General information
- Dungeon Keeper Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Instructions[citation needed]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Data\Movies\
- Rename the following files to something else.
BullfrogIntro.tgq
INTRO.TGQ
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Patches
- v1.7 is the latest patch available. The GOG.com version of game includes latest patch, and is compatible with modern systems.
- General Improvement Mod (GIM) - community made, fixing some issues on modern systems
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Campaign data located in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\Configuration\Player
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game control settings.
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Polish |
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Local retail version only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Connection types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
7575 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues unresolved
Main menu frame rate
The main menu (and anything associated with that area) has a generally poor frame rate. It is most likely caused by the display of the menu or overlay.
Issues fixed
LAG and low FPS - Windows 7, 8, 8.1 - 64 bit
Windows Vista compatibility
Known issues include startup crash, a black cover over what should be visible, and in-game crashes. The following steps fix most of these problems.
Instructions[3]
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- Set compatibility mode for DKII.EXE to Windows XP (or Windows 2000).
- Create or modify a shortcut to Dungeon Keeper 2, and add commandline parameters
-32biteverything and -disablegamma .
- Disable Hardware Acceleration in the graphics menu (takes effect when you start a new map).
- Set resolution to 640x480.
- Disable QSound in the audio menu.
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Crashes etc.
Copy unofficial patch "GIM_v1.05" (latest version, download), and run game through DKII-DX.exe
(set compatibility to windows 2000[citation needed]).
Map editor installation
- The instructions for installing the map editor are incorrect.
Editor installation[citation needed]
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Extract the files within DK2Editor.zip to <path-to-game>\Data\editor instead of the folder described in the readme.
Notes
- If it was installed in the installation folder, you will receive an error message about being unable to find
GlobalVariables.kwd , and will need to kill the process (as it will otherwise remain at 100% CPU).
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Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 90 MHz
| Intel Pentium 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References