Baldur's Gate

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[[Series:|]]
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Baldur's Gate	1998
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	2000
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition	2012
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition	2013
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance	2021
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II	2022
Baldur's Gate 3	2023

This page covers fixes for the original release; for the Enhanced Edition, see Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Baldur's Gate Combined Installation

The combined installation provides the ideal Baldur's Gate experience by allowing one to play a single character through the entire Baldur's Gate franchise from beginning to end, with all recommended enhancements and modifications.

The rest of this article is only useful if one is only planning to play just Baldur's Gate and/or Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast. If one intends to continue their play through to Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, then consulting Baldur's Gate Combined Installation article is recommended.

Windows

Version Differences

• Good Old Games provides a version known as Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga. This version includes the expansion Tales of the Sword Coast, as well as a number of modification which allow the game to be run in Windows 7.

Baldur's Gate Tutu

The 'Tutu' mod known as BG1Tutu allows the importing of Baldur's Gate files into the Baldur's Gate II engine.

Save Game data

Save Game Folder Location

• Windows:

  C:\Program Files\Black Isle\Baldur's Gate\Save\

• Good Old Games:

  C:\Program Files\GoG.com\Baldurs Gate\Save\

System requirements

If using the mods Baldur's Gate Tutu or Baldur's Gate Trilogy please refer to the Baldur's Gate II system requirements.

Mac OS X (10.6+)

Although a version of Baldur's Gate was made for Mac 9, the GOG.com version of Baldur's Gate can be run on Mac OS X 10.6+ using Wineskin.

Installation

Required Files:

• setup_baldurs_gate.exe file from Good Old Games
• Wineskin

Instructions:

• In Wineskin, install engine: WS8Wine1.1.35
• With above engine selected, click on Create New Blank Wrapper and enter name
• If you see any notifications for packages that need to be installed, click "Install"
• After the wrapper is created, click "Show in Finder"
• Double-click on the wrapper app
• Install Software and choose the GOG executable as the setup executable
• Continue through setup as usual
• When prompted direct the wrapper to the .exe file:

/Program Files/GOG.com/Baldurs Gate/Baldur.exe

Linux

File:BG1onUbuntu11.04.png

Baldur's Gate running full screen in Ubuntu 11.04

Installation

Required Files:

• setup_baldurs_gate.exe file from Good Old Games
• Wine 1.3

• Run from terminal:

$ wine ~/Downloads/setup_baldurs_gate.exe

• Follow on screen prompt

The path can be customized during installation but the default will be:

~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/GOG.com/Baldurs Gate

To play the game use the shortcut created in the application menu under Wine.

General information

Useful Links

• Sorcerer's Place - excellent fansite dedicated to roleplaying ad 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 Tales of the Sword Coast.