Neverwinter Nights 2 Official Thread

afraser2k · 6 Nov 2006 at 09:21

Got my LG collector's edition this morning and I'm disappointed with the extras, mind you for £10 or whatever it was on top I shouldn't have expected much. The model itself would probably cost about that in game stores, the ring just looks like a very cheap last minute add-on. Was looking forward to a cloth map though, I guess the competitor company selling it took one basic description and applied to the lot even when each was slightly different.

Flying Gribble · 6 Nov 2006 at 09:24

Duouk2000 said:
I'm starting to feel really shafted when it comes to the LE version of this game The box looks cheap, the artbook uses some cheap/recycled cardboard, there's no cloth map and the manual is a pdf file in your install directory (even the normal edition came with a full 170+ manual in the us -_-). I mean seriously, using a pdf file in the LE version, wtf. The figurine is the only decent thing in this so called "LE" >_>

I feel your pain. For me however, the NWN Platinum that came with it is a big bonus, for LAN play within the family. My daughter is just getting into the NWN1 toolkit and wants us to go adventuring together in the module she's written

Duouk2000 · 6 Nov 2006 at 09:30

Sounds like it's perfect for you guys

I've already had the first game two times though xD Though i do like the fact that it's all on one dvd. Seems the US got a cloth map with their LE so it's just EU people being taken for a ride here. There's a thread here about it. I've emailed Atari asking about this, not that i expect much to come of it.

krooton · 6 Nov 2006 at 09:32

sup3rc0w said:
Right, so now im well confused. I think I'm a tad stupid to play this game sometimes I'm really enjoying it, however I have a question, I just can't figure out.

I'm a ranger, but I decided to take some druid talents too. I have now got some fun new talents to play with, but for the life of me I can't use it

I opened up my spell book, opened the druid bit, but now I have this "memorised spells thingy" and i have no idea what it is tbh. Also, I can't seem to drag and drop any of the spells into the quick cast bar.
What's a numpty like me doin' wrong

See below for screen shot

Took me a while to figure this out.

Click on one of the spells in your memorized list, and it will empty the slot, then click the respective spell in your spellbook and it will fill that slot.

Got my druid to level 6 at the moment, though I'm not too keen to take on any undead mobs yet sans a cleric

saguy · 6 Nov 2006 at 10:45

Graphics aside, NWN2 has not disappointed in the gameplay department. It is great that they have brought back the larger party with individual control. I played the whole weekend - my other new games have been ignored. The story and the voice acting has also been fairly good and I like the new cinematic feel cut scenes.

Maybe I am just better at RPG's than I used to be, but I am finding the game on normal fairly easy. I have had only one death and that was mainly due to rushing in without buffing and having very few spells available due to not resting. I have gone for a very traditional party: cleric with pet as main, rogue, fighter and sorcerer. I must say the cleric seems to be one of the best all rounder as she is turning out to be a handy fighter. When I play it through again I will try the new and different classes that I am used to playing.

krooton · 6 Nov 2006 at 10:55

saguy said:
Graphics aside, NWN2 has not disappointed in the gameplay department. It is great that they have brought back the larger party with individual control. I played the whole weekend - my other new games have been ignored. The story and the voice acting has also been fairly good and I like the new cinematic feel cut scenes.

Maybe I am just better at RPG's than I used to be, but I am finding the game on normal fairly easy. I have had only one death and that was mainly due to rushing in without buffing and having very few spells available due to not resting. I have gone for a very traditional party: cleric with pet as main, rogue, fighter and sorcerer. I must say the cleric seems to be one of the best all rounder as she is turning out to be a handy fighter. When I play it through again I will try the new and different classes that I am used to playing.

I also only died once, getting overzealous with a Lizardfolk Chieftan, thankfully my pint-sized partner just managed to finsh them all off and 'res' me

Supercow · 6 Nov 2006 at 11:11

krooton said:
Click on one of the spells in your memorized list, and it will empty the slot, then click the respective spell in your spellbook and it will fill that slot.

