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Divinity
Divine Divinity	2002
Beyond Divinity	2004
Divinity II: Ego Draconis	2009
Divinity II: Developer's Cut	2012
Divinity: Dragon Commander	2013
Divinity: Original Sin	2014
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition	2015
Divinity: Original Sin II	2017
Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	2018

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Divine Divinity is a singleplayer isometric RPG game in the Divinity series.

General information

Official Larian forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 2 DRM^{[Note 1]}
Retail		Anthology (Collector's Pack) release.
Developer website
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo

An English demo is available here (German site, but English demo). Install this patch for the demo it it doesn't launch.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch V1.34 updates the game to version 1.0034A which is for the CD game. The DVD release is already patched.^[4] GOG and Steam use version 1.0062A (Patch V1.62A) which is more recent.

Unofficial patches

The Performance Patch fixes slow, jerky performance in Direct3D mode on Windows 8 and 10. It doesn't alter the game, only the compatibility settings.

The Font Enlargement Patch fixes the tiny font size. It's most useful on high resolution monitors.

dgVoodoo 2 is a Direct3D/DirectX wrapper that allows hardware rendering on current Windows versions.

Game data

Game settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.div^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214170/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegames^{[Note 2]}
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/GOG.com/Divine Divinity⁩/savegames⁩
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/214170/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Configuration tool settings.

Video performance settings.

Video visual settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use software rendering instead of Direct3D for resolutions greater than 1920x1200.^[5]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Choose software rendering from the configuration tool. Direct3D will cause the game to crash.^[5]
4K Ultra HD		No scaling.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
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	For Windows 8 and later use the Software renderer to avoid frame rate issues.

Windowed mode

The game supports windowed mode only through enabling Debug mode. Windowed mode can also be achieved with cnc-ddraw and setting the game to Software rendering

Enable Debug mode^[6]

Open div.exe on a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
Search for the first result of the pattern 89 5E 28 89 7E 2C 89 5E 34 89 5E as hex and change the first 5E byte to 7E.
Save div.exe.

Applying this configuration enables usage of wrappers such as DgVoodoo for optimizing performance in modern systems

Use cnc-ddraw^[7]

The game must be set to run on Software rendering mode using its included configuration tool.

Download cnc-ddraw from Github.
Extract the downloaded files into the game's install directory.
Open cnc-ddraw config.exe and set the Presentation dropbox to Windowed.
Close the tool and run the game.

If the game presents problems check the Compatibility settings option in the configuration tool.

Input

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.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, Sound Effects, Music, Voice
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation - #1
French
German
Polish
Russian
Spanish				Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Issues fixed

Game fails to launch

Use software rendering instead of Direct3D^[5]
Go to `<path-to-game>`. Run `configtool.exe`. Under New rendering system, select Software. Optionally, click Test to ensure the configuration is functional. Click Apply & Close.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work* on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.*

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD	3.6
Cutscenes	Bink Video	1.5g

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8.1 compatible
Other	4X CD-ROM

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (214170) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ Larian Studios - Divinity - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Divine Divinity | WSGF - last accessed on 2019-04-06
↑ Debug Mode - Better FPS + Windowed Mode
↑ DirectDraw for Divine Divinity

[4] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[3]

[gamedir-6] 2.0 ^2.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-7] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (214170) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (214170) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[2] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[3] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[5] Larian Studios - Divinity - last accessed on May 2023

[wsgf-8] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Divine Divinity | WSGF - last accessed on 2019-04-06

[9] Debug Mode - Better FPS + Windowed Mode

[10] DirectDraw for Divine Divinity

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 ==Essential improvements==
 ===Patches===
-{{ii}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20180714231710/http://larian.com/Site/english/divinity/fix.html Patch V1.34] updates the game to the latest version. The DVD release is already patched.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714231710/http://larian.com/Site/english/divinity/fix.html|title=Larian Studios - Divinity|date=May 2023}}</ref>
+{{ii}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20180714231710/http://larian.com/Site/english/divinity/fix.html Patch V1.34] updates the game to version 1.0034A which is for the CD game. The DVD release is already patched.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714231710/http://larian.com/Site/english/divinity/fix.html|title=Larian Studios - Divinity|date=May 2023}}</ref> GOG and Steam use version 1.0062A (Patch V1.62A) which is more recent.
 ===Unofficial patches===

Developers

	Larian Studios
Publishers
Retail (Europe)	Cdv Software Entertainment
Retail (Japan)	Game Village
Retail (Russia)	1C Company
Digital	Larian Studios
Engines
	Divinity
Release dates
Windows	September 22, 2002
macOS (OS X)	November 15, 2013^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Divinity