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1. #ICEWIND DALE II MODS HOW TO#
2. #ICEWIND DALE II MODS MOVIE#
3. #ICEWIND DALE II MODS INSTALL#
4. #ICEWIND DALE II MODS MOD#
5. #ICEWIND DALE II MODS DRIVERS#

Right-click the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel.

#ICEWIND DALE II MODS DRIVERS#

I cannot provide help for all drivers because these change all the time, but for what it’s worth, here’s how it works with the current NVIDIA Control Panel: If your image is stretched like in the “INCORRECT” screenshot, one option is to fix that in your video card’s driver.

#ICEWIND DALE II MODS INSTALL#

There are basically two ways to deal with these problems: either fix the aspect ratio scaling, or install the widescreen mod. Chances are you are using a widescreen monitor, which the Infinity Engine doesn’t adapt well to. Icewind Dale 2 is designed to run at 800×600, which is a 4:3 resolution.

#ICEWIND DALE II MODS MOD#

These mostly remove a lot of tedious inventory management, so you can focus more on the actually fun parts of the game.Īnother popular mod is the Widescreen Mod, which will be discussed in the next section. Very good installation instructions are provided in the Readme. That said, I suggest installing the Icewind Dale 2 Tweak Pack, currently at. Icewind Dale 2 is already a highly polished game, so feel free to skip this step entirely. At the time of this writing, you can find it atĪnyway, simply run the executable, click through the wizard’s screen and that is that. The version is earlier than 2.01, therefore we must install the patch.įortunately, there is only one patch to install, and that is the Official Icewind Dale 2 Patch v2.01 (file name is IWD2Patch201.exe). This screenshot shows my Icewind Dale 2 in-game Options page right after installing from DVD. Just wait patiently, after 10-30 seconds it should start. Note that the game may take a long while to start the first few times. You can double-check this by starting the game and going to the options page. This step should not be necessary if you are using the GOG version, as it should already be the latest version (2.01).

#ICEWIND DALE II MODS MOVIE#

Make sure all your options are exactly like in this screenshot (“Display Movie Subtitles” is personal preference, but I like it), and click OK. If you have plenty of memory, feel free to set that even higher, but it doesn’t make a huge difference. Any computer running Windows Vista or 7 should be fast enough to run the game at its highest settings, so set all of these to “High End” as illustrated above.Ĭheck “Display Quest Experience”, and, optionally, increase the Cache Size to at least 300 MB.

The three sliders under General, Graphics and Audio will be at the “Average” setting. However you do it, here is what you should see when the Configuration Utility starts: In my case it is at D:\Program Files (x86)\Black Isle\Icewind Dale II\Config.exe. Alternatively, the config utility can be found in the Start Menu as illustrated below, and simply in your game’s installation folder. Windows Vista and Windows 7 automatically keep your version of DirectX up-to-date.Īt the end of the Setup, check the box to run the config utility. As long as you’re not installing to C:\Program Files, you’re fine.Īfter that, click Next twice again and the game will install. If you don’t have another drive, you could install, for example, under C:\Games\Icewind Dale II.

Make sure to change this! This also applies if you are installing the game from gog.com. The default Destination Folder will start with C:\Program Files. You will use CD 2 to play the game.Īfter selecting Install, click your way to this screen. For the CD version, insert CD 1 first, and then CD 2 when the setup asks for it, and finally CD 1 again when the setup asks for it at the end of the installation. Icewind Dale 2 ships on DVD, 2 CDs, or can be downloaded at I will only illustrate the DVD installation here, but they are all very similar. If there’s only one thing you should remember from this section, it is do not install to C:\Program Files! Windows Vista and 7 have new security restrictions that the developers of such old games did not expect, so some things may break. In this guide, we’ll focus on Icewind Dale 2, but a lot of this information also applies to other Infinity Engine games.

#ICEWIND DALE II MODS HOW TO#

I will show you how to install, configure, patch and mod the game for an optimal gameplay experience. However, should you have any issues, this guide is here to help. The answer is yes: these games are not that old, and in many cases they will work fine out of the box like any other game. Many people wonder if old Infinity Engine games like Icewind Dale 2, Planescape: Torment and Baldur’s Gate run well under Windows 7/Vista.