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[Jyro X]

HipMaestro wrote...

Jyro X wrote...
Hi there. I have been playing NWN1 since release but have experienced several lulls (breaks if you will) during my stints. Unfortunately, I have lost my game discs but my CD keys should still be registered to this account. I remember on the old nwn.bioware.com website, there was a way I could retrieve them.

However, I find myself currently wanting to play NWN but don't have any way to install the game (no discs). Does Bioware/EA not support a way to download the game clients and retrieve my old CD Keys? Other developers (Blizzard comes to mind) support this level of service and I find it surprising that Bioware/EA is moving away from this format.

Unless I'm missing something of course.

Significantly off-topic in a "How-to-install-NWN" thread, but nonetheless...

Once Bioware was absorbed into EA the legacy site was closed along with all services and the substantial knowledge base.  "This account" on BSN is not the one you typed your keys into many, many moons ago. Apparently, EA decided 10 years was long enough to support NWN and have refocused their resources (including whoever is left from the original Bioware staff) in other ventures. In short, when the NWN discs and keys are gone, they are gone for good, unless one is capable of navigating the space-time continuum.

Many folks in a similar situation simply DL a copy of the Diamond version from GoG or similar game vending site.  The standard cost is around 10USD but there are occasionally promotions that offer even better bargains.  No need to shop on Ebay that way.

$10 isn't that much to play one of my all-time favorite games again. So Diamond Edition it is. Thanks for the post HipMaestro.

[mysticalkas]

OK so I found a youtube video about some of this stuff, it was talking about installation and so forth, well, i started following it and found out some interesting things, it seems im missing a lot of files in the folders, ie..override, patch, servervault, source, tempclient. and again the dialog.tlk is there (twice) along with the binkw32.dll. im doing my best to fegure this out but im having no luck at all. i downloaded the nwnenglish1.69dialog file.....its empty so that is telling me i did not unzip it correctly (i assume since its empty) there is a 2dasource file with a zipper on it, not doing anything with it since i seen nothing about it and will most likely mess it up. the hak file has 5 icons in it data file has 42, now just started opening folders and found one that has this as far as CEP's go http://nwncep.com/we...lcomecep_fi.htm so im going to try it. ahhh well its a 1.52 so lets see what it does.......hehe, dont know what im doing but this is kinda fun right, whats the worst that can happen? hahaha, there is no connection to the internet....how interesting

[mysticalkas]

ok, so none of this worked, i am now at a loss with ideas.

[mysticalkas]

ok, so re-installed once more, now doing the crit rebuilds. now when i installed i elected to go to C drive, well started the download for the crit rebuild and decided to see where i would like to install it, opened up C drive and no nwn/nwn2, so began my search, found it, in program files (x86), have no clue how that happened? when i installed it i chose C drive program files, then deleted it all gain, just chose c drive for yet another install. i have deleted this game and re-installed it over 40 times within the past month. i am getting nowhere with this. this will be my last attempt. as much as i enjoy the people and playing this, it should not be this difficult. i understand that there is always problems but the fixes were a lot easier to understand and fix. So, if i see you i shall see you in game, if not, then i have given up and will do something else. thank you all for the outstanding support threads and few comments that i have received. i remember dealing with some of you from last i played. thanks again to all.

[mysticalkas]

ok, so i did some cut and paste, and started downloading all the stuff, got the 1.69, and the tlk file, now its telling me when i try and log on that i need the cep23_v1 so downloading that now, so far things look good.

[Axe_Edge]

NWN Diamond (DVD) installation problem (resolved):

Win 7 Pro, 64 bit, ATI HD 5800, 12 gigs of RAM, Desktop, full admin rights, ran DVD as admin = installation not happening.

During installation from DVD, the initial splash screen to install would appear with music.  After clicking to install, the splash screen would disappear.  The following error would be shown:

"Access to %1 has been restricted by your Administrator by policy rule %2."

I tried everything listed at the beginning of this thread, which didn't work.  I soon found this:

"Software Restriction Policy Notification displays a message to the user and writes an event to the event log when the user attempts to run a program
that is not allowed by the policy. If the software restriction policy is enforced on all users, then messages will be displayed to both standard users and administrators. If the policy is enforced on all users except local administrators, then users logged on with administrative credentials will not be notified
as the policy will not apply to the programs that they run.
If the policy is enforced on all users and the Basic User default security level is selected, local administrators may not be able to run programs that require administrative credentials unless those programs are specifically excluded from the rule.
Right click on the software installation file and click on “Run as administrator”.
If that doesn’t help, then follow these steps:
1. Click on start and then click control Panel.
2. Open Administrative Tools.
3. Open Local Security Settings.
4. Click Software Restriction Policies.
5. If no software restrictions are defined, right click the Software Restriction Policies node and select New Software Restriction Policy
6. Double click Enforcement
7. Select "All users except local administrators"
8. Click OK
9. Reboot the computer."

