Icewind Dale II

Icewind Dale II

Developers
	Black Isle Studios
Publishers
2002-2006	Interplay Entertainment
2006-2014	Atari
2014-present	Hasbro
Engines
	Infinity
Release dates
Windows	August 27, 2002
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	April 17, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	83
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	Icewind Dale

Icewind Dale
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Icewind Dale	2000
Icewind Dale II	2002
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition	2014

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Icewind Dale II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Icewind Dale series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with WineD3D. Includes the Adventure Pack expansion.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Adventure Pack

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 2.01, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Data. Delete or rename BISlogo.mve, Nvidia.mve and WOTC.mve. Go to <path-to-game>\CD2\Data Delete or rename Intro.mve.

Improve load times

Increase cache size
Execute config.exe in the game directory. Go to tab game. Set cache size up to a maximum of 999.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\icewind2.ini <path-to-game>\Keymap.ini
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\mpsave\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Config utility general settings

Config utility graphics settings

In-game graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use Widescreen mod. UI does not scale and the camera gets zoomed out more the higher the resolution is (zooming in is not possible), so everything becomes very small at high resolutions.
Multi-monitor			Use Widescreen mod.
Ultra-widescreen			Use Widescreen mod. UI does not scale and the camera gets zoomed out more the higher the resolution is (zooming in is not possible), so everything becomes very small at high resolutions.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
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		30 FPS default cap. Frame rate is tied directly to the game's clock and changing it will change the game speed.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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  Config utility gameplay settings

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  In-game gameplay settings

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Related only to the scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

In-game sound settings

In-game sound feedback settings

In-game character sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, sound effects, voice, music, movie
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Alt-tabbing crashes the game without a DirectDraw wrapper[citation needed]; always muted when using a DirectDraw wrapper, but doing so with fullscreen will still only display the game.
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian				1) Official localization by Akella – local retail and GOG.com versions. 2) Official localization by 1C-SoftClub - local retail only
Russian				Fan translation by prowler

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		6	Co-op
Online play		6	Co-op The official GameSpy service has been shut down.

Connection types

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

Issues fixed

Frame rate and lag fix

Use Aqrit's DDrawFix. The GOG.com version is already patched.

Game does not start on Windows 10 (GOG.com)

Delete/rename ddraw.dll
Go to the installation folder. Delete or rename ddraw.dll. The game should now start correctly.

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

Install Windows compatibility fix
Download custom compatibility fix from here Either use command line to install the compatibility file or run the BATCH file as an administrator to do it automatically.

Jagged/chunky fog of war

Use Aqrit's DDrawFix. The GOG.com version is already patched.

Other fixes include DDWrapper or DDrawCompat.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

GemRB

A Source Port of Infinity Engine games designed to be compatible with multiple Platforms & add new features such as increased moddability over the original engine.

However, as of 23rd of March 2024, this game is still not completable or polished on GemRB.

https://gemrb.org

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95 OSR2	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz	Intel Pentium III 500 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 8 compatible