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What works
Everything***
*This is the Good Old Games version of the game bought from GOG.com.
*Multiplayer works via Gamespy, the Bioware servers' support has been discontinued.
*A special method has to be used in order for the Intro videos and sound to work properly, read the Extra comments.
Note: The platform is an i3 laptop with an ATI graphics card (HD 5470), using the proprietary dirvers. The framerate was acceptable. And the wine version is 1.4, not 1.5 as the former is missing from the selection list.
What does not
The "Creature Environment Mapping" option under Video Settings.
What was not tested
The whole game (as in the game was not played to the end).
Additional Comments
To install the GoG (Good Old Games) version of this game, follow the below instructions.
Open a console and type the following commands in order:
WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/nwn winetricks ddr=gdi
WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/nwn winetricks d3dx9 droid winxp
WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/nwn wine /path/to/directory/setup_nwn_diamond.exe
Then once the install is done, browse to the "~/.local/share/wineprefixes/nwn" and edit the nwn.ini file to say the following lines under [Display Options]:
FullScreen=0
AllowWindowedMode=1
Then save.
It is preferred to play using the above windowed mode in order to not mess your desktop after exiting the game. You will have to chose a resolution that fits into your desktop under the configuration menu in the launcher window before launching the game.
Now you can launch the game.
PS: Last but not the least, if you cannot see your character when playing the game, open the options menu then go to the video section and uncheck the "Creature Environment Mapping" option.
Good luck.
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NWN does not launch with Wine 1.5.10
by Kol on Sunday November 18th 2012, 18:55
Neverwinter Nights does not launch with Wine 1.5.10 and later
versions. I can see only a window with blue background but
the process "nwmain.exe" consumes almost 100% of CPU time.
Turning on debug messages by
WINEDEBUG="+err,+warn,+fixme"
shows only
err:ole:COMPOBJ_DllList_Add couldn't load in-process dll L"a3dapi.dll"
err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {92fa2c24-253c-11d2-90fb-06008a1f441} could be created for context 0x1
what is the same as when the game runs with Wine 1.5.9.
Native 64 bit
by Francisco Pina on Wednesday January 14th 2009, 8:23
To the original poster:
The native client can be played in a 64 bit kernel. I've been doing it since Ubuntu 7.10 and still do today.
Just follow the on-site instructions for installing and then get the required 32 bit libs. There are plenty of how-tos for that.
The native client gives a better fps running on the same setting then in windows on the same machine.
Hope it's usefull.
RE: Native 64 bit by Francisco Pina on
Monday April 11th 2011, 17:00
Character Avatar Invisible
by James Clemence on Monday December 29th 2008, 7:49
Hey there, it all seems to work fine on wine 1.1.11, though it does have a major issue - opening it up shows no characters, everyone is invisible, their shadows are there, and hovering over them shows the select shadow thing (pale, outline of character) but no actual character shown. Further, there is no image of the character on the new character creation page when you create a new character. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Updated to 1.69.
