getting_started:how_to_play:using_nwn_ee
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getting_started:how_to_play:using_nwn_ee [2022/01/12 22:53] ItsABadger [Get the Haks] |
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| As you can see, it includes SinfarX so to launch the game, run sinfarx_ee.exe | As you can see, it includes SinfarX so to launch the game, run sinfarx_ee.exe | ||
| - | Getting necessary override: Due to changes to EE models, users of the client can't load into Sinfar and need [[https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxdivv9hda1mel5/broom_lomfix.7z?dl=0|a few override files]]. These should be put into the __ovr__ folder of the win32_8181 folder from the SinfarxEE download above: | + | Getting necessary override: Due to changes to EE models, users of the client can't load into Sinfar and need [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iPc5Tds0MgChUq1BtbhUU9Ut6B5upOk_/view?usp=sharing|a few override files]]. These should be put into the __ovr__ folder of the win32_8181 folder from the SinfarxEE download above: |
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| ===== For completely new players ===== | ===== For completely new players ===== | ||
| - | Sinfar is a Diamond Edition server natively, meaning that there can be some issues with playing with the Enhanced Edition of NWN. Currently, making a new character with EE is simply not possible and you'll crash before you can finish. Instead, it's recommended to make your characters by installing NWN Diamond Edition, which can be found here: [[https://sinfar.net/files/NWNDiamondData.exe|NWNDiamondData.exe]]\\ | + | Sinfar is a Diamond Edition server natively, meaning that there can be some issues with playing with the Enhanced Edition of NWN. Currently, making a new character with EE is simply not possible and you'll crash before you can finish. Instead, it's recommended to make your characters by installing NWN Diamond Edition. |
| After character creation, you can safely go back to using EE to play. (Note: Some high-level dungeons has a lot of visual effects that can cause a lot of crashes on EE, so anyone wishing to participate in those is recommended to use Diamond as well.) | After character creation, you can safely go back to using EE to play. (Note: Some high-level dungeons has a lot of visual effects that can cause a lot of crashes on EE, so anyone wishing to participate in those is recommended to use Diamond as well.) | ||
| You'll still need to install the haks (below), but you don't need two copies of those - in the nwn.ini you can specify a path for each version to look for haks under [Alias] at the top (for EE, nwn.ini is located in your documents/Neverwinter Nights and for Diamond, it's located in the game's install directory). | You'll still need to install the haks (below), but you don't need two copies of those - in the nwn.ini you can specify a path for each version to look for haks under [Alias] at the top (for EE, nwn.ini is located in your documents/Neverwinter Nights and for Diamond, it's located in the game's install directory). | ||
| + | You need to specify a path, for example: | ||
| + | * HAK=C:\Games\NWN Diamond\hak (this looks in the specified folder) | ||
| + | * HAK=.\hak (this looks in the root/install folder) | ||
| ===== Get the Haks ===== | ===== Get the Haks ===== | ||
getting_started/how_to_play/using_nwn_ee.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/29 20:06 by ItsABadger