Bioshock takes forever to load!

^Is this normal? In game loading times take ages, and before i even play the game the splash screen just hangs for like 20 seconds before it opens the game >.>. Help please

^Is this normal? In game loading times take ages, and before i even play the game the splash screen just hangs for like 20 seconds before it opens the game >.>. Help please

sn4k3_64

Ya its slow to load for me too lol. But its worth the wait

yea i noticed that, but im getting great performance once it starts at least, but thats probly more due to the i7 hd5870 combo im rockin than the actual game

yup takes at least 60 secondes (prob. 80 lol) to load but after the loading i got like 280 FPS :D

^Is this normal? In game loading times take ages, and before i even play the game the splash screen just hangs for like 20 seconds before it opens the game >.>. Help please

sn4k3_64

Defrag your hard drive,and try the game under DX9,and instal Microsoft NET framework 4,check in your add and remove programs panel if it`s there ,and than use update and repair first.

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^Is this normal? In game loading times take ages, and before i even play the game the splash screen just hangs for like 20 seconds before it opens the game >.>. Help please

Dantus12

Defrag your hard drive,and try the game under DX9,and instal Microsoft NET framework 4,check in your add and remove programs panel if it`s there ,and than use update and repair first.

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^Is this normal? In game loading times take ages, and before i even play the game the splash screen just hangs for like 20 seconds before it opens the game >.>. Help please

FelipeInside

Since you and the other user are both on Win7,I did`nt fare any bether with XP 64 bit to here is another one for win 7

Excerpt:

I called 2k games today and they offered a fix for me that ended up working. It seems that it has something to do with windows live and auto save also the gentleman stated that windows 7 64 bit was an issue also which I'm running. So here goes the fix… First run the game in direct 9x then see if it crashes which more than likely it will. After that go into your documents from the stat menu. Once there find the file that says bioshock2. Rename it to Bioshock2old. From there go and start the game up and sign into windows live. Start a new game and go to the first play through and move your guy around. After that go and exit out of the game. Go back to Documents and you should have a new Bioshock2 folder. Go into Bioshock2old and copy the saved games. Go and paste that saved games into the new Bioshock2 folder. From there make sure the bin file has the read only check uncheck. Then go and start the game up and sign into windows live. Now you should be able to play the game without any crashes. I did all of this as he's said and been playing nonstop now without any problems. It seems to work fine now. However I would suggest saving your games regularly just in case so you won't lose ground. Just in case this might help you I'm running my rig with an i7 3.3ghtz processor, 12gb of dim, Asus Rampage II, and a Nvidia GTX 295 card using Windows 7 64 bit. Hope this helps.

source:

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?57504-Fix-for-Bioshock-2-crash/page2

The loading times, also uninstal the Demo if it`s there and reinstal the game.Run in compatibility mode for Xp.

Since you and the other user are both on Win7,I did`nt fare any bether with XP 64 bit to here is another one for win 7

Excerpt:

db0873 Fix for Bioshock 2 crash

I called 2k games today and they offered a fix for me that ended up working. It seems that it has something to do with windows live and auto save also the gentleman stated that windows 7 64 bit was an issue also which I'm running. So here goes the fix… First run the game in direct 9x then see if it crashes which more than likely it will. After that go into your documents from the stat menu. Once there find the file that says bioshock2. Rename it to Bioshock2old. From there go and start the game up and sign into windows live. Start a new game and go to the first play through and move your guy around. After that go and exit out of the game. Go back to Documents and you should have a new Bioshock2 folder. Go into Bioshock2old and copy the saved games. Go and paste that saved games into the new Bioshock2 folder. From there make sure the bin file has the read only check uncheck. Then go and start the game up and sign into windows live. Now you should be able to play the game without any crashes. I did all of this as he's said and been playing nonstop now without any problems. It seems to work fine now. However I would suggest saving your games regularly just in case so you won't lose ground. Just in case this might help you I'm running my rig with an i7 3.3ghtz processor, 12gb of dim, Asus Rampage II, and a Nvidia GTX 295 card using Windows 7 64 bit. Hope this helps.

source:

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?57504-Fix-for-Bioshock-2-crash/page2

The loading times, also uninstal the Demo if it`s there and reinstal the game.Run in compatibility mode for Xp.

Dantus12

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Since you and the other user are both on Win7,I did`nt fare any bether with XP 64 bit to here is another one for win 7

Excerpt:

db0873 Fix for Bioshock 2 crash

I called 2k games today and they offered a fix for me that ended up working. It seems that it has something to do with windows live and auto save also the gentleman stated that windows 7 64 bit was an issue also which I'm running. So here goes the fix… First run the game in direct 9x then see if it crashes which more than likely it will. After that go into your documents from the stat menu. Once there find the file that says bioshock2. Rename it to Bioshock2old. From there go and start the game up and sign into windows live. Start a new game and go to the first play through and move your guy around. After that go and exit out of the game. Go back to Documents and you should have a new Bioshock2 folder. Go into Bioshock2old and copy the saved games. Go and paste that saved games into the new Bioshock2 folder. From there make sure the bin file has the read only check uncheck. Then go and start the game up and sign into windows live. Now you should be able to play the game without any crashes. I did all of this as he's said and been playing nonstop now without any problems. It seems to work fine now. However I would suggest saving your games regularly just in case so you won't lose ground. Just in case this might help you I'm running my rig with an i7 3.3ghtz processor, 12gb of dim, Asus Rampage II, and a Nvidia GTX 295 card using Windows 7 64 bit. Hope this helps.

source:

http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?57504-Fix-for-Bioshock-2-crash/page2

The loading times, also uninstal the Demo if it`s there and reinstal the game.Run in compatibility mode for Xp.

sn4k3_64

Had it on both,with 15 fps and complete slowdowns,it might hate 64 bit systems.Your rig is to much for the game so since im completly out of ideas two last things

Restore N vidia profile to Base,enable v sync.In my case Realtek drivers were the problem,after reinstaling them, the frame rate was stable,and loading was 45 sec max

I have Bioshock installed on my SSD and it STILL takes forever to load. I'd really like to know what the devs did to make the game load so inefficiently.gameguy6700

Sounds like the OP is suffering from the affinity bug. UE3 has this issue with cpus at times. Try here.

http://www.theplaywrite.com/tools-and-utilities/auto-set-processor-affinity-for-mass-effect-2-pc-with-massaffinity-fix-those-load-times/

You'll need to make a shortcut to set affinity something like this.

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 2 bioshock.exe