BioShock

quatoria · 2007-08-31T07:25:17.000Z

Just get the flow speed reducer. I found that even the first one, with an overload or alarm reducer, was more than sufficient for hacking anything in the game. You do have to be quick, though.

Killzig · 2007-08-31T07:27:19.000Z

quatoria:

Just get the flow speed reducer. I found that even the first one, with an overload or alarm reducer, was more than sufficient for hacking anything in the game. You do have to be quick, though.

about midpoint (maybe a bit later) I started using my invent component almost exclusively for auto-hack tools.

forgeforsaken · 2007-08-31T07:32:14.000Z

quatoria:

Just get the flow speed reducer. I found that even the first one, with an overload or alarm reducer, was more than sufficient for hacking anything in the game. You do have to be quick, though.

The safes are always a pain though as you need to change that first tile.

quatoria · 2007-08-31T07:36:36.000Z

Yeah, I never ran out of those. For some reason, the game gave me a metric ton of the components for electro gel, trap bolts, and hack tools, but almost none of the components for bullets.

solomani · 2007-08-31T07:38:36.000Z

Qenan:

This is no spoiler: the vending machines that cannot be hacked unless you have superhuman reflexes piss me off.

You can alos freeze the machines to reduce the speed. And I found that similiar things have similiar pattern layouts. So you get used to what kind of line and how quickly you need to click those boxes.

Found them easy enougth with the hacker upgrades. Loved hacking the healing stations and seeing bad-guys kill themselves on them.

forgeforsaken · 2007-08-31T07:44:53.000Z

solomani:

You can alos freeze the machines to reduce the speed.

Ooh, I didn’t know that.

Incendiary_Lemon · 2007-08-31T07:49:37.000Z

solomani:

Loved hacking the healing stations and seeing bad-guys kill themselves on them.

They’ll go hostile if their hacked? I never noticed that.

quatoria · 2007-08-31T07:55:54.000Z

forgeforsaken:

Ooh, I didn’t know that.

Unfortunately, you can only freeze cameras, turrets, and security bots in that way. Using ice on vending machines, safes, and doors accomplishes nothing. You’ll be able to tell if the freezing was effective, as it will show you a frozen background in the ‘do you want to hack / autohack / buy out’ panel.

Kevin_Grey · 2007-08-31T08:05:19.000Z

Incendiary_Lemon:

They’ll go hostile if their hacked? I never noticed that.

They’ll still heal you (cost less too) but, yeah, they’ll damage enemies if they use them. So it’s a good deal.

Killzig · 2007-08-31T08:06:40.000Z

forgeforsaken:

Ooh, I didn’t know that.

I tried this but it only seemed to work for me on things that actually froze (cameras, bots, turrets, sometimes med stations)

Incendiary_Lemon:

They’ll go hostile if their hacked? I never noticed that.

they poison splicers instead of healing them.

Bahimiron · 2008-08-01T23:31:12.000Z

Hey, why not bump this?

The Bioshock article on Wikipedia is today’s featured article.

Congrats… to someone…

Lizard_King · 2008-08-02T01:44:51.000Z

quatoria:

Unfortunately, you can only freeze cameras, turrets, and security bots in that way. Using ice on vending machines, safes, and doors accomplishes nothing. You’ll be able to tell if the freezing was effective, as it will show you a frozen background in the ‘do you want to hack / autohack / buy out’ panel.

IIRC, what he’s referring to is freezing vending machines, safes, and doors for the purpose of slowing down the hacking minigame.

RobotPants · 2008-08-02T10:11:08.000Z

I’m sure quatoria will appreciate that information a year later.

Reed · 2008-08-02T11:35:48.000Z

No doubt. Maybe now he’ll be able to sleep again?

Kadath · 2008-08-03T18:55:53.000Z

So i saw the sale on this on Steam last week and picked it up. Installed it today and when I ran it it updated my video card drivers but the splash screen wont show me a mouse pointer. According to the intartubes this seems to indicate my aging PC doesnt have the cojones to run this game, is that true?

nabeel · 2008-08-03T19:17:26.000Z

It is true depending on what your PC actually has.

Killzig · 2008-08-03T19:51:14.000Z

Kadath:

So i saw the sale on this on Steam last week and picked it up. Installed it today and when I ran it it updated my video card drivers but the splash screen wont show me a mouse pointer. According to the intartubes this seems to indicate my aging PC doesnt have the cojones to run this game, is that true?

do you have pointer trails enabled on your cursor? I had the same problem with World in Conflict until I disabled them.

red_guy · 2008-08-04T01:09:15.000Z

Kadath:

So i saw the sale on this on Steam last week and picked it up. Installed it today and when I ran it it updated my video card drivers but the splash screen wont show me a mouse pointer. According to the intartubes this seems to indicate my aging PC doesnt have the cojones to run this game, is that true?

The game needs a graphics card with Shader Model 3 support: NVidia 6600 or better/newer, or Ati X1 series or newer (but not the X1550; X800 generation is too old). That could be your problem.

WarrenD · 2008-08-04T07:05:13.000Z

Kadath:

So i saw the sale on this on Steam last week and picked it up. Installed it today and when I ran it it updated my video card drivers but the splash screen wont show me a mouse pointer. According to the intartubes this seems to indicate my aging PC doesnt have the cojones to run this game, is that true?

Hey Kadath, I too have one of those aging PC’s-but you can run it fine on an older video card that only has pixel shader 2(ATI X-800 here) if you go to this site- ShaderShockand and download their fix there.http://www.paolofranchini.com/shshock/viewforum.php?f=1

Working great for me, good game.

Zylon · 2008-08-04T07:29:48.000Z

Speaking of which, what would possess a developer to intentionally not support graphics card technology that’s still being sold at the time a game comes out? Didn’t we learn anything from Invisible War?