Do NOT update NWN to 1.62!!

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Post by Themicles » Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:07 am

Melakin Skywieder wrote:
Jordicus wrote:the 1.62 patch involved some updates to 2da files. this means that we need to update the CoPaP hak to match these changes.
Oh oh....... I remember the last time that happened :?
I'm doing the updating this time, and am taking my time to make sure its not buggy.

Unfortunately, this may mean that the haks wont be ready until Tuesday, rather than Monday, as I had originally estimated. You may have noticed my world has been down... I've been using it as the testbed.

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Post by Melakin Skywieder » Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:49 am

I have just done a fresh install and therefore had to upgrade to 1.62. I went and got the downgrade patch but as others have mentioned nothing is happening when I put the patch in, except the start screen is in an infinite loop, update/close restarts the screen....but never changes the version.

Can this be done manually?

Oh just read Them message....maybe I'll wait...one day

Then I'll see if this fixed the other problem or I just reformat my hard drive :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Post by Cougar » Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:48 am

The main problem I see when people have errors is when they unzip the revert patch file. Make sure you put it in the installed directory for NWN as well - default is C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN. The patch utility requires that the file stay in it's zipped format to function correctly.
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Post by Melakin Skywieder » Tue Mar 09, 2004 3:50 pm

Cougar wrote:The main problem I see when people have errors is when they unzip the revert patch file. Make sure you put it in the installed directory for NWN as well - default is C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN. The patch utility requires that the file stay in it's zipped format to function correctly.
didnt unzip it.

Installed it to C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN, installed it to C:\NeverwinterNights

Unzipped it and tried again.

Nothing worked. I'll try and delete it again and redownload it tonight. But I dont have a good feeling.

Any idea on why the server is going to upgrade to 1.61?
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Post by Themicles » Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:46 pm

I've said already.
I originally had planned to have the haks ready for Avlis to do their converting on Monday.
It is now Tuesday, and they are not quite ready.
I am hoping to finish them by this evening.
While I had plenty of time to do the haks in the past, I've actually been busy lately. So just bear with me. Remember that PAID companies take longer to do things than we do. I'm not paid for anything. I do this for fun. And this is one of the least fun jobs.

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Post by storminj » Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:30 pm

Themicles you ROCK! Take your time. No hurries mate. We appreciate the hard work you do. Some don't always realize how much effort the team puts in.

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Post by Draegloth » Tue Mar 09, 2004 11:00 pm

Yup no worries Themicles. We all have waited very patiently for this. I've seen little to no begging crying moaning complaining about it taking to long. I think everyone on Avlis is well aware that these things take time and I think I speak for everyone when I say we all appreciate the hard work you guys are doing! Keep it up and I look forward to the updates!
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Post by Melakin Skywieder » Wed Mar 10, 2004 12:53 am

Not complaining bud :D

Just figured if it was going to be today then I wouldnt worry about trying to fix my problem.

If its going to be tomorrow or the next day and I still cant get the downgrade to work then I'll probably wait...uninstall/reinstall is a pain in the ass :shock:

If it going to be a while still then I'll put up with the pain :?

We all appreciate the effort you're putting in. :D
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Post by Themicles » Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:47 am

Good news at 9:46pm Eastern is that I am 99.99% sure that I've finished the new version of the Universal Hak. Just have some more testing to do.
Next, I need to finish the CoPaP Hak. That shouldn't take much longer.

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Post by Themicles » Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:50 am

My current work on the hak paks is done.
They are awaiting publish to the FTPs.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT AVLIS IS UPDATED.
DO NOT UPDATE UNTIL THE AVLIS TEAM ANNOUNCES THAT ITS UPDATED.

With that said.

There were a number of head fixes that need to be noted.
NO custom head will override HotU heads anymore.
NO head will have the wrong textures anymore.
ANY character that got its head switched over the last hakpaks is NOT a bug with the heads. It IS a result of the head fixes. It WILL require an edit of the character file to fix.

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Post by kombinat » Wed Mar 10, 2004 8:35 am

Thanks for all your work on this Themicles, and the thoroughness with which you've tested the changes. We all appreciate the lengths you've gone to to bring us this!
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Post by Themicles » Wed Mar 10, 2004 9:22 am

Avlis still needs to do their own testing as well.
They need to make sure the haks work with their modules.
Now... I just have to track down and squash a serious crash bug with my server (not related to the haks as far as my testing shows).

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Post by jekyl81 » Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:12 pm

Themicles wrote:Avlis still needs to do their own testing as well.
They need to make sure the haks work with their modules.
Now... I just have to track down and squash a serious crash bug with my server (not related to the haks as far as my testing shows).

-Themicles
well you were thought full to give a time estimate, now i wonder if the Avlis people could do the same?

So? how long do you think it will be before the server is fully upgraded and the hakpacks nad the universal pack is online and ready to be down loaded?

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Post by Bear » Fri Mar 12, 2004 10:19 pm

jekyl81 wrote:
Themicles wrote:Avlis still needs to do their own testing as well.
They need to make sure the haks work with their modules.
Now... I just have to track down and squash a serious crash bug with my server (not related to the haks as far as my testing shows).

-Themicles
well you were thought full to give a time estimate, now i wonder if the Avlis people could do the same?

So? how long do you think it will be before the server is fully upgraded and the hakpacks nad the universal pack is online and ready to be down loaded?

"This freak just cant get enough i see, lets kill the son of a bitch" :twisted:
Not from the team... BUT... given what I've read so far, and assuming there are NO issues with Avlis Haks, I bet they have it up within a week. Some modules earlier as they test. That good for you?

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Post by jekyl81 » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:08 pm

yeah, just have a gaming fever since i only sleep for about 6-8 hours every 3 days, meaning i run out of intresting things to do with my spare time and when i do run out i'm only na inch a way from chewing my own head off :lol:

but seriusly, thanks for the reply, and i hope your right about that.
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