(from here)

It worked!  I was able to install.  All good, now.

*note:  I had no software restrictions defined (5 above)*

Modifié par Axe_Edge, 28 avril 2012 - 06:15 .

[mysticalkas]

YEA!!!!!! I WAS IN A DREAM !!!!!!!!!!!, now to correct a few other problems, in game freezing, stop and go, stop and go, and my character is all shinny and looks like steel.

[Wyldkat]

help I need a pacth for never winters nghts to play it on vista can someone please help me.

patch_english_hotu.html#crit

can some plese send me this   rebuid or  a site where i can get it at.

Modifié par Wyldkat, 04 juillet 2012 - 08:57 .

[Rolo Kipp]

<pointing...>

Check out the Critical Rebuild at neverinternights.info.

Let us know how you get on :-)

And welcome!

<...at a big purple dragon's hoard>

[BGOrion]

Hello,

I've recently purchased the Diamond Edition of NWN 1 from GOG.com and can't seem to get it going on Windows 7. The game itself runs but the FPS is very low - almost less than 1. I have a Dell Studio 1537 with a dual core Intel, 4 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 3400 and an integrated AMD Audio. I tried to run it in a compatibility mode (XP SP 3 and 2), as well as play with the other options in this properties tab. I'd appreciate any help! Thanks in advance!

Best wishes,
Yulian

P.S. Additional specs: I run a 32bit Windows 7. I tried to update all drivers to the newest version.

Modifié par BGOrion, 26 décembre 2012 - 02:46 .

[HipMaestro]

BGOrion wrote...
Hello,

I've recently purchased the Diamond Edition of NWN 1 from GOG.com and can't seem to get it going on Windows 7. The game itself runs but the FPS is very low - almost less than 1. I have a Dell Studio 1537 with a dual core Intel, 4 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 3400 and an integrated AMD Audio. I tried to run it in a compatibility mode (XP SP 3 and 2), as well as play with the other options in this properties tab. I'd appreciate any help! Thanks in advance!

Best wishes,
Yulian

P.S. Additional specs: I run a 32bit Windows 7. I tried to update all drivers to the newest version.

This is a "How-to-" thread.  I suggest you post your question as a dedicated topic in this (Self-help Tech) forum with as descriptibve a title as possible.  Be certain to post your full system & hardware specs as recommended in the Start Here sticky when you do.  It will give the community a running start to help analyze the possible source(s) of your problem.

Just off the top of my head, I highly recommend you DL & apply the Critical Rebuild for v1.69.  The GoG v1.69 patch is not that reliable according to others.  Integrated components are often insufficient for games that use OpenGL but I'd at least investigate the more obvious possibilities (like driver versions) first.

[Gregory_HouseMD]

Ok guys, I'm at a loss here. I've spent the better part of a day trying to install NWN Diamond, then NWN Gold, and back to Diamond again, both physical copies.

I've been following the posted guide as best as I can figure to the letter, installing with UAC deactivated, using the appropriate critical rebuilds, running under compatibility mode Windows XP service pack 2, making .ini file changes here and there, and so on and so forth.
despite my efforts however, every time I start the game through the NWMain.exe, or NWN.exe files, after the first splash screen comes up the game immediately crashes and I recieve the default Windows "A problem has caused the program to stop working correctly" error log.

running Vista, any other hardware or software questions, I'd be happy to answer.

I'm out of ideas and any help would be sincerely appreciated!

[perfect_victime]

Thank you for this

[Groove Widdit]

Exactly the same thing is happening to me and I'm running Windows 8.

[Ursulawinn]

I'm trying to download and install Diamond edition from GamersGate to a Win7 64 machine. I run the download/install as admin but it goes straight from 'starting neverwinter nights diamond installer" to crash with blank pop-up that has nothing on it but an ok button. I wiped everything and tried again...same thing.

Solutions?

[Knight_Shield]

Ok first things .You should probably post this right in technical.

Try turning off UAC.

Modifié par Knight_Shield, 19 mai 2013 - 09:38 .

[Vivienne L]

To fix the movie issue:
The link for the fixed bink file wasn't working but I found a new one:

http://www.mediafire...nkw32_ati-2.zip

I'll repeat the instructions just in case:
1. In NWN folder, name the old "binkw32.dll" to "binkw32_ati.dll"
2. Extract the new "binkw32.dll" into NWN folder.
3. Enjoy!

