Long wait for Master Server timeout? Here's a workaround.

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               At least one of my players has been getting frustrated with the long wait he's been enduring every time he wants to log into my PW.  This is caused by the game client waiting for the Master Server connection to time out.  However, I have not been experiencing this, and I just figured out why last night.

I have NWNCX installed on my computer.  The Neverwinter Nights Client Extender was created by virusman (of NWNX fame).  It's a player-client modification that in addition to skipping right through the master server wait, also includes a camera angle hack and enables a player to view things like the new weapon visual effects.

So, if you're playing on a Windows computer and want to extend your game client, I suggest grabbing NWNCX.

Thanks, virusman!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par The Amethyst Dragon, 04 septembre 2011 - 05:27 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_OldTimeRadio]

               Nice!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy__Guile]

               It sucks really, but hey, I thought maybe it was just me...

Now that I've learned that this has been an on-going problem for > 2 months now, I have to wonder why is it taking so long to fix this issue?

Either way, it seem we got dumped like a unwanted step child..

Maybe they are just moving on & leaving us out in the cold this time...

Anyway, I guess I'll just have to go get some coffee while I reconnect, boo hoo..
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Birdman076]

               Bumping this as it is a godsend.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Alphamojo]

               Awesome, needs more press!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_FunkySwerve]

               There's a reason he didn't post this fix openly on the boards way back when he made it...it completely bypasses MS verification, which is not a good thing, IF we ever get the MS back, as bioware has said we will.

Funky
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_WebShaman]

               Thanks for explaining that, Funky.

Indeed, that would have been a MAJOR problem before you posted your fix for the lack of the MS for security purposes...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gregor Wyrmbane]

               I'm running Win 7 and found a simpler solution to the master server waiting issue. I placed this line in my HOSTS file and now server access is instantaneous.   "0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com"   Without the quotation marks.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

Gregor Wyrmbane wrote...

I'm running Win 7 and found a simpler solution to the master server waiting issue. I placed this line in my HOSTS file and now server access is instantaneous.   "0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com"   Without the quotation marks.

Awesome, works. Thank you.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_WebShaman]

               That is beautiful, simple, and functions!  Perfect!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PlasmaJohn]

               

FunkySwerve wrote...

There's a reason he didn't post this fix openly on the boards way back when he made it...it completely bypasses MS verification, which is not a good thing, IF we ever get the MS back, as bioware has said we will.

Funky

That only removes the clientside check which is trivially easy to defeat via dns/hosts file games.  The server still does its own check.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_virusman]

               Yes, as long as MS is online, servers check cdkeys and account passwords through it.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               

Gregor Wyrmbane wrote...

I'm running Win 7 and found a simpler solution to the master server waiting issue. I placed this line in my HOSTS file and now server access is instantaneous. "0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com" Without the quotation marks.

I am running XP and it also worked for me. 
Thank You. 

For any wanting to know the hosts file is located at. 

 
Windows 95/98/Me: c:\\windows\\hosts
Windows NT/2000: c:\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts
Windows XP (Home OR Pro): c:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hostswindows 7 look to be the same as XP.  it was listed as. 

%systemroot%\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               I'll have to put both options on the neverwinternights.info site. '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ravenmeifter]

               So any news at all if Bioware and or EA will step up and fix this or are they going to blame gamespy or Atari for this mess?

I just got 3 friends to purchase nwn diamond on Good ol games and after a hour reading about the hack attack via my email i havent used in ages and the way its being handled i dont think ill invest anymore time with bioware or EA if this is how they go about servicing their products..


BTW - so this means ppl dont even have to have legit keys and if they get banned from a server they can just relog and grief with a new key or IP? if so this is a sure way to kill NWN support which im guessing is the easiest and most underhanded way to go about it rather than cme straight out and say we dont care.