Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
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| Developers | |
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| Overhaul Games | |
| Publishers | |
| Former | Atari |
| Current | Beamdog |
| Engines | |
| Infinity | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 28, 2012 |
| macOS (OS X) | February 22, 2013 |
| Linux | September 27, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 78 |
| IGDB | 81 |
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| Baldur's Gate | |
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| 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 |
Key points
- Numerous improvements over the original game, including performance optimisation and support for high resolutions.[1]
- Includes several bug fixes and an overhauled game engine.
- Cross-platform multiplayer (Windows, OS X and iPad).
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS; increasing in
Baldur.inimakes the game run too fast.[2]
General information
- Official forums
- Unofficial wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Amazon.com | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Mac App Store | |
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| Steam | |
Can be played without Steam running.[3] | |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Siege of Dragonspear | |
Game data
Configuration file location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Baldur.lua |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save\ |
| macOS (OS X) | ~/Documents/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
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 | "Enable Cloud Saves" in gameplay settings menu. |
Video
Graphics Settings
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Game runs at desktop resolution but only takes up part of the screen on multi-monitor setups and shifts to the left side. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | UI scale properly and font size can be control | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming or equivalent software. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | If experiencing screen flicker or menu flicker, turn off Vsync in Nvidia CPanel for the game-exe or if running an ATI card, turn off the Catalyst Control Center | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game is capped at 30 FPS; increasing in Baldur.ini makes the game run too fast.[2] |
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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 Settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | Audio is localized only for original content; Enhanced Edition content is unvoiced. | |||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Polish | Fan translation of BG: Siege of Dragonspear, download. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | Official in-game localization. | |||
| Russian | Fan translation by prozh | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish | ||||
| Ukrainian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | 6 | Co-op |
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| Online play | 6 | Co-op |
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| Asynchronous multiplayer | ||||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 | Can be enabled with Alternate Renderer under Graphics options. |
| OpenGL | 2.0 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Issues fixed
Game not launching
| Fix Data Execution Prevention setting[citation needed] |
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Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default (Windows programs and services only). |
In-Game Audio Loss
| Install OpenAL_Soft.exe[citation needed] |
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Download OpenAL_Soft.exe from this link and install into your game installation folder. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible | |
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12+ | |
| Processor (CPU) | Dual Core | |
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 2.0 compatible | |