Jul 24, 2010 10. Uninstall NWN completely, then reboot your computer and reinstall NWN from scratch using the steps in this guide. Update 9/16/2015: For issues related to win7, check this out. For Windows 10 general discussion, here is another thread. I get a constant freeze for a dozen seconds and inevitable crash for entire system in Neverwinter Nights 2 (actually Storm of Zehir). There is only measure can prevent crash DebugMode 1 Sky 0 The Problems only appear if a dynamic sky exists, like sun or night stars. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. Learning Scrolls Game crash. Windows 10 does not turn off Night-Light when.
Neverwinter Nights does not run well on modern hardware and systems, and you may experience crashes or stuttering without properly preparing your game. Here are a list of fixes you may want to try. These were all tested on Windows 7 64-bit but may work for other systems. Errors or crashes when starting game. Link. See full list on pcgamingwiki.com.
Neverwinter Nights | |
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Genre(s) | Role-playing video game |
Developer(s) | BioWare, Obsidian Entertainment |
Publisher(s) | Atari (formerly Infogrames) |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
First release | Neverwinter Nights (Microsoft Windows) June 18, 2002 |
Latest release | Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition (Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox 1) December 3, 2019 |
Neverwinter Nights is a series of video games developed by BioWare and Obsidian Entertainment, based on the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragonsrole-playing game. It is unrelated to the 1991 online game of the same name distributed by AOL.
Overview[edit]
The Neverwinter Nights series take place primarily in city of Neverwinter located in the Sword Coast, a region in the fictional land of Faerûn.[1] Also commonly referred to as the City of Skilled Hands,[2] Neverwinter grew from a multi-racial settlement named Eigersstor founded several hundred years prior to the start of Neverwinter Nights.[3] At the time the first game takes place, the city of Neverwinter was beset by a magical plague named the Wailing Death,[4] whereas in the second game the city is threatened by an invasion from its ancient enemy named the King of Shadows.[5]
Gameplay[edit]
The Neverwinter Nights series is a franchise of role-playing games with a third-person isometric perspective.[6] The systems of the games are based on the rules of Dungeons & Dragons, a table-top role-playing game developed by Wizards of the Coast[7]. Both Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 contain three game modes: a default campaign, a multiplayer mode, and custom contents.[8]
Campaign
Both Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 include a default campaign, which focus on the development of the player character through a series of distinct acts.[9] In addition to the main story, the player also has the opportunity to undertake a variety of side quests, some of which form storylines that span the entire game. The player has the ability to make key choices in specific quests can affect combat encounters, key plot points, and the outcome of the overarching story.[10]
Before the player can begin the campaign, they must first create a new character through the game's character creation interface. The player may customize a new character from scratch, or select one of the pre-set characters provided by the games. If the player chooses to create a new character, they are then guided through a series of choices about their character, including race, class, appearance etc.. Some of the choices such as gender and appearance are purely cosmetic, whereas others such as race and class affect how the player character fights and what abilities they have access to.[11]
Custom Content
In addition to the base campaign and the multiplayer mode, both Neverwinter Nights and Neverwinter Nights 2 also included sets of software development tools which allow the players to create custom campaigns which they can then share with other players.[12]Neverwinter Nights shipped with the Aurora Toolset[13], while Neverwinter Nights 2 shipped with the Electron Toolset, which was completely rewritten by Bioware using the programming language C#.[14]
Reception[edit]
The first instalment in the series, Neverwinter Nights, was generally well received according to review aggregator Metacritic, which gave it a score of 91/100 based on 34 critic reviews and a score of 8.1/10 based on 608 user reviews.[15] Greg Kasavin of Gamespot praised the game's accessibility, calling it 'one of those exceedingly rare games that has a lot to offer virtually everyone, even if they aren't already into RPGs'.[16]Gamezone appreciated the game's graphic and sound design, and that 'the musical score foreshadows game action (the music picks up in intensity when combat looms), and is well done'.[17]Allgame reviewer Mark Hoogland commended the Aurora toolset shipped with Neverwinter Nights, calling the breadth of level, story, environment, and module creation options “impressive”.[18]Eurogamer reviewer Gestalt was less convinced, criticising the single-player campaign's emphasis on combat encounters over 'actual roleplaying', but was optimistic that the game's mod support will give it longevity.[19]
