This page is for the original game from 2000. For the updated enhanced edition released in 2014, see Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Heart of Winter |
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Heart of Winter - Trials of the Luremaster |
Requires the Heart of Winter expansion. |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is 1.06, available from Patches-Scrolls.
- The latest official patch for Heart of Winter is 1.41, available from Patches-Scrolls: international | German.
Mods
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\Data
- Delete or rename the following files:
eMovWOTC.bif (Wizards of the Coast logo)
MVEfileL.bif (Black Isle logo)
MVEfile1.bif (Game introduction, contains story content)
Note that trying to play these disabled movies from the movie selection will crash the game.
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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.
https://gemrb.org
Game data
Config utility general settings.
Config utility game settings.
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
Config utility video settings.
Input
Config utility keyboard settings.
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Network
Multiplayer types
Ports
Protocol |
Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
TCP |
2300-2399, 47624 |
UDP |
2300-2399, 47624 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
General
- The game will have problems with running with Avast! Antivirus Realtime Shield. The issue manifests in the game crashing when you try to edit your character bio or you try to import a character into a game.
- Install outside Program Files to avoid issues with file redirection.
- Will crash when you try to start a new game on newer operating systems, this can be fixed if you run the program as administrator.[7]
Multiplayer-specific issues
- The game will have issues with displaying if you try to join a multiplayer game while in fullscreen mode. To get around this use Alt+↵ Enter to switch to windowed mode and back once you've successfully joined a multiplayer game.
- On older systems like Windows XP it is important to check your network interface priority if you keep having connectivity issues when you have more than one network.
- Ensure all players are running the same version of the game (the GOG.com version is v1.41). The game version can be found by starting a single player game and opening the main menu; the game version is then displayed in the bottom left of the screen.
- Check that the game's 'Cache Size' is at least 140mb. This can be checked and changed with the 'Config' program, which is located in the folder where the game is installed to.
- Check that both players share the same 'Game Speed' value. This can be checked and changed with the 'Config' program, which is located in the folder where the game is installed to.
Game does not start on Windows 10 (GOG.com)
- The GOG.com version does not start correctly on Windows 10.
Delete/rename ddraw.dll[8]
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- Go to the installation folder.
- Delete or rename
ddraw.dll . The game should now start correctly.
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"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions
Assertion failed: ChDimm.cpp at line number 600
- Caused by moving the installation directory.
Edit icewind.ini[9]
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- Open
icewind.ini in a text editor.
- Under the
[Alias] , change the shown paths to match the current directory.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
7.0 |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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macOS (OS X) | | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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Middleware
System requirements
Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Pentium II (or compatible) 233 MHz
| 266 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
800 MB |
1.96 GB[10] |
Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7.0 compatible | |
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
8.6 | |
Processor (CPU) |
G3 233 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB |
160 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
690 MB | |
Notes
References