Dungeon Siege II
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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.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SmarteSECURE DRM[2] 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 retail-only Deluxe Edition includes the base game, the Broken World expansion pack and a bonus DVD.
- The Steam and GOG.com versions have no multiplayer and do not include the Broken World expansion. Despite this, their reported version is 2.60, which is the launch version of Broken World.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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Expansion pack | The expansion pack includes 2 new classes, a new campaign, a new race (dwarves), 2 new pets, monsters, items, and the recipe system. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Broken World | Unavailable digitally, and installing it manually on digital versions will significantly decrease the framerate on some systems.[3] |
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
Run the game with the nointro=true command line argument.[4]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2\DungeonSiege2.ini %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2 Broken World\DungeonSiege2BrokenWorld.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\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2 Broken World\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. Solution requires these files. | ||
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 | In-game only; not applicable in FMVs | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Fades in/out when focus changes. | |
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | Retail and Steam only. | |||
German | Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release. | |||
Italian | Retail and Steam only. | |||
Japanese | Retail and Steam only. | |||
Polish | Retail only. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | Translation. | |||
Spanish | Retail and Steam only. |
Network
- The Steam and GOG.com versions do 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
- Occurs in the main menu as of the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703).[citation needed]
Use a hex-edited executable.[7] |
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Run the game in borderless fullscreen windowed mode.[8] |
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Notes
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Username "taken" error in LAN
Deactivate and reactivate network adapter[9] |
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- Further issues can be fixed by referring to GenesisFR's troubleshooting guide.
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 |
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
- ↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2021-08-27
- As seen on a no-CD archive site.
- ↑ Broken World Horrible FPS
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Lan problems :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions - last accessed on 2022-08-07