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Dungeon Keeper 2 -- TWEAKS & F!XES
By N3tRunn3r
This guide may or will be further updated in future!

It includes an edited configuration file to further zoom-out, and some RegEdit Tweaks for higher and stable resolutions as well as to lower scrolling and mouse sensitivity speeds and to uncensor the german edition!


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Category: Modding or Configuration, Secrets, Workshop
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
First Steps 
RegEdit: Lower scrolling and Mouse sensitivity speed 
RegEdit: Increase Resolution 
RegEdit: Uncensor German Edition 
After doing the RegEdit tweaks 
HEX-edited mod: zoom-in and -out 
DK2 v1.7 (GOG/EA) Creature Attraction F!X 
"Dialight's Flame": a new DK2 project + Multiplayer fix 
Have Fun ! 
Affiliates 
Comments
First Steps
Happily Steam provides multilanguage support for Dungeon Keeper 2, change DK2's language via its Steam Properties while downloading on Steam.

While downloading:
  • Right-click on downloading Dungeon Keeper 2 and select "Properties.."
  • General Tab
  • Language -> Change your preferred language
  • Steam begins a fresh re-download of DK2

Then after downloading and installing Dungeon Keeper 2:
  • Run DK2
  • Enjoy the amazing intro
  • If you have reached the main menu ..
  • .. close the game

So files have been written into the RegEdit which we need to modify.


RegEdit: Lower scrolling and Mouse sensitivity speed
Open RegEdit:

WIN + R
regedit.exe

In RegEdit traverse to the Dungeon Keeper 2 directory and further to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\ Configuration\Player

  • "Mouse Sensitivity" -> 1 (decimal)
  • "ScrollSpeed" -> 1 (decimal)

If the value "1 (dec)" is too slow as it varies due to different mice, software and hardware, so change their values between 1 and 5, as 5 is slowest possible via in-game settings.


RegEdit: Increase Resolution
Open RegEdit:

WIN + R
regedit.exe

In RegEdit traverse to the Dungeon Keeper 2 directory and further to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\ Configuration\Video

  • "Res 1280*1024 Enable" -> 1 (decimal)
  • "Screen Height" -> 1024 (decimal)
  • "Screen Width" -> 1280 (decimal)


Any higher resolution will disable fonts of in-game HUD & UI in Options and Settings. If you are ok with that, increase your (custom) resolution via Width and Height settings and disable again:

"Res 1280*1024 Enable" -> 0 (dec)


RegEdit: Uncensor German Edition
Open RegEdit:

WIN + R
regedit.exe

In RegEdit traverse to the Dungeon Keeper 2 directory and further to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\ Configuration\Video

  • "Torture Details" -> 1 (decimal)

In RegEdit traverse to the Dungeon Keeper 2 directory and further to:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Bullfrog Productions Ltd\Dungeon Keeper II\ Configuration\Player

  • "Use Blood" -> 1 (decimal)


Traverse to the Dungeon Keeper 2 InstallDir:

..\Steam\steamapps\common\Dungeon Keeper 2

..and open file "installScript.vdf" with Notepad or WordPad. Scroll down until you see that block:

{ "Torture Details" "0" }

and edit it into:

{ "Torture Details" "1" }

Save this file afterwards.


Back in the days, 2 extra files had been included for the german censorship which needed to be manually deleted. It seems these files are gladly not present anymore.


After doing the RegEdit tweaks
Do NOT open the ingame video settings after tweaking DK2 within the RegEdit, or the game will automatically restore all changes made and you have to re-do all (quick) steps via RegEdit.

The regular menu and options can be opened and used of course, as saving and loading game saves, changing audio and other settings.


HEX-edited mod: zoom-in and -out
Ingame you zoom-in and zoom-out with the "Home (Pos1)" and "End" keys.

To zoom out further, open install directory (InstallDir) of Dungeon Keeper 2 and traverse to:

..\Steam\steamapps\common\Dungeon Keeper 2\Data\editor

Do a backup of the original file "GlobalVariables.kwd" and replace it with this hex-edited file:

Encrypted Download @ Mega.nz:
DK2-SupKeeper.zip | 5 kb[mega.nz]


DK2 v1.7 (GOG/EA) Creature Attraction F!X
Dungeon Keeper 2 version 1.7 (which included the GOG and EA ORIGIN editions) comes with an issue that on many levels the correct creatures do not come from the portal anymore. For example you will no longer attract Dark Angels during the campaign.

