Easy install for Higher Ground

[hackenslay]

Easy install self-extracting CEP/HG_enhanced/Acaos modded .exe

Do a fresh install of GOG NWN, hit the self-extracting archive and point it to the clean NWN install folder(C:\GOG Games\NWN Diamond\ is default) and let it work. Copy your old nwnplayer.ini and nwncdkey.ini(or get your GOG keys and put them in here) into the folder and run the modded .exe(nwmain-169-hg.exe)


NWN_HG.EXE

ps: It's 717 mb

[TJ]

I can confirm that this works! Downloaded the two installers off GOG, ran em, and then downloaded this and ran it and was able to log into HG no problem. This is awesome, thanks so much.

[hackenslay]

Glad to hear it! I wasn't sure I got everything packed in properly even though it worked for me.

[TJ]

Yeah, i'm missing a few textures (or NWN hates my gfx card) like the floor in thids, but other than that it seems to be working well for me

[hackenslay]

Updated with working link. I used 7zip Ultra compression this time, which cut the file size down to 717 Mb.

[Deleted]

Nice! Now to have this put in a highly visible, easy to get to spot.

[arek]

Apr 27, 2018 6:51:59 GMT hackenslay said:

[...] and run the modded .exe(nwmain-169-hg.exe)

Doesn't running nwn with any .exe other than "nwmain.exe" (exactly), or the nwn.exe loader (which eventually runs nwmain.exe) cause problems?

--arek

[hackenslay]

No, it doesn't. All of the multiboxers are forced to use the alternate loader because the standard won't let you run more than one instance.

I personally use it because of the unlocked graphics allowing me to zoom out and see more of the battlefield.

That being said, you can feel free to start NWN with the standard launcher, it won't hurt a thing

[arek]

The loader itself isn't the problem. The problem I seem to recall arises from nwmain.exe having code that fails when nwmain.exe is itself named something else. This may, however, be the exe looking for itself to load compiled-in resources at some point, in which case it may not be an issue as long as nwmain.exe exists in the same folder.

--arek

P.S. I still bother myself to rename nwmain.exe to nwmain-orig.exe and nwmain-1.69-hg.exe to nwmain.exe, just in case...and so that I can use other loaders (nwncx) with the modded .exe.

[hackenslay]

I did the re-naming thing too, while trying to get HGX to run with ARF2. I'm guessing the changes to the exe in the modified one moved the hooks HGX needs because I never did get them to play together.

Now I just use ARF2 to see how long servers have been up, then log in with HGX.

[shendelzare]

Hey, returning player here.

I recall last time there were several files to download for the mod to work properly, does this install contain all of it, or are there some optional files not included? If so, which?
Last time I found an article on the wiki which listed a bunch of files to install, but I can't access the wiki right now, it only shows a bunch of warning messages on a white background.

[FunkySwerve]

Should have everything.

Wecome back!
Funky