Compared to Neverwinter Nights, Neverwinter Nights 2 received a lower Metacritic score of 82/100 based on 46 critic reviews and 6.6/10 based on 633 user reviews.[20] The game's story continued to attract praise from critics such as Greg Mueller of GameSpot, who was impressed by the “very apparent” impact that player choice has on the way the story unfolds.[21] Some critics like IGN's Charles Onyett also enjoyed the game's sound and graphics design, in particular the visceral orchestral soundtrack during battles.[22]
A common complaint from critics was Neverwinter Nights 2's numerous technical glitches. Eurogamer drew particular attention to the bugs surrounding 'pathfinding and NPCs' artificial intelligence', a problem which contributor Kieron Gillen found made precise control in combat difficult.[23] IGN also acknowledged the game's technical glitches, but commented that none of them “hampered….gameplay experience”.[24]
Legacy[edit]
The Neverwinter Nights series has been adopted by a number of educators for use in the classroom. University of Alberta's Professor Mike Carbonara and colleagues made use of the Aurora Toolset to develop an 'economics game' aimed at teaching the concepts of fixed price commerce, mark up, and supply and demand.[25] Squire & Jenkins at MIT Education Arcade created the multiplayer game Revolution, which allows players to roleplay characters with different dispositions and political views in 1770s colonial Williamsburg, with an aim to improve the student's understanding of the American Revolution.[26] In 2005, researchers Nora Paul and Kathleen A. Hansen designed a custom module for journalism students; players took on the role of a journalist investigating a train derailment in the fictional American town named Harperville, during which they must investigate and analyse multiple sources.[27]
Games[edit]
Title | Release | Platforms | Additional Info |
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Neverwinter Nights | 2002 June | Windows, Mac, Linux | |
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide | 2003 June | Windows, Mac, Linux | expansion pack |
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark | 2003 December | Windows, Mac, Linux | expansion pack |
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker | 2004 November | Windows, Mac, Linux | premium module* (requires Hordes of the Underdark) |
Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast | 2005 September | Windows, Mac, Linux | premium module* |
Neverwinter Nights: Infinite Dungeons | 2006 May | Windows, Mac, Linux | premium module* |
Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford | 2006 August | Windows, Mac, Linux | premium module* |
Neverwinter Nights: Wyvern Crown of Cormyr | 2006 September | Windows, Mac, Linux | premium module* |
Neverwinter Nights 2 | 2006 October | Windows, Mac | |
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer | 2007 September | Windows | expansion pack |
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir | 2008 November | Windows | expansion pack |
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate | 2009 April | Windows | adventure pack** |
Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea | 2019 December | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | premium module* |
- A 'premium module' is a small-scale, stand-alone adventure.
- A 'adventure pack' is similar to the first game's premium modules.
References[edit]
- ^Wizards of the Coast. Neverwinter Nights. Dungeons & Dragons. https://dnd.wizards.com/products/digital-games/pcmac/neverwinter-nights.
- ^Matt Sernett, Erik Scott de Bie, Ari Marmell (2011). Neverwinter Campaign Setting (pp.2). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN0-7869-5814-6.
- ^Jennell Jaquays (1988). The Savage Frontier (pp. 13). TSR, Inc. ISBN0-88038-593-6.
- ^Wizards of the Coast. Neverwinter Nights. https://dnd.wizards.com/products/digital-games/pcmac/neverwinter-nights. Dungeons & Dragons.
- ^Onyett, Charles (2006, November 4). Neverwinter Nights 2 Review. IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/03/neverwinter-nights-2-review
- ^Wizards of the Coast. Neverwinter Nights. Dungeons & Dragons. https://dnd.wizards.com/products/digital-games/pcmac/neverwinter-nights.
- ^Kasavin, Greg (2002, June 24). Neverwinter Nights. Gamespot. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/neverwinter-nights-review/1900-2872002/
- ^Kasavin, Greg (2002, June 24). Neverwinter Nights. Gamespot. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/neverwinter-nights-review/1900-2872002/
- ^jkdmedia. (2012, May 4). Neverwinter Nights - PC - Review. Gamezone. https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/neverwinter_nights_2_pc_review/.
