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Revision as of 13:08, 10 August 2021
Developers | |
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Overhaul Games | |
Publishers | |
Former | Atari |
Current | Beamdog |
Engines | |
Infinity | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 28, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) | February 22, 2013 |
Linux | September 27, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 78 |
IGDB | 81 |
Baldur's Gate | |
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Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons | |
Baldur's Gate | 1998 |
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn | 2000 |
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition | 2012 |
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | 2013 |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance | 2021 |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II | 2022 |
Baldur's Gate 3 | 2023 |
Key points
- Numerous improvements over the original game, including performance optimisation and support for high resolutions.[1]
- Includes several bug fixes and an overhauled game engine.
- Cross-platform multiplayer (Windows, OS X and iPad).
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS; increasing in
Baldur.ini
makes the game run too fast.[2]
General information
- Official forums
- Unofficial wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Publisher website | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Mac App Store | ||||
Steam | Can be played without Steam running.[3] |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Siege of Dragonspear |
Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Baldur.lua |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save\ |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | "Enable Cloud Saves" in gameplay settings menu. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Game runs at desktop resolution but only takes up part of the screen on multi-monitor setups and shifts to the left side. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | UI scale properly and font size can be control | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming or equivalent software. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | If experiencing screen flicker or menu flicker, turn on Vsync in Nvidia CPanel for the game-exe or if running an ATI card, turn it on in the Catalyst Control Center. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game is capped at 30 FPS; increasing in Baldur.ini makes the game run too fast.[2] |
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High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
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 |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | Audio is localized only for original content; Enhanced Edition content is unvoiced. | |||
German | EE-exclusive content has English voices. | |||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Polish | Fan translation of BG: Siege of Dragonspear, download. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Official in-game localization. | |||
Russian | Fan translation by prozh | |||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 6 | Co-op |
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Online play | 6 | Co-op |
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Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
- 64-bit support added and 32-bit support unavailable as of patch 2.6.[4]
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | Can be enabled with Alternate Renderer under Graphics options. |
OpenGL | 2.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Issues fixed
Game not launching
Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed] |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only). |
In-Game Audio Loss
Install OpenAL_Soft.exe[citation needed] |
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Download OpenAL_Soft.exe from this link and install into your game installation folder. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12+ | |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
References
- ↑ List of features that Overhaul has added over the original Baldur's Gate
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 I am about to purchase this title..... :: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition General Discussions
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
- ↑ Steam Community Announcements - Patch 2.6 Launches Today! - last accessed on 2021-04-20