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Revision as of 10:26, 19 June 2019
Developers | |
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BioWare | |
Publishers | |
Black Isle Studios | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
OS X | MacPlay |
Japan | Sega |
Engines | |
Infinity | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 30, 1998 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 17, 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | October 13, 2003 |
Linux | October 14, 2014 |
Baldur's Gate | |
---|---|
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 |
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
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Baldur's Gate 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
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Released on 5 CDs or 1 DVD. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.[1] Includes the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion. |
Version differences
- The GOG.com version includes the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion as well as improved compatibility with modern versions of Windows.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Tales of the Sword Coast |
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.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\baldur.ini[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version. | |||
Russian | ArcaneCoast.ru: 1) Fan translation by prozh 2) Fan translation by Refiler |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 6 | Co-op |
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Online play | 6 | Co-op |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
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.
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).