- ^Chadwick, Gareth (2020, March 12). Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition Review. The Sixth Axis. https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2020/03/12/neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition-review/
- ^Mueller, Greg (2006, November 1). Neverwinter Nights 2 Review. GameSpot. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/neverwinter-nights-2-review/1900-6160878/
- ^Tonden (2019, May 31). Aurora Toolset. https://nwn.wiki/display/NWN1/Aurora+Toolset. Neverwinter Nights Wiki.
- ^Tonden (2019, May 31). Aurora Toolset. https://nwn.wiki/display/NWN1/Aurora+Toolset. Neverwinter Nights Wiki.
- ^Robertson, Judy & Good, Judith (2004). Children's narrative development through computer game authoring. TechTrends 49(5), 57-64. DOI: 10.1145/1017833.1017841
- ^CBS Interactive Inc.. (2002, June 16). Neverwinter Nights. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/neverwinter-nights
- ^Kasavin, Greg (2002, June 24). Neverwinter Nights. Gamespot. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/neverwinter-nights-review/1900-2872002/
- ^jkdmedia. (2012, May 4). Neverwinter Nights - PC – Review. Gamezone. https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/neverwinter_nights_pc_review/
- ^Hoogland, Mark (2020, June 19). Neverwinter Nights Review. Allgame. https://www.webcitation.org/5juwa9Bar?url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=19583&tab=review
- ^Gestalt. (2011, June 11). Neverwinter Nights. Eurogamer. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_nwn
- ^CBS Interactive Inc.. (2006, Octoebr 31). Neverwinter Nights 2. Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc.. (2002, June 16). Neverwinter Nights. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/neverwinter-nights-2
- ^Mueller, Greg (2006, November 1). Neverwinter Nights 2 Review. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/neverwinter-nights-2-review/1900-6160878/
- ^Onyett, Charles (2006, November 4). Neverwinter Nights 2 Review. IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/11/03/neverwinter-nights-2-review
- ^Gillen, Kieron (2006, November 4). Neverwinter Nights 2. Eurogamer. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_nwn2_pc
- ^Blevins, Tal (2020, June 21). Neverwinter Nights. IGN. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/06/21/neverwinter-nights
- ^Carbonaro, Michael et al. (2006, January). Adapting a Commercial Role-Playing Game for Educational Computer Game Production. Conference: 2nd International North-American Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, Game-On NA 2006.
- ^Squire, K., & Jenkins, H. (2003). Harnessing the Power of Games in Education. Insight 2003 (3), pp.7-33.
- ^Paul, N., Hansen, K., & Taylor, M. (2005). Modding' Education: Engaging Today's Learners. International digital media and arts journal, 2(1), Spring.
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I've had Neverwinter Nights 2 pretty much since it was released, but I never bought the expansion packs. I installed it on my new machine, and it's worked perfectly. Then I saw that the expansion packs were 50% off right now, so I went and grabbed them, digital download.
I installed the first expansion first, Mask of the Betrayer. I launched NWN2. It crashed before it ever started. I tried to update, in case there were updates specific to MotB, but it said I had to launch the game before I could update; but launching the game hangs instantly.
So I uninstalled, thinking the issue was that NWN2 was fully updated before I installed MotB, which is built against v1.10. I reinstalled NWN2, didn't update it, just launched it, closed it, and installed MotB. And it crashed as soon as it opened.
Neverwinter Nights Windows 10 Crash Report
So I installed Storm of Zehir. And it installed successfully. And NWN2 launched without crashing. SoZ is built against v1.20, so it was a short trip to the current latest v1.23, which also launches without crashing. All is well now.
Just thought I'd post this for anyone having Neverwinter Nights 2 crash on Windows 7 after installing Mask of the Betrayer. Try installing Storm of Zehir (if you've got it) and see if that helps. I don't know if you have to install against a base (non-updated) copy of NWN2, as I haven't tried it with updating NWN2 fully then installing the expansions. However, given that there are no catch-up patches and you have to install all the intermediate patches to get the boxed v1.00 up to the current v1.23, installing MotB and SoZ may be the fastest way to get a fresh install fully-updated anyway.
Neverwinter Nights Windows 10 Crash Black Screen
Hope that helps somebody out there!