Beyond Divinity

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
Divinity: Fallen Heroes	TBA

Beyond Divinity is a singleplayer isometric and bird's-eye view RPG and ARPG game in the Divinity series.

General information

Official Larian forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce DRM protection; use Patch v1.49 to remove.
Retail		Anthology (Collector's Pack) release.
Developer website
GOG.com
Humble Store
Steam

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete/rename intro.mpg^{[citation needed]}
Go to `Static` in the installation folder. Delete or rename `intro.mpg`.

Fix low FPS on modern 64-bit systems

Use DxWnd
Download DxWnd version 2.04.74 from SourceForge In DxWnd select `Options - Expert Mode` Create profile for `div.exe`. In `Main tab` uncheck `Run in Window` and check `Fullscreen Only` In `Hook tab` select `Inject suspended process` In `Compat. tab` check `Limit available resources` Save profile and run game through it

Patches

Patch v1.49 removes StarForce DRM and fixes various issues.

The Font Enlargement Patch fixes the tiny font size. It's most useful on high resolution monitors.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\config.div^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/219760/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Sound settings are stored in sound.cfg.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegames^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/219760/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings (configtool.exe).

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Set in launcher.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

The HUD does not scale to match the resolution so may be too small at higher resolutions.

Set resolution in config.div^[2]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `config.div`. Set `width` and `height` to the desired resolution.

Windowed mode

The game supports windowed mode only through enabling Debug mode and using DgVoodoo2 to support modern systems. Windowed mode can also be achieved with DxWnd but up to version 2.04.74

Enable Debug mode and use DgVoodoo^[3]

Open div.exe on a hex editor (e.g. HxD).
Search for the first result of the pattern 89 5E 28 88 9E 60 01 00 00 as hex and change the 5E byte to 7E.
Save div.exe.
Open slashed-d3d6.cfg on the hex editor.
Go to offset 0x0C and enter a 4-byte integer matching the resolution width, it must be Int32 and little-endian. You can use an integer encoder/decoder (e.g. cryptii.com) to get the correct byte sequence.
Go to offset 0x10 and enter a 4-byte integer matching the resolution height.
Go to offset 0x14 and change the 01 byte to 00 to enable windowed mode.
Download dDgVoodoo2 and extract dgVoodooCpl.exe, dgVoodoo.conf, and D3D8.dll, D3D9.dll, D3DImm.dll and DDraw.dll from DgVoodoo's MS folder into Beyond Divinity's install folder
open dgVoodooCpl.exe and put in the following configuration:
- In the General tab:
  - Check 'Windowed', leave the dropbox as 'Unspecified'.
  - Check 'Enumerate refresh rates'.
- In the DirectX tab:
  - Make sure 'dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card' is selected in the 'Videocard' dropdown.
  - Set the VRAM to 1024MB.
  - Resolution should be set to the desired game resolution and refresh rate you want to play at.
  - Uncheck 'Application controlled fullscreen/windowed mode state'.
  - Check 'Disable Alt-Enter to toggle screen state'.
  - Check 'Force vSync' if you wish to have vSync enabled.
  - Uncheck 'dgVoodoo Watermark' to remove the text in the bottom right from dgVoodoo's overlay.
Click on 'Apply' and close the window

Use DxWnd^[4]

Download DxWnd version 2.04.74 from SourceForge.
In DxWnd select Options - Expert Mode
Create profile for div.exe.
In Main tab check Run in Window and set the window width and height
In Video tab check Monitor native modes and Initial resolution, and set the initial resolution with the game's internal resolution
In Input tab check Cursor visibility Hide, Mouse Clipper ON, Correct mouse position and Keep cursor within window
In DirectX(2) tab check Set 16BPP RGB565 encoding
In Hook tab select Inject suspended process and IAT aligment Word
In Compat. tab check Limit available resources
Save profile and run game through it

Input

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, Sound Effects, Music and Voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish				Windows only.
Russian				Windows only.
Spanish				Fan translation, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98 SE, ME, 2000 SP2, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.3 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7.0
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 9400M AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/219760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (219760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/219760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (219760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Mac Game Update: 34 New Additions ● GOG.com

[4] Beyond Divinity | WSGF

[5] Debug Mode - Better Game Performance + Windowed Mode

[6] DxWnd windowed mode

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Developers

	Larian Studios
Publishers
Retail (Germany, France, Benelux)	Ubisoft
Retail (rest of Europe)	Digital Jesters
Retail (North America)	Hip Games
Digital	Larian Studios
Engines
	Divinity
Release dates
Windows	April 27, 2004
macOS (OS X)	November 15, 2013^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Isometric, Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control, Point and select
Genres	RPG, ARPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Divinity