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General information
- Official forums
- Official support knowledgebase
- Unofficial Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Monetization
Microtransactions
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System |
Location |
Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\baldur.lua |
macOS (OS X) |
$HOME/Documents/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/baldur.lua |
Linux |
$HOME/.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) |
$HOME/Documents/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Linux |
$HOME/.local/share/Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition/save/ |
Video
Input
- Spells can be deleted from spellbooks by right-clicking on the spell icon.
- Additional formations are available by selecting a group and right-clicking on a formation.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Ambient, Sound Effects, Voice, Music, Movie |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Simplified Chinese |
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French |
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Improved translation available. |
German |
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EE-exclusive characters only have English voice acting. |
Italian |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
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 grayed out.
Enable debug mode and restore silence state[3]
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- 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
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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).
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In-Game Audio Loss
Install OpenAL_Soft.exe[citation needed]
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Download OpenAL_Soft.exe from this link and install it into your game installation folder.
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Mods
- Unfinished Business - restores unfinished and cut content. Full readme available here. To install, unpack the full content to the
<path-to-game>
and run the mod's executable there.
- Enhanced Edition Fixpack - seeks to solve some remaining issues with the Enhanced Editions, also makes some gameplay changes where they seem more consistent. Still under development.
- Tweaks Anthology - modular tool that allows making dozens of big and small changes to the game's balancing, presentation etc. Documentation here.
- Hidden gameplay options - enables new settings in the game options, for example showing the area of effect before casting a spell, showing more detailed combat information, etc. To install, unpack the full content to
<path-to-game>
and run setup-HiddenGameplayOptions.exe
there.
- jmerry's Tweak Collection - additional tweaks and fixes.
- EEex - executable extender that allows several changes to the game, e.g. show spell cooldown timers, and show active spells on enemies by ⇧ Shift when hovering the mouse over them. Full feature list here.
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
9.0c |
Select the Alternate Renderer option in the Graphics settings. |
OpenGL |
2.0 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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64-bit support was added and 32-bit support is unavailable as of patch 2.6.[4] Version 2.5 is kept in a Steam beta branch and has a GOG.com bonus installer. |
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System requirements
Windows |
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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) |
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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 |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent |
System memory (RAM) |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
2 GB |
References