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).
General information
- Official forums
- Unofficial wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Monetization
Microtransactions
Type |
Notes |
Cosmetic
| The Faces of Good and Evil DLC consists of 6 character portraits that have no effect on gameplay. |
Finite spend
| The Faces of Good and Evil DLC can only be bought once. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Siege of Dragonspear |
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Faces of Good and Evil |
Cosmetic. Includes 3 male and 3 female portraits. |
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Essential improvements
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business is a mod that restores missing and cut content from the game's release. Available both for the original version and for the Enhanced Edition. List of all changes here.
Restore original cutscenes
BG:EE Classic Movies is a mod that replaces the new animated cutscenes with the 'classic' CGI movies from the original Baldur's Gate. It also restores missing in-game cutscenes.[3]
Game data
Configuration file location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Baldur.lua |
macOS (OS X) |
~/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
Linux |
$HOME/.local/share/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save\ |
macOS (OS X) |
~/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Linux |
$HOME/.local/share/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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Czech |
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French |
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Audio is localized only for original content; Enhanced Edition content is unvoiced. |
German |
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Enhanced Edition content in main game has German voices, but Siege of Dragonspear only has English audio and German texts. |
Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Polish |
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Fan translation of BG: Siege of Dragonspear, download. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Russian |
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Official in-game localization. |
Russian |
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Fan translation by prozh |
Spanish |
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Turkish |
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Ukrainian |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
Can be enabled with Alternate Renderer under Graphics options. |
OpenGL |
2.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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64-bit support added and 32-bit support unavailable as of patch 2.6.[6] Version 2.5 is kept in a Steam beta branch and a GOG.com bonus installer. |
macOS (OS X) | |
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Despite MacUpdater claiming ARM support,[7] there are no other sources online that support their claim, despite the game having extensive update logs and player bases. |
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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).
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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.
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Additional downloads
Tweaks Anthology
Modular tool that allows making dozens of big and small changes to the game's balancing, presentation etc. Can be downloaded here.
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