This fixed the movies in game where before i would only see a black screen, now I can actually see the movies, and they are also fixed in the menu.

I have Win 7 64 bit with a 5700 Ati graphics card.

Good luck to all you people enjoying Neverwinter Nights!

Modifié par vivienne.l, 25 mai 2013 - 11:58 .

[Flamedream]

Well. I bought the GOG  Diamond Edition version a few days ago, decided to play Witch's Wake since I never did before. And the game has been crapping out on me on every turn.
At first it was the driver fail issue (which I've also had with NWN2 but not quite as drastic). Most people said this was connected to a program that runs with nvidia drivers - PowerMizer. I found a youtube tutorial on how to disable it and followed that.
What ended up happening was instead of driver fails I now get a full system crash. As in my Win 7 (64 bit) just reboots randomly when I'm playing.

I've done everything that I could find suggested: the core affinity thing, the account management, the power management and threading via nvidia controls. And of course all the basic stuff like re-installing with admin permission, giving admin permission to the exe files and running them in compatibility with Win Xp sp3.

I installed the critical rebuild patch for HotU from ign's nwnvault.

At this point I don't even know what to do. I thought about just installing Windows Xp additionally just for this game, but considering compatibility mode doesn't work, will that even help?

Anyway, I'm stumped. And this is irritating to put it mildly. I'm willing to install an older OS for this, but I don't have any old hardware to run this on. And with all these cumbersome fixes, I'm still unable to play more than 3 minutes in a row.

I'll do some more testing when I can but I must say this crap severely cripples my motivation to push forward.

I'd welcome any input or advice anyone has for this situation.

*sigh*

Modifié par Flamedream, 26 mai 2013 - 12:35 .

[Flamedream]

Well I tried changing the core that is used for the game.
Tried compatibiltiy mode with sp2 rather than sp3.
Tried the PowerMizer fix both with 64 and 32 bit words in registry.  ( )

Both the failing drivers and the system crash persist however. I honestly can't even tell if there's a pattern when one or the other happens. Sometimes the driver fails and the game crashes, sometimes I just get a random reboot of the system.

The only options I have yet to try is to fiddle with the game video options (the much cited "shiny water" is turned off for me) and to try and find another OpenGL driver version.

I have NEVER had this much problems with any game ever in roughly 14 years of gaming.

Again, any advice would be appreciated.

Modifié par Flamedream, 26 mai 2013 - 01:35 .

[stormyfc]

I have downloaded the patch I require for my version of NWN.  I am running Win7.  I placed the file in my directory C:\\NeverwinterNights.  I do not know how to install it.  I have read the directions on this site that says to find nwmain.exe and right click on it but cannot find anywhere where it lets me run with full permission..
5. Right click on these and select properties. Set them to run with full permissions, as administrator and under compatibility mode windows XP service pack 2 or 3.
I have also tried to follow the directions in the patch itself, I copied, then removed the contents of the override directory but I don't know how to unpack the file using the stated command.

 2. Remove the BioWare-supplied contents of your override directory.  If you
   have not placed any files in this directory yourself, you can do
      rm -f override/*
   You may wish to backup your override directory if you plan to revert to
   an earlier version at some point.
3. Unpack the file using the command
      tar -xzf English_linuxclient168_orig.tar.gz

Could someone give me an easier way to apply the patch.  I am at a total loss.

[Rolo Kipp]

<getting a little lost...>

stormyfc wrote...
I have downloaded the patch I require for my version of NWN.  I am running Win7.  I placed the file in my directory C:NeverwinterNights.

Do you already have NwN installed in that directory? Where did the install come from? GoG? Diamond Edition? DnD Complete? This matters somewhat.

Before answering your other questions I highly recommend whatever the source of your NwN, that you apply the 1.69 critical patch. Just download it and run it.

I do not know how to install it.  I have read the directions on this site that says to find nwmain.exe and right click on it but cannot find anywhere where it lets me run with full permission..

5. Right click on these and select properties. Set them to run with full permissions, as administrator and under compatibility mode windows XP service pack 2 or 3.

If you right-click on an app (like nwmain.exe) you should get a context menu like this:

(only probably a lot simpler :-P ).
At the bottom is the "Properties" link. Click that and you should see a "compatability" tab in the properties dialogue:

Click the check box for "Run as Administrator" (near the bottom) and "Run this program in compatibility mode" near the top. Set the compatibility mode to XP.

