» Solve graphics problems in Bioshock

With this guide, you can sort some Bioshock's graphics problems and reducing loading times, especially if you have a pixel shader2.0 card.

File

Works on Demo or Full edition.
Extract the file.
Locate your installation folder (the default is C:\Program Files\2K Games\Bioshock\
and for Steam, the default is C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\bioshock\)
Delete the ShaderCache.pcs and ShaderCache.pcs10 files from the Builds\Release\ folder.
Copy and paste the"shaders.spk"from the file into the Builds\Release\ folder.

How to Reduce Load Times
(McKack has created a batch file to automate this process which can be found inside the file).
Being designed for Vista, this may or may not work with Windows XP.)

Go to your Bioshock Application Data folder. By default is:
For Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Application Data\Bioshock\
For Windows Vista - C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Roaming\Bioshock\
If there is a ShaderErrors folder there, delete it.
Unrar the file ShaderErrors.rar and put the file ShaderErrors in this \Bioshock\ folder.

Play the game.