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Vagrant

20 Apr, 2017 @ 4:18pm

[Fixed in Dec 5 Update] Possible fix for crash on New Game/Load

---The Problem---
The game is very sensible to CPU types and have a high chance of being unstable because of it.

---Solution 1---
Open a Run Window (Windows Key+ R) and type %Appdata%.

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Roaming\BioshockHD\Bioshock2\Bioshock2SP.ini

Look for the line called "HavokNumThreads". The default number is 2. If I leave at 2, I cannot start a new game or load a save, the game crashes while loading.

If I change this number to 1, the game will play normally.

---Solution 2---
Leave HavokNumThreads to 2 or 4. Look in the section right below called [Engine.RenderConfig]. In this section look for BOTH lines called UseMultithreadedRendering and change both to True; and 1. Save, close and play.

I hope this helps.

PS: My Specs
Win 7
8GB of RAM
Intel Core i3-4150 CPU @ 3.50GHz (2 cores, 4 threads)
nVidia GTX 750 ti (2GB) (Driver 381.65)
1360x768, All graphic options cranked to the max

Last edited by Vagrant; 7 Dec, 2017 @ 2:21pm

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DeLorca

20 Apr, 2017 @ 11:44pm

Thanks, this is the first fix that really worked for me. Great!

⭕⭕\______/⭕⭕ has BioShock 2 Remastered

21 Apr, 2017 @ 1:00am

it worked! thanks

Vagrant

21 Apr, 2017 @ 12:46pm

Good to know it helped.

I found out about this because one guy in this forum said that changing from a dual core to quad core CPU made the crashes go away.

So... change the way the game behaves with cores & threads and voila, it works.

Mahone

21 Apr, 2017 @ 3:50pm

Thanks Vagrant! :)

Judge_Darko has BioShock 2 Remastered

21 Apr, 2017 @ 4:06pm

finally something that works :D

jheil

21 Apr, 2017 @ 8:52pm

Best fix ever ! The game even seems to run smoother (Dualcore & GTX1060) !

Last edited by jheil; 21 Apr, 2017 @ 8:52pm

TwistedxCarnage has BioShock 2 Remastered

21 Apr, 2017 @ 9:24pm

Just did this an it works! Only thing that has worked for me so far. Before I wasn't able to start or load a game. Now I can thanks to you. You are awesome!

AmauroteFB has BioShock 2 Remastered

22 Apr, 2017 @ 4:16am

It now works everytime I play it.

Last edited by AmauroteFB; 22 Apr, 2017 @ 4:16am

Drako

22 Apr, 2017 @ 5:10am

Cool a real fix. I'm guessing 1= single core 2=multicore. I had hoped that the number represented how many threads you want. I tried 4 since I have 4 cores. And it still didn't go. But setting it to 1 definitely fixed mine. I've been down every since the december update. around that time i decided i was gonna play through the trilogy on the HD remaster, and I got through the first game np, but second game had this press space to crash issue. And I was like damn that sucks. But now we got a real fix. Spread the word, someone needs to ping the devs and let them know we found a reliable fix that they can roll back, in the mean time so it can help eleviate some of the bad reviews related to this crash....

I had hoped to try changing the number of cores through like task manager, which I thought we could do with windows 7, but since I couldn't find that function on windows 10 I just gave up. I've seen immidiate crashes like this in the past on other games. But I didn't know they have a core setting in the config files.

BTW you should change title op to REAL FIX THAT WORKS. ty btw for sharing.

Last edited by Drako; 22 Apr, 2017 @ 5:21am

GreenPeas

22 Apr, 2017 @ 9:35am

Can anybody else confirm this fix workaround? Is this trick should also work with Bioshock 1 Remastered to possibly fix some crashes?

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Vagrant

22 Apr, 2017 @ 12:29pm

@ Drako: My theory on this one is that the default game itself pushes Dual Cores to the limit. BS2 tried hard to push the limits of the engine with big maps (i.e. Popper's Drop) for its time.

Then, when the Remastered was worked on, they added new graphical options which pushed the engine even further, which in turn, requires more CPU power for the extra graphic options.

So, default game uses Dual Cores to the max, extra graphic options causes the game to look for more Cores/Thread which in turn makes it crash because it wasn't coded for this/your hardware isn't on par, I guess. Limiting the amount of thread to 1 makes it so the default game takes 1 core and the extra graphic options takes the other core, restoring stability.

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@ GreenPeas: 8 different people that posted before you confirmed it worked. BS1 and BS2 more or less uses the same game engine, so I can't see why it wouldn't work with BS1. Try it.

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