I have also tried to follow the directions in the patch itself, I copied, then removed the contents of the override directory but I don't know how to unpack the file using the stated command.

2. Remove the BioWare-supplied contents of your override directory.  If you
   have not placed any files in this directory yourself, you can do
      rm -f override/*
   You may wish to backup your override directory if you plan to revert to
   an earlier version at some point.
3. Unpack the file using the command
      tar -xzf English_linuxclient168_orig.tar.gz

Could someone give me an easier way to apply the patch.  I am at a total loss.

That bit looks like the patch for linux, version 1.68. Not at all what you want.

Try the two bits above and let us know what happened. We'll get you in :-)
Just might take a little untangling...

<...in his own convolutions>

Modifié par Rolo Kipp, 22 août 2013 - 12:50 .

[Rogue1618]

Shia Luck wrote...

If you wish to install from the disk(s) or from GOG or from Impulse

1. Install game using a custom install. When you are given the path to the install folder, change the path using the browse folder button so that it is NOT installed in 'programs (x86)', but directly on C drive. Do not make any shortcuts during the install process.

What does custom install mean? I try to run Disk 1, it asks for the Play Disk then after whirring in the drive, nothing.

[HipMaestro]

Rogue1618 wrote...

Shia Luck wrote...

If you wish to install from the disk(s) or from GOG or from Impulse

1. Install game using a custom install. When you are given the path to the install folder, change the path using the browse folder button so that it is NOT installed in 'programs (x86)', but directly on C drive. Do not make any shortcuts during the install process.

What does custom install mean? I try to run Disk 1, it asks for the Play Disk then after whirring in the drive, nothing.

It means you should be prompted to chose where you want the game installed and what peripheral components you want included in the installation (like GameSpy, Toolset. etc. IIRC).

I recommend you start your own topic in this subforum, though.  This sticky was intended more as a quick reference "How-to" thread than a problem-solving one (though several members have decided to use it that way). 

When you create your new topic, please be sure to include as much information as you can about your configuration (OS, game version, etc.) as outlined in the "Start Here" sticky at the top of this forum.  It will give a clearer picture of what you are dealing with so that others can help you easier and avoid sending you on a wild goose chase.

With just what you have provided so far, it could be a drive read problem in which case you could copy the contents of the CD onto your hard drive and run the installation from there, assuming that the drive can even read the contents at all, that is.  

But please, start your own topic to speed assistance along.  Good luck!

[Knight_Shield]

I have noticed when you download the game it is not in the normal install location

Disk:                   C:\\NeverwinterNights\\NWN\\

Download:         C:\\Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition


One thing I know to be broke is when in toolset and click test it wont put you in module.

Also havnt seen the beginning movie .I thought it was HD graphics doing it . I just moved the download version to where disk puts game . I clicked run nwmain.exe and let it do its thng and now I see the movie.

Thought Iwould let you know my experience.



Ok seems like the movie plays sometimes LOL. I will continue messing with it.




OK here is what was wrong . I had to set it to  compatibility xp service pack 2 .

Modifié par Knight_Shield, 05 septembre 2013 - 12:46 .

[Pstemarie]

This is the most recent method for installing the GOG or Impulse Editions of NWN Diamond on Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1

1. Install game using a custom install. When you are given the path to the install folder, change the path (using the "Browse Folders" button) to c://NeverwinterNights/NWN. Do NOT make any shortcuts during the install process. 
2. Download and install the 1.69 Critical Rebuild (see link for patch below).
3. Open the NWN folder and find nwnmain.exe, nwtoolset.exe and nwn.exe.
4. Right click on these and select properties. Click on the "Change Settings for All Users" button. When that window pops up, check "Run in compatibility mode for" and select "Windows XP Service Pack 3" AND check "Run this program as an administrator." 
5. If you want a desktop shortcut, right click on nwnmain.exe and create a shortcut. Drag and drop this to your desktop.
6. Update your drivers for video and sound. (go to the manufacturers of your cards' support pages. Laptop support pages can be very behind the times).

Note 1: Try setting the game to "Run in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 2" if you have issues running the game after installation.

Note 2 : Some users can run the Aurora Toolset (nwtoolset.exe) without compatibility or administrator modes.

 

Download the 1.69 Critical Rebuild

 

Open GL Issues

 

I have done this on my own system and it resolved ALL graphics related issues that were occurring for me. Other users report various mileage with this solution:

 

Download and install the Direct X 9.0c SDK from Microsoft

Alternate Host

 

This will install several components that are necessary for correct performance under Open GL. If prompted to overwrite existing files with an older version - I never was - CLICK "NO."