Installing NWN1 for Win7/vista including patch links for all OS.

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               

auggiebltz wrote...

I did exactly what Shia said...

*smiling kindly* yet, posibly not.

Hi auggiebltz, unfortunately the info you posted relates to the automatic update button within the game which has not worked for a while now. What you didn't do was.... (and obviously I am making a few guesses but it sounds like you are installing a diamond edition, so just go back and do these two steps, and then continue actually following what I wrote.)

Shia Luck wrote...

2. (Diamond edition disc only) Run the patch on the disk.

3. Go to the patch page and download the correct 1.69 critical rebuild and install it.

The important thing is you have to click the link to the patch page and select the right one for your copy (if it is diamond then choose the HoTU one) , and download it and doubel click it to install it.

Good Luck [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/happy.png[/smilie]
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Catboydruid]

               I got a more recent copy of the game from Sold out Software.  It installed well enough, and it works, but it gets stuck  on the loading screen whenever there is a cutscene,


I have a windows 7 home premium desktop PC from Hewlett Packard company.
it has an AMD ATHLON ™ II x2 215 proscessor with 2.70 GHZ. It has 3.00 GB and a 64 bit operating system. 
 
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Catboydruid, 05 février 2011 - 02:34 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               

Catboydruid wrote...

I got a more recent copy of the game from Sold out Software.  It installed well enough, and it works, but it gets stuck  on the loading screen whenever there is a cutscene,


I have a windows 7 home premium desktop PC from Hewlett Packard company.
it has an AMD ATHLON ™ II x2 215 proscessor with 2.70 GHZ. It has 3.00 GB and a 64 bit operating system. 
 

Best to make a new thread for this. I have seen some threads on cutscene videos not working but I can't remember the fix for it. Changing something in the .ini file iirc, but.... someone will know  (or search if you havent already). But this will get lost in this thread, so make a new topic *smiling*

Good Luck '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_shatteredesun]

               Taking up where a previous poster left off I installed patched and updated the game on my win 7 machine, changed to run as admin and compatability as xp sp 3.  the main menu pops up i click play it runs for a second then closes out, I have tried from the folder files and still it pops up and vanishes.  Please help
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               1. Did you change the folder icons to run as admin or the shortcuts?

2. DId you update it from the patch page?



Those two usually cure this issue, but also check



3. Did you update your graphics and sound drivers?



If so...

Find nwnplayer.ini and set safemovie to "1"...



If there is still aproblem, post details of your machine and expecially which graphics card, in a new thread in this forum, and the tech guys will help you.



Good Luck '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Plaxius]

               I tried all that and I still get the compatibility issue pop-up.  Is there anything else that I'd able to do?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               Plaxius, you get a compatiblity pop up? Then either you haven't set compatibility or you have installled into Programs (x86) is all I can think of. Put it direct onto C drive.



Good Luck '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Plaxius]

               I managed to get working a little after I posted the message.  Now it's just a matter of connecting to play multiplayer...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shahadet]

               

Shia Luck wrote...

There are two [/u]now 3 main ways to put NWN onto a windows 7 machine.


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

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.

 

Err.....which patch is this?  I just looked on my disk and I see a "Critical Rebuild" with type "application".  Should I be double clicking on that after I install?  Or should I be copying it into the NWN folder, and THEN double clicking it?

Update:  I looked through the disc directory again, and saw the 1.66 update on my Diamond disc, so I have run that.

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 3.
Good Luck :happy:

Not quite sure how to do this - I see something for "Full Control" but I'm not sure that is the same thing?

Also, have you seen this link?  

http://nwn.bioware.c...&forum=42&sp=30

Namely, the last post, the user mentions "disabling desktop composition".  First off, what IS desktop composition, and secondly, why does disabiling it help?

Right now, I did pretty much all of these instructions (except running the patch on the Diamond disc - didn't know it was there), and I run alright, but in multiplayer I had multiple freeze/crashes where I had to Ctrl/alt/del to the task manager, end the unresponsive process, and restart NWN.  Super annoying for the other party members...

I'm going to uninstall NWN and reinstall using Shia's instructions, but in the meantime, if anyone else has any useful info on how to get rid of the crashing, I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shahadet, 02 mars 2011 - 03:36 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Lomondra]

               I have windows 7 home edition on PC and windows 7 professional edition on laptop, and I have tried run as administrator, I have tried the compatibility changes for XP sp2, or XP sp3, and almost any combination, and I still can get some game spy servers to work.  Some do and some don't, even on the same account.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               Are they grey? (different version)
Red? (requiring password)
Or they log you out after you created a character? (you need their haks and should've got an error message about it.)

You can check in logs folder for error messages when something goes wrong.

Otherwise you'll have to explain exactly what the problem is with these servers.

Good luck '>

EDIT: (probably better making a new thread for it to, as if it usually works then it isn't an installation issue, no?)
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Shia Luck, 12 avril 2011 - 11:05 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Dogbiscuit]

               Erm, I'm facing the same problem as @Fred_McManus above and also don't know how to do a custom install. Help?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_FinnAgain Zero]

               I'm having a very strange problem with installing a recently purchased copy of NWN Gold Edition on my Windows 7 laptop.

The discs are legit, I've got the original manual with the serial numbers and such, and when I click on "setup" for the first disc I can start the installation progress. But for some reason, the install program simply does not recognize the second disc when I put it in, I checked out the disc in the explorer and it seems that Windows views the files on the discs as being in great big .rar folders. Not sure why that is, or if it's significant, but I'm somewhat frustrated.

Any suggestions please?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Raven68]

               Game won't play. Everytime I try to laod it it says it has stopped working. this is the details that I get.
Application Name: nwmain.exe
Application Version: 1.6.9.0
Application Timestamp: 486cfadc
Fault Module Name: atioglxx.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.14.10.9551
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b68f509
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00031a60
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: f239
Additional Information 2: f239b800942226fe03157817d515cf1d
Additional Information 3: e2fd
Additional Information 4: e2fdb7073e4eba50d88db756a8748660

Anyone can help. I have changed all the settings to run in xp3 and admin. All drivers are also up to date. It was installed from Diamond Edition with the patch.

system config-
HP
AMD Athlon II x4 630 processor 2.80ghz (dual-core)
6gig ram
ATI Radeon 3000 graphics card.

 I don't think it is a system issue since I can play many of ther newer games on here, just not NWN.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Raven68, 28 avril 2011 - 06:59 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               

Raven68 wrote...

Game won't play. Everytime I try to laod it it says it has stopped working. this is the details that I get.
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Fault Module Name: atioglxx.dll
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TBH, mine is reguarly crashing after about an hour with the same fault module name.... since I updated a bunch of things including the ATI drivers. So far I haven't sound a solution. '>

But I do have an hour's play b4 it crashes... and I think I have a different version of the

Raven68 wrote...
Fault Module Version: 6.14.10.9551

I will check it next time I play (and crash), and edit this post with the info.

From what I read there is some change to how openGL is being used with newer cards and drivers.

You could try older drivers maybe?

Good Luck! (And if you find a solution pls post it '>)