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[Gregor Wyrmbane]

 Is anyone else having trouble accessing the old forums? I can't even get to any of the guilds I still belong to on the old guilds forums. My link keeps getting redirected to some new bioware web page.

[HipMaestro]

Yup.  I just posted a link to the Server Admin boards and within the last hour, the old address will no longer navigate to the legacy boards.  Let's hope this is just some server juggling or our throats have just been cut.

Besides that, unless someone has loaded them to the Vault somewhere, there is no longer a way to get any of the NWN patches.

Modifié par HipMaestro, 15 juin 2011 - 01:04 .

[Kail Pendragon]

Same here. Damn... even though we knew such a day was due to come, it still feels bad. Let's hope the archives and guilds are gonna be back.

[Lightfoot8]

I can not get any of the links to work. FAQ Devlopers section with the file formats. They all seem to be gone.

If I try and log in with my old login and password it sends me to this stie.

Crud. I hope we get the archive that was promised.

[Bannor Bloodfist]

It is because folks kept throwing it into their faces, like this previous thread Will access to the old Bioware forums be removed soon? .

Folks just never seem to get things. They always ask fairly stupid questions that bring attention to things that should have been left alone, now ALL that history is gone.

Besides, we knew it was coming, EA hates support, and Bioware's old games are long past making money for Bioware, much less for EA.

Now your Balders Gate forums, etc, all are gone.

No one took the time (me included) to copy/paste the old forum data, we all trusted Bioware, which no-longer really exists as a separate entity, it is just a token name in a big conglomerate that has no bearing on what originally made them big and where the accountants see savings on support by just killing off the old stuff that they see no profit from.

Sucks, doesn't it?

Modifié par Bannor Bloodfist, 15 juin 2011 - 01:13 .

[Lightfoot8]

Thanks to OldTimeRadio  there is  NWN Omnibus: Offline search tool for select legacy BioWare forums, documents, CCG, Lexicon and more.

[Lord Sullivan]

These patch downlaods might be good, I haven't tested them...

www.strategyinformer.com NWNEnglish1.69OrgUpdate.exe

www.gamershell.com NWNEnglish1.69All

www.joystiq.com NWNEnglish1.69OrgUpdate.exe

Just a few I've found really quick

[FunkySwerve]

We have built-in patching using the critical rebuild 1.69 in our arf-2 utility, which is very handy for reinstalling NWN. It has some material unique to HG, but it's optional to install it (you're asked during install). It turns installing 1.69 (and the CEP, if you want it) into a no-brainer.

Patching Utility

Funky

[Adarion]

I am truely hoping that this is temporary. I just did a clean install of my computer and NWN is completely unuseable. The disc version won't update, and the game won't run without updates. I cannot find an early Critical Rebuild, and am stuck...

[Fester Pot]

Well, this is a big stinker.  

And the page for bioware.com is advertising Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.

Crap ... my NWN keys ...

FP!

Modifié par Fester Pot, 15 juin 2011 - 04:36 .

[The Amethyst Dragon]

You'd think the least they could do is have the old addresses redirect to the NWN1 section of this forum.  Looking at BioWare's front page now (where all the old addresses/forum links now seem to point), I see no trace of NWN.

Edit: Found it.

Games > Legacy Games

Ah, look.  Only links for it are 3 lousy screenshots.  How about a link to this forum and a link to buy it from Good Old Games, eh?  It'd be nice if the limited information was useful.

Modifié par The Amethyst Dragon, 15 juin 2011 - 04:20 .

[Poradus]

how about a link to patches and crit rebuild ? they need a link to that.

[HipMaestro]

Well, at least WoG ported over all the ECB builds for players to use.  However, I personally used the legacy site to see if my friends were playing and where.  There are alternative tracking methods of course, but with the messaging still intact it was a handy and no-frills set-up that we have become accustomed to using.

Reminds me of an old Jack Nicholson/Marlon Brando movie called Missouri Breaks where there is a black fade, then a short slashing sound and then a lit close-up of Brando's eyes with Jack's voice saying "That sound you just heard was your throat being cut." 

EA is lame.

[Lord Sullivan]

Well I have quite a list of Patches that could make it to the NWVault if they should accept.

NWN

Patch v1.32
Patch v.1.61
Patch v.1.62
Patch v.1.64
Patch v.1.65
Patch v.1.66
Patch v.1.67
Patch v.1.68
Patch v.1.69

NWN_SOU

Patch v1.32
Patch v.1.61
Patch v.1.62
Patch v.1.64
Patch v.1.65
Patch v.1.66
Patch v.1.67
Patch v.1.68
Patch v.1.69

NWN_HotU

Patch v.1.61
Patch v.1.62
Patch v.1.64
Patch v.1.65
Patch v.1.66
Patch v.1.67
Patch v.1.68
Patch v.1.69

NWN Dedicated Server (Linux)

Server v 1.65
Server v 1.69

Modifié par Lord Sullivan, 15 juin 2011 - 05:25 .

