Neverwinter Nights II

What works

Almost everything works with a few exceptions noted below.  I have experienced few crashes.

What does not

- The thumbnails for the game saves are corrupt.

- The skyboxes are not rendered.

- Visually the game is not as compelling as it is on Windows due to bump mapping and lighting effects which simply don't look as good as they do on Windows.

- EAX does not work on Linux so the audio effects aren't as nice as they are on Windows, when you can get that working on newer versions of Windows.

Workarounds

What was not tested

I have not run through the entire game.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU: AMD
• Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

•  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.