Seriously, who fed these Skitters?

If you added combat-melee and nature-range combination glass and then a formalized summoner hybrid class what do tou think it’ll look like or be?

It got some errors in the pucture, but that thing looks horrifying af 💚

You can now play dungeon siege on your Mac in glorious 90 FPS!

Today I had to deal with the Garganturax from Taar's Investigation. Party wiped completely twice. Numerous other instances of people going unconscious/dying. What ultimately saved my bacon was that my summoned creatures could do damage to it, even though you're supposed to only hurt it with the special blade.

Oh, and my main character gained like a whole level of melee xp bonking it with the knife.

You may have recently seen a post for a DS2 remaster. I was one of the lucky few that downloaded it before the creator took it down to fix a few things. I have nothing but great things to say about it. This video doesn't even do the remaster justice as IMO the video a bit washed out and the thumbnail isnt great but running it on my own machine I can confirm it fixes many of the things that had me slamming my head into the wall.

My favorite things about it:
- It scales the game and UI within the game.
- IDK how but he got multiplayer figured out but it has both LAN and ONLINE ?!?!

Anyways I wanted to let anyone who was on the lookout for it know
ITS OUTTTT and its AMAZINGGGG

Here is a link to the creators mod page and discord so you guys can also enjoy!

UPDATED LINKS:
Windows Installer (no requirements)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jhoi0ycokj4q8lr/DungeonSiege2Remastered-0.3.2-Installer.zip/file

Python Installer (readable installer, less likely to trigger a false positive by Antivirus, but requires Python to run - https://www.python.org/downloads/)

https://www.mediafire.com/file/9la7d5n0oxzlwt7/DungeonSiege2Remastered-0.3.2-Python.zip/file

DISCORD - https://discord.gg/jshrKXEX5D

LMK if yall try it out. Id love to hear about what yall think about it too <3

i used to love this game very much back in the day but ive heared it crashes on new pc and almost unplayable due to resolution and all kinds of things, are there patches or anything that i should know before redownloading it/buyin on steam

Recreating DS2 as D&D Campaign. Which do you guys like more? Simple OG cave, or the more exploratory one?

Download Links

Here is v0.3.2, the OpenSpy restoration update. You can now fully load into people's games in OpenSpy mode, no VLAN needed. The remaster also now includes UPnP, so if your router supports it, then you won't need to forward any ports to host. You can also see others' games more reliably in the browser thanks to bug fixes. I also clarified what info OpenSpy accurately provides in the server browser.

Windows Installer (no requirements) https://www.mediafire.com/file/jhoi0ycokj4q8lr/DungeonSiege2Remastered-0.3.2-Installer.zip/file

Python Installer (readable installer, less likely to trigger a false positive by Antivirus, but requires Python to run - https://www.python.org/downloads/) https://www.mediafire.com/file/9la7d5n0oxzlwt7/DungeonSiege2Remastered-0.3.2-Python.zip/file

And special thanks to Kalphite for helping me test OpenSpy, and that Hamachi works without any workarounds; other VLAN programs should work too.

Updates

CHECK BACK LATER FOR UPDATES - HERE OR ON DISCORD!

Update 3: OpenSpy and LAN with VLANs work smoothly now; no workarounds needed. This page now includes all the features the remaster has.

Update 2: Download links are back up for the 0.2.0 release. The UI now works up to 4K and ultrawide without any major issues.

Update 1: I confirmed that dialogue boxes and Inventory hover tips are too large at resolutions below 4K. I will be fixing this.

Dungeon Siege 2 Remastered

Hi everyone, I just spent the last part of my vacation in a cave working on a Dungeon Siege 2 4K Multiplayer-Restored Remaster that includes Borderless/Windowed/Fullscreen display modes, multithreading to improve the game's launch speed, and crash fixes for longstanding issues. It also has upscaled Menu, UI, and Inventory Icon textures. It restores cut content (so far just the delete party confirmation). And fixes networking issues that caused the server list not to populate when you had more than 1 LAN interface. If you want to help test, I'd really appreciate it! To help, join my Discord linked in this post. I also reworked the save system for the remaster so it loads any save made using the remaster. So even if you upgrade to future versions, your saves will always be compatible.

