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Post by Acaos on Jul 9, 2010 9:57:49 GMT
Bhao has written another amazing piece of assistive software for HG, named ARF2. The current revision is r314u, and it can be gotten here: arf2.zipARF2 is in beta release. Although basic functionality works and the software should safe to run, there are rough edges still to work out.
no there are not, and it's quite stable, thank you (bhao)  ARF2 is a program to simplify the task of logging in to HG. It takes care of performing all necessary updates (including NWN 1.69, CEP, and HGE) and shows you the status of all servers and any recent run messages. To use it, simply extract it into your Neverwinter Nights folder (ARF2 can also be placed in a sub-folder of your Neverwinter Nights folder) and then run the ARF2 executable. It will take care of the rest. ARF2 is capable of cleaning up issues with your Neverwinter Nights installation (such as bad CEP updates or lingering temporary files). If you hold down right-click over a server in the top pane server list, it will show you a list of players on that server. To log in to a server, select it in the top pane and press the Connect button. See this link for even more information and screen shots: wiki.hgweb.org/wiki/Installation_Guide#Updating_with_ARF2ARF2 only runs on Windows, and is an AutoHotKey program. The source is included for your perusal. Some old versions sometimes had trouble finding updates of itself. Please check the version number in the window title. Unless it ends in "r314u" you need the following:
- find the folder where you put arf2 when you first installed it and delete the file "arf2-server.ini" (don't delete anything else)
- restart arf2 to make it download a new server ini file |
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Post by Acaos on Jul 9, 2010 9:58:08 GMT
(reserved for future use)
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Post by MurphysLawAgain on Jul 10, 2010 16:41:53 GMT
Acaos, do we send bug reports to Bhao directly or post them somewhere?
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Post by Acaos on Jul 10, 2010 19:00:28 GMT
Please post any bug reports / issues / comments / suggestions in this thread.
Thanks,
Acaos
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Post by nate on Jul 11, 2010 5:12:02 GMT
The top frame with the servers needs to be re-sizable so I don't have to scroll at all. Looks good so far.
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Post by MurphysLawAgain on Jul 11, 2010 16:15:37 GMT
Running Win 7 (32 bit) I got an error about deleting a temp file part way through the update process. I will post the exact error when I get home but when the file was removed the update process continued properly. Looks like either a permissioning or file locking problem (I did try running the process with Admin priviledges so its likely file locking).
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Post by kingcamaro on Jul 13, 2010 17:14:20 GMT
it seems the updating doesnt work, it does a countdown from 59 to 0, then it just stays at "update in 0 secs..."
a feature id also like to see added is to intergrate the quest list into it somehow also.
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Post by TJ on Jul 13, 2010 17:32:34 GMT
Updated my CEP the other day on 32-bit Win 7 and it worked flawlessly. Great work.
TJ
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Post by gollem9 on Jul 13, 2010 18:32:35 GMT
Very impressed by this app  , although i expected nothing less  It went through my last update quite smooth |
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Post by jonuhey on Jul 13, 2010 18:50:47 GMT
Very impressed by this app , although i expected nothing less It went through my last update quite smooth Didnt test yet, but will soon. Maybe you should add compatibility to this for your magelogger  |
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Post by Torin on Jul 13, 2010 19:27:03 GMT
Works great.
Minor suggestions:
- The "Help button" could need some improvement. Maybe add the link to this thread to it?
- On Exit: Please, no "you really want to exit" questions, that is so windows like - I ALWAYS want to quit/exit if that is asked...
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Post by Yomi on Jul 14, 2010 6:26:14 GMT
a feature id also like to see added is to intergrate the quest list into it somehow also. Unfortunately the quest list is only available via HTML, not XML. That would make it a lot harder to parse. I don't have any immediate plans to work on it. |
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Post by shardelay on Jul 18, 2010 17:01:35 GMT
One one of my pc's this worked great. On the other two (one is vista one is xp) I get:
NWN:HotU Critical Rebuild PAtch 1.69 no tinstalled.
Required components missing
Starting Update Dialogue
Then I download a 309meg file from bioware NWNEnglish1.69HotUUpdate.exe
After that is done and I select update I get a message
Neverwinter Nights is not found.
Please reinstall the game from the original CD-ROM and try again.
