
Its location may vary - a file search may be needed to find it. Open now the DS 2 game folder and backup and remove the original system_detail.gas file. 'DungeonSiege2BrokenWorld.ini' file inside 'My Documents\My Games\Dungeon Siege 2 '). Natively DS2 only supports resolutions with a ratio of 4:3 or 5:4, anything else you have to define as start parameters (you also can add this in the 'DungeonSiege2.ini' resp. What is your intended resolution while gaming? This should be enabled with (older) Intel graphic chipsets, otherwise it's recommended to leave this check-box empty. Skip partially alpha blending for effects ? If needed you should deactivate the advanced processing here, because even if 'none'/'no shaders' is selected in the option menu, parts of this advanced processing would be active nonetheless.ĭiscard the swap-effect (affects image buffering) ?īetter disable this check-box with (newer) ATi cards or if other new/unusual anti-aliasing techniques are inbuilt. So try to uncheck this option in case of invisibility matters (like invisible monsters). The advanced shader processing in this game may not be compatible with newer graphic cards. Should advanced shader processing be used ? Should normal shader processing be used ? If you have a newer graphic card then keep the shadow/shadering/render settings as preset. an on-board chip temporarily).Īlthough it's not that difficult to update manually system_detail.gas this site can do this for you. Usually this will be the primiary/stronger one, otherwise try to deactivate e.g. Note perhaps, this tool only can find one graphic card/chip, This tiny tool was made by ATi (meanwhile AMD) and will work for most other manufacturers too, showing you ID data of the primary graphic chip as required bewlow. You also can try ATi/AMD's software tool DeviceID.exe (29kB) : Some specific information about your graphic card are required now, namely the 'vendor id' and the 'device id' of your graphic card.ĭepending on your Windows version you should be able to find chip data of your own graphic card via the Control Panel or other system information tools. You can do this yourself by the following 3 steps. Probably the pre-made file from above won't contain your graphic card because your hardware is even newer or maybe less mainstream-like, then a custom file version for the own graphic card is required.

However with a new graphic card this file may become obsolete - thus let's create a new file here! This list is content of the file 'system_detail.gas' file that is stored in your DS2 game folder. Technical background: To start the game in a working graphic mode Dungeon Siege 2 is using a list to look up the settings how to run your graphic card. However there is also a variant of this page for Dungeon Siege 1. May 2015: Please note, this page is intended for Dungeon Siege 2 only. Dungeon Siege II - Updating System_Detail.gas
