Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

Developers
	Black Isle Studios
Windows	Square One Games
macOS (OS X)	Square One Games
Linux	Square One Games
Publishers
	Interplay Entertainment
Engines
	Dark Alliance Engine
Release dates
Windows	July 20, 2022
macOS (OS X)	July 20, 2022
Linux	July 20, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	63
OpenCritic	68
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Genres	ARPG, Hack and slash
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: Dark Alliance II is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view ARPG and hack and slash game in the Baldur's Gate series.

This game is a port of the 2004 PlayStation 2 / Xbox game of the same name.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Microsoft Store
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Replace logo videos with blank video files
Download replacement files from here. Extract the video files to <path-to-game>\res, replacing the original files.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II\bgda2.cfg
Microsoft Store
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
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II\savedata
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II/savedata
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Baldur's Gate - Dark Alliance II/data/savedata

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		By default. Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default and forced to 60 Hz in Fullscreen mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Playing above 60 FPS will cause the game to run too fast and de-sync cutscenes and dialogues. Fullscreen mode is capped at 60 Hz / 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Attack and Shift-Spells cannot be rebound.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Interface keybindings.

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  Gameplay keybindings.

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  Controller bindings.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

Game runs too fast

Frame rate higher than 60 makes the game run too fast, and the audio goes out of sync.

Workaround: Limit the frame rate
Limit the game to 60 FPS with RivaTuner Statistics Server or through Nvidia Control Panel.

Run the game in Fullscreen mode (Fullscreen mode caps the game to 60hz/60fps)

Game has no sound

Replace openal.dll
Install OpenAl Soft if it's not installed (Check if the file in the next step can be found) Locate oal_soft.dll in %APPDATA%\OpenAL\bin\Win64 Copy the file to <path-to-game> Rename or delete openal.dll Rename oal_soft.dll to openal.dll

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.14
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 20.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2400+
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 ATI Radeon 9600 OpenGL 2.0 compatible
Sound (audio device)	OpenAL compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.