Play problem on win7 after latest patch

[Legacy_Rankaze]

               After reinstalling NWN Gold and then Hordes of the Underdark, it played fine. When I installed the patch though (so i can use the CEP 2.1)  the play button will only bring up the splash screen and nothing else. I have used the guide to installing NWN on Win7, but cant do the driver update since all I have is a basice motherboard computer (for now).

www.costcentral.com/proddetail/Acer_Aspire_M3400_U2052/PTSE002014/11152791/ these are the specs (except for the speed, which I have only 2.7 but it is the same motherboard with 4 gigs of ram. I am also on a 64bit comp.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rankaze]

               System Specs (as best as i could fidn through properties and system info)



Game Version: NWN, Shadows of Undertide, Hordes of the Underdark

Game Language: English

Retail or Digital: Retail CDs. Gold and then Hords of the Underdark

Processor Manufacturer: AMD

Processor Type: Athlon 11 x2 215

Processor Speed: 2.70 ghz

Operating System / Service Pack: Windows 7 Home Premium x64 bit

System RAM: 4 gigs

Video Card Manufacturer: ATI

Video Card Model: Radeon HD 4250

Video Card RAM: 512 megs

Video Card Driver Version: Catalyst 8.710.0.0

Sound Card Manufacturer: Realtek

Sound Card Model: High Definition Audio (Onboard)

Sound Card Driver Version: 6.0.1.6045

CD/ROM Type: DVD-RW
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN DM]

               Run as Administrator and in XP SP3 compatibility mode?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Rankaze]

               Yes, As stated in the first post, I followed the guide to running  NWN on windows 7. All that happens is the mouse has the waiting sign and then nothing. No loading or anything.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               Cannot remember the answer tho i have seen this before. Try turning off movies in the .ini as mentioned in the Win 7 sticky.



Good Luck '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_AzurDraak]

               I don't know if this is at all related to your problem, but I used to have a similar behavior on Vista Home Premium 64.



By good fortune one time when I closed the stalled game with Ctrl/Alt/Del, the splash screen disappeared and I got just a glimpse of the main screen before the program closed completely. What I saw was the UAC confirmation pop-up sitting on the main screen. Basically, the computer was waiting for me to acknowledge a pop-up that I could not see or access in any way.



Mind you Vista Business and Ultimate have an option for no confirmation; Vista Home does not.



By this point I was so fed up with UAC I simply turned it off. In retrospect, there is a remote possibility that Windowed mode might allow access to the pop-up. At the very least I suggest that you check to see if Win 7 will allow you a no confirmation option.



Hope this helps.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               Re: UAC, AzurDraak's tip (above) - Yes, typically to play NWN without incurring security-based issues UAC should be disabled regardless of the OS that uses it.