I got that part .... what next though, how the heck do I use my spells?
The don't drag n drop into my quick cats :confused:

Redman · 6 Nov 2006 at 11:19

Drag the icon from your spellbook (not the memorised bit) onto your hot bar, and when you rest you will have the spells available

krooton · 6 Nov 2006 at 12:21

sup3rc0w said:
I got that part .... what next though, how the heck do I use my spells?
The don't drag n drop into my quick cats

I just use the quick-cast menu, press 'f'

Supercow · 6 Nov 2006 at 12:54

krooton said:
I just use the quick-cast menu, press 'f'

I do, nothing in there

I'll try Redman's suggestion when i get home

krooton · 6 Nov 2006 at 14:18

sup3rc0w said:
I do, nothing in there
I'll try Redman's suggestion when i get home

I'm guessing you havent rested since picking your spells?

Placing the spells in your memorized list means that the next time you rest, those spells will be available in your quick-cast menu

Neil79 · 6 Nov 2006 at 15:02

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Jacob334 · 6 Nov 2006 at 15:05

Neil79 said:
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I Didnt know this game came out for the n64?

Actually the gfx looks better than what some people have been saying?!

Neil79 · 6 Nov 2006 at 15:12

Jacob334 said:
Actually the gfx looks better than what some people have been saying?!

Thats only because im running x8af , full trilinear , quality AF... Turn it into application preference and you see the games default af it looks awful!

mortals · 6 Nov 2006 at 16:27

Anyone noticed there seems to be an update again, already :confused:

downloads the downloader ver 1.03 now, and after updating says

Disabling water reflections and refraction may significantly improve performance when running Neverwinter Nights 2.

Would you like to disable these features? You can enable them again at any time via the in-game Options menu.

That seems to be all the update does tho :confused:

Guess they got fed up with people complaining about how slow the game was, still strange they didn't suggest disabling shadows also.

Sleepery · 6 Nov 2006 at 16:39

Ha! That's brilliant. Might as well say :

"Upgrading your CPU, memory and graphics card will significantly enhance performance (maybe). Would you like to order some replacements now?"

Roduga · 6 Nov 2006 at 16:50

mortals said:
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I think the updater itself has updated (maybe in advance of another game update?) but the game itself hasn't updated?

mortals · 6 Nov 2006 at 17:05

Roduga said:
I think the updater itself has updated (maybe in advance of another game update?) but the game itself hasn't updated?

Just seemed to be the updater, but with the new updater you get that message.

Flying Gribble · 6 Nov 2006 at 17:39

mortals said:
Just seemed to be the updater, but with the new updater you get that message.

I suspect that it's probably updated to avoid the RTPatch temporary directory issue that stopped some people installing the first patch.

Roduga · 6 Nov 2006 at 17:48

Not sure if this has been mentioned already. If, like me, you are having problems with XFire and NWN2, this is from the XFire monkeys:

Code:
Here's something you can do if you're comfortable editing the Xfire_games.ini file in your Xfire directory.

Scroll down to the Neverwinter Nights 2 entry near the bottom of the file, it looks like this:

Code:

[4942] LongName=Neverwinter Nights 2 ShortName=nwn2 LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Obsidian\\NWN 2\\Neverwinter\\Location LauncherExe=nwn2main.exe Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% %UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS% InGameRenderer=D3D9 InGameFlags=USE_DINPUT1

What you need to do is modify the entry slightly, which should speed up the frame rate for you quite a bit. You need to add "|DISABLE_RELEASE" to the end of the line that begins with "InGameFlags=". When you're done, it should look like the entry below:

Code:

[4942] LongName=Neverwinter Nights 2 ShortName=nwn2 LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Obsidian\\NWN 2\\Neverwinter\\Location LauncherExe=nwn2main.exe Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% %UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_PASSWORD_ARGS% InGameRenderer=D3D9 InGameFlags=USE_DINPUT1|DISABLE_RELEASE

Once you've done this, save the file. Now go back to Xfire and click Tools>Options>Games. Just going to the games tab will force Xfire to reload the games.ini and update your XIG support for NWN2 with the info you added Wink

Let us know how this works for you and if it's good, we'll get it out to everyone in the next game update!

Thanks for the report, and let us know if this helps!

Not tried it myself as I'm at work so I have no idea if it works. They may have already pushed out an update anyway.