Fixing Bulletstorm for PC

[OmegaFenix]

that does not compute. so you glad you getting this for the pc ? but then sticking to the console ? lol...

Lol! Omega Fail. Thanks for pointing it out Dude.

[James]

Thanks for the heads'-up. I have yet to lay hands on the game, but I've pointed out this thread to Tinman since he's reviewing it (lucky bugger).

While it's lamentable that PC gamers often have to dive into config files to tweak games for themselves, I still prefer being able to do that. It's great squeezing the best performance out of your kit.

Not everyone has top end machines, and not all PC gamers are competent enough with their machines to alter settings for themselves. Perhaps the devs had a good reason to use those settings; could it make the game play best for the average gamer on an average machine? There are also many different hardware combinations out there, and perhaps this is the most stable way to ship a game so that the average Joe doesn't run screaming back to the store when his game doesn't work. Just a thought.

[Tinman]

I've had no issues, popped it in, installed, and played. Graphics look fantastic, encountered very few bugs. This game is insanely cool!

[Necuno]

i'm confused here it runs out of the box fine for me too like tinaman, but i have like

core 2 quad
4 gig ram
260 maxxcore bfg

do you ever defrag your drivers ? i do once a month with mydefrag for my data disc and my os disc.

Phenom II 965 BE overclocked to 3.8Ghz
4GB DDR3
XFX Radeon HD 5850 BE

Hi guys,

First time I ran the game I noticed something was not right. It was running choppy and stuttered quite badly in some sections. Like any other UE game, there are fixes.

Basically, you are going to have to make 3 small changes in the games ini files for it to run properly.

For some reason, the ini files are encrypted, so first of all, download this program called inicrypt.exe.

For this program to work though, you will need .NET framework 4. So just download that too if you don't have it already.

For those of you that don't know how to get .NET framework 4, Google is your friend. Or click here.

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Place the inicrypt.exe file in MyDocuments/Username/MyGames/Bulletstorm/StormGame/Config where all the ini files are.

To unencrypt an ini file, drag the file into the inicrypt.exe icon. Then just open with notepad and it should be unencrypted.

To see what to edit, follow this guide on the steam forums.


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If you're too lazy to look for it in the guide, here is what you need to do:

Go into the StormEngine.ini and change "bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=True" to False. This will cause it to stop streaming the game and just load it all at once, solving the choppiness/stutter.

Also, under the [TextureStreaming] section, change the PoolSize to a higher value. I have 1GB VRAM so I set mine to 420.

In the StormInput.ini file, change bEnableMouseSmoothing=true to false.

Those 3 changes made the game run perfect for me.

Good luck and have fun

Credits to schism84 from the steam forums and badguy001 from gamebrood.com.

[to0kenZA]

i'm confused here it runs out of the box fine for me too like tinaman, but i have like

core 2 quad
4 gig ram
260 maxxcore bfg

do you ever defrag your drivers ? i do once a month with mydefrag for my data disc and my os disc.

Defrag my drivers? You mean my drives maybe? Yes I do, more frequently than once a month.

[Necuno]

lol. drives not drivers

[VirtualForce]

I had on the MS Live issue but solve it by downloading this, other than that, no problems, Win 7 Ultimate (x64)

really awesoem game and extremly happy they released it on Windows!!!

[VirtualForce]

This game is freaken awesome! I have not had this much fun in a game for a loooooooooooooooong time, I would put money down that all you okes who enjoyed games like Doom, you know, enemies charging you and your guns never cooling down...

You really need to play this if you like all out action games!

Ducking for cover? pffffffffffffft!
Strategic this and that? wussy!

Now this my type of game! And it look insanely awesome! I had one of the most coolest and fun boss fights ever!

I am very happy they released this on PC! Pity about the MS Live thing. Relatively easy to fix.

[The-1]

One of the best games i've played in a long time!

[ZenbaaS]

Ja it's oodles of fun