Neverwinter Nights 1 Windows 7 Help

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               

raven1074 wrote...

feeling nostalgic i installed NWN 1 and it says i have a compatibilty issue so i cant play even after i tried the compatibilty thing on the icon is there a patch or something i can download to play it?

Have you installed according to Shia's recommenations in the Win7 Installation sticky?

An excerpt:

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.
2. (Diamond edition disc only) Run the patch on the disk.
3. (Disk install only) Go to the patch page (link currently not working. See updates below for patch links) and download the correct 1.69 critical rebuild and install it. (Both GOG and Impulse versions are correctly patched).
4. Open NWN folder and find nwnmain.exe and nwn.exe.
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.
6. (If you want a desktop shortcut)  Right click on nwnmain.exe and create a shortcut. Drag and drop this to your desktop.
7. 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)

Pay close attention to steps 4 & 5.  The Critical Rebuild for your version is hyperlinked in that same thread, if you haven't applied it yet, that is.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_mysticalkas]

               I could use some assistance,
Running Windows 7 Home Premium SP 1/ 64 bit ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series / an AMD Phenom ™ II X2 555 Processor (listed twice whatever that means). I can't get the game to play online though I can play offline. I have installed and re-installed the game about 15 times, tried to follow all the advice listed in the forums, different ones no doubt, tried doing the crit patch and so forth. well im at a loss, by all accounts i should be able to play unless my guess is wrong on the specs. i have a whole other hard drive that has nothing on it, so i tried to put it on there, no luck, so put it back on C drive and started from scratch again, deleted it a buch of times and put it all back from scratch. im not really following a lot of the terms and way of doing things, I probably cant even fegure out how to unzip the file correctly. tried with no luck so i know im doing something wrong. there is nothing of importance on my computer so if anyone would like to remote in and get this game running i would be ever so thankful................Druids Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_wyldhunt1]

               If the game works correctly in SP, then your instalation is probably fine.
Multiplayer requires specific ports to be open so that you can communicate with the game server.
Your firewall can block these ports and prevent the game from working online.
If you use a router, you may also need to set up port forwarding on those ports.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_mysticalkas]

               Alright, thanks. could you explain how i would know the difference and was wondering if there was a youtube video out about how to download the crit rebuilds and so forth. oh the game plays but its very stop and go, and jumpy. i tried to update the graphics card at the site, not sure if i did it correctly but im trying.