Recommended Settings?

[Legacy_Elhanan]

               I reistalled yet again, and this time I am able to play in Window mode; about 1/3 of Full Screen. If I enlarge to full, the GUI vanishes.

Anyone know a helpful way to increase the size of the Window to a setting less than full?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jedijax]

               Well, this is weirder than my Freezing Creatures! Never heard of anything similar!

Anyway, I'm afraid I can't help you much in this matter. However, your initial post dealt on recommended settings, and after reading many of the contributors' take on this I must say it is a matter of perception and taste.

I have a GTX 285 and my NWN runs at about 30-60 FPS on a Full HD Samsung 32" LCD. If you turn off the V-Sync, you can get anything, from 35 to 100 fps, with an average of about 40. If your monitor supports a high refresh rate (about 120 htz) you may do just fine with V-Sync de-activated (from the NVidia control panel, not the in-game option).

Now, why do I have such low performance with this video card when some of the earlier posters mentioned a 240GT is good enough? Simple: Custom content. If you use many, many, many high-polygon models, high resolution textures (higher than the original, of course), and all visual settings at their highest (not only the in-game options, but those included in the NVidia control panel, overriding native ones), a 240GT or older GPU doesn't look that well...

If you add to it a FarSeeingGrass option of say... 6000, suddenly, a GTX 285 doesn't sound so great either. So bear in mind what kind of settings/content you're up to. If you're used to the graphical quality of Age of Dragons, olde NWN may look quite lame in it's original form. Hell, I'm not a fan of visual quality over other aspects (mainly why I still play NWN after all these years!) but you have to take all of this into consideration. I don't know about you, but I think games are meant to be played at their top-most config without any problem when it comes to performance. NWN's noble platform has spawned a tradition of personalization and customizing; it would be a waste not to peruse the results borne over a decade of modding.

Anyway, as I said, it's all a matter of taste and perception... and money... and the body parts you're willing to lose to acquire such money. (Why is it people don't believe I've actually sold organs to get my new PC?)

Good luck with your GUI problem, and may you join us soon in the Forgotten Realms!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Jedijax, 01 février 2011 - 08:36 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Elhanan]

               From the little I understand of Tech, as I am using a LCD monitor, higher refresh rates are not required; those were needed for my older CRT monitor.

My current graphics card is great, but trying to use XP mode was like trying to play one game within another game within another game. Now I have it working in Win7 mode, but still must use Window to see the GUI. The only setting lost to graphics was Shiny Water, but I did this voluntarily to prevent issues.

And I totally agree with the money factor. After being robbed last year, I am unable to toss much additional funds about this year, esp at an older game. I could add another dupe graphics card to this system, as well as obtaining another drive, further upgrades. etc; just not wise considering current debt vs limited income.

My current take is that I am able to play solo, but m/p will be ll  but impossible due to realtime play issues.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gregor Wyrmbane]

               Hey Elhanan,



Long time no see.



I had a problem similar to yours, and I'm running a GeForce 9800 GT video card in Windows 7. What cured it for me was experimenting with screen resolutions until I found a combination that made both the game and the monitor happy. I'm using a Dell ST2410 23 inch flat panel monitor. Monitor resolution is 1600x900. Game resolution is 1360x768.



Good luck, and I hope you get it figured out soon.



Gregor
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Elhanan]

               

Gregor Wyrmbane wrote...

Hey Elhanan,

Long time no see.

I had a problem similar to yours, and I'm running a GeForce 9800 GT video card in Windows 7. What cured it for me was experimenting with screen resolutions until I found a combination that made both the game and the monitor happy. I'm using a Dell ST2410 23 inch flat panel monitor. Monitor resolution is 1600x900. Game resolution is 1360x768.

Good luck, and I hope you get it figured out soon.

Gregor

HUZZAH! It will still take some tinkering for font size and all that, but reducing the monior settings allows all NWN1 settings possible; GUI included!

Thanks! May you never need to refill your Harley again!


               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gregor Wyrmbane]

               

Elhanan wrote...

HUZZAH! It will still take some tinkering for font size and all that, but reducing the monior settings allows all NWN1 settings possible; GUI included!

Thanks! May you never need to refill your Harley again!

Glad I could help. '>

If and when ya get back up on a PW somewhere, let me know where yer playin'.  Maybe I'll drop in and RP with ya sometime. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Elhanan]

               Next Q: I have downloaded the CEP 2.3, as well as the CEP Updater, but do not know how to install them. Since the CEP is so huge, I do not wish to unwrap it incorrectly, as the other file took a few minutes to sweep up and dump.....
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gregor Wyrmbane]

               

Elhanan wrote...

Next Q: I have downloaded the CEP 2.3, as well as the CEP Updater, but do not know how to install them. Since the CEP is so huge, I do not wish to unwrap it incorrectly, as the other file took a few minutes to sweep up and dump.....

It's been a while, but if I remember correctly you just run the updater file. It should be an executable. I placed both the CEP file, in 7zip format, and the updater in the Neverwinter Nights/NWN directory and just clicked on the updater file. 
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Elhanan]

               Of course it does not work for me. I have spent most mornings this past week manually moving Saved files to the NWN1 files; horrible! What happened to User-Friendly, New, and Improved for a 10+ yr old game?!!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gregor Wyrmbane]

               Sent you a PM....
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Elhanan]

               PM Received, and am gaming away a litle now!

HUZZAH! And thanks for all the help!