Bioshock

What works

• I was able to get into the game.

What does not

• Performance: it has a low framerate of 10.
• The game crashes often.
• Sound does not work.

Workarounds

• Bioshock would only load via the game executable, and not by using the Steam Client UI.

What was not tested

• Anything past the first 10 minutes.
• Higher graphics settings than: Low/720p

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: AMD
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

These notes were last updated: 14 May 2018

Follow these guidelines to avoid embarrassment when your Test Submission is immediately rejected!!

• Put your PC specifications in the Extra Comments section e.g. like your CPU and system memory.¹
• When adding test results please specify video card and driver version you are using.²
• It's also useful to mention what desktop environment you are using (e.g. KDE, Gnome, Xfce, Unity...)
• Specify what version of the Windows compatibility option you use in your Wineprefix (e.g. Windows XP, Windows 7, etc.).
• Add a comment about what is not working for you.
• Specify if you made any other changes to Bioshock e.g. installing a game "Mod", an .exe patch or details of any other modifications you made to the stock configuration files for the game.
• Please indicate if your using Wine Staging and/or any additional patches applied - to the version of Wine you are using.
• Please, don't submit test results like "Everything is working" or "Everything isn't working".

These guidelines ensure your submitted test results are actually relevant to other users of Wine and WineHQ.

¹ The console version of the lshw utility is your friend. This command will dump your System hardware specification in a clean format. Post command and output in the Extra Comments section:

sudo lshw -short | egrep -v '(volume|disk|bus)'

² inxi can be used to display information about your graphics card, and your OpenGL/ graphics driver versions. Post the command and output in the Extra Comments section:

inxi -G -c0

You will need:

• A recent version of Wine, it's generally recommended to use the latest development release.
• A video card with good 3D acceleration support (on your chosen flavour of Unix).
• The native 3D driver should be correctly installed for that card.
• It's not necessary to install Bioshock into a clean Wineprefix - but generally it's recommended.

Installing:

This game will install on a vanilla version of Wine. First install the Steam Client as per Steam AppDB page. Then install the Bioshock game from your newly installed Steam client (as per Windows). See the Known Issues section below to fix current problems with Bioshock.