Icewind Dale II
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Developers | |
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Black Isle Studios | |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Infinity | |
Release dates | |
Windows | August 27, 2002 |
macOS (OS X) | April 17, 2014[1] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 83 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | Expansion pack |
Series | Icewind Dale |
Icewind Dale | |
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Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons | |
Icewind Dale | 2000 |
Icewind Dale II | 2002 |
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition | 2014 |
Warnings
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default; increasing affects game speed.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Patched for modern systems. Includes the Adventure Pack expansion. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Adventure Pack |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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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
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Use Widescreen mod. | ||
Multi-monitor | Use Widescreen mod. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use Widescreen mod. | ||
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. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
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 |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Polish | Polish audio only in retail copies. | |||
Russian | 1) Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version. 2) Official localization by «1C-SoftClub - local retail» |
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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 GameSpy services have been shut down;[2] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
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)
- The GOG.com version does not start correctly on Windows 10.
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 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video |
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%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).