Any chance of IWD2 EE coming out any time soon?

[Lexinator]

Would love more IWD. IWD2 EE is an instant buy for me.

[sammy got popped?]

original game source code was lost , there is no way to make it or else it would have been made already

[philos3]

This question has been posed dozens of times. If you want more detail, do a search on this topic and check them out. You'll find some of them are pretty extensive. But Sammy's response is best short version. The moderators really need to post a pinned explanation as it seems to pop up every few weeks.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Without repeating what I've posted in older topics about the allegedly "lost sources", just this:
--> https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/79872/icewind-dale-2-enhanced-edition-is-almost-here

The original IWD2 at GOG was still working a few years ago. I consider the first game better, btw.

[Vyadhi]

Would be cool to see them re-release ToEE.

[robilar5500]

Lost source code isn't really an impediment if they have the game discs, which I'm sure they do. It IS more work than what they're accustomed to though.

Personally, although I think Beamdog has done an excellent job with the EEs, I also don't mind playing the original on GoG.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by robilar5500:

Lost source code isn't really an impediment if they have the game discs, which I'm sure they do. It IS more work than what they're accustomed to though.

Uh, please, that isn't true. "Lost source code" doesn't only refer to programming language source files but is also about data source files. While one can decompile or reverse engineer the code source files (which, btw, may be commented poorly/badly or not at all in their original form), and it would be massive work to make sense of it all, adding comments and recreating API documentation, you cannot do the same with data. Preprocessed audio files and prerendered graphics animations, for example, have suffered from data loss. It becomes apparant with MP3 encoded voice-over or music already in the enhanced editions. Converting back to WAV would not lead to the original audio source files in full quality.

Trying to reverse engineer the full Icewind Dale 2 game in binary form would not be fun and would not be a worthwhile goal either.

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

Without repeating what I've posted in older topics about the allegedly "lost sources", just this:
--> https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/79872/icewind-dale-2-enhanced-edition-is-almost-here

The original IWD2 at GOG was still working a few years ago. I consider the first game better, btw.

That "almost there" was 3 years ago.. and the thread seems be just full of ppl eager to beta test.. any clue where it is now?

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

wait so….. cant they use the gog files and just add updated sections and bring it to steam???? how did the original files get lost?

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community:

wait so….. cant they use the gog files and just add updated sections and bring it to steam???? how did the original files get lost?

Source code is not the same. They would need to reverse engineer whole thing.

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

Originally posted by Včelí medvídek:

Originally posted by IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community:

wait so….. cant they use the gog files and just add updated sections and bring it to steam???? how did the original files get lost?

Source code is not the same. They would need to reverse engineer whole thing.

dam i hope 1 day they get access to it or find a workaround plus nightdive couldnt use blade runner code yet that came to steam so fingers crossed🤞🏻

[Vyadhi]

Whenever its easiest beamdog will just combine the mods into a nice package, act like they did it and add some 'chievements, winning over the steam collective!

Be patient :^)

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community:

wait so….. cant they use the gog files and just add updated sections and bring it to steam????

No. Even trying to fix minor bugs in binary-only code would be a nightmare, if you cannot recompile source code.

Originally posted by IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community:

how did the original files get lost?

--> https://steamcommunity.com/app/321800/discussions/2/1696048786955186463/#c1698293703766310078

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

that sucks maybe some rpg fans can help beamdog inxile or whoever works on it

[Lexinator]

Originally posted by D'amarr from Darshiva:

Originally posted by IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community:

wait so….. cant they use the gog files and just add updated sections and bring it to steam????

No. Even trying to fix minor bugs in binary-only code would be a nightmare, if you cannot recompile source code.

Originally posted by IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community:

how did the original files get lost?

--> https://steamcommunity.com/app/321800/discussions/2/1696048786955186463/#c1698293703766310078

That's too bad. Thanks.

[IkoN Clan Les legi 102 community]

No. Even trying to fix minor bugs in binary-only code would be a nightmare, if you cannot recompile source code.

🫤
??? wdym ppl have found and recreated old game files cough blade runner