BioShock copy protection fix released

I glad i got the 360 version, just plug and play! and I think the best single player campaign since the original Halo!

Thats all well and good.

I wonder when they are gonna get their fingers out and fix the PROBLEMS that many many people are facing with the actual gameplay of Bioshock.

My problem is that the game crashes at the start of level 2 regardless of the many fixes i have been provided by the tech staff.

There are hundreds of cases like this and many more.

That is nearly 2 months now and for 30 quid...I have got 1 level. Really pathetic!

Andy (N.Ireland)

I managed to break the copy of Vista I had BioShock installed on, so I had to reinstall it, losing an BioShock activation in the process. Now I should be able to revoke that one, and be returned to 0. Yay.

finished it playing on my xp machine. was going to play through on my vista machine. to see the "bad" endingand the difference directx10 made. But theres no suprises i got bored very quickly.

using securom is enough for me not to buy a game unless its one i must have

kind of someone to change my post above. should people who cannot spell be banned from the forums. i draw the line at buying games with starforce protection. i waited until flatout2 was released with securarom

good news !

Too late, I played the whole game almost a month ago. Although I wished it would lasted more then the 6 evenings i played it. Unlike Jinjue i played without any error or other strange game bugs on a 8800gtx running on a 64bit vista.

Have you tried to reninstall it, or run it on a different system. Or do you have a very old system?

6 evenings? Ha! i did it in one, but suffered at work the next day for doing so. Totally worth it!

Originally Posted by slugs
kind of someone to change my post above. should people who cannot spell be banned from the forums.

No one edited your post, it's just a joke - the forum software does it automatically :)

Obiwan : i have tried EVERYTHING.........trust me.........my last bit of awesome advice was to wait for a patch.

And my machine while far from top spec is far from old (read as X2 3800, 2 Gig and 7900GTX)

I have to say that 2K support is really gash.

HOW LONG.............does a patch take?


Add to the fact i cant refund it becuase it is "opened"

Brilliant.

Andy

meh, i've already lost 2 of my installs due to Vista decided to go flop.

i really hate this, Steam is a better idea compared to this. (not saying playing single player requires online activation is good, hence HL2) but they should just stick to the old method, or at least do it right the first time round.

I for one will not be buying any bioshock sequeal, 2k can stick securom where the sun doesn't shine
there are too many good games coming out to put up with that crap!!

Originally Posted by Article
...will allow you to install and uninstall your game as many times as you want on a single system as long as there are no significant hardware changes. ...

Kinda useless "fix" if you ask me - one MB upgrade and ... Then again, if the game is as short as some people say, who cares to reinstall?

shame its not going to fix the dumbed down console feel of it, when will game companies learn that console and pc gamers are two different breeds and dont mix.

bit-tech is a pc based site so why is it when i see a gaming review i have to question what format its on?

I'm with AcidJiles,
I don't need rootkits!

Originally Posted by slugs
should people who cannot spell be banned from the forums.

Now there's a thought... :D

Originally Posted by Tyinsar
Kinda useless "fix" if you ask me - one MB upgrade and ... Then again, if the game is as short as some people say, who cares to reinstall?

meh, i've re-played games many many years later. On principle ,I feel that if you buy it, it should be install&hardware independant. At least this is better than nothing I guess? :|

Originally Posted by Gunsmith

bit-tech is a pc based site so why is it when i see a gaming review i have to question what format its on?

i agree, what's Halo 3 doing on the games review section. take that linear, bog-standard, dumb console game off the PC based site!

meh I just played a pirate version.. no copy protection at all. :)

I'm pretty sure a good deal of bit-tech readers did but just don't want to say it. I actualy woudl have bought the game once it had gone down in price a little as it looked quite interesting and I do frequantly buy games (when I have money)... this time no.

ALso the game was nowhere near the hype... the only thing that impresed me was the water and the sequance where you are forced to beat a man to death. Certanly not worthy of 90%+.

Originally Posted by quack
I managed to break the copy of Vista I had BioShock installed on, so I had to reinstall it, losing an BioShock activation in the process. Now I should be able to revoke that one, and be returned to 0. Yay.

Doesn't quite work as I hoped. I think that particular activation is lost forever. Oh well.

sruprise

edit: hmmm...

I personally despise the *activate to play* systems on all these games. If they were smart, they should have done it like BF2. You can install the game on any number of systems ect, but once you log in the net only that one key is valid at any given time while logged on.

To me thats intelligent setup. Not this BS setup. Since I've had the game Ive done a complete computer replacement, and before that I reinstalled the game several times on the old system because of issues. Hope this round works without non-sense (havnt installed yet).

Can any one say "CD/DVD drive redesign time"? Cause off the cuff I can think of about 20 ways to make a drive read the disc in a copyrighted manner, without internet connection. Kinda hard to hack/crack a drive that reads a blip/microchip on the CD/DVD that is embedded.

Can any one say "CD/DVD drive redesign time"? Cause off the cuff I can think of about 20 ways to make a drive read the disc in a copyrighted manner, without internet connection. Kinda hard to hack/crack a drive that reads a blip/microchip on the CD/DVD that is embedded.

Isn't that DRM? Like on the blue-ray and HDDVD player and sound card and video card?

^^ I have no clue actually. But why just one series of media? Just start with the new drives/media and have back support for old media. DRM at current (that Im aware of) is software based. What I am suggesting is a firmware drivin system using intergrated parts. Think of a clock and master gear, no master gear no working clock.

And on a side note, actually finding this tool on bioshocks website sucks.... I ended up searching for activation fixes and ended up relinking through here! >:|

Originally Posted by outlawaol
^^ I have no clue actually. But why just one series of media? Just start with the new drives/media and have back support for old media. DRM at current (that Im aware of) is software based. What I am suggesting is a firmware drivin system using intergrated parts. Think of a clock and master gear, no master gear no working clock.

And on a side note, actually finding this tool on bioshocks website sucks.... I ended up searching for activation fixes and ended up relinking through here! >:|

So the new drive (let's call it N-ROM) will read DVD and CD but will only read N-ROM discs where the proper radio tag is present? I can see several ways around it straight away:

(1) crack the game and burn it to DVD/Blu-Ray/whatever
(2) crack the firmware so that it ignores the requirement for a tag in N-ROM discs
(3) build an N-ROM writer which can write data to N-ROM discs and write an appropriate radio tag as well

Lots of clever hardware manufacturers have tried and failed to implement bullet proof DRM, and the simple reason they fail is that DRM by its very nature is fundamentally flawed. In order for a consumer to legitimately use digital content, they have to be able to read the content. To do this, you have to give them either unencrypted content or encrypted content with the key and the decryption algorythm. With these three things you can create a perfect copy.

Now, with internet connected devices you can track who is using which copy where, and can revoke a copy which is being used in multiple places at the same time. You can also mandate online registration and provide the decryption key online only once the product is properly validated. This is about as good as it gets for now, and is reasonably successful (e.g. Windows Vista). However, there are ALWAYS vulnerabilities and given enough time and enough people with the desire to crack it, any DRM will eventually be broken, especially if it is to work 'offline'.

This doesn't solve the problem. If you are a steam user, then this process is bullshit.

read all about it here

http://digg.com/pc_games/Bioshock_on_Steam_Max_installs_and_no_way_to_unlock_it

Trust me, I had to whinge like crazy to have it fixed.

Sorry, Double post

Meant to buy when this came out, but tbh it still doesn't solve my immediate gripe. Any way there are lots more games out now might get it when its cheap in the shops or on fleabay next summer, the inevitable games drought during the British monsoon season. So sorry 2k you've lost a full price sale, too little too late.