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Neverwinter Nights seriesCrashing on startup (windows xp)(10 posts)(10 posts)
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Posted February 10, 2011
As the title says, I'm unable to start the game. I get the Atari logo, and then the game crashes. I tried running in compatibility mode with windows 98, but that didn't help.
Any suggestions what to do? :/
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Posted February 10, 2011
You shouldn't have to run with windows 98 compatibility mode as the game is very much compatible with windows XP.

However...did you try this?:
- Download and install the 1.69 critical rebuild patch from http://nwn.bioware.com/support/patch.html
Posted February 10, 2011
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superfly2000: You shouldn't have to run with windows 98 compatibility mode as the game is very much compatible with windows XP.

However...did you try this?:
- Download and install the 1.69 critical rebuild patch from http://nwn.bioware.com/support/patch.html
(^ shouldn't be necessary if you downloaded it recently, I believe)

Did you try not starting it from the launcher but directly from nwn.exe?
EDIT: nwnmain.exe, not nwn.exe. You want to start without the launcher.
Post edited February 11, 2011 by LordCinnamon
Posted February 10, 2011
starting from nwn.exe can cause tons of other problems, I would try right clicking on the shortcut for it and adding a -nointro or -skipintro (I don't remember which it is...). This may help.
Posted February 10, 2011
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emusan: starting from nwn.exe can cause tons of other problems
seriously? I didn't know that. What kind of problems?
Though admittedly I don't think it will help the OP anyway, I think my game didn't even start before I started from the .exe. Skipping the intro video seems like a more likely solution.
Post edited February 10, 2011 by LordCinnamon
Posted February 10, 2011
If installing the patch didn't work maybe this:

- In nwn.ini set Safemovie=1
Posted February 10, 2011
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emusan: starting from nwn.exe can cause tons of other problems
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LordCinnamon: seriously? I didn't know that. What kind of problems?
Though admittedly I don't think it will help the OP anyway, I think my game didn't even start before I started from the .exe. Skipping the intro video seems like a more likely solution.
I don't know if it causes problems for everyone, but there was a thread awhile back in which it caused severe crashes and some strange things in the menu. If you want more specifics you can look it up, I think it is still on the first or second page...
Posted February 11, 2011
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LordCinnamon: seriously? I didn't know that. What kind of problems?
Though admittedly I don't think it will help the OP anyway, I think my game didn't even start before I started from the .exe. Skipping the intro video seems like a more likely solution.
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emusan: I don't know if it causes problems for everyone, but there was a thread awhile back in which it caused severe crashes and some strange things in the menu. If you want more specifics you can look it up, I think it is still on the first or second page...
Found it.
GAH. I meant NWNMAIN.EXE. stupid, stupid me! NWN.exe still loads the launcher. You want to try to start the game without the launcher.
Post edited February 11, 2011 by LordCinnamon
Posted February 14, 2011
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greenfreak: As the title says, I'm unable to start the game. I get the Atari logo, and then the game crashes. I tried running in compatibility mode with windows 98, but that didn't help.
Any suggestions what to do? :/
What type of video card do you have?
Posted October 08, 2011
I have the same issue here, and I've tried everything in several threads and nothing works.
I had this game installed on Vista and it worked fine, but I recently got a new hard drive and when I reinstalled NWN, it now crashes on startup every time right after the Atari logo comes up.

I've updated my graphics card driver, and it's not the card itself since this worked fine on a different OS.

Can anyone offer anything else?

Thanks!
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