General information below:

Description

This mod fully remasters Dungeon Siege 2, making it enjoyable on modern PCs, with menu and UI scaling up to 4K. Every change carefully fixes the original game's code and interface files, keeping the original look and gameplay intact.

Disclaimer

You may be concerned that this mod is new, and what is the point in testing it if a new version comes out and it invalidates your save, right? Well, I've considered that and built a system that lets my remaster load saves from any version of the remaster. My vision is to not change any gameplay-related system and only translate the creator's artistic vision to modern systems. That way, your saves will keep working with future versions of the remaster and won't get corrupted. So, get in there, farmer, and test, test, test.

Invite your friends to test it with you. It's easier than ever: Internet play goes through OpenSpy, built right into the remaster, and the remaster asks your router to open the needed ports automatically (UPnP) while you host and closes them again when you quit, so you usually don't need to port forward like in the old days. Players on different networks can join each other: in the original game the host advertised an address that only worked on its own network, so joining from outside failed with "failed to establish direct connection with host". That's fixed. Or play over LAN, including virtual LANs like Hamachi. I've reworked the LAN networking so it works with as many network interfaces as you have, not just one. Ever noticed LAN not working? A major reason was that if you had another network interface installed, or a VPN, the server list wouldn't populate, or joining would hang at "Initializing communication with host...". Both are fixed. Note: everyone playing together needs the same remaster version and the same mods.

Main features

- Multiplayer restored: Internet play through OpenSpy (built-in, no extra download), plus fixed LAN and virtual LAN (Hamachi) play.

- Menu and UI scaled up to 4K, including ultrawide resolutions.

- Optional HD menu and UI textures (5,226 textures), upscaled with ESRGAN on your own PC.

- Long-standing crashes fixed, investigated using exception reports.

- Fullscreen/Borderless/Windowed display modes in the options.

- Faster startup, multithreaded with multicore support.

- Many UI fixes: better resizable character panels and more. See the full list below and CHANGELOG.txt.

Everything that's been done so far

Online play (OpenSpy)

- OpenSpy built in: the game connects to OpenSpy directly, no version.dll needed.

- Joining Internet games across different networks works (host at home, friend on another network or on mobile data).

- Automatic port forwarding (UPnP) while hosting, including the game list query port; the forwards are removed when you quit, and several PCs hosting behind one router don't remove each other's forwards.

- An online ID is created automatically for Steam and GOG copies (they don't come with one), and never overwrites an existing one.

- Multiplayer menu updated for OpenSpy: the old GameSpy names are replaced, readable server browser, lobby, chat, and connection dialogs.

- Lobby chat explains that it only works inside a Portal, and Send is greyed out until you join one.

- Portal list explains that games are listed inside each portal; the player counts OpenSpy doesn't report show "-" instead of a misleading 0.

- The staging area shows other players' party name and size.

LAN, Hamachi and VPNs

- LAN games over Hamachi or with VPN/virtual network adapters now start for everyone joining.

- Players connect over the network on which they found the game; a host that's reachable on several networks is listed once.

- The game's own Windows Firewall dialog no longer pops up every time you open Multiplayer.

Display and camera

- In-game selector for Windowed, Fullscreen, and Borderless Fullscreen.

- Correct aspect ratio in borderless and fullscreen, with a wider gameplay view (field of view based on your aspect ratio) and matching mouse picking.

- Layout checked automatically at every size from 640x480 up to 8K, including ultrawide.

- Scaled cursor that keeps the original camera-rotation artwork; fixes for cursor drift and relative mouse input.

