Bionic Commando Rearmed

Bionic Commando Rearmed

Developers
	GRIN
Publishers
	Capcom
Engines
	Diesel
Release dates
Windows	August 14, 2008
Reception
Metacritic	86
IGDB	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Metroidvania
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Bionic Commando

Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando	1988
Bionic Commando Rearmed	2008
Bionic Commando (2009)	2009

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM DRM disc check.
Humble Store
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\data\settings\renderer_settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21680/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\save0.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21680/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			4:3, 5:4, 16:9, and 16:10 aspect ratios only.
Multi-monitor			See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen			See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD			See The hacking mini game is bugged and unplayable in 4K resolution
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Works with Borderless Gaming 7.5 and later.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Disabled. Force in the graphics card control panel or use D3Doverrider.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force SGSSAA (Nvidia only)

Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector. Search for Bionic Commando: Rearmed in the profiles list. Set Antialiasing compatibility to 0x000012C1 Set Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting Set Antialiasing - Setting to 2x/4x/8xQ Multisampling Set Antialiasing - Transparency supersampling to 2x/4x/8x Sparse Grid Supersampling (the level must match the previous setting). Optionally, set Texture filtering - LOD Bias to either -0.500 (if using 2x MSAA + 2x SGSSAA), -1.000 (if using 4x) or -1.500 (if using 8x). This will increase sharpness, but may mess up some visual effects. Click Apply to save the changes.

Input

In order to use the keyboard controls, disconnect any controllers before launching the game

In-game key map settings.

In-game gamepad settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Three predefined layouts only.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects.
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output through OpenAL.
Subtitles		Speech is text-based, aside from occasional shouting.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		Use OpenAL Soft 1.20.1 or higher for binaural HRTF mixing.
Royalty free audio

OpenAL Soft 1.19.0 and 1.19.1 cause distorted audio in GRIN engine games. OpenAL Soft 1.20.1 fixes the audio.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian				Local retail only.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Co-op, Versus 2 player co-op and up to 4 player local multiplayer.
LAN play
Online play

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

The hacking mini game is bugged and unplayable in 4K resolution

Any resolution lower than 4K is working fine.

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Refresh rate defaults to 60 Hz on startup, even if it's been changed on the previous launch.

Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
Download Special K. Copy SpecialK32.dll to the installation folder. Rename SpecialK32.dll to d3d9.dll. Start the game and exit. Open d3d9.ini in the installation folder. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Game does not start (Windows 10)

The game crashes with a PhysX error message.

Update PhysX
Install the latest Nvidia PhysX System Software. Install the Legacy PhysX drivers. If problems persist, go to the Nvidia PhysX Common folder and copy the files to <path-to-game>. If even after all of this the game still crashes try running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 for bcr.exe [1]

The game starts and closes with no error message.

Replace executable with one modified to only use 4 CPU cores
Download bcr.exe from Here. Replace the original with the downloaded one.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	OpenAL
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9 compatible