Bionicle Heroes

Bionicle Heroes

Developers
	Traveller's Tales
Publishers
	Eidos Interactive
Russia	Noviy Disk
Engines
	Nu2
Release dates
Windows	November 14, 2006
Reception
Metacritic	59
IGDB	52
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Adventure
Themes	Fantasy, Sci-fi
Series	Bionicle

Bionicle
Subseries of Lego
Bionicle: The Game	2003
Bionicle Heroes	2006
Bionicle: Masks of Power	TBA

Bionicle Heroes is a singleplayer third-person shooter and adventure game in the Bionicle series.

General information

Rock Raiders United - A fan forum for the classic Lego games. Mods and utilities can be downloaded from here, but an account is required

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7.29 DRM disc check

A faithful higher quality icon can be downloaded from the Files section.

This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename the Movies folder.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\EIDOS\BIONICLE Heroes\

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\EIDOS\BIONICLE Heroes\

Video

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Only 4:3 resolutions listed; see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Widescreen mode is 16:9 only, use BionicleHeroesGFX for other aspect ratios.
4K Ultra HD			See Widescreen resolution.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		2X, 4X, 8X options - unknown method, probably FSAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Character animations may become buggy. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution manually
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open nuconfig.txt. Set NU_PCRESW and NU_PCRESH to the desired resolution. Set NU_PCWIDESCREEN to 1.

Windowed

Force windowed[citation needed]
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the name and executable path. Set the window position and size. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click OK, then File and Save.

Disable bloom effect

To disable it, you need to install HelixMod and use it to replace the bloom shader with a no-op.

Use HelixMod[citation needed]
Download HelixMod. Unpack the archive to the installation folder Create a file named <path-to-game>\ShaderOverride\PixelShaders\41928EB1.txt containing the line ps_3_0 Start the game

Use BionicleHeroesGFX[citation needed]

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Somewhat limited.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Menus navigable by mouse but no cursor is depicted
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Likes to randomly forget input mappings for no particular reason. Needs more testing.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Same option for mouse and controller.

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and "effects", a.k.a. everything else
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output. Requires DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles		None of the characters in the game actually ever talk.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Always on.
EAX support		No EAX reverb; supports DirectSound3D calls for Binaural HRTF mixing.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate[citation needed]
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created. Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\Bionicle.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Character animations buggy

Lock the max frame rate of the game to 60 FPS within your graphics card's control panel or set the refresh rate on 60hz

Low FPS

Change shader version
Go to the Options menu and then Video Options. Change Shader version from 1.1 to 2.0, 2.0A or 3.0.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Mods

See the beginners setup guide for instructions on how to configure the game for mod support.

Bug-fixes/Improvements

• Higher-quality HUD icons by SirYodaJedi - Replaces the mask and canister icons with higher quality versions. Place files in <path-to-game>\gui\gfx\hud.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon XP	Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1.9 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 9000 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 1.1 support	Nvidia GeForce 6800 series ATI Radeon X800 series
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible

Windows 95/98/ME/NT not supported