Starting a new post, as it is now quite aparent that the issue I'm having is different from the topic that I'd previously posted in here:
http://social.biowar...-8690214-1.html
The story thus far. I have purchased the Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition (With Kingmaker) from Gog.com
Installation runs fine, but the game hangs on startup.
Here is my initial post about the issue:
itsmeian17 wrote...
I'm experiencing the same issue, and
after about 6 hours of work, I'm no closer to getting the game running.
Game was purchased through GOG games. I'm going to jsut copy/paste my
post form their forum.
Just downloaded and installed, still encountering this issue
" Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 518
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6142MB RAM
Page File: 2175MB used, 10107MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9490)"
Drivers have been updated, I've sought out and installed
the older directX 9 drivers (as I read somewhere that DX11 might not contain everything)
I've
run the critical patch (and redownloaded it twice), with and without
kingmaker, and even uninstalled .NET 4.0 as I read that it can cause
compatibility issues.
I've changed safemovie to 1, tried
compatibility modes on all the files to XP service pack 2 AND 3.
Installed inside the Program files (x86) folder, and direct to a new
folder on the C: drive. Tried different framerate and resolution
settings in the config. Also opened the toolset first, thinking it might
get something working correctly.
Admin access, and disabling visual themes and those other settings.
Been a busy 4 hours.
Once
play is hit, (or nwnmain.exe is used), the process starts, but hangs at
about 15.7k memory, and sits there, slowly sucking up more (after about
10 minutes, it's up to 16,432k)
Anyone know what the next step is?
(just tried disabling UAC, still no luck)
itsmeian17 wrote...
Event viewer has told me this (yup,
tried in compatability modes for SP 2 & 3, in case one made a
difference, tried launching it from literally every executable file in
the folder):
Faulting application name: nwmain.exe, version: 1.6.9.0, time stamp: 0x486cfadc
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7ba58
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0002e39e
Faulting process id: 0x984
Faulting application start time: 0x01ccbaa4c693443b
Faulting application path: C:GOGNeverwinter Nights Diamond Editionnwmain.exe
Faulting module path: C:WindowsSysWOW64ntdll.dll
Report Id: 04520778-2698-11e1-b25a-0024e80be4db
Second time around (actually it's the 5th try starting from scratch, but you get the idea), I followed these steps exactly (copied fromt he previous topic).
Pstemarie wrote...
I'm starting to notice something a lot of these folks have in common - ATI cards...
As for installing to ProgramFiles(x86) - no, no, no!!! The GOG installer is fraked.
1. UAC MUST BE DISABLED BEFORE INSTALLING NWN.
2. The game MUST be installed to C:\\NeverwinterNightsNWN. If you install the game anywhere else it seems to produce a laundry list of errors.
3.
If you have to move the files there you also have to manually update
the registry keys to point to the new location or the critical rebuild
might not work correctly. Most often the critical rebuild will abort,
other times its does a partial update and really messes up the game.
4. The GOG version tells you its 1.69. The GOG version is CORRUPT. You MUST run the critical rebuild.
5. Make sure you are setting compatibility mode on the .exe files, NOT the shortcuts. Only setup compatibility mode for nwnmain.exe, nwserver.exe, and nwtoolset.exe. Do NOT set compatibility mode for nwupdater.exe or nwconfig.exe.
6.
The first time you run the game it should run the config utililty. This
utility is broken for newer versions of Windows. After it runs you MUST go into to your .ini file and manually adjust some of the settings to reflect your hardware configuration and OS.
I
have installed the NWN on several computers (6 of my own and an equal
number belonging to friends) using my original disks, GOG Diamond, and
Impulse Diamond editions. In all cases the above method was proven to
make the game work in 100% of the installations.
Given the very
nature of UAC anything you do in the venue of installing pre-Vista/Win 7
software or drivers (including Direct X 9.0c and OpenGL) risks being
corrupted by this "security feature". The installers for such software
and driver were designed to hve full access to your system. Under UAC,
even when it claims to grant the level of access these installers
require, it does NOT. Hence the reason for this message from Microsoft's own settings utility for UAC...
This is the original text from the setting window for UAC:
Not
recommended. Choose this only if you need to use programs that are not
certified for Windows 7 because they do not support User Account Control
The first thing I do with any computer, BEFORE installing anything is DISABLE UAC. I even disable before the first update gets installed.
Sadly, I'm still having the same problem, except that I'm actually not seeing any errors in event viewer.
Currently, I'm trying to figure out if it is a graphics card issue, but I'm feeling a bit over my head in terms of what steps to take next.
Ian
Modifié par itsmeian17, 15 décembre 2011 - 04:47 .
