Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
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| Developers | |
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| Obsidian Entertainment | |
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| Versus Evil | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 5[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | May 8, 2018[2] |
| macOS (OS X) | May 8, 2018[2] |
| Linux | May 8, 2018[2] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 88 |
| OpenCritic | 89 |
| IGDB | 85 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time, Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Isometric |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | RPG |
| Vehicles | Naval/watercraft |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Pillars of Eternity |
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| Pillars of Eternity | |
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| Pillars of Eternity | 2015 |
| Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire | 2018 |
| Avowed | 2024 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Fig campaign site
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (may contain spoilers)
Availability
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| Green Man Gaming | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
Xbox Game Pass for PC | |
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| Steam | |
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| Discord (unavailable) | |
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| Mac App Store (unavailable) | |
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| Origin (unavailable) | |
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| DLC | Additional content. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
| Subscription gaming service | Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC. |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Seeker, Slayer, Survivor | |
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| Beast of Winter | |
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| The Forgotten Sanctum | |
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| Explorer's Pack | |
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| Rum Runner's Pack | |
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| Beard and Hair Pack | |
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| The Deck of Many Things | |
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| Critical Role Pack | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Obsidian Entertainment\Pillars of Eternity II\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Preferences/unity.Obsidian Entertainment.Pillars Of Eternity II.plist |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Obsidian Entertainment/Pillars of Eternity II/prefs |
- 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 |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Pillars of Eternity II\ |
| Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\VersusEvil.PillarsofEternity2-PC_xa16sj1v690xg\SystemAppData\wgs\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/Pillars of Eternity II/Saved Games/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/PillarsOfEternityII/SavedGames/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Discord | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Origin | ||
| Steam Cloud | Windows saves on MacOS and Linux end up in $XDG_HOME\Pillars Of Eternity\ as of May 12th, you'll have to copy your saves manually to the linux/MacOS saved game path in order to load. | |
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings.
Interface settings.
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Gameplay settings.
Auto-pause trigger settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Mouse cursor used for gameplay. | |
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| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Party keybinding options (1/5).
Gameplay keybinding options (2/5).
Interface keybinding options (3/5).
Menu screen keybinding options (4/5).
Ability keybinding options (5/5).
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, Effects, and Voice. Sea Shanties can be disabled. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Issues fixed
Frame rate issues and constant crashing with NVIDIA GFX Cards
| Use the official settings suggested by Obsidian for NVIDIA GFX cards |
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Screen flickering when moving
| Set MSAA Samples to 1 in the Graphics settings in-game |
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FPS dropping in certain areas
| Run the game as administrator[3] |
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Disable multisampling in the registry[4]
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FPS dropping down to around 20 and staying there
Add the command line -force-d3d11 to the command line arguments[5]
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G-Sync not working or stuttering
Add -window-mode exclusive to the command line arguments[6]
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Vista 64-bit or newer | 10 64-bit or newer |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100T @ 2.50 GHz AMD Phenom II X3 B73 |
Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.10 GHz AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Faalagorn on 2018-05-08
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Releasing on May 8th!
- ↑ Low FPS and GFX Card Utilization : projecteternity (Reddit) - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Deadfire Performance Increase : Steam - last accessed on Oct 2023
- ↑ FPS randomly drops to ~24 on a high spec PC, Help!!! : projecteternity (Reddit) - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ How To Fix G-Sync in 1.0.2 - Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Technical Support (Spoiler Warning!) - Obsidian Forum Community - last accessed on May 2023