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Revision as of 20:00, 17 February 2024
This page is for the original game from 2000. For the updated enhanced edition released in 2014, see Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition.
Developers | |
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Black Isle Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Contraband Entertainment |
Publishers | |
2000-2006 | Interplay Entertainment |
2006-2014 | Atari |
2014-present | Beamdog |
Retail (Russia) | 1C Company |
Mac OS | MacPlay |
Engines | |
Infinity | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 29, 2000 |
Mac OS (Classic) | March 26, 2002[1] |
macOS (OS X) | March 26, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Continuous turn-based |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Isometric |
Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
Genres | RPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Icewind Dale |
Icewind Dale | |
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Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons | |
Icewind Dale | 2000 |
Icewind Dale II | 2002 |
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition | 2014 |
Icewind Dale is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Icewind Dale series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Uses simple CD-check and LaserLock DRM for copy protection. Released on both 2-3 CDs or one DVD. The expansion pack - "The Heart of Winter", contains StarForce 3 DRM[Note 1], although not all versions have it. |
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GOG.com | Bundled with Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition.[6] Includes compatibility fixes and the Heart of Winter and Trials of The Luremaster expansions. |
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Heart of Winter | ||
Heart of Winter - Trials of the Luremaster | Requires the Heart of Winter expansion. |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is 1.06, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- The latest official patch for Heart of Winter is 1.41, available from Patches-Scrolls: international | German.
Mods
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files |
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Note that trying to play these disabled movies from the movie selection will crash the game. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\icewind.ini[Note 2] <path-to-game>\Keymap.ini[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\mpsave\[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use Widescreen Mod. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Widescreen Mod. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Widescreen Mod. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | 30 FPS default cap. Frame rate is tied directly to the game's clock and changing it will change the game speed. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | Details | |||
Russian | 1) Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version. 2) Official localization by «1C-SoftClub - local retail» |
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Russian | Fan translation by prowler | |||
Spanish | Improved fan translation for the base game and expansions by Clan Dlan, download. Optional file for English voices in Expansions, download. Also Mod Item Unfinished Business v7 and Mod Item Fixpack v6. |
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Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 6 | Co-op |
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Online play | 6 | Co-op The official MPlayer.com service has been shut down. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 2300-2399, 47624 |
UDP | 2300-2399, 47624 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
General
- The game will have problems with running with Avast! Antivirus Realtime Shield. The issue manifests in the game crashing when you try to edit your character bio or you try to import a character into a game.
- Install outside Program Files to avoid issues with file redirection.
- Will crash when you try to start a new game on newer operating systems, this can be fixed if you run the program as administrator.[7]
Multiplayer-specific issues
- The game will have issues with displaying if you try to join a multiplayer game while in fullscreen mode. To get around this use Alt+↵ Enter to switch to windowed mode and back once you've successfully joined a multiplayer game.
- On older systems like Windows XP it is important to check your network interface priority if you keep having connectivity issues when you have more than one network.
- Ensure all players are running the same version of the game (the GOG.com version is v1.41). The game version can be found by starting a single player game and opening the main menu; the game version is then displayed in the bottom left of the screen.
- Check that the game's 'Cache Size' is at least 140mb. This can be checked and changed with the 'Config' program, which is located in the folder where the game is installed to.
- Check that both players share the same 'Game Speed' value. This can be checked and changed with the 'Config' program, which is located in the folder where the game is installed to.
Game does not start on Windows 10 (GOG.com)
- The GOG.com version does not start correctly on Windows 10.
Delete/rename ddraw.dll[8] |
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"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions
Install Windows compatibility fix |
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Assertion failed: ChDimm.cpp at line number 600
- Caused by moving the installation directory.
Edit icewind.ini[9] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DirectDraw | 7.0 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Multiplayer | MPlayer.com |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium II (or compatible) 233 MHz | 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | 1.96 GB[10] |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | |
Processor (CPU) | G3 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 160 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 690 MB |
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[2][3][4][5] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Inside Mac Games Preview: Icewind Dale - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Update: 60% / 85% off Enhanced Editions: Baldur's Gate I & II, Icewind Dale Original & Enhanced to become the Definitive Edition Bundle - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ techsupportforum.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Anyone tried playing IWD2 on Windows 10?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ IWD: The game not running after moving the files - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on February 2024
- ↑ Icewind Dale Complete ● GOG.com