BS1 REM Engineer Mod

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🔧 THE ENGINEER

A Gameplay Mod for BioShock Remastered — PC / Steam

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You are an engineer, not a soldier.

No guns. No traditional loadout.

You survive with a wrench, a research camera, and a security network that you

build, repair, and upgrade yourself.

This mod turns BioShock into a more tactical “security engineer” playstyle where

your machines do the fighting — and you keep them alive.

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✨ WHAT THIS MOD CHANGES

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🔫 NO FIREARMS

Every firearm is removed and stays removed.

Picking up a gun will NOT give it back.

Instead, you only keep two tools:

📸 Research Camera

The Research Camera is given to you automatically because it is needed for

research. You do not have to wait until the game normally gives you one.

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🧬 NEW PLASMIDS

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This mod adds two new plasmids to your plasmid wheel, both with custom icons:

🤖 Spawn Security Bot

Deploys a friendly security bot.

🛡️ Spawn Security Turret

Deploys a friendly turret in front of you.

These are your main “weapons” now.

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🛡️ YOUR TURRETS ATTACK ON SIGHT

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Turrets you deploy will attack enemies as soon as they spot them.

They do NOT wait for you to shoot first.

Security bots currently work differently. They join the fight after you damage

an enemy first.

That is a current toolchain limitation, not an intentional balance choice.

I plan to improve this later.

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🔧 THE WRENCH CAN REPAIR MACHINES

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Swing your wrench at any friendly bot or turret to repair it.

Repair amount:

✅ 20% of its maximum health

✅ Minimum repair amount: 10 health

This works on machines you hacked and machines you deployed yourself.

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⬆️ PRESS X TO UPGRADE MACHINES

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Look at a friendly bot or turret and press:

If an upgrade is available, the machine’s nameplate will show a prompt.

Each upgrade costs:

💵 1 Credit

The machine you are FACING is the one that upgrades.

So if a bot and turret are standing close together, the game no longer randomly

chooses between them.

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⌨️ IMPORTANT: YOU MUST BIND THE X KEY

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The X key cannot be shipped inside the three mod files.

BioShock stores keybinds in your personal settings file, not inside the game

folder. That file is created the first time you run the game and does not get

overwritten by mods.

To bind the upgrade key automatically:

✅ Close the game

✅ Run: Bind X Key.bat

The .bat backs up your settings first.

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🛠️ Manual Keybind Option

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Open this file:

%APPDATA%\BioshockHD\Bioshock\User.ini

Find the section.

Change this line:

X=EngUpgradeTarget

There are several [ ... UIActive] sections in the file.

The one that matters for normal gameplay is:

The .bat changes every section, which is harmless.

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🤖 SECURITY BOT UPGRADES

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