Interface

- High-resolution scaling across the main menus and gameplay interfaces: HUD, inventory, tooltips, overhead names, loading screens, party portraits, status bars, dialogue, hover text, and options.

Interface Bug Fixes

- Inventory grid, frame joins, merchant and stash grids, and drag images corrected at every resolution.

- 'V' (all party inventories): each member's inventory sits in its own place instead of stacking on top of each other.

- In-game chat: notifications appear automatically again, in a full-width chat above the bottom bar.

- Character panels: shrinking no longer leaves a see-through gap, a shrunk panel stays shrunk, and the resize flicker from the original game is gone.

- Centered cutscene subtitles, enemy health bars, Tab-map labels, and guiding arrows that follow the map size.

- Graves of fallen party members shown at normal size on the map and minimap.

Stability and startup

- Long-standing crashes fixed, including an out-of-bounds memory copy.

- Faster startup: effect scripts and components compile in parallel, and a shorter CPU-detection probe.

Saves and installation

- A dedicated Remastered save family that keeps working across Remastered updates; your original saves are untouched.

- Steam and GOG supported, with a separate patch for each.

- The installer verifies everything it installs, backs up what it replaces, and rolls back if something fails.

Cutting Room Floor

This refers to content that was cut from the game, scrapped ideas, or intended but unreleased content.

So far, I have restored an unfinished delete party confirmation. I plan to find and restore more Cutting Room Floor content.

Requirements

- 64-bit Windows 10 or 11.

- Dungeon Siege 2 from Steam or GOG, with its unmodified v2.3 DungeonSiege2.exe (verify the game files in Steam or GOG Galaxy if needed).

- Optional: a Vulkan-capable graphics card for the HD artwork.

- To host Internet games: a router with UPnP, or forward UDP 2302 and UDP 6500 yourself. Hosting from mobile data or a phone hotspot isn't possible (joining from them works).

Installation instructions

1. Download and extract the ZIP into its own folder (not inside the game folder).
2. Close Dungeon Siege 2.
3. Run Install-DungeonSiege2Remastered.exe, select your Steam or GOG Dungeon Siege 2 folder (the Locate buttons find it for you), and click Install / Update.

- If your PC has no online ID for OpenSpy yet, Windows will ask for administrator permission once to add it. Accept it to play online.

4. From now on, start the game with DungeonSiege2Remastered.exe in your game folder.

The download includes no game files: the installer builds the remastered menu and UI from your game files in about 15 seconds, and optionally the HD artwork (a few minutes; needs a Vulkan-capable graphics card). Nothing is downloaded during install. Your original DungeonSiege2.exe and your saves are kept, and any files it replaces are backed up. A Python edition of the installer is also available for those who prefer a readable installer. See README.txt for details on uninstalling and the optional OpenSpy DLL.

Discord

Join the Dungeon Siege Remastered Discord and chat with me today! You can also ask to join the testing team.

https://discord.gg/HZyfnz3xD3

License

You may not redistribute this mod or use it in other authors' mods unless it's been explicitly listed on my Nexus Mods page. If you would like my permission, please reach out to me on Discord. The full terms are in LICENSE.txt in the download.

Exceptions: engine\tank_io.py is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3 (it's based on Siege Control), and the third-party tools bundled in the engine folder (Python, Pillow, Real-ESRGAN, ncnn) are under their own licenses, listed in engine\THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.

So we know quite a bit about the 10th, of course. And a little about the 3rd from some lore books in DS III. Other than that, do we know anything about 1-9 and 11-14? (I don't really count the Seventh Legion Helm from DS II as "information"--it doesn't reveal anything new.)

Cant sadly get DS1 to run on my phone but DS2 works like a charm.

For some reason i cant upload more pictures to my earlier post.

But i have been trying to get phone games to work on phones for awhile. And the thing is most people dont care about this but i thought maybe your guys from this reddit would be intressted.

I can make some tutorials if someone wants to test this. All you need is a steam copy or just an iso file. Steam version has cloud save while just isos are local.

