Bioshock

What works

Nothing except a logo, black screen, then page fault.

What does not

Everything.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Everything.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: Nvidia
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

Running this from steam GUI requires 64-bit steam running with 64-bit wine, but the application itself is 32-bit. One way around this is to run 32-bit steam in 32-bit wine, but run the program from command line. This avoids checking for Windows 7 or higher (most probably checks for 64-bit too which is why even if it is set to Windows 7, steam still complains.)

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.