Icewind Dale II
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| Developers | |
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| Black Isle Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Interplay Entertainment |
| Digital (2010-2014) | Atari |
| Digital (2014-present) | Hasbro |
| Engines | |
| Infinity | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 27, 2002 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 17, 2014[1] |
| 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 |
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| Icewind Dale | |
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| Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons | |
| Icewind Dale | 2000 |
| Icewind Dale II | 2002 |
| Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition | 2014 |
Warnings
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Patched for modern systems. 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[2] |
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Improve load times
| Increase cache size |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\icewind2.ini[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Keymap.ini[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\mpsave\[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy |
Video
Config utility general settings
Config utility graphics settings
In-game graphics settings
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| 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) | |||
Config utility gameplay settings
In-game gameplay settings
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Related only to the scroll speed. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
In-game sound settings
In-game sound feedback settings
In-game character sound settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Russian | Fan translation by prowler |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 6 | Co-op |
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| Online play | 6 | Co-op The official GameSpy service has been shut down. |
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Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| 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[3] |
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"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions
| Install Windows compatibility fix |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| DirectDraw | 7 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| 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 | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).