Houston we have Achieved Orbit around NWN!

[EricNoah]

played the game for a few hours today..nice graphics, easy combat, smooth operation...just buggy....yes you heard it there is a patch out already for it so download away. They have major issues with XP so far, i had to tone down my mode from 64 to 16 and i am not the only one..check the NWN forums and you will see..it's good, it's clean, it runs safely (now) so best of luck to those that have it and have problems which is more than likely remidied by latest drivers and so forth...


did they rush it? Yes.

Is it worth it? yes

Can you play it without crashing? Depends on what your specs are. Anything less than 700mhz and a GF2 or higher is gonna have BSODs and game is going to suck. Oh and all you with Aureal sound cards, your SOL...

Wow, well I guess I lucked out -- running XP here with no problems whatsoever...

 

[Ruvion]

Got the upgrade blues...

Living in Canada and stuck with a "not-good-enough" harware. (sigh)

Snow Sword Icescapades, uhh...I mean, Never Winter Nights where are you!?!

 

[Hand of Evil]

Well, I too picked up the game which I have been reading about with baited breath for three years.... and my computer won't run it. My computer, which meets all the specs and runs Dungeon Siege pretty well, won't run it. Needless to say, I am disappointed.

Feel your pain. My problem looks to be my video card is a tad old and needs to be updated. I think it would be in my best interest to look to a new machine.

 

[Ashtal]

I dunno - my BF's running his on a P3 500 with no problems, though he has a good graphic card and RAM out the ying-yang!

I am already a NWN Widow. He played it from 6:00 - 11:00, stopping long enough to let me try chargen (point buy - BLEH!) and check on my Mom's computer, which has gotten the Klez virus (which he helped fix - go my honey!).

Today, after a brief visit with the doctor (specialist ping-pong) I think I'm going to hunker down with it and try out some multiplayer. Until the honey comes home. Then I am widowed again.

Anyone know of any good movies released on video lately?

 

[Gargoyle]

Ignored all responsibilities and played for a few hours yesterday on my XP machine. It crashed a couple of times, once when I was changing video settings (save the game first!) and once after a few hours of play for no apparent reason. Overall it's working pretty well for me and my fighter is 5th level and kicking butt. Looking forward to playing multiplayer, as that's where I think it will really shine. Back to work...

 

[Jeremy]

<sitting at work playing on his crappy PC while the boss is away>

Only get it to run with the tier below 16 MB textures in 800 x 600 res with a lot of the bennies turned off.

But at home... It's running on a 1.3 Ghz rig with a GeForce3 with every single option cranked. Smooth as butter and beautiful as, I dunno, it's just beautiful ok?

Couldn't get it to run on my wife's computer, but after I downloaded the patch and upgraded the driver on her video game it's running smoothly. Yay Bioware!

 

[Leopold]

can anyone get it to run with 64mb textures on?? i can't seem to get it to work..crashes left and right..

 

[Pielorinho]

Yesterday when I got home from Best Buy, I was laughing and giggling and clutching my purchases so much that my girlfriend broke out the leftover Christmas candy and gave me a candy cane.

It's been a long half-a-week. My computer, crotchety and irritable in its old age (second birthday, coming up!), has been refusing to boot up lately, and over the weekend, it decided that I wanted it to be a no-mouse, 16-color monstrosity. I spent hours and hours just getting the color and mouse back.

My brother, bless his heart, offered to install Windows 2000 on it, so he took it with him Sunday night after our game session, and spent hours and hours working on it, installing a new power source, and doing whatever it took.

Then Tuesday he got NWN, installed it on his computer -- and found out that a Voodoo3 16mb card wasn't good enough for this primadonna of a game. He sadly ordered one online, and told me.

See, I also have a Voodoo3 16mb card.

Screw that, I thought, and after work, I went to his house to pick up my computer, went to Best Buy and picked up a 64MB GeForce4 card (woo hoo!) and an extra 128 MB RAM (on sale for $13, double woohoo!), and came home, giggling and clutching.

I had to go all Home Improvement on our dryer before my girlfriend would let me play (fair enough), but then I booted it up.

And for some unknown reason, chose to play a bard.

Sigh.

I'm trying to decide whether I want to stick with the bard or try a different character; I think bards will be more fun in big groups, and with the limit on party members, it might not be so great. I'm also thinking maybe i'll multiclass into sorcerer -- the two seem like they'll go well together.

So far, it's pretty great!
Daniel

 

[Dr Midnight]

Managed to snag one last night, after four hours- no joking- of running around from store to store.

I've got it at 800x600, 16 m... and the thing is still choking. The little hand icon flickers constantly. Can someone tell me what to do? I don't know my PC's specs, but it's a fairly new, expensive computer... I get the feeling it should be running more smoothly.

 

[Valanthe the Sleepless]

Wizardru's wife responds...

Well, one of my players HAS IT, and is playing it right now.


I HATE HIM. If I don't get the game later this week...well, something just might happen to his character. Something....bad.

Blah, blah, blah - Quiet, you!

You didn't waist time during your lunch hour. You walked in the door last night with one for each of us (a great wrath to befall him if he was empty handed) and made your character before even I installed mine.

I got to play my rogue, but somehow died while training in the rogue room

I did however managed to score a date with Shade (an NPC Rogue) to the evening's big feast.

Woot!