James Bond 007: Blood Stone

James Bond 007: Blood Stone

Developers
	Bizarre Creations
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	Horizon
Release dates
Windows	November 2, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	63
IGDB	57
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Series	James Bond 007

James Bond 007: Blood Stone is a singleplayer third-person action, shooter and TPS game in the James Bond 007 series.

The game is no longer available digitally, most likely due to Activision losing rights to James Bond licence.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM. Serial key required for online play.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		SecuROM 7.42.0004 and SecuROM PA DRM.
Steam (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patch

The official 76654 patch can be downloaded here. This mostly fixed multiplayer issues and other minor bugs.

Skip intro videos

Use James Bond 007 Blood Stone Intro skip

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\bizarre creations\blood stone\settings.xml
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42730/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\bizarre creations\blood stone\profiles\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42730/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Edit the config file to turn it on/off.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Disable Film Grain and Color Grading

Use Film Grain and Color Grading Removal

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		No mouse acceleration spotted.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Mouse is needed to get past the launcher.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Only keyboard button prompts are displayed.
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		7.1
Subtitles		Under Graphics settings.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		No option to disable it.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation - download
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by Tribo Gamer; download.
Russian
Spanish				Fan translation by Elrion93.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		Use NucleusCoop
LAN play		16
Online play		16

Issues fixed

Blood Stone Installer freezing and crashes to desktop

Fix Data Execution Prevention setting
Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only).

Stuttering & Low Framerate

Resetting CPU Afinity

While the game is running, alt-tab, and open Task Manager. Make sure you click the 'More details' arrow to show the full Task Manager. Go to the 'Details' tab, and find the process 'Bond.exe' Right click the process, and select 'Set affinity'. Uncheck the box for '<All Processors>', recheck 'CPU 0', and click OK. Right click the 'Bond.exe' process again, and recheck the box for '<All Processors>', and click OK. Notes This has to be done every time the game is launched.

Changing CPU Affinity

Open the Task Manager and go to the Details tab. Right-click 'Bond.exe' and select 'Set Affinity'. Disable CPU 0 and leave the other CPUs checked. Then hit OK. This has to be done every time the game is launched. Making affinity changes permanent (setting affinity in task manager only lasts until you exit the game): Edit your preferred shortcut for launching the game (desktop and/or start menu) In the target field, set the following (just put the default contents in double quotes and prepend cmd.exe /C ...): For a 4/4 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity e "<path-to-game>\Bond.exe" For a 4/8 and 8/8 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fe "<path-to-game>\Bond.exe" For a 6/6 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 3e "<path-to-game>\Bond.exe" For a 6/12 (core/thread) CPU cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity 7fe "<path-to-game>\Bond.exe" For a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity fffe "<path-to-game>\Bond.exe" Verify correct affinity by launching the game and checking affinity in task manager (see beginning). To be used in Steam launch options, to launch the game directly from Steam, it must be a little different: Ex. for a 8/16 (core/thread) CPU and higher C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start "" /affinity FFFE "<path-to-game>\Bond.exe" %command%

Corrupted textures and shadows

The shadows in the game seem to cause artifact and corrupted textures during play on newer machines.

Disable shadows under the advanced video settings[citation needed]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	SpeedTree
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT ATI Radeon X1650 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible