Neverwinter Nights II

What works

1. "Autopatcher" -- see comments.
2. Loading the first area of the game
3. Creating a character
   

What does not

1. Detecting correct graphics modes
2. Sound
3. Loading the second area of the main campaign (makes the game unplayable)
   

Workarounds

What was not tested

1. Network games
2. Other modules than the main campaign
   

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

The installer doesn't give any progress indicator when installing the game (leading me to believe it had stalled a few times), but does install the game -- after quite a bit DirectX was installed and the installer finally finished. The autopatcher (nwupdate.exe) first updated itself (to version 1.7) successfully and then had to be told to use a dedicated connection or it would decide no connection was available and do nothing. To set this, right click anywhere on the patcher GUI and click the corresponding menu item. Patching seems to take very long -- it took about 0.5 seconds to a full second to print each line (like a filename that is extracted), making each patch take several minutes, rather than the expected few seconds.

•  Use of dll overrides "devenum.dll" and "dxdiagn.dll" may be necessary for the game to run.
•  Requires using winetricks to install directx9 and vcrun2005.
  
•  The following registry key changes are recommended (Use the command "wine regedit" and then add them as strings to the appropriate directory):

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
OffscreenRenderingMode = fbo
UseGLSL = enabled
VideoMemorySize = 256

You may also put in whatever amount of memory your video card uses instead of 256.

• To get the autoupdater to run, right click anywhere on the autoupdate window (except the status text part), and then click "dedicated internet connection". It should now work.
  
• If you are unable to change resolution while using fullscreen mode, emulating a virtual desktop may be useful for getting the game to allow other resolutions.