Dungeon Siege II
Developers | |
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Gas Powered Games | |
Publishers | |
Original | Microsoft Studios |
Broken World | 2K Games |
Digital | Square Enix |
Engines | |
Siege Engine[1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 16, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 80 |
IGDB | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Scrolling |
Controls | Point and select, Multiple select |
Genres | ARPG |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Dungeon Siege |
Dungeon Siege | |
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Dungeon Siege | 2002 |
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna | 2003 |
Dungeon Siege II | 2005 |
Dungeon Siege III | 2011 |
Warnings
Dungeon Siege II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and scrolling ARPG game in the Dungeon Siege series.
Key points
- The Broken World expansion is unavailable digitally, and installing it manually on digital versions will significantly decrease the framerate.[2]
- Since the Windows 10 Creators Update the mouse no longer works in the main menu. See No mouse cursor.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SmarteSECURE DRM[3] for the base game, SecuROM 7 DRM for the expansion. | |||
GOG.com | Without DS2: Broken World expansion, bundled with Dungeon Siege (without expansion), Dungeon Siege III, and Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Version differences
- The Steam and GOG.com versions have no multiplayer and does not include the Broken World expansion.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Broken World |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is 2.2.
- The latest official patch for the toolkit is 1.1.
- The Broken World expansion never received any official patches.
- The retail-only Polish localization also received this fix.
Skip intro videos
Use nointro parameter[4] |
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Use the |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2\DungeonSiege2.ini |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39200/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2\save\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39200/pfx/[Note 1] |
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 |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Use fullscreen=false command line argument.[4] |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Set windowed mode and use a borderless tool. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Only bilinear and trilinear as ingame options | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Use the maxfps=xxx command line argument |
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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 | Music, Sound Effects, Ambient, Voice. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Not for FMVs | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail and Steam only. | |||
German | Retail and Steam only. | |||
Italian | Retail and Steam only. | |||
Japanese | Retail and Steam only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Retail and Steam only. |
Network
- The Steam version does not include multiplayer.
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 4 | Co-op For 8 player co-op use oldschool=true parameter.[5] |
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Online play | GameSpy services have been shut down;[6] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 2300-2400, 6073 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, read important setting notes in the / vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues fixed
No mouse cursor
Use a hex-edited executable.[7] |
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Use Borderless fullscreen windowed.[8] |
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You are also required to run Dungeon Siege 2 in windowed mode by setting the start parameter (via Steam or shortcut) as follows: fullscreen=false To prevent the UI from being almost unusable (see notes), you have to set 'No Size Change' for the game within the Borderless Gaming application. Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy | GameSpy services have been shut down. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP SP1 or newer | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor | |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 4 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon series 7000 or better Nvidia GeForce series Intel Extreme Graphics 82845, 82865, 82915 |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Dungeon Siege Heaven: Dungeon Siege II FAQ
- ↑ Broken World Horrible FPS
- ↑ Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-08-27
- As seen on a no-CD archive site.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 How to use target-line parameters to customize Dungeon Siege II
- ↑ Dungeon Siege Heaven: Developer Interview 1
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Missing mouse cursor fix (not a workaround) :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions
- ↑ No Mouse Cursor :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions