Suddenly unable to start NWN

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Suddenly unable to start NWN

Post by szabot » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:06 am

When I try to run NWN I get the following message:
I'm sorry, it doesn't look like I'm in the Neverwinter Nights install directory. Please put me back, or re-install Neverwinter Nights.
What the..? X:|

I recently added "AllowWindowedMode=1" and "Disable Intro Movies=1" to [Display Options] in the .ini file, and changed the line FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0. I reverted back and took out the new lines, but now it still won't start.
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Post by Darkfire » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:08 am

Try opening it from the NWN folder, rather than a shortcut?
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Post by szabot » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:09 am

Darkfire wrote:Try opening it from the NWN folder, rather than a shortcut?
I tried that, too, already. :(
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Post by szabot » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:12 am

Ah, I remember that I also saw a .tlk file in the main folder and put it in the .tlk folder. I just removed that and now the game will start up again. ;)

*stops panicking* It's not like I'm addicted or anything anyway.
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Post by Darkfire » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:12 am

szabot wrote:
Darkfire wrote:Try opening it from the NWN folder, rather than a shortcut?
I tried that, too, already. :(
next... the same thing I had to do with UT2004, Not sure if its doable with NWN...


Just reinstall it without uninstalling it. It overrides files it needs too, puts files that should be there, and leaves extra files alone.

~IF~ you can do it that way, make a seperate location and copy your haks over, incase it messes up you wont have to redownload all of those.


I will look around and see if there is anything else to fix it, but thats all i can think of off the top of my head



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szabot wrote:Ah, I remember that I also saw a .tlk file in the main folder and put it in the .tlk folder. I just removed that and now the game will start up again. ;)

*stops panicking* It's not like I'm addicted or anything anyway.
oh. nevermind then :D
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Post by szabot » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:13 am

Thanks for trying to help, Darkfire. ;)
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Post by Elong Singalong » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:50 am

szabot wrote:Thanks for trying to help, Darkfire. ;)
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Re: Suddenly unable to start NWN

Post by Tesh » Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:56 am

szabot wrote:When I try to run NWN I get the following message:
I'm sorry, it doesn't look like I'm in the Neverwinter Nights install directory. Please put me back, or re-install Neverwinter Nights.
What the..? X:|

I recently added "AllowWindowedMode=1" and "Disable Intro Movies=1" to [Display Options] in the .ini file, and changed the line FullScreen=1 to FullScreen=0. I reverted back and took out the new lines, but now it still won't start.
make sure you've set the width and height parameters in the .ini file too and that it's less than the default resolution you have set for your desktop.
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Re: Suddenly unable to start NWN

Post by szabot » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:53 pm

Tesh wrote:make sure you've set the width and height parameters in the .ini file too and that it's less than the default resolution you have set for your desktop.
Aha, thanks for the tip. ;)
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Post by loki70 » Sat Jul 08, 2006 6:28 pm

Word of advice...

The one that says dialog.tlk, does not belong in the tlk file :oops:
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Post by pincushionman » Sat Jul 08, 2006 7:03 pm

Make certain you have a folder named "override" even if you have nothing in it. I got that error when I was messing around with my overrides to check on something, but when I changed it back everything worked just fine. My shortcut too.
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