Fix for the fist bug

[Sushi_Rocks]

Hey, I tried everything back and forth with the tipps. Like setting everything to compatibility mode and changing my resolution and everything. Nothing of this worked... until....

I found this one tipp.

You just have to start the game, load your gamesave (probably from the first level if you are just getting started -> create one if you don't already have one) and look out if you have the fist cursor or not. If you have the fist cursor, load the game save 2 more times and quit the game. Then start it again... and load your gamesave repeatedly till you have the normal cursor. I do this every time I play the game and it works just fine.

Just to make a list of fixes that DON'T work, as I have tried them:

1. Setting resolution lower or on a X-X-16 Resolution
2. Click on a certain point of the load game or start campaign button (the theory was that the fist bug appears, because the mouse is hovering over a destructible item)
3. Setting the game on compatibility mode with WinXP or WinME or Win98
4. Running the game in administrator mode

So... yeah... My fix works really well since I now have completed half of the game. Even though it is more of an work-around you have to do every time you start the game it is still fine for me ;D

PLEASE COMMENT SOME ♥♥♥♥ SO THAT THIS THREAD STAYS ON TOP OF THE FORUM DISCUSSION IF THE WORK-AROUND WORKED FOR YOU! THANKS!

[JuicedGoose]

Update: I've been browsing the support section attempting resolutions for similar issues. Setting "-sw -dxlevel 90" as Steam launch options encouraged the game to work for me. (Windows Vista)

[Goat]

fix added to list of fixes that dont work

[Sushi_Rocks]

引用自 ScarToxic：

Is this issue only common to 64 bit Win 8? I've heard that Win 7 runs it fine, but is that just 32 bit? I'd be curious to see if a variable is defined incorrectly when loading the stage geometry/UI. The flying thing seems like a pathing/geometry issue. Also, Minuteman runs off the edge of the stage ignoring barriers. It could be an issue with a number being miscalculated due to the OS.

I have got Win7 64-Bit and I also got the issue. So a connection to the 64bit version is more likely than a difference between Win7 and Win8 or 8.1...

[DogMeat]

Verifying Integrity of Cache fixed it for me. However the bug popped up again the next day. Once again verified cache and works again.

EDIT: Make sure that if the above works for you, do NOT mess with your graphics settings. I changed my resolution and now the game fist glitches every time I start. Every time I verify integrity and every time it downloads 8 files for about 23 kb but apparently whatever they are they are lost each time I start a new game.

I give up on this game. Going to watch the rest on YouTube before moving on to the sequel.

[Sushi_Rocks]

(@ScarToxic: I use Win7 with 64 bit, so I can confirm that the fist bug is happening there, too ;D)

So as probably nobody tried to do this for now... I tried to send the developers an e-mail. The developer of the Freedom Force series is Irrational Games as you can see on the shop site. This is the same developer as for the BioShock series by the way.

PROBLEM: This developer isn't working anymore after Bioshock: Infinite... as you can see on this German website:
http://www.pcgames.de/Bioshock-Infinite-PC-235561/News/Bioshock-Infinite-Studioaus-von-Irrational-Games-schadet-Shooter-Serie-langfristig-1110489/

Their homepage however is still online and already has a (unfriendly) thread open discussing this topic:
http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?1640256-Steam-game-needs-a-fix-for-Windows-Vista-7-8
ANSWERS? Zero.

Is Irrational Games really closed? Yes, but this post in their forums states that it will be reopened under a different name again on a smaller scale which would explain why their website is still online:
http://forums.2k.com/showthread.php?1933896-Irrational-Closing-its-doors&s=1285e9ade008a3dfc9f8b48cc8d31253

WHAT NOW?
I will try to write the publisher - who is 2k Games - an e-mail to ask them (kindly) to get a professional programmer to resolve this issue.
If you still have interest in fixing this gamebreaking bug then please help me by sending more e-mails, so that 2k Games can see that there is a real interest in resolving this issue.
Link: http://forums.2k.com/sendmessage.php

HOWEVER:
If you have like 2 minutes more, please also write a short message to Irrational Games over this link:
http://irrationalgames.com/studio/contact-location/
...because I hope there is a low chance it's still working :)

> Hope this will take us and the game on Steam a step forward ^_^

[Jatts]

Your "solution" is just like all the other garbage solutions in these threads. In fact, yours is possibly the worst of all. A solution based on chance? We want to play a game, not roll dice over and over again. If I wanted to do that I'd play Tabletop Simulator. Relying on luck is NOT a solution, and you getting pissy at your commenters only makes you look like an autistic a**hole.

[Sushi_Rocks]

引用自 Reckless James：

Your "solution" is just like all the other garbage solutions in these threads. In fact, yours is possibly the worst of all. A solution based on chance? We want to play a game, not roll dice over and over again. If I wanted to do that I'd play Tabletop Simulator. Relying on luck is NOT a solution, and you getting pissy at your commenters only makes you look like an autistic a**hole.

Or you are just - excuse my honest tone - incompetent if you think that this doesn't work.

As you can see on my profile, I have already completed the whole game, so you can bet that it does work ;)