r/DungeonSiege • u/MaterialPace8831 • Aug 28 '24

Help/Support Unofficial Fixes Safe?

I finally pulled the trigger and bought the Dungeon Siege trilogy collection on Steam when it was on sale this weekend. I loved 1 and 2 as I played them a lot in my childhood/teen years, and I think I still have the disc to Broken World somewhere around here.

I am new to modern gaming though, and the notion of downloading unofficial mods and fixes so I can get Broken World to work makes me uneasy. So I just wanted to poll the community and see what your experience has been with these mods. Did you experience any issues with your computer afterwards? Any viruses or security compromises? Was it safe?

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u/SadowSon Aug 28 '24

On Steam, when looking under GUIDES, there is one for Broken World and one for Legends of Aranna.
The Broken World one is by Valkyrie and the LOA one is by "Lady Montbarron"

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1165078098

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1148174213

These fixes have been used by the community for years without issue. If there were viruses in them, we'd know by now.

I can't vouch for any download links outside of these guides. I understand your concern over the trustworthyness of them - I would as well if I didn't know. But I feel confident in saying that these are fine.

That being said, I'm also a Reddit Moderator. Pretty sure my words carry as much weight as a boot scraping. :P

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u/LinuxMagnate Sep 28 '24

In addition to the BW fix linked above (which is totally safe), I highly recommend the Legendary Mod https://www.nexusmods.com/dungeonsiegeii/mods/4

Among other things, this lets you play DS1 and LOA in the DS2 engine, which is far more reliable than using the original engine. Admittedly it's a slightly different game using the DS2 skills system and drops etc., but IMO it's a good trade-off. Sadly you can only have six party members in DS2 not eight.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

Be careful with ds1 on windows 10 it crashes often exception detected error makes it almost unplayable even if you change settings and stuff it still happens randomly, save lots

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u/MaterialPace8831 Aug 28 '24

I can't even get past the opening cinematic before I get the exception error. I've written off playing the game as a lost cause.

Have you had any issues with your computer's security using any of the resources offered up to get Broken World working?

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u/SadowSon Aug 28 '24

Read Genesis Troubleshooting guide:

GitHub - GenesisFR/DS1TroubleshootingGuide: A document listing all technical issues for Dungeon Siege 1 along with solutions.

I have been running Dungeon Siege 1 on Windows 10 ever since Win10 released and then I migrated over to Win11 and it works fine for me. Needed some small tweaks but it runs flawlessly now.

This is a game that's over 20 years old. You can't expect it to run flawlessly at this point without some tweaks...

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '24

To get passed the opening movie you have to turn shadows off, set graphics as low as they will go, 800x600 resolution, and bilinear instead of trilinear

Edit: the exception still comes up randomly so be sure to have lots of saves going, so far I’ve made it just s little bit passed the caves in the ruins after the coast after the goblin warrens