Ultimate Solution to all Beamdog games "DDL Is missing" Error

[TKGX]

I had this problem with Baldur's Gate 1 EE, Baldur's Gate 2 EE, Icewind Dale EE, Planetscape Torment EE, and it was wracking my brain that NO FIX was working. Today, I will outline the ultimate method of fixing this issue.

Firstly, go to https://beamdog.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206729933-Windows-My-Game-Won-t-Launch-Or-Is-Crashing-On-Launch
At step 2: it tells you to download an exe and reinstall OpenAL. This will fix the issue for most people.

However, even when I did reinstall the Exe and it says "Installation Finished", the games would still say "DDL is missing". If you try to download the DDL off the internet yourself, it WONT WORK and will produce further errors.

HERE is how I ultimately fixed it, and the solution is so dumb you'll facepalm.

Go to Control panel > Programs and Features > Scroll down the entire list of programs on your PC until you reach "OpenAL". CLICK it and click Uninstall. It will eventually say to you to reboot your PC to uninstall correctly, say yes, reboot your PC.

Now if you use the Installed and "Install Finished" Exe, it WILL WORK properly and no longer produce the "DDL is missing error".

I hope this helped anyone tearing their hair out with this problem.

[Julius Borisov]

Thanks for sharing!