SOLUTION: For users whose game crashes when hacking/activating bots/wendingmachines

[Khajiit]

Problem: The games crashes when using/activating/hacking bots, wending machines and similar in-game objects.

This problem seems to affect users under Windows Vista 32-bit who are running Bioshock in true DX9 mode ("-dx9" in shortcut) as well as other users, especially those with a Geforce 8800GTS.

Solution: After a lot of research and testing I came up with a possible solution which atleast worked for me. It seems like two Vista patches are causing the problem and by removing them; solves the problem. These updates has nothing to do with bioshock and they aren't performance updates!

Try removing the following patches and see if it resolves you problem:


KB933360
KB939519

[WhyCantItJustWork]

The crashes happen in XP also

[Khajiit]

Good, then this fix might work there aswell since one of the above patches is for both Vista and XP.

[Krait]

The KB933360 is also an August XP update for time zone changes.

It would be nice if this is the answer to all my problems <fingers crossed>

:)

[WhyCantItJustWork]

Removed KB933360.

Still crashes at vending machine

[endot]

This seems to fix the problems I was having with machines at Fort Frolic under dx9, but in dx10 I still crash when I open a UI (machines etc - hacking unaffected.)

[[freefall.]]

I can't find the KB939519 uptdate.So I deleted KB939159.But I still get crashes in dx9 when trying to use venting mashine etc.

Running with GF8800GTS,Vista,dx9(can't play without AA:D)

[fish99]

Khajiit, are you sure this has been a permanent fix in your case and not just that it didn't happen to crash when you tried it? Have you hacked many times since trying it?

[endot]

This seems to fix the problems I was having with machines at Fort Frolic under dx9, but in dx10 I still crash when I open a UI (machines etc - hacking unaffected.)

Scratch that, I'm still having the same problems, and a couple of new ones to boot.

Think I'm just going to wait till the patch for my second playthrough :)

[Khajiit]

After deleting the updates it worked for me and I played the game for a couple of hours, then the game crashed again while hacking a bot. I then installed the update and then uninstalled it again and then it worked fine for a copule of hours more...really weird. Sorry guys if it didnt work for you :(

[fish99]

You're probably just seeing an intermittent problem that is actually unaffected by those updates.