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Dungeon Keeper
Dungeon Keeper	1997
Dungeon Keeper 2	1999

General information

Dungeon Keeper Wiki

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc DRM^{[Note 1]}.
GOG.com		Updated for compatibility with modern systems.
Origin		Included with EA Play.

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

Essential improvements

Patches

v1.7 is the latest patch available. The GOG.com version of game includes latest patch, and is compatible with modern systems.

General Improvement Mod (GIM) - community made, fixing some issues on modern systems. Includes the v1.51 executable for DKII.exe (last version with functional AI) alongside a fixed v1.7 DKII-DX.exe, combined with GOG's fixed graphics renderer.

Level Fix

V1.7 (Including GOG and EA ORIGIN) has an issue where some creatures do not enter the player dungeon. For example Dark Angels can't be attracted during the campaign.

Apply this fix^{[citation needed]}
Navigate to `<path-to-game>` Download this fix Unzip it into `<path-to-game>` and accept when asked to overwrite files.

Skip intro videos

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to <path-to-game>\Data\Movies\
Rename the following files to something else.

BullfrogIntro.tgq
INTRO.TGQ

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Settings^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Data\Save^{[Note 2]} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\Configuration\Player

Campaign data located in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\Configuration\Player

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		1st Person view only.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Voice, Music, Sfx.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Important messages have associated text. Briefing, debriefing have absent subtitles, and some are overridden when the Horned Reaper collects the portal gem.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Local retail version only.
German				Censored (registry entry "Torture Detail" set to 0). Local retail version only.
Italian				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only.
Russian				Unofficial translation: audio or text
Spanish				Local retail version only.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Z3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.6, read important settings hints here. `Note:` Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4
Online play		4

Connection types

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

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	7575

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues unresolved

Main menu frame rate

The main menu (and anything associated with that area) has a generally poor frame rate. It is most likely caused by the display of the menu or overlay.

Issues fixed

LAG and low FPS - Windows 7, 8, 8.1 - 64 bit

Instructions
Download wndmode.zip from https://steamcommunity.com/app/299050/discussions/0/617319461009610021/ Unzip the archive in the same folder where the game is located. There are three files in the archive: directdraw.dll, wndmode.dll and wndmode.ini. That's all. Run the game and enjoy the fluid action. :)

Windows Vista compatibility

Known issues include startup crash, a black cover over what should be visible, and in-game crashes. The following steps fix most of these problems.

Instructions^[3]
Set compatibility mode for DKII.EXE to Windows XP (or Windows 2000). Create or modify a shortcut to Dungeon Keeper 2, and add commandline parameters `-32biteverything` and `-disablegamma`. Disable Hardware Acceleration in the graphics menu (takes effect when you start a new map). Set resolution to 640x480. Disable QSound in the audio menu.

Crashes etc.

Copy unofficial patch "GIM_v1.05" (latest version, download), and run game through DKII-DX.exe (set compatibility to windows 2000^{[citation needed]}).

Map editor installation

The instructions for installing the map editor are incorrect.

Editor installation^{[citation needed]}

Extract the files within DK2Editor.zip to <path-to-game>\Data\editor instead of the folder described in the readme.

Notes

If it was installed in the installation folder, you will receive an error message about being unable to find GlobalVariables.kwd, and will need to kill the process (as it will otherwise remain at 100% CPU).

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90 MHz	Intel Pentium 266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] 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.^[2]
↑ ^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).

References

↑ 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
↑ Dungeon Keeper 2 on Vista

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] 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.^[2]

[gamedir-4] 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).

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

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

[5] Dungeon Keeper 2 on Vista

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 ==Essential improvements==
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} [http://keeperklan.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=6 v1.7] is the latest patch available. The GOG.com version of game includes latest patch, and is compatible with modern systems.
+{{ii}} [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2100-dungeon-keeper-2-general-improvement-mod/ General Improvement Mod (GIM)] - community made, fixing some issues on modern systems. Includes the v1.51 executable for DKII.exe (last version with functional AI) alongside a fixed v1.7 DKII-DX.exe, combined with GOG's fixed graphics renderer.
+===Level Fix===
+{{ii}} V1.7 (Including GOG and EA ORIGIN) has an issue where some creatures do not enter the player dungeon. For example Dark Angels can't be attracted during the campaign.
+{{Fixbox|description=Apply this fix|ref={{cn|date=January 2021}}|fix=
+# Navigate to <code>{{p|game}}</code>
+# Download [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2099-dungeon-keeper-2-version-17-gog-level-fix/ this fix]
+# Unzip it into <code>{{p|game}}</code> and accept when asked to overwrite files.
+}}
 ===Skip intro videos===
 {{Fixbox|description=Instructions|ref={{cn|date=September 2016}}|fix=
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-===Patches===
-{{ii}} [http://keeperklan.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=6 v1.7] is the latest patch available. The GOG.com version of game includes latest patch, and is compatible with modern systems.
-{{ii}} [http://keeperklan.com/downloads.php?do=cat&id=6 General Improvement Mod (GIM)] - community made, fixing some issues on modern systems. Includes the v1.51 executable for DKII.exe (last version with functional AI) alongside a fixed v1.7 DKII-DX.exe, combined with GOG's fixed graphics renderer.
 ==Game data==

Developers

	Bullfrog Productions
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows	June 25, 1999