Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn

For the Enhanced Edition released in 2013, see 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

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Baldur's Gate series.

Key points

The GOG.com version is patched for compatibility with modern systems.

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; increasing affects game speed.

General information

Unofficial Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Bundled with Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.^[1] Includes Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal expansion.

Version differences

The GOG.com version is pre-patched for modern systems and includes the expansion.

Older versions, such as the original release, may have issues running on newer machines.

The Dungeons & Dragons Classic Anthology has issues installing on newer operating systems and needs a workaround for the Tutu mod (see Baldur's Gate Tutu).

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Throne of Bhaal

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename Movies.bif^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\data\Movies\` Delete or rename `Movies.bif`

Patches

Patches are available to fix various issues.

Modifications

Baldur's Gate Tutu

The 'Tutu' mod known as BG1Tutu allows the importing of Baldur's Gate files into the Baldur's Gate II engine. For the Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection version copy BGate2.mpi from the CD into the installation folder prior to installing Tutu.^[2]

Baldur's Gate II Fixpack

The BG2 Fixpack is a WeiDU compilation of fixes for Baldur's Gate II. Several modders began working on a new WeiDU fixpack to address the numerous bugs that have been identified. Fixpack currently includes all of the fixes addressed by Baldurdash (including the Game Text Update) and several hundred new bugfixes. The project is ongoing.

Baldur's Gate Trilogy

The 'Trilogy' mod known as BGT is an alternative to Tutu that also allows the importing of Baldur's Gate files into the Baldur's Gate II engine. In addition, BGT uses a dynamic system to transfer players from the end of Baldur's Gate to the beginning of Baldur's Gate II. For the Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection digital version, simply rename the Baldur's Gate folder to Baldurs Gate without the apostrophe to make it command-line syntax friendly. NOTE: Must have both Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II installed and their correlating expansions (Tales of the Sword Coast and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal).^[3]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[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
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save\^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Widescreen Mod.
Multi-monitor		Use Widescreen Mod.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	Causes screen flickering on Nvidia cards, see Screen flickering.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default. Frame rate can be customized in the game's .ini file up to 60 FPS; however, frame rate is tied directly to the game's clock and changing it will change the game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Gameplay settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Character sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, sound effects, voice, music and video.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		A3D 2.0,^[4] EAX 2^[5]

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by Avengers of Balduran - link
Russian				Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version.
Russian				Fan translation by Refiler – link
Spanish				An improved translation by ClanDLAN is available.

Network

Multiplayer types

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

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Assertion Failed

ChDimm.cpp at line number 805 or 834^[6]

Appears if the installation directory shifted or the game is moved across systems.

Open baldur.ini, and check the [alias] section
Change the installation folders to match the installation directory, and save changes
Relaunch the game.

If it still fails, it should be corrected on a reinstall.

Screen flickering

Screen flickering on Nvidia cards^{[citation needed]}

Turn off Vsync and triple buffering in driver control panel.

Open driver control panel.
Go to Manage 3D Settings (from the list on the left side) in Nvidia Control Panel.
Select Program Settings Tab on the right window.
Add bgmain.exe (go to the folder where the game is intalled).
Manually disable v-sync and triple buffering.
Accept

"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions

Install Windows compatibility fix
Download custom compatibility fix from https://mega.nz/file/ahkWjbxR#rEKQssrG_0XgL8djCrZEUieScflxmBvUzWSGfSEycy8 Either use command line to install the compatibility file or run the BATCH file as an administrator to do it automatically.

Other information

API

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Multiplayer	MPlayer.com

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 233 MHz	Intel Pentium II 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	800 MB	1.2 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5.0 compatible

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).

References

[gamedir-4] 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).

[1] Update: 60% / 85% off Enhanced Editions: Baldur's Gate I & II, Icewind Dale Original & Enhanced to become the Definitive Edition Bundle - GOG.com

[2] Dungeons and Dragons Anthology Installation and EasyTuTu - Pocket Plane Group forums

[3] Bought D&D Anthology from GamersGate, BG1TOTSC crashes before game loads - The BioWare Forum

[5] Bladur's Gate II sera A3D 2 - HardWare.fr

[6] EAX® to EAX® 4.0 ADVANCED HD™ - SoundBlaster.com

[7] ttp://www.baldursgatemods.com/forums/index.php?topic=7973.msg76786#msg76786

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Developers

	BioWare
	Black Isle Studios
Publishers
Retail	Interplay Entertainment
Retail (Japan)	Sega
First digital	Atari
Second digital	Beamdog
Mac OS	MacPlay
OS X	MacPlay
Engines
	Infinity
Release dates
Windows	September 24, 2000
Mac OS (Classic)	October 15, 2001
macOS (OS X)	December 5, 2003
Linux	October 14, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	95
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
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