Neverwinter Nights 2 Tips

Alternate install method, Crossover Games Mac 8 on 10.5 / 10.6

1) Install Visual C++ Redistributable 2005 and 2008 into a fresh Win2k bottle, using CXGames 8.0 installer.
2) Install DirectX 9 Legacy, using CXGames 8.0 installer (this step may be unnecessary -- see step 3).  
3) Install NWN2 OC. Both .NET 2.0 and DirectX 9 should install successfully after the main install.
4) Patch up to the most recent 1.23 (to legally shake off the DRM).

I didn't touch the registry or do any magic with the DLLs. The key was the win2k bottle. If you use a winxp bottle, all sorts of things don't install properly. 

Once I had this working properly, I then did: 

5) Install MotB and SoZ. 
6) Patch again up to 1.23 (since SoZ drops you back to 1.20).


For patching (steps 4 and 6), use the manual patcher and patch files available on the NWN Vault, at:

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Tools.Detail&id=12 (for the patcher)
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Articles.Detail&id=230#english (for the patch files)

You may need this link: http://nwvault.ign.com/fms/Download.php?id=133235 if you need but can't locate nwn2_pcx2_english_from1211549_to1221586 in the list.

It is possible using the manual patcher to queue the patch files, so you can do the whole thing in a batch. If you intend to install MotB and/or SoZ, don't bother with step 4: you'll need to patch again at step 6 anyway.

by K. E. Munroe on 2009-11-07 15:44:44
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