Then I get
Bioware Patch returned 2
Wow, sucky nsis actually returns error codes - who would have thought
Anyway, the patch encountered an error
Pplease try again
A log file named 'arf2.log' has been created
arf2 will now exit
I am downloading HG ARF2 to nwn/arf directory and running it from there both on the working pc and the failed one. I am quite sure that I have HOTU on both the pc's that are failing.
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Post by shardelay on Jul 18, 2010 17:05:58 GMT
Here is the log file
Here we go...
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Cleaning up
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Looking for the config file
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Config URL taken from ini file
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Downloading config file 'http://www.hgweb.org/arf/arf2-server.ini'
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Initial local ini check
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Updating local inis
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Checking NWN
2010-07-18 17:12:27: NWN found in 'C:\Games\Adventure\NWN\arf\..\'
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Checking NWN Expansion packs
2010-07-18 17:12:27: Checking installed components
2010-07-18 17:12:29: Found HGE GUI
2010-07-18 17:12:29: Checking for updates
2010-07-18 17:12:29: CEP: cep2_add_doors.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:29: CEP: cep2_add_loads.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:30: CEP: cep2_add_phenos1.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:30: CEP: cep2_add_phenos2.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:31: CEP: cep2_add_phenos3.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:31: CEP: cep2_add_phenos4.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:31: CEP: cep2_add_phenos5.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:32: CEP: cep2_add_sb_v1.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:32: CEP: cep2_add_skies.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:32: CEP: cep2_add_tiles.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:33: CEP: cep2_add_tiles1.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:33: CEP: cep2_add_tiles2.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:34: CEP: cep2_build.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:34: CEP: cep2_core0.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:34: CEP: cep2_core1.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:35: CEP: cep2_core2.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:35: CEP: cep2_core3.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:35: CEP: cep2_core4.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:36: CEP: cep2_core5.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:36: CEP: cep2_core6.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:37: CEP: cep2_crp.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:37: CEP: cep2_crp_s.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:37: CEP: cep2_custom.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:38: CEP: cep2_ext_tiles.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:38: CEP: cep2_patch_v22b.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:38: CEP: cep2_patch_v22c.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:39: CEP: cep2_top_v1.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:39: CEP: cep2_top_v21.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:39: CEP: cep2_top_v22.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:39: CEP: cep2_top_v23.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:40: HGE: cep2_custom_gui.hak - OLD
2010-07-18 17:12:41: NWN:HotU Critical Rebuild Patch 1.69 not installed
2010-07-18 17:12:41:
2010-07-18 17:12:41: Required components missing
2010-07-18 17:12:41: Starting Update Dialog
2010-07-18 17:13:01: HG Enhanced seems to be already installed!
2010-07-18 17:13:01:
2010-07-18 17:13:01: Do you really want to reinstall it?
2010-07-18 17:13:01:
2010-07-18 17:13:04: User: No
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Checking disk space
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Checking write permissions
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Checking for open applications
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Checking file attributes
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Checking subdirectories
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Checking for old *.update files
2010-07-18 17:13:09: Downloading: url 'http://files.bioware.com/neverwinternights/updates/windows/english/NWNEnglish1.69HotUUpdate.exe'
2010-07-18 17:13:09: to 'C:\Games\Adventure\NWN\arf\arf2-downloads\NWNEnglish1.69HotUUpdate.exe
2010-07-18 18:03:24: Patching NWN to 1.69...
2010-07-18 18:03:24: Running console command in 'C:\Games\Adventure\NWN\arf\..\':
2010-07-18 18:03:24: '""C:\Games\Adventure\NWN\arf\arf2-downloads\NWNEnglish1.69HotUUpdate.exe" /S" 2>&1'
2010-07-18 18:03:24: this might take a minute or two
2010-07-18 18:03:29: Error 33: Bioware Patch returned 2
2010-07-18 18:03:29: Wow, sucky nsis actually returns error codes - who would have thought
2010-07-18 18:03:29:
2010-07-18 18:03:29: Anyway, the patch encountered an error
2010-07-18 18:03:29: Pplease try again
2010-07-18 18:03:29:
2010-07-18 18:03:29: A log file named 'arf2.log' has been created
2010-07-18 18:03:29: arf2 will now exit
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Post by Acaos on Jul 18, 2010 19:31:32 GMT
Sounds like your other PC might not have the registry entries (a VERY common problem, actually - especially if you copied NWN from another machine).
Please look under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\BioWare\NWN\Neverwinter in your registry; you should have either a 'Path' or 'Location' entry there pointing to your NWN installation.
Acaos
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, although i expected nothing less 