[Tassie Wombat]

So does this also mean there is no way to register your CD keys? What about setting up an account for multiplayer gaming?

[Ryuhi2000]

I vote we all upload the patches and versions of dedicated servers we have to nwvault and see if we cant get them to allow it like how they allow boatloads of other nwn stuff evens till after all these years the game has been out

[Kail Pendragon]

HipMaestro wrote...

Well, at least WoG ported over all the ECB builds for players to use.

The ECB guild fora have been backed up in their entirety
(probably but for the last 2 builds posted by yours truly) although what
is currently available on the WoG site is not the last updated version.

EA is lame.

Definetely.

[HipMaestro]

Tassie Wombat wrote...
So does this also mean there is no way to register your CD keys? What about setting up an account for multiplayer gaming?

IIRC the procedure of typing in your CD keys on the legacy site was just an exercise in your own personal security keeping.  Should you later on forget your keys, Bioware would have emailed them to you.  Also, there was no authentication during the process, so if you had typed them in wrong, those bad entries are the ones which would have been retained and furnished.  What is most important is that the codes are listed properly in the ini.

AFAIK the keys are only authenticated (other than during game installation) when/if a Gamespy server checks it, though I may be wrong about that.  For playing LAN, they are used to keep the players distinguishable possibly. We played for years on our own network before ever even finding out about the Bioware site and officially "registering" the keys/game.

Modifié par HipMaestro, 15 juin 2011 - 12:57 .

[WebShaman]

Oh

MAW

GAWD!!!!!!!

The lost information is crushing.

It does seem that Google has catched some of it - thank the lawrd fer Google!

We need to get organized to bring this information somewhere else!

[Lightfoot8]

It would seem as the direct download links are still active.  

For example;

http://files.bioware...9HotUUpdate.exe

will still download the 1.69 patch. 

If we can only figure out what the linkes where for some of the other stuff?

Right now I am stuck at work and can not do much.

[Lightfoot8]

It would be nice if someone could download thies, Just encase they are no longer there by the time I get home.

- dialog.tlk for NWN English 1.69 (zip file, 3.1 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN German 1.68 (zip file, 6.9 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN French 1.68 (zip file, 6.5 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN Italian 1.68 (zip file, 6.4 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN Spanish 1.68 (zip file, 6.4 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN Japanese 1.68 (zip file, 6.0 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN Korean 1.66 (zip file, 6.4 MB)

- dialog.tlk for NWN Polish 1.67 (zip file, 3.3 MB)


[*]English 1.68 to 1.69 Beta 9 patch - HotU+SoU (397 MB)
[*]English 1.69 Beta 9 to 1.68 uninstall patch - HotU+SoU (6.2 MB)
 
If you have Original NWN Only:

• English 1.68 to 1.69 Beta 9 patch - NWN (16 MB)
• English 1.68 Beta 9 to 1.67 uninstall patch - NWN (920 KB)

Modifié par Lightfoot8, 15 juin 2011 - 04:05 .

[Chris Priestly]

So I was going to come here and post what is happeneing and what you can expect, but reading Bannor Bloodfisst post, and seeing how I am part of a terrible horrible company, I'm just going away now.

After all, that's what we do now, right?

[Bannor Bloodfist]

Chris Priestly wrote...
So I was going to come here and post what is happeneing and what you can expect, but reading Bannor Bloodfisst post, and seeing how I am part of a terrible horrible company, I'm just going away now.
After all, that's what we do now, right?

Sure Chris, blame me for you and your companies lack of foresight.

A simple warning posted in this forum, would have PREVENTED any negative comment, I mean, surely, since you are the "god of information" you had prior warning to such a drastic move.

But, alas, you and yours proved that you don't care much, do first, warn afterwards, and blame the honest fans that have hung on so long for your lack thoughtfulness.

My comment posted earlier in the thread, takes no issue with Bioware, nor you, only with the conglomerate that doesn't care for it's fan base.  Your response, singling me out, puts even more emphasis on how little you and yours care for those that helped to make you and your business what you are.

You have personally attacked me in the past as well.  Why?  Is my forthright honesty too much for you, or does it hit just a little too close to home?

[olivier leroux]

C'mon, you can't be the real Chris Priestley, you must be one of dem "token names in a big conglomerate" or whatsitcalled! The real Chris Priestley is an awe-inspiring warrior and one of the NWN communities' idols - surely you don't expect us to believe that he would let one angry dwarf stop him from what he was going to do, when so much is at stake?

[Azador]

Chris Priestly wrote...
So I was going to come here and post what is happeneing and what you can expect, but reading Bannor Bloodfisst post, and seeing how I am part of a terrible horrible company, I'm just going away now.

You work for a subsidiary of Electronic Arts, so, yes, actually, you are.

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