Difference between revisions of "Divinity II: Developer's Cut"

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Divinity
Divine Divinity	2002
Beyond Divinity	2004
Divinity II: Ego Draconis	2009
Divinity II: Developer's Cut	2012
Divinity: Dragon Commander	2013
Divinity: Original Sin	2014
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition	2015
Divinity: Original Sin II	2017
Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition	2018

General information

Originally released as Divinity II: Ego Draconis (2009) and its expansion Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga (2010). Digital releases have all been upgraded to the Director's Cut edition.

Official Larian forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 8 DRM.
Retail		Anthology (Collector's Pack) release.
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam
GamersGate (unavailable)		SecuROM PA DRM
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[1]

A demo for The Dragon Knight Saga is available on Steam (only per direct link, allow popup by Steam): steam://install/58600

Version differences

The Dragon Knight Saga includes Ego Draconis and Flames of Vengeance. Ego Draconis content has received a visual overhaul and a significant rebalancing. Retail copies with the Flames of Vengeance expansion installed can be updated to The Dragon Knight Saga build with the latest official patch.

The Developer's Cut edition is a fully updated version of The Dragon Knight Saga release which includes a separate executable with the debug mode used by developers, developer diaries, design documents, and concept art. It is currently the only digitally available version.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Flames of Vengeance	Included in The Dragon Knight Saga and Developer's Cut releases.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches exist for the original retail versions of Ego Draconis, Flames of Vengeance and The Dragon Knight Saga bundle.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Divinity 2\Profile
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/219780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Divinity 2\Savegames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/219780/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Separate options for terrain only and full AF
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Syncs to the FPS cap.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate cap is configurable, but camera's movement is still capped at 60 FPS (!) and main menu is always capped at 30 FPS.^[2] See Frame rate (FPS).
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Windowed

Set windowed mode^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `graphicoptions.xml`. Change `Fullscreen="1"` to `Fullscreen="0"`.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

The in-game option for Screen Space Anti-Aliasing does nothing in Ego Draconis, Flames of Vengeance, and the Developer's Cut.

Use SMAA Injector^{[citation needed]}
Download SMAA Injector and extract the files. Move the files from `D3D9` to `<path-to-game>\bin\` For the Steam version, open `injector.ini` and change the line `weird_steam_hack = 0` to `weird_steam_hack = 1`. Launch a game.

Frame rate (FPS)

Manually set FPS cap^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `graphicoptions.xml`. Change `FPSCap="XX"` where `XX` is the desired cap.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		See Mouse Y-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Mouse Y-axis inversion

Allow inverted mouse in dragon form^{[citation needed]}
Download Y-Axis Hotfix from here Go to `<path-to-game>\bin\` Rename `Divinity2.exe` and `Divinity2-debug.exe` to something else. Extract the hotfix versions of `Divinity2.exe` and `Divinity2-debug.exe`. Start the game. Go to Control options. Enable inverted Y-axis in Dragon Form.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.0 output with DirectSound3D restoration software.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		DirectSound3D.^[3]
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Divinity 2 - Developers Cut & Dragon Knight Saga: 3D Vision Fix.
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum containing important settings hints.

Issues fixed

Crash on saving/loading or exiting buildings

In particular areas, the game may crash when exiting buildings or when trying to save or load. Patching the game executable to allow access to 4 GB RAM seems to resolve this.

Apply the NTCORE 4 GB RAM patcher^{[citation needed]}

Low frame rate

Enable timeslice shadow updates in game settings^{[citation needed]}

Micro-stuttering on multi-core systems

In-built multi-core support is broken in that it induces severe stuttering in-game and also on the main menu.

Disable the multi-core option in game settings^{[citation needed]}

Micro-stuttering on Windows Vista/7

May cause alt-tabbing issues

Disable desktop composition on launch^{[citation needed]}
Go to `<path-to-game>\bin\` Right-click on `Divinity2.exe` and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and enable Disable desktop composition.

Lower FPS cap to 55 FPS^{[citation needed]}
Go to the graphics options menu and show the advanced settings Enable the FPS cap and set it to 55 FPS or ([refresh rate] - 5) FPS

Lower mouse polling rate
The game engine drops mouse input if it is too frequent In the mouse control panel, lower the polling rate to 125 Hz

Use an external framerate limiter to run the game at 30 fps^[4]
Disable the in-game FPS limiter from the options menu by moving the slider to zero. Using an external framerate limiter such as RTSS, run the game at 30 FPS.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	DirectSound3D
Cutscenes	Windows Media Foundation

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7, 8)	2 GB (XP) 4 GB (Vista, 7, 8)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 8800 512 MB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/219780/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (219780) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022
↑ New 120Hz Games Report
↑ Divinity 2 OpenAL Soft HRTF (DSOAL)
↑ Steam Community Discussion - last accessed on 2021-03-30

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/219780/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (219780) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/219780/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (219780) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Welcome to Games for Windows Marketplace - last accessed on 19 August 2022

[3] New 120Hz Games Report

[4] Divinity 2 OpenAL Soft HRTF (DSOAL)

[5] Steam Community Discussion - last accessed on 2021-03-30

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Developers

	Larian Studios
Publishers
Original	DTP Entertainment
Developer's Cut (retail)	Focus Home Interactive
Developer's Cut (digital)	Larian Studios
Engines
	Gamebryo
Release dates
Windows	July 24, 2009
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Divinity