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[Gavindale Von Ander]

Got it! Thanks, I am at 1.69 now! What is the difference between Project Q and NWNCQ? I am ready to start downloading, and want to get started, and seeing as how I don't know much about all this (evident, isn' it?) I asl questions. I hope I'm not annoying anyone.

[Gavindale Von Ander]

I'm sorry, they both sound very similar, and the only reason I haven't
d/l any one of them by now is becaus there are suggestions either way. Is it possible to d/l Project Q now and then NWNCQ later? With that said, I plan on d/l some things tonight and hope to get some game time in. I would like to see some info on haks that might be kewl to have in the OC - and when I beat the game with a few characters, I will certainly start d/l haks and overides and such.

[T0r0]

Forget about the custom content bro, in this I mean, decide what you want to do first then let that dictate your next step.
Are you going to play the official campaigns? Then go with the link pstemarie provided and get Q
Are you going to play a specific PW/module ? Get the appropriate hak

Then after you're familiar with that, take it a step forward.
IMHO..........

[Gavindale Von Ander]

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Ok I will go with Project Q and the enhanced OC!
What about the CEP and I was told something about CTP…? How do I install these
files?

[The Amethyst Dragon]

Gavindale Von Ander wrote...

What about the CEP and I was told something about CTP…? How do I install these
files?

http://www.neverwint...layers.htm#haks - "Common Hak Packages"

[Gavindale Von Ander]

Thanks for the heads up and the links! It is greatly appreciated! With CTP and CMP, would they  have any bearing on the OC? 

[Pstemarie]

Gavindale Von Ander wrote...

Thanks for the heads up and the links! It is greatly appreciated! With CTP and CMP, would they  have any bearing on the OC? 

No neither one will affect the OC in anyway. HAKs only modify the content of a module to which they are attached.

[Gavindale Von Ander]

I am trying to d/l the Project Q files, but when I go to d/l them, I get a screen of letters and odd fonts, and there I am stuck. That aside, do I have to d/l files all together or go at it one by one?

[henesua]

When clicking on the link, right click and select "save file as" or something similar.

[Gavindale Von Ander]

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Ok I d/l the  ProjectQ files and
transferred the files to their proper folder under the NWN main folder on my
hard drive after converting the files from .7z to the actual ending. I just
hope I did it correctly! Question – with Project Q enhancement, what changes in the game? Do enemies get stronger, or are there any plot changes, or the graphics being changed?

[Gavindale Von Ander]

Ok I d/l the  ProjectQ files and transferred the files to their proper
folder under the NWN main folder on my hard drive., after changing the files from 7z to the actual given title. just hope I did it
correctly! I guess we will see.  I see on a screen a list of files, along with the required hakpak - the top three are the main OC "with PQ", and the two expansion packs (their name "with PQ", and then three more, which looks to me like the main game without Project Q. Do I need to download all six, or just the three that include Project Q.

[henesua]

I would download the top three, those that are "WithQ", and install those. Then... play!

have fun.

[Pstemarie]

Gavindale Von Ander wrote...

Ok I d/l the  ProjectQ files and transferred the files to their proper
folder under the NWN main folder on my hard drive., after changing the files from 7z to the actual given title. just hope I did it
correctly! I guess we will see.  I see on a screen a list of files, along with the required hakpak - the top three are the main OC "with PQ", and the two expansion packs (their name "with PQ", and then three more, which looks to me like the main game without Project Q. Do I need to download all six, or just the three that include Project Q.

7z is an archive format. You need to extract the files within the 7z file to the proper directories.

Project Q v1.5 - HAKs goes in the \\HAK directory.
Project Q v1.5 - TLK File goes in the \\TLK directory.
Project Q v1.5 - Ambient goes in the \\AMBIENT directory.

This will give you the latest version of Project Q - which works with the upgraded modules by Mask. The files on the Vault Listing are the modified campaigns - which say "WithQ". The others - that say "Archive" - are backups of the original files. 

Eventually, if you decide to get into building you will probably want to grab the Project Q v1.5 ERF package, but it is NOT required to play the campaigns you have downloaded.

[s e n]

another cool thing you can do to enhance the oc probably (not sure if it works with it) is to use the prc stuff (lots of race and class enhancement, should follow 3.5 rules instead of 3.0 for vanilla nwn)

[Gavindale Von Ander]

I tried the game out last night, and it seems to work fine! Thanks to everyone who helped me out with all this, and who put up with all my questions (haha). What is PRC?

[Lightfoot8]

The Player Resource Consortium

[henesua]

Gavindale Von Ander wrote...

I tried the game out last night, and it seems to work fine! Thanks to everyone who helped me out with all this, and who put up with all my questions (haha). What is PRC?

Hooray!

[Gavindale Von Ander]

Are there any ill effects to my computer if I d/l PRC? Is it recommended?

[Pstemarie]

Gavindale Von Ander wrote...

Are there any ill effects to my computer if I d/l PRC? Is it recommended?

PRC is a HAK set - so, no there won't be any ill effects regarding your computer. However, the PRC is quite large and can be somewhat troublesome to work with IF you don't read the instructions carefully. On older systems it will increase load time for modules, as the PRC is very large. However, many feel the increased load time is a fair trade-off for the enhancements to the game.

[Gavindale Von Ander]

I hate to bring a damper on this success parade, but I was playing NWN last night, working through the Prelude and about half way through, my game crashed. I went back to my desktop and rebooted the game. Luckily I had saved my game when I started, so I didn't lose anything. My screen prompted me that a problem was found...? I loaded my saved game, made it to Aribeth, but I had work today so I had to shut down my computer and go t bed. Now, I followed all the game d/l instructions to the point. I don't know if I did something wrong or what. Any thoughts?

[Zwerkules]

NWNCQ has been reported to cause crashes. Did you use NWNCQ?

[Gavindale Von Ander]

No, I downloaded Project Q, and also what was referred to as the Enhanced OC.

[s e n]

if you experience multiple crashes try turning off shinywater and eventually disable all kind of shadows, reduce dynamic lights and see if it works

[henesua]

You seem to be having issues with crashing as it is. And yet nothing you have said suggests that custom content is necessarily the problem.

It is possible that you have a video card that can occasionally be overwhelmed. That happens to me sometimes too albeit very rarely. If it is a video card issue I don't believe you can do anything about it. Since it is rare for me I ignore it. Others may have recommendations for you. But if your next few play sessions are crash free, I wouldn't worry about it.

With regards to whether you did anything wrong: Erasing the .7z suffix on the files you downloaded rather than extracting the files ( .7z is the suffix for 7-zip archives ) was not a good move. I assume that you subsequently figured out how to extract them, but if you are doing these kinds of things often, it is very hard to assess what is causing the crashing or even if you are playing the Enhanced OC at this point. I don't say this to you to cause a freakout, but rather to encourage you to read some tutorials on how to do basic things with your computer. With anything that I do I research tutorials on line and follow them step by step. I think this would be a good practice for you.