Tips for running bioshock on the GPD WIN for those who need it.

I don't know how many people will need this, but i find it useful, and at least one other user hear one of these issues:

1) Enabling Xbox 360 controller input in Game

So, unlike many other games that enable the use of an Xbox 360 either when it's connected, or when the game is started and a controller is connected, bioshock has Xbox controllers disabled by default and will never automatically enable the controller (atleast from my experience.). The game requires you to connect the controller, then navigate to the control options using the non controller friendly, non touch friendly interface. They expect you to use a mouse to navigate, and the controller must be connected for the "user Xbox 360 controller" option to be available, so both the controller and mouse need to be connected in order to enable the controller, and without an external most, this isn't possible on the win. So here's the workaround: User mouse mode to navigate into options, then customise controls. Mouse over either the "on" or "off" button next to the "use Xbox 360 controller" option. Notice that is greyed out because you're not in xinput mode, and clicking will do nothing. Now enable xinput. You'll see the "use Xbox 360 controller" option light up, and default to off. You're expected to use a mouse to enable this, then hit apply, but as I said earlier that's not possible for us without an external most. Now your cursor should be highlighting either the on or off button next to the"use Xbox 360 controller" option. Click either 'a' or 'd' on your keyboard. You should see the"use Xbox 360 controller" option change from off to on. But you still dont have a mouse! How will you click apply? Flip the switch back to most mode, you'll see the option grey out again. Don't flip back to xinput yet or the "use Xbox 360 controller" option will switch back to off. Click apply with your mouse, but don't leave options yet, do not return to the main menu. Now flip back into xinput mode. After a second the options menu will automatically close, and you will be sent to a slightly different, controller friendly main menu. You can now play the game with xinput

2) Fix some graphical issues

When you start your game you may notice that there are some pretty weird graphical glitches. These didn't show up for me at first, but around the second time I played the game, all the shadows were messed up, the right side of the screen was black, and the bottom of the screen was white. Turns out that the resolution the game defaults to when you start it (and yes, you'll need to repeat this Everytime you start the game) messes up the games graphics. The default resolution, seems to be 1280x600. To fix this just go into options, open the graphics settings and change the resolution to 1280x720. This is the resolution of the screen on the GPD win, and it seems to fix all the graphical glitches I mentioned earlier.

3) Fix the game window after leaving sleep mode

After exiting sleep mode the game is no longer full screen on my device, the fix for this is easy. I'm sure there's multiple ways to fix this, like maybe Enabling windowed mode, then disabling it, but I feel like mine is pretty simple. Simply open the graphics option, change the resolution to anything and hit a, then press b and it will return you to whatever resolution you had before, and it will be Fullscreen again.

4) Fix the game opening but only occupying 3/4ths of the screen

I usually only see this after a restart or after having the device in sleep mode for a long period of time. I found two fixes, I'll list them both, just in case some of you aren't comfortable with option one for some reason. First, this is the method I use, and it's just opening task manager (ctrl+shift+esc for those who don't know), killing the process (mysteriously called bioshock.exe!), and restarting it. The other option is waiting for the menu to load, then either closing it from there and reopening it (this is great for people who like long game introduction sequences) or just changing the resolution in the graphics settings like I mentioned earlier.

5) How to make the game start in 'controller mode'

This is as simple as making sure you are in xinput mode before opening the game. If you don't, you'll have to repeat the steps listed in step one, which is simple enough. I almost always forget to set my GPD WIN to xinput mode, so I'm usually doing the trick I mentioned earlier to enable xinput.

I hope this helped someone. Thanks for reading.

Submitted by Bilzc10 | #Specialdealer Special Offer Online Shopping Store 2016