For the Enhanced Edition released in 2012, see Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; increasing affects game speed.
General information
- Unofficial Wiki
- Sorcerer's Place - Fansite dedicated to roleplaying and Dungeons & Dragons games
- Spellhold Studios - A modding community for the Infinity Engine, Neverwinter Nights and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- GameBanshee - Walkthroughs and strategy guides for Bauldur's Gate and its expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Version differences
- The GOG.com version includes the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion as well as improved compatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
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Tales of the Sword Coast |
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Essential improvements
Baldur's Gate Tutu
BG1Tutu allows the importing of Baldur's Gate files into the Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn engine. Refer to that page for further details.
Bugfixes and text update
Baldurdash bugfixes and text update fixes bugs, adds tweaks. Refer to that page for further details.
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.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
Video
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Ambient, Sound Effects, Voice, Music and Movie. |
Surround sound |
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4.0 [2] |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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EAX support |
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EAX 1 |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version. |
Russian |
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ArcaneCoast.ru: 1) Fan translation by prozh 2) Fan translation by Refiler |
Spanish |
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An Improved translation by ClanDLAN is available. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Issues fixed
Stuck keys during character creation
- Try hitting the stuck key again or using Alt+Tab ↹ to switch away from the game.
Crash after intro videos
The game will crash if the paths in baldur.ini
are too long. Try to install the game on a lower level of the directory tree if you have this problem.
"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions
Flickering in menu and in-game
Install DDrawFix.
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
98 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 166 MHz
| Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
300 MB |
600 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5.0 compatible
| 4 MB of VRAM |
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
8.5 |
Processor (CPU) |
233 MHz G3 |
System memory (RAM) |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
350 MB |
Notes
References