Old bioware forums closed?

[Legacy_Gregor Wyrmbane]

                Is anyone else having trouble accessing the old forums? I can't even get to any of the guilds I still belong to on the old guilds forums. My link keeps getting redirected to some new bioware web page.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               Yup.  I just posted a link to the Server Admin boards and within the last hour, the old address will no longer navigate to the legacy boards.  Let's hope this is just some server juggling or our throats have just been cut.

Besides that, unless someone has loaded them to the Vault somewhere, there is no longer a way to get any of the NWN patches. '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par HipMaestro, 15 juin 2011 - 01:04 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Kail Pendragon]

               Same here. Damn... even though we knew such a day was due to come, it still feels bad. Let's hope the archives and guilds are gonna be back.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               I can not get any of the links to work.   FAQ Devlopers section with the file formats.  They all seem to be gone.  

If I try and log in with my old login and password it sends me to this stie.  

Crud.  I hope we get the archive that was promised.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Bannor Bloodfist]

               It is because folks kept throwing it into their faces, like this previous thread Will access to the old Bioware forums be removed soon? .

Folks just never seem to get things.  They always ask fairly stupid questions that bring attention to things that should have been left alone, now ALL that history is gone.

Besides, we knew it was coming, EA hates support, and Bioware's old games are long past making money for Bioware, much less for EA.  

Now your Balders Gate forums, etc, all are gone.

No one took the time (me included) to copy/paste the old forum data, we all trusted Bioware, which no-longer really exists as a separate entity, it is just a token name in a big conglomerate that has no bearing on what originally made them big and where the accountants see savings on support by just killing off the old stuff that they see no profit from.

Sucks, doesn't it?
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Bannor Bloodfist, 15 juin 2011 - 01:13 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               Thanks to OldTimeRadio  there is  NWN Omnibus: Offline search tool for select legacy BioWare forums, documents, CCG, Lexicon and more.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lord Sullivan]

               These patch downlaods might be good, I haven't tested them...

www.strategyinformer.com NWNEnglish1.69OrgUpdate.exe

www.gamershell.com NWNEnglish1.69All

www.joystiq.com NWNEnglish1.69OrgUpdate.exe

Just a few I've found really quick '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_FunkySwerve]

               We have built-in patching using the critical rebuild 1.69 in our arf-2 utility, which is very handy for reinstalling NWN. It has some material unique to HG, but it's optional to install it (you're asked during install). It turns installing 1.69 (and the CEP, if you want it) into a no-brainer.

Patching Utility

Funky
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Adarion]

               I am truely hoping that this is temporary. I just did a clean install of my computer and NWN is completely unuseable. The disc version won't update, and the game won't run without updates. I cannot find an early Critical Rebuild, and am stuck...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Fester Pot]

               Well, this is a big stinker. '> 

And the page for bioware.com is advertising Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.

Crap ... my NWN keys ...

FP!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Fester Pot, 15 juin 2011 - 04:36 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               You'd think the least they could do is have the old addresses redirect to the NWN1 section of this forum.  Looking at BioWare's front page now (where all the old addresses/forum links now seem to point), I see no trace of NWN.

Edit: Found it.

Games > Legacy Games

Ah, look.  Only links for it are 3 lousy screenshots.  How about a link to this forum and a link to buy it from Good Old Games, eh?  It'd be nice if the limited information was useful.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par The Amethyst Dragon, 15 juin 2011 - 04:20 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Poradus]

               how about a link to patches and crit rebuild ?  they need a link to that.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_HipMaestro]

               Well, at least WoG ported over all the ECB builds for players to use.  However, I personally used the legacy site to see if my friends were playing and where.  There are alternative tracking methods of course, but with the messaging still intact it was a handy and no-frills set-up that we have become accustomed to using.

Reminds me of an old Jack Nicholson/Marlon Brando movie called Missouri Breaks where there is a black fade, then a short slashing sound and then a lit close-up of Brando's eyes with Jack's voice saying "That sound you just heard was your throat being cut." 

EA is lame.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lord Sullivan]

               Well I have quite a list of Patches that could make it to the NWVault if they should accept.

NWN

Patch v1.32
Patch v.1.61
Patch v.1.62
Patch v.1.64
Patch v.1.65
Patch v.1.66
Patch v.1.67
Patch v.1.68
Patch v.1.69

NWN_SOU

Patch v1.32
Patch v.1.61
Patch v.1.62
Patch v.1.64
Patch v.1.65
Patch v.1.66
Patch v.1.67
Patch v.1.68
Patch v.1.69

NWN_HotU

Patch v.1.61
Patch v.1.62
Patch v.1.64
Patch v.1.65
Patch v.1.66
Patch v.1.67
Patch v.1.68
Patch v.1.69

NWN Dedicated Server (Linux)

Server v 1.65
Server v 1.69


               
               

               

                     Modifié par Lord Sullivan, 15 juin 2011 - 05:25 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Tassie Wombat]

               So does this also mean there is no way to register your CD keys?  What about setting up an account for multiplayer gaming?