NwN Server and security update

[Legacy_Wra1thstouch]

               Thanks for the response -- and please fix our old forums.   Bastions of War forever!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Cormanthor]

               Thanks for the update.

The NWN Master Authentication server is still unresponsive, however.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Cormanthor, 27 septembre 2011 - 03:40 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_WebShaman]

               Thanks for the update Chris!

Please keep us posted of changes.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_OldTimeRadio]

               Hey Chris, thanks for the post!

No one in the NWN 1 or NWN 2 community can authenticate online and haven't been able to for around 3 months now, including me.

BTW, what does Atari have to do with returning the legacy forums?

Thanks for the information and any clarification you can provide!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par OldTimeRadio, 27 septembre 2011 - 08:53 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Thayan]

               Pure and utter speculation here; but perhaps the authentication servers being referred to are those for the premium modules? As it has been pointed out (and can be confirmed by anyone wanting to try them) they are certainly going out to the mothership and doing...er...something. 
 
But if you pull your network connection to your machine or change the hosts file for nwmaster.bioware.com so it can’t reach it (to address the delay waiting for the Master Server auth to fail when joining multiplayer), when you try to load up a Premium Module it will sit there indefinitely trying to authenticate.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Thayan, 27 septembre 2011 - 09:03 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_OldTimeRadio]

               He's being pretty explicit about PW's and online authentication though.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_SuperFly_2000]

               

Thayan wrote...
Pure and utter speculation here; but perhaps the authentication servers being referred to are those for the premium modules?

Personally I think it is the auth. server that checks your CD-key he was talking about. Without that one we couldn't even be online right....(?)....

Then its the other one that keeps track of your gamespy username and password....and that one is still down...

Just speculating again of course...
               
               

               

                     Modifié par SuperFly_2000, 27 septembre 2011 - 09:30 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               

OldTimeRadio wrote...

He's being pretty explicit about PW's and online authentication though.

Yes, but PW's in NWN1 do not need authentication unless you have it turned on in the .ini .  In NWN2 I understand it is more of a problem.  
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_PlasmaJohn]

               

SuperFly_2000 wrote...

Personally I think it is the auth. server that checks your CD-key he was talking about. Without that one we couldn't even be online right....(?)....

Then its the other one that keeps track of your gamespy username and password....and that one is still down...

Key and password authentication is provided by the same server.  Neither query gets a response.  And even if the key response came back, the game server would still wait for the password verification.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par PlasmaJohn, 27 septembre 2011 - 09:39 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Lightfoot8]

               

PlasmaJohn wrote...
Key and password authentication is provided by the same server.  Neither query gets a response.  And even if the key response came back, the game server would still wait for the password verification.

The server  waits only if you have 
Master Server Authentication Required For Player Login=1i
set to 1 in the nwnplayer.ini file

EDIT: Game server that is    
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Lightfoot8, 27 septembre 2011 - 11:09 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

                Hooray!  '>  Thank you, Chris.  '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ehye_khandee]

               Many thanks Chris - please keep us posted of progress and if possible specifics on which 'servers' are running and which are not.

Be well. Game on.
GM_ODA
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_aries1001]

               Thanks so much for this.

I've recently installed the NWN disc+the expansion discs+the three premium modules from the Diamond
(or deluxe) edition. And it worked. (there was a glitch with Hordes of the Underdark disc in the Deluxe Edition, though. - luckily, I had an old expansion disc.... )

I haven't tested the premium modules yet, apart from that I tried to click on them, and they do seem to wrk. I also have some other Premium Modules thaat I've bought from the Bioware store who I loaded on to DVD, I think.. As soon as I find it.....I'll test these modules...

Thanks again '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_UrkOfGreyhawk]

               Multiplayer authorization is the only authorization I cared about. This is great news. I sincerely hope you can recover the forum posts and tie them together with a good search function, too. There's tons of invaluable information in them, and all those pages of unique content will give bioware a huge boost in the search engines.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shia Luck]

               Thank you for the update and your continued work.

Have fun '>