To fix this, download this archive[keeperklan.com] and extract the files into your Dungeon Keeper II\Data\editor\maps folder. When prompted, say 'Yes to all' to overwrite the faulty files.




"Dialight's Flame": a new DK2 project + Multiplayer fix
Dialight's Flame is a new project which as similarily aims to fix some of Dungeon Keeper 2's issues by modifying the game code as KeeperFX does for DK1.

Get Dialight's Flame from here: https://github.com/DiaLight/Flame

It even allows to play DK2 in multiplayer again, but all party members do need to have Flame installed on your DK2 v1.70 version.

Here are some developer's notes:

About Flame

Flame modifies the Dungeon Keeper 2 code to fix the bugs found in both single and multiplayer. It works with the Disk, Steam and GOG versions of the game.

Warning: Saves and network sessions between Flame and non-Flame Dungeon Keeper 2 versions are incompatible. But you can use -original_compatible flag to disable some patches that breaks compatibility.
How to install

  • Go to the releases page and download the Flame-1.7.0-*.zip file of the newest release
  • Extract the zip file into your Dungeon Keeper 2 game directory

Now run DKII-Flame-1.7.0-*.exe to play. It is possible to rename the .exe file to play Multiplayer via GameRanger.

Note: It is possible to find newer test builds on github actions

Note 2: The Data directory are not required for this to work, but are recommended.


I will update this guide about Flame content and how-to's into details later . . .

Have Fun !
All these tweaks work for any DK2 release as on Steam, GOG, Electronic Arts, Retail ..

Have Fun, Keeper !


Best Regards,
N3


Affiliates

KeeperKlan[keeperklan.com]

Dialight's Flame[github.com]





60 Comments
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TOMMY TELESHOPPING 4 Oct @ 6:34am 
non stop stuttering, can't even play the game. tried everything
N3tRunn3r  [author] 11 Feb @ 9:33am 
which resolution do you try to use?
and which regedit settings have you made or edited?
Xenomorph 11 Feb @ 9:02am 
Anyway to get widescreen i tried registry change as you said but i dosent work?
ChaLLenGeR 3 Feb @ 1:08pm 
Back with an update for people that might be encountering the same issues as I have. The only thing that worked for me was to reinstall Windows. A clean wipe and a new beginning.
Segismundo :] 29 Oct, 2024 @ 1:10pm 
hey N3tRunn3r,

could you add me to friends? I would like to ask you something about DK2 :)
Xenexodus 16 Aug, 2024 @ 5:06pm 
Spot on! Thank you!!
Now if I could make window mode work :steamfacepalm:
N3tRunn3r  [author] 22 Jul, 2024 @ 10:46am 
How to: Perform a Clean Install or Reinstall of Windows 10 ::

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/all/how-to-perform-a-clean-install-or-reinstall-of/aef0ae63-2117-41ee-a8ea-4a3181625b08


Windows 11 Clean Installation Process ::

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsinsider/cleaninstall


This might help you too, a small important guide from me ::

https://steamproxy.net/discussions/forum/1/4551533524171091239/#c4526764179302823770

. . . Good Luck !! . . .

:cwat:
ChaLLenGeR 22 Jul, 2024 @ 9:44am 
@N3tRunn3r

As always, really appreciate the help!

Still the same error code when I try to install DirectPlay: 0x800700C1

Installing the files mentioned didn't change anything as of now :(
N3tRunn3r  [author] 21 Jul, 2024 @ 9:50am 
@ChaLLenGeR ::

Hmm, i think i had that issue once, too.
Do following >>

Install DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer, unhook Bing . . .

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35


Install VCRedist X86 and X64

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022


Restart PC afterwards.

If this has fixed your issue, I will add it into this guide.
ChaLLenGeR 21 Jul, 2024 @ 9:14am 
@N3tRunn3r

Followed everything you mentioned, directplay was reinstalled successfully aaand then for some reason it's not working (same error) after restarting. The whole trip was a rollercoster.

Any chance this is related to windows updates?

Thanks again for all the help!