General information
- Official forums
- Unofficial Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Monetization
Microtransactions
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\baldur.lua |
macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Documents/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/baldur.lua |
Linux |
$HOME/.local/share/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\save\ |
macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Documents/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Linux |
$HOME/.local/share/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Video
Input
- Spells can be deleted from spellbooks by right-clicking on the spell icon.
- Additional formations are available by selecting a group and right-clicking on a formation.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Ambient, Sound Effects, Voice, Music, Movie |
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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French |
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Improved translation available. |
German |
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EE-exclusive characters only have English voice acting. |
Italian |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
VR support
3D modes |
State |
Notes |
vorpX |
| 2D User created game profile, read important notes in the vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
Main PC unable to Talk after returning to human form
- In this case, the "Talk" button is grayed out.
Enable debug mode and restore silence state[3]
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
baldur.lua .
- Under line 74,
'Program Options', 'Volume SFX', '100', add:
'Program Options', 'Debug Mode', '1', .
- Save the file.
- Start the game and load the affected save and select the affected character.
- Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+/+r
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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 it into your game installation folder.
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Mods
Unfinished Business
Restores unfinished and cut content. Download here, full readme here. To install, unpack the full content to the game's folder (where the Baldur.exe is) and run the mod's .exe there.
Enhanced Edition Fixpack
Seeks to solve some remaining issues with the Enhanced Editions, also makes some gameplay changes where they seem more consistent. Still under development, here.
Tweaks Anthology
Modular tool that allows making dozens of big and small changes to the game's balancing, presentation etc. Can be downloaded here. Documentation here.
Hidden gameplay options
Enables new settings in the game options, for example showing the area of effect before casting a spell, showing more detailed combat informations, etc. Full list of options here, the file can be downloaded here. To install, unpack the full content to the game's folder (where the Baldur.exe is) and run setup-HiddenGameplayOptions.exe there.
jmerry's Tweak Collection
Additional tweaks and fixes. Available here.
EEex
Download here, description here. Executable extender that allows several changes to the game, e.g. show spell cooldown timers, and show active spells on enemies by ⇧ Shift when hovering the mouse over them. Full feature list here.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
Select the Alternate Renderer option in the Graphics settings. |
OpenGL |
2.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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64-bit support was added and 32-bit support is unavailable as of patch 2.6.[4] Version 2.5 is kept in a Steam beta branch and has a GOG.com bonus installer. |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista, 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) |
1 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
OpenGL 2.0 compatible |
macOS (OS X) |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
10.6.8 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
References