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Dungeon Siege
Dungeon Siege	2002
Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna	2003
Dungeon Siege II	2005
Dungeon Siege III	2011

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Dungeon Siege II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and scrolling ARPG game in the Dungeon Siege series.

Key points

The Broken World expansion is unavailable digitally, and installing it manually on digital versions will significantly decrease the framerate.^[2]

Since the Windows 10 Creators Update the mouse no longer works in the main menu. See No mouse cursor.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SmarteSECURE DRM^[3] for the base game, SecuROM 7 DRM for the expansion.
GOG.com		Without DS2: Broken World expansion, bundled with Dungeon Siege (without expansion), Dungeon Siege III, and Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Version differences

The Steam and GOG.com versions have no multiplayer and do not include the Broken World expansion.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Expansion pack	The expansion pack includes 2 new classes, a new campaign, a new race (dwarves), 2 new pets, monsters, items, and the recipe system.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Broken World

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch for the base game is 2.2.
The latest official patch for the toolkit is 1.1.
The Broken World expansion never received any official patches.
The retail-only Polish localization also received this fix.

Skip intro videos

Use nointro parameter^[4]
Use the `nointro=true` command line argument.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2\DungeonSiege2.ini
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2\save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/39200/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

External settings (DS2VideoConfig.exe).

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry. Solution requires these files.
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Use `fullscreen=false` command line argument.^[4]
Borderless fullscreen windowed	Set windowed mode and use a borderless tool.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Only bilinear and trilinear as ingame options
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Use the `maxfps=xxx` command line argument
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

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

Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound Effects, Ambient, Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles		In-game only; not applicable in FMVs
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail and Steam only.
German				Retail and Steam only; download for GOG.com release.
Italian				Retail and Steam only.
Japanese				Retail and Steam only.
Polish				Retail only.
Spanish				Retail and Steam only.

Network

The Steam and GOG.com versions do not include multiplayer.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		4	Co-op For 8 player co-op use `oldschool=true` parameter.^[5]
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[6] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	2300-2400, 6073

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, read important setting notes in the / vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

No mouse cursor

Use a hex-edited executable.^[7]
It makes the camera rotate way too fast when using middle-click in windowed mode.

Use Borderless fullscreen windowed.^[8]

You are also required to run Dungeon Siege 2 in windowed mode by setting the start parameter (via Steam or shortcut) as follows: fullscreen=false

To prevent the UI from being almost unusable (see notes), you have to set 'No Size Change' for the game within the Borderless Gaming application.

Notes

This causes the main menu to use the monitor resolution, making the UI appear in the top-left corner. Furthermore, the UI in-game will be hard to navigate, because cursor position does not fit position of icons.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy	GameSpy services have been shut down.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP1 or newer
Processor (CPU)	1.0 GHz equivalent or higher processor
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon series 7000 or better Nvidia GeForce series Intel Extreme Graphics 82845, 82865, 82915

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.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (39200) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Dungeon Siege Heaven: Dungeon Siege II FAQ
↑ Broken World Horrible FPS
↑ Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-08-27
As seen on a no-CD archive site.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 How to use target-line parameters to customize Dungeon Siege II
↑ Dungeon Siege Heaven: Developer Interview 1
↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
↑ Missing mouse cursor fix (not a workaround) :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions
↑ No Mouse Cursor :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions

[Proton_path_note-5] 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.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (39200) 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] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (39200) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Dungeon Siege Heaven: Dungeon Siege II FAQ

[2] Broken World Horrible FPS

[3] Verified by User:Plokite Wolf on 2021-08-27
As seen on a no-CD archive site.

[command_line-4] 4.0 ^4.1 How to use target-line parameters to customize Dungeon Siege II

[6] Dungeon Siege Heaven: Developer Interview 1

[7] Pricing | GameSpy Technology

[8] Missing mouse cursor fix (not a workaround) :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions

[9] No Mouse Cursor :: Dungeon Siege 2 General Discussions

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+|freeware               =
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Developers

	Gas Powered Games
Publishers
Original	Microsoft Studios
Broken World	2K Games
Digital	Square Enix
Engines
	Siege Engine^[1]
Release dates
Windows	August 16, 2005
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Scrolling
Controls	Point and select, Multiple select
Genres	ARPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Dungeon Siege