Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

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

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS; increasing the cap makes the game run too fast.

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
Publisher website
Amazon.com
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com		The default Windows version is 64-bit; a separate set of 32-bit installers is also available.
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam		Can be played without Steam running.^[2]
(unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\baldur.lua
macOS (OS X)	~/Documents/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/baldur.lua
Linux	~/.local/share/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/Baldur.lua

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
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\save\
macOS (OS X)	~/Documents/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/save/
Linux	~/.local/share/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphical settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 30 FPS. Frame rate can be customized in `baldur.lua`; however, frame rate is tied directly to the game's clock and changing it will adjust the game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Acceleration not present
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		No built-in support; Beamdog supplies an officially-recommended Steam Controller configuration for the Steam release of the game.

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, sound effects, voice, music and movie
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German				EE-exclusive characters only have English voice acting.
Italian
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		6	Co-op
Online play		6	Co-op

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		2D User created game profile, read important notes in the vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Main PC unable to Talk after returning to human form

In this case, the "Talk"-button is greyed out.

Enable debug mode and restore silence state^[3]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `baldur.lua`. Under line 74, `'Program Options', 'Volume SFX', '100',` add: `'Program Options', 'Debug Mode', '1',`. Save the file. Start the game and load the affected save and select the affected character. Press `Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`/`+`r`

Game not launching

Fix Data Execution Prevention setting^{[citation needed]}
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]}
Download OpenAL_Soft.exe from this link and install into your game installation folder.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit support added and 32-bit support unavailable as of patch 2.6.^[4] Version 2.5 is kept in a Steam beta branch and a GOG.com bonus installer.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 1.3 Release - Beamdog Forums
↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20
↑ Main PC unable to initiate dialog - Baldur's Gate Forums
↑ Steam Community Announcements - Patch 2.6 Launches Today! - last accessed on 2021-04-20

[release_date-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition 1.3 Release - Beamdog Forums

[2] Verified by User:Vetle on 2016-03-20

[3] Main PC unable to initiate dialog - Baldur's Gate Forums

[4] Steam Community Announcements - Patch 2.6 Launches Today! - last accessed on 2021-04-20

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Developers

	Overhaul Games
Publishers
	Beamdog
Engines
	Infinity
Release dates
Windows	November 15, 2013
macOS (OS X)	December 16, 2014^[1]
Linux	December 16, 2014^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Baldur's Gate