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+ | {{ii}} A free demo version is available from [https://archive.org/details/BALDUR Archive.org]. | ||
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Revision as of 03:53, 28 October 2022
For the Enhanced Edition released in 2012, see Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.
Developers | |
---|---|
BioWare | |
Black Isle Studios | |
Mac OS (Classic) | Graphsim Entertainment |
Publishers | |
Retail | Interplay Entertainment |
Retail (Japan) | Sega |
First digital | Atari |
Second digital | Beamdog |
OS X | MacPlay |
Engines | |
Infinity | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 21, 1998 |
Mac OS (Classic) | July 17, 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | October 13, 2003 |
Linux | October 14, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 91 |
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 | Baldur's Gate |
Baldur's Gate | |
---|---|
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons | |
Baldur's Gate | 1998 |
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn | 2000 |
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition | 2012 |
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition | 2013 |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance | 2021 |
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II | 2022 |
Baldur's Gate 3 | 2023 |
Baldur's Gate is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Baldur's Gate series.
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; increasing affects game speed.
General information
- Unofficial Wiki
- Sorcerer's Place - Fansite dedicated to roleplaying and Dungeons & Dragons games
- Spellhold Studios - A modding community for the Infinity Engine, Neverwinter Nights and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- GameBanshee - Walkthroughs and strategy guides for Bauldur's Gate and its expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Released on 5 CDs or 1 DVD. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled with Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.[1] Includes the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion. |
- A free demo version is available from Archive.org.
Version differences
- The GOG.com version includes the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion as well as improved compatibility with modern versions of Windows.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Tales of the Sword Coast |
Essential improvements
Baldur's Gate Tutu
BG1Tutu allows the importing of Baldur's Gate files into the Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn engine. Refer to that page for further details.
Bugfixes and text update
Baldurdash bugfixes and text update fixes bugs, adds tweaks. Refer to that page for further details.
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business is a mod that restores missing and cut content from the game's release. Available both for the original version and for the Enhanced Edition. List of all changes here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\baldur.ini[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
- 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 | <path-to-game>\Save[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | Use G3: Widescreen Mod. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use G3: Widescreen Mod. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default. Frame rate can be customized in the game's .ini file up to 60 FPS; however, frame rate is tied directly to the game's clock and changing it will change the game speed. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | Set in config.exe . |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Ambient, Sound Effects, Voice, Music and Movie. | |
Surround sound | 4.0 [2] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | EAX 1 | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version. | |||
Russian | ArcaneCoast.ru: 1) Fan translation by prozh 2) Fan translation by Refiler |
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Spanish | An Improved translation by ClanDLAN is available. |
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 multiplayer service has been shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Stuck keys during character creation
- Try hitting the stuck key again or using Alt+Tab ↹ to switch away from the game.
Crash after intro videos
The game will crash if the paths in baldur.ini
are too long. Try to install the game on a lower level of the directory tree if you have this problem.
"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions
Install Windows compatibility fix |
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Install DDrawFix.
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 300 MB | 600 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5.0 compatible | 4 MB of VRAM |
Mac OS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 8.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | 233 MHz G3 | |
System memory (RAM) | 64 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 350 MB |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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).