Bioshock : Detailed Report

drenboy · Post by **drenboy** » 18 Sep 2007, 13:38

It's a great hack but I simply cannot use it because it takes up so many of the keys on the Number Keypad.

I'm a dedicated Number Keypad + Mouse gamer, and even though I've got a five button mouse, there are so many necessary keys in Bioshock that I cannot give these over to the hack.

I'd love a newer version of the hack which doesn't use the Number Keypad keys as, when playing Bioshock with the hack on, I am forever turning it on and off and decreasing and increasing the aspect ratio width (as I use these keys for first aid, use/action, map/guide and hacking objects).

Shame, but there you go. It will have to be the zoomed in version of 4:3 for me then (I'm nearly at the end of the game anyway, but I had considered that discovering the hack recently would certainly increase the games replayability).

blackr1 · Post by **blackr1** » 24 Oct 2007, 15:04

I have discovered a problem with it, albeit a fairly minor one. Does anyone know how to change the keys that adjust the FOV ingame, as i dont have a numpad on my computer, i have a wolfclaw KB. It is extremely anonoying :P

hwoarang5 · Post by **hwoarang5** » 01 Nov 2007, 19:59

guys i wanna ask, i' playing bioshock with xbox 360 gamepad, and it rocks, native button playout, vibration ,tight controls, but once i switch to xbox mode, the FOV kindda change abit, i have been using FOVhack to 0.84 before,

so can anyone suggest he solution on proper FOV setting in gamepad mode?

here r the pics:

i'm on 1680x1050 res, a 16x:10 ratio....

Thanks in advance~!!

Post by **dopefish** » 04 Nov 2007, 19:01

hwoarang5 · Post by **hwoarang5** » 05 Nov 2007, 12:19

Just to provide another solution for the FOV.

I added BioShock support to my Widescreen Fixer utility. It autodetects DX10/DX9. All you have to do is select BioShock, your aspect ratio, and then use semi-colon to enable it in game.

does it fix my issues?
thx..

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 07 Nov 2007, 01:22

does it fix my issues?
thx..

So the joystick mode uses a different FOV?

If you move "closer" with it enabled try increasing the FOV value.

If you know how much it changes you can calculate a proper value on this site. Or you can fiddle with it until it feels right.

Not the most scientific method but unless someone knows the exact joystick fov value that is the best you are going to get.

EDIT - I am at a workplace and your screens look dark as hell. I cannot see any details sans the floor sign. 8)

Post by **dopefish** » 07 Nov 2007, 14:33

hwoarang5 · Post by **hwoarang5** » 11 Nov 2007, 10:03

does it fix my issues?
thx..

So the joystick mode uses a different FOV?
If you move "closer" with it enabled try increasing the FOV value.
If you know how much it changes you can calculate a proper value on this site. Or you can fiddle with it until it feels right.
Not the most scientific method but unless someone knows the exact joystick fov value that is the best you are going to get.
EDIT - I am at a workplace and your screens look dark as hell. I cannot see any details sans the floor sign. 8)

Other than the HUD change, and the different position he's looking at, I don't see any differences between the images?

oops here some new screenies..

seeing the pic again with acdsee, i think differents between keyboard mode and gamepad mode with 0.85 fov fix is the hud is place close to center and larger size. I there anyway to make it smaller?

Thanks for helping me out guys,

Post by **dopefish** » 11 Nov 2007, 16:48

Elios · Post by **Elios** » 11 Nov 2007, 19:47

yea using the game pad turns on the 360 hud thats why it changed
its so that its easyer to read on a SDTV

Tanuki · Post by **Tanuki** » 11 Nov 2007, 19:48

Sounds like a 360 mode.

The larger HUD that is moved away from the edge of the screen would be for overscan.

hwoarang5 · Post by **hwoarang5** » 18 Nov 2007, 04:22

hmm yeah i think its 360, i just dont like big hud, lol, but nvm finish the game a few times darn superb game, it native 360 pad support is just fabulas, even buttons and guide are map with 360 buttons~! my housemate taught i brought a 360, but the grahpics way better than his , hahaha

thanks for the help guys, real appriciated

WarShock · Post by **WarShock** » 29 Nov 2007, 15:04

Hi,
Great post but i can't get the link to work. Can someone check to see if the link is down pls. I really want this hack. thx

Post by **dopefish** » 29 Nov 2007, 17:18

taniniver · Post by **taniniver** » 30 Nov 2007, 21:56

I've been trying to download the main listed hack for days, from:

http://dl.tocaedit.com/bioshockdFOV.zip

But the whole tocaedit.com domain seems to be down - unable to establish a connection type errors.

Please could anyone who has this hack post a copy somewhere? I really want to play with proper hor+ widescreen.

dopefish - I did try your hack, but it wasn't working for some reason. I launched the hack, selected Bioshock from the games list, selected my ratio (16:9) and launched the game. I put the hack window on my second monitor where I could see it during the game, and it detects that the game is running, and even toggles between enabled Yes/No when I press ;, but there is simply no effect in game. The screen stays the same when enabled or disabled. I've got my resolution set to 1360x768 with the in-game settings.

P-Storm · Post by **P-Storm** » 01 Dec 2007, 00:08

I've been trying to download the main listed hack for days, from:

http://dl.tocaedit.com/bioshockdFOV.zip

But the whole tocaedit.com domain seems to be down - unable to establish a connection type errors.

Please could anyone who has this hack post a copy somewhere? I really want to play with proper hor+ widescreen.

dopefish - I did try your hack, but it wasn't working for some reason. I launched the hack, selected Bioshock from the games list, selected my ratio (16:9) and launched the game. I put the hack window on my second monitor where I could see it during the game, and it detects that the game is running, and even toggles between enabled Yes/No when I press ;, but there is simply no effect in game. The screen stays the same when enabled or disabled. I've got my resolution set to 1360x768 with the in-game settings.

Can you tell us your OS, videocard, and videocard drivers. Maybe something that dopefish will help. :wink:

Post by **dopefish** » 01 Dec 2007, 03:01

taniniver · Post by **taniniver** » 01 Dec 2007, 10:40

When did you press ;? Were you already in game?

I've had this problem with some other games for some reason, and I though I had fixed it (and I did for some other games), but I might have overlooked BioShock. If it doesn't work right away when you press ;. While it still says it's enabled, change the aspect ratio to something else and then back to the aspect ratio you want. You should see a change.

Also, the Field of View Value should say something other than 1.0 when enabled.

Yeah, I was already in game when I pressed it. It did change to say "enabled" when I pressed it, but the FOV value stayed at 0. I'll try changing the aspect ratio whilst in game and enabled then.

OS is Vista 32 Bit Ultimate, video card is an nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX, drivers 163.69 (7.5.11.6369)

Post by **dopefish** » 01 Dec 2007, 13:32

taniniver · Post by **taniniver** » 01 Dec 2007, 21:04

Did you run my app as an Admin? If you have UAC on, you need to tell WidescreenFixer to run as an Administrator, otherwise it will not work right.

As for the fixer, while in the menu of BioShock, it will report 0 (iirc), but once you're actually loaded in game, it will work. Before you enable it, it should say 1.0.

I am running as a local admin, and have UAC turned off. I just tried again now and specifically started it using "Run as administrator", no difference. The reported ratio has never yet said anything other than 0, either before or after enabling, in the menu or in the game itself.

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