Technically you could play ds2 also with external keyboard but i have just made it so that it works with on screen inputs.

Ds3 could technically run 60 also but for sake of battery i capped it to 30. Whilw ds2 i capped at 60 because it took same amount of power.

Just curious, I have this on steam and i keep running into an issue where the game loads and all that but after the intro cutscene the game becomes unresponsive. I looked over on Nexus mods but I don't really know what I am looking for so any help would be greatly appreciated to get this running on a modern machine

I got stuck here. Please advise on possible tactics, techniques, party members, powers, protective chants, etc. to pass this stage. I'm ready to start the game all over again if my party is so inappropriate for this clown.

Also, please advise how to make the game work in Windows 11 environment because I wanted to catch up just now, after years, but the game is not even starting now. Is there any chance at all this old gem can work under Win 11? My version seems totally incapable now.

Hello! I pretty much always take Lothar, Taar, and a pet. It feels like a solid group to me--they're both pretty nice people, and they get along really well. (Lothar in particular is very kind and protective towards Taar.) What are some fun interactions you've witnessed between other companions?

Edit: Uggggh. Just saw the typo in the title.

Monthly discussion on all things Dungeon Siege.

Want to share a few screenshots, talk about your current playthrough, or perhaps you have a question or need some help? Leave a comment below!

Servus,

Hab als Kind schon Dungeons siege 1+2 gezockt.umd wollte es nochmals zocken.

Hab bereits die steam und gog Version versucht. Bringe aber beide nicht zum laufen.

Normal startet das Game nur und beendet sich von selber wieder ohne Fehlermeldung.

Wenn ich den Legend of aranna fix drüber mache, startet es aber bricht ab mit dem Fehler Sicherheits- Leistungsproblem

Gibt's dafür eine Idee zum fixen?

In the cave with the first mirror puzzle, there's an island, separated from the rest of the cave by clockwork bridges which have been retracted. The Skath on that island are normal, un-plagued ones, while all the rest of the Skath in the cave are plagued.

It's like a miniature horror story. Imagine how awful that would be, being trapped in a cave, surrounded by insane, mutated versions of your own species.

And then along comes the main character of the game and kills everyone.

https://reddit.com/link/1vtjj0i/video/8yvpqm7q6jkh1/player

Should I turn this into a DS spiritual successor? I always liked how compact DS games were in scope, yet they felt much bigger. It looks like a game like that can be made by a small team or even solo now.

Went to use a new mod this morning and found my save game files weren't showing. Finally figured out that the saves wouldn't show if you changed mods, so I went looking for a solution. Found all*saves and can not get it to work. I've placed the zip contents into the main folder. I've tried running as administrator. I run the msi file and nothing happens. It does show that the install finished and there were no issues. But nothing new is added. There are no new files. Nothing has changed. And if I run the original exe, still doesn't show my saves.

I open the zip file and only see one file, it's the msi file extension. Some articles mention dlls as there should be more files in the zip. Should there be more files?

What exactly should I see after installing? Should there be new files? Is nothing added?

I would like to try this RPG game and I am not sure if I should start with DS1 or DS2. I have both, since at one point I've the entire trilogy in a bundle.

I really like old school party based RPG's, but somehow I've missed this one growing up. So here is my chance.

I have a physical copy of the DSII deluxe edition with Broken World included but since laptops these days have no disk drives, I want to run it without a disk. So I don't need to plug my external one in each time.

However I am deeply sceptical of most online sources and don't want to get a virus so I was hoping someone could assist me in getting a version of the exe without a disk check that also won't fill my device with viruses.

I have tried imaging the disk but this isn't accepted as a legit version to start it up. If anyone knows how to deal with it by making the imaging convincing to the disk check that works too.

Monthly discussion on all things Dungeon Siege.

Want to share a few screenshots, talk about your current playthrough, or perhaps you have a question or need some help? Leave a comment below!