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I'm referring in part to Skywing's Client Extension for NWN2. It's a handy little tool that adds a lot of nice features and also re-enables the Master Server list. Is there anything like that for NWN? I've been using the auto logger I found in the suggestion downloads thread, but it still tries to connect to the original master server that's no longer supported.

http://www.neverwinternights.info/nwncx.htm

And, follow this procedure to exclude the delay when you're connecting and waiting for the master server to timeout. It sets the timeout wait time to zero.

Gers wrote:

1: Open windows search.

2: Search for hosts. Just "hosts", there's no .exe, .ini, or any other extension. If you're using XP, the file should be in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\, for example

3: Right click on the file and copy it to your desktop.

4: Open the file using Notepad

5: Under the area marked out by hash marks (#), you'll see an IP addess, usually 127.0.0.1. DO NOT EDIT THIS ADDRESS. Under this address, type in "0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com" without the quotes.

6: Save the file, and close out Notepad.

7: Right click on the hosts copy on your desktop that you just edited, and copy it.

8: Go back to the folder you originally found hosts in, and paste/overwrite the edited version in there.

9: You're done. Go play NWN now.

Thank you so much! Too bad it doesn't seem to keep chat logs. Oh well, I haven't really made that much use of them anyway lately.

And that would be found here: http://www.amiaworld.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=55960

Yes, I said earlier I was using that but I can't run both programs at the same time, right? I suppose it could be done by patching the nwnmain file but I'd rather avoid that and just use the NWNCX loader.

Bravo21 wrote:

And, follow this procedure to exclude the delay when you're connecting and waiting for the master server to timeout. It sets the timeout wait time to zero.

Not work under non-windows. Reject connections to nwmaster.bioware.com with firewall works everywhere.

p.s. after all, using /etc/hosts for such things is as inelegant as windows itself.

From the "Liz is a dumb twit" department: what does a client extension do?

Extend the stuff you can do, letting you do or have more stuff.

Yeah. I know what the word "extend" means. That's not really what I was asking. :roll:

Lizzie wrote:

Yeah. I know what the word "extend" means. That's not really what I was asking. :roll:

You could, you know, click the link Gravemaskin had posted in his first post in this thread. That might tell you.

It sounds pretty awesome, but I haven't used it yet lol

Lizzie wrote:

Yeah. I know what the word "extend" means. That's not really what I was asking. :roll:

I know I was trying to be funny

http://www.neverwinternights.info/nwncx.htm wrote:

For the player, it does a few very noticeable things:
• removes the long wait for the (non-functional) Master Server to time out
• unlocks the game's camera angle limitation (so you can do things like look straight up to see more of the game)
• makes it possible to see new weapon visual effects, beam effects, and "skin" effects (like with barkskin) in-game
• opens the possibility for open-face helms (custom content creators needed for this)
• gives DMs the ability to use "instant feats" while possessing an NPC
• restores multiplayer server listing in-game (using data from Skywing's replacement listing server) (admin info)

I don't use it myself though.

I got it working on mine a few days ago. It's very nice actually, especially the restored master list. I had to jump through some hoops thanks to Windows 7, though.

Any sort of a NWN Client Extension?

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