‘Bioshock’ news: 2K releases a patch for the PC remastered editions of ‘Bioshock 1’ and ‘2’

By Migs Casas / Oct 07, 2016 01:33 PM EDT
(Photo : YouTube/Bioshock: The Collection, 2K Games) 2K Games has just released a patch that will fix both the remastered versions of “Bioshock 1” and “2” for the PC platform.

The remastered edition for the first and second "Bioshock" has gotten countless complaints from its players with a lot of them claiming that the game is broken. Just recently, 2K Games just another patch for the PC versions of the games that addresses and fixes the issues that have been ruining the gameplay experience for "Bioshock" fans.

To address the issues at hand, one of the common problems that frustrate the players with the remastered editions was the unstable mouse acceleration, according to Gamespot. The game studio behind "Bioshock" series made sure that the patch would improve the mouse sensitivity, threshold, and buffering, while also fixing assigning actions to the Mouse Buttons 4 and 5. In addition to that, players can now adjust the mouse icon size and change as the screen resolution changes.

Speaking of resolutions, "Bioshock 1" and "2" remastered can now both support 21:9 resolutions. The UI has also been improved, giving the option to switch between Stretched and Centered modes. FOV (field of view) can also be adjusted from 75 to 130.

For the individual titles, the patch will improve the first "Bioshock" game in many aspects. First, players will still be able to retain their settings even if they shut the game down improperly. Next, they will be able to select the Speaker Mode option in the menu. Third, the NVidia hardware's graphical issues have been improved and there are now video options included for the for lower-end machines.

Heading towards the "Bioshock" sequel, the patch improves performances with DirectX 11, while improving the several graphic issues with occlusion culling.

To see more detailed patch notes for both games, it will be revealed here below (thanks to Just Push Start):

BioShock

  •   Field-Of-View is now adjustable from 75 to 130 in the Graphics Options Menu.
  •   21:9 Resolutions are now available. UI supports 2 modes (Stretch or Centered) at these resolutions.
  •   Resolved several graphical issues on NVidia hardware
  •   New Graphics options available for lower-end machines
  •   Mouse Button 4 and 5 assignments fixed
  •   Mouse Icon Size is now adjustable and will scale with resolution.
  •   Several improvements have been made to Mouse Sensitivity, Threshold, and Buffering
  •   Settings will no longer automatically reset on improperly shutting down BioShock
  •   Speaker Mode should now be selectable from the Audio Options Menu
  •   Fixed an initialization bug with Audio System.
  •   Miscellaneous bug fixes

BioShock 2

  •   Field-Of-View is now adjustable from 75 to 130 in the Graphics Options Menu.
  •   21:9 Resolutions are now available. UI supports 2 modes (Stretch or Centered) at these resolutions.
  •   Mouse Button 4 and 5 assignments fixed.
  •   Mouse Icon Size is now adjustable and will scale with resolution.
  •   Several improvements have been made to Mouse Sensitivity, Threshold, and Buffering
  •   DirectX 11 Performance improvements
  •   Fixed several graphical issues with Occlusion Culling.
  •   Miscellaneous bug fixes