integrity
oops, follow up. i see that you are using more than 1 video card. try disabling SLi mode and see if it works
For anyone who got the stop working after playing it first, this worked for me:
Go to users/*username*/AppData/Roaming and look for the Bioshock 2 folder and delete it.
Now go to start -> games -> right-click bioshock 2 and click ‘play in directx9′.
I’m using windows 7 x64.
Hey guys
i wanted to ask how to fix 2 problems(my bioshock 2 is not on steam its RETAIL):
1).when i installed the game and played it,it was fun.But when i am to turn on the game again it just gives me a black screen,some sounds and a message that says “VIDEO MODE NOT SUPPORTED”<–my PC is a beast and can handle bioshock 2
2).When i tried to load a saved game it said FAILED TO LOAD SAVED GAME–what to do?
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thank you anonymous, how excactly do i turn it off?
when I get to the second Plasmid (Red canister) room there is a voice over which pauses movement then when I get control back my keyboard dosn’t respond except for the weapon swap keys 1,2 & 3. No other keys work. Is this a protection that has not been cracked?
ps:
when I get to the second Plasmid (Red canister) room there is a voice over which pauses movement then when I get control back my keyboard dosn’t respond except for the weapon swap keys 1,2 & 3. No other keys work. I suspect this is some copy protection that has not been cracked.
j’ai un probléme quand je clique sur le launger pour jouer en multijoueur il me dit bioshock 2 é céssée de fonctionner que faire aidait moi svp
hi i have problem bioshock 2 when i Clique on the launger for play bioshock 2 multiplayer :Bioshock 2 to multiplayer stopped working plz help me
sorry my english is bad because iam french
While loading the “Inner Persephone” map BS2 used to freeze, and after trying various solutions… it now crashes at the same point. i don’t know if this is an improvement or not, but either way its not fun. ideas?