A remaster of Icewind Dale 2 can’t be made as a result of the supply code is lacking.
Developers Beamdog reached out to former publishers and builders however “no one seems to know” the place the unique code for Icewind Dale 2 has gone. It appears to have vanished. Consequently, the workforce hoping to remaster the sport have put out a public name for assist in finding it.
For extra on the Icewind Dale 2 remaster, take a look at our interviews with Trent Oster and Chris Avellone.
“We’d love to complete the Infinity Engine series and bring you all the game you’ve been asking for, but to make Icewind Dale 2: Enhanced Edition a possibility, having that source code, preferably patched, is needed before we can even start assessing whether the project is doable,” Beamdog says on its website.
“We’ve searched all the archives we have access to, including all the data handed over to Wizards of the Coast from Atari and there is no source code for Icewind Dale 2,” CEO Trent Oster tells Kotaku. “We’ve reached out to our mates at Obsidian, as a lot of them had been the event workers behind Icewind Dale II, and they don’t have any supply code.
“We’re stalled on the venture with out supply and the venture received’t transfer ahead till we will discover it. We’ve naturally moved on to different issues till there’s a change within the state of affairs.”
Built with a personalized model of BioWare’s Infinity Engine, Icewind Dale 2 was launched in 2002 shortly earlier than its growth studio, Interplay, was closed down. It’s thought that someday throughout abrupt closure – or throughout the subsequent distribution of the studio’s asset – the supply code was misplaced.
Beamdog have since up to date their publish asking followers to not contact former devs or workforce members on their behalf, however inviting anybody with the code to return ahead.
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