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Posted February 08, 2013
When I try running the game the screen goes black but then a few seconds latter the game crashes. I do not know if this is a result of using windows 8 or some other error. I've tried running it using different compatibility modes such as 7 XP1,2,3, and have had no luck. Any help would be great.
Posted February 08, 2013
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trandar: When I try running the game the screen goes black but then a few seconds latter the game crashes. I do not know if this is a result of using windows 8 or some other error. I've tried running it using different compatibility modes such as 7 XP1,2,3, and have had no luck. Any help would be great.
32 or 64 bit? I have 32bit and game crashes only when Alt+Tabbing durring save (it also deletes save!)

Also, provide content of C:\GOG Games\Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete\ file
Posted February 08, 2013
Also... NWN or NWN2?
Posted February 12, 2013
Mine does the same. NWN Windows 7 64bit.

(Edit) : Well, without re-downloading or uninstalling I just re-installed again. It works now.
Post edited February 12, 2013 by Kadota94
Posted February 14, 2013
I have been having problems with it too. In addition to it crashing sometimes on exit I have been having FPS and choppy movement issues and I never had that before on my crappier desktop while running high quality so I'm assuming it is Windows 8. I did have issues with Vista but somehow there was a fix for it. I couldn't even run the game on here until switching the compatibility to XP Service Pack 2. Been looking all over for a fix but haven't come across any but did come across people with the same FPS issues. I'm running 64 Windows 8 on an HP laptop.
Post edited February 14, 2013 by MasterBrief
Posted April 07, 2013
I had the exact same issue as the op playing NWN2. Lenovo i7, NVIDIA card, Windows 8 64-bit. Even running the game in windowed mode produced the same crash.

Here is my fix, try it on computers with separate graphics processors (eg. Intel and NVIDIA/ATI):
1. Open the NVIDIA control panel.
2. Under the select a task tree menu select 'Manage 3D settings'.
3. Select the Program Settings tab in the right window pane.
4. Using the dropdown '1. 'Select a program to customize' select Neverwinter Nights 2 (nwn2.exe). If its not there you may have to add the exe.
5. Using the dropdown '2. Select the preferred graphics processor for this program:' select Intergrated graphics.

I still get bad animation studder, but it is one step closer to a playable game.

Update:
Simply restarting the computer fixed the animation problem, so now I am happily playing NWN2 with no problems! I hope this helps someone else getting the game running on newer systems.
Post edited April 11, 2013 by MannTec
Posted April 07, 2013
I have nwn1, running Windows 8 and have to Run as Administrator. Are you running AMD or Nvidia? I also run it in compatibility mode for XP service pack 3.
Posted April 08, 2013
I have both running fine on Win 8 with no special tweaking. There are a few minor glitches in the toolset, but they work a LOT better in 8 than they did in Vista. I suspect you are having a Hardware or direct X issue.

Try installing DX9 on top of your DX10. DX10 is missing a few files and this will create them.
Post edited April 08, 2013 by urknighterrant
Posted May 13, 2013
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MannTec: I had the exact same issue as the op playing NWN2. Lenovo i7, NVIDIA card, Windows 8 64-bit. Even running the game in windowed mode produced the same crash.

Here is my fix, try it on computers with separate graphics processors (eg. Intel and NVIDIA/ATI):
1. Open the NVIDIA control panel.
2. Under the select a task tree menu select 'Manage 3D settings'.
3. Select the Program Settings tab in the right window pane.
4. Using the dropdown '1. 'Select a program to customize' select Neverwinter Nights 2 (nwn2.exe). If its not there you may have to add the exe.
5. Using the dropdown '2. Select the preferred graphics processor for this program:' select Intergrated graphics.

I still get bad animation studder, but it is one step closer to a playable game.

Update:
Simply restarting the computer fixed the animation problem, so now I am happily playing NWN2 with no problems! I hope this helps someone else getting the game running on newer systems.
Thank you very much. I've had the same problem (same or similar Lenovo laptop btw), tried re-installing the game, tried forcing the NVIDIA GPU, but didn't even think about running NWN2 on integrated Intel graphics. Thanks again for the working solution!

UPD: Restarting didn't help me with animation stutter, so in case anyone gets the same problem, here's what helped - Client Extension: http://www.nynaeve.net/Skywing/nwn2/cliext/ClientExtension_Latest.zip
Post edited May 15, 2013 by DizZet
Posted November 15, 2014
Help! I'm trying to run NWN2 on my Win 8.1 Laptop but it throws up the error message that I am missing d3dx9_30.dll file. I have put a copy of this file on my laptop but it just throws up a different message. I have had this running (albeit) slowly on a previous Win7 laptop so can't for the life of me understand why it won't work now. My processor is an Intel Celeron CPU N2830 @ 2.16GHz. The laptop in question is an ASUS X553M, this is better than my old laptop.
Please anyone help.
Posted November 16, 2014
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Thecolonel27: Help! I'm trying to run NWN2 on my Win 8.1 Laptop but it throws up the error message that I am missing d3dx9_30.dll file. I have put a copy of this file on my laptop but it just throws up a different message.
Download and install the latest DirectX 9.0c.
Post edited November 16, 2014 by Solarpower_pg
Posted April 11, 2018
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MannTec: I had the exact same issue as the op playing NWN2. Lenovo i7, NVIDIA card, Windows 8 64-bit. Even running the game in windowed mode produced the same crash.

Here is my fix, try it on computers with separate graphics processors (eg. Intel and NVIDIA/ATI):
1. Open the NVIDIA control panel.
2. Under the select a task tree menu select 'Manage 3D settings'.
3. Select the Program Settings tab in the right window pane.
4. Using the dropdown '1. 'Select a program to customize' select Neverwinter Nights 2 (nwn2.exe). If its not there you may have to add the exe.
5. Using the dropdown '2. Select the preferred graphics processor for this program:' select Intergrated graphics.

I still get bad animation studder, but it is one step closer to a playable game.

Update:
Simply restarting the computer fixed the animation problem, so now I am happily playing NWN2 with no problems! I hope this helps someone else getting the game running on newer systems.
Man, thanks a ton. I read so many threads on GOG's and other forums, installed all kind of older DirectX-es, used compatibility modes, downloaded older version of nVidia drivers and so on, only to finally find your post and feel really stupid about wasted time and efforts. It's kind of dumb that the only working solution is so hard to find. They should give you a golden frame and a badge with "The solution, that actually works" on it.
Post edited April 11, 2018 by GofunDake
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