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Public (OOC) => Tech discussion => Topic started by: hugolino on November 23, 2011, 09:10:35 PM

Title: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: hugolino on November 23, 2011, 09:10:35 PM
Atari is selling every published game and module of the Neverwinter Nights series (1 and 2) for $29.99 now. The collection is appropriately dubbed "Neverwinter Nights Complete."

(http://files.atari.com/pageSupport/dndNeverwinterFinal3/images/neverwinter-art.png)

http://www.atari.com/neverwintercomplete (http://www.atari.com/neverwintercomplete)
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Winter83 on November 24, 2011, 05:07:05 AM
Which is coool! And thus persi-servers should as well launch a marketing program around the same time, so folks realize NWN lives!  :)
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Mark Johansen on November 24, 2011, 07:10:06 AM
selling an game that is partly disabled and bugged due to masterserver shutdown, if i did't know and bought the game i would laugh my ass off like i did with Aliens vs. Predator 2.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: dark_majico on November 24, 2011, 08:29:03 AM
Maybe the might sort out the master server, what is the master server issue anyway? I havnt been following any of it.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Bodhidharma on November 24, 2011, 10:39:05 AM
NWN Complete? They mean Complete Rubbish.

Half of the collection is junk (the mentioned half being the sequel, NWN2) and I like how they included the "Kingsmaker" which isn't even an expansion but actually a module that I never heard of till now since I don't pay for modules, it's like paying to play a server with custom haks in it.

Why do they include one of the premium modules and not the other two anyway? They would be better off including CEP on a CD than "Kingsmaker" because CEP is actually USEFUL and is required to play nearly every server these days, not easy to know if you're a new player. 
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: dutchy on November 24, 2011, 12:35:10 PM
my my my my my my my arnt we quick to shoot it down.

last i checked you all:
own the game
still play it

so let atari sell it who cares hell we might get more folks in the community or a small portion of old nwn folks who return to the game.

bunch of negative nancy's tsk tsk
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: herkles on November 24, 2011, 12:43:29 PM
i agree with dutchy for a change, this is a good thing! it will bring people into the community. though I do dislike their price, considering it is about $10 on gog.com, of course it took me a while to get my unique multiplayer cd key, hopefully this box set does have unique online cd keys.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: dark_majico on November 24, 2011, 03:11:13 PM
i agree with dutchy for a change, this is a good thing! it will bring people into the community. though I do dislike their price, considering it is about $10 on gog.com, of course it took me a while to get my unique multiplayer cd key, hopefully this box set does have unique online cd keys.

$29.99 for the orrigional game + two expansion packs, and a premium module, nwn2 + three expansion packs, thats an amazing price. You trippin?
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: The Prophet of Misinformation on November 24, 2011, 03:45:45 PM
I am doubtful they optimised the game for contemporary operating systems. The package is worthwhile if it works.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Ercvadasz on November 24, 2011, 05:31:29 PM
I am doubtful they optimised the game for contemporary operating systems. The package is worthwhile if it works.

new os-es do it by themselves:) or devoted players. by the way 29.99 is too much. I bought my nwn platinum alone for 6 dollars:P
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Budly on November 24, 2011, 07:20:25 PM
Jesus, you people complain about 30:00 dollars for all that? Go ahead and get these games in a retail like EB Games.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: dutchy on November 24, 2011, 07:28:12 PM
hmmm lets try some math (i suck at it)

so the game box is 30 yes?

current disc alone costs ??  6?   all 3?  if so thats 18

now downloading packs or extra content   0  BUT your internet connection costs???

compared i dont think its that much.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: ThePwush on November 25, 2011, 11:53:42 AM
I couldn't even properly play Mask of the Betrayer.  Damn thing has cut scenes that sped by so fast you didn't have a chance to read more than a few words before the next scene came on.  So I never looked for any other expansions, like Mystery at WestGate.   :?  I enjoyed NWN2, but it was buggy.  Very buggy.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Threefold on November 27, 2011, 12:40:35 AM
I am doubtful they optimised the game for contemporary operating systems. The package is worthwhile if it works.

new os-es do it by themselves:) or devoted players. by the way 29.99 is too much. I bought my nwn platinum alone for 6 dollars:P
Got mine in a market stall for £4!
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: APorg on November 27, 2011, 08:32:48 AM
my my my my my my my arnt we quick to shoot it down.

last i checked you all:
own the game
still play it

so let atari sell it who cares hell we might get more folks in the community or a small portion of old nwn folks who return to the game.

bunch of negative nancy's tsk tsk

A positive dutchy post? I can get behind this!
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Bato on November 27, 2011, 11:48:54 AM
Yeah I think it's a bit much, even when I got this game like five years ago it was $8 total for the base game and both expansions.
But whoever wants to buy it, sure that's all fine. But if I'ma refer someone to the game I would send them towards Good Ol' Games.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: dutchy on November 29, 2011, 05:57:32 AM
my my my my my my my arnt we quick to shoot it down.

last i checked you all:
own the game
still play it

so let atari sell it who cares hell we might get more folks in the community or a small portion of old nwn folks who return to the game.

bunch of negative nancy's tsk tsk

A positive dutchy post? I can get behind this!

they arnt as rare as most ppl believe its all on the interpetation most of what i post is not ment half as bad as it might come over   :mrgreen:
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Emomina on December 14, 2011, 07:04:49 PM
I saw a copy of this today, got to open and see the contents.

- It has unique CD Key for all thee parts of both games.
- An actually pretty decent map for Forgotten Realms' Savage Frontier/North Sword Coast
- The whole of the two games comes on 2 DVDs, not sure how installation goes.
- It includes Mysteries of Westgate for NWN2, which is really a quite well made story and is sort of a nice bonus in addition to the 3 official expansions of NWN2.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: DM Macabre on December 15, 2011, 11:29:01 AM
Weird that they included Kingmaker like in the Diamond Collection. That was one of the worse modules. Pirates of the Sword Coast and Wyvern Crown of Cormyr were far better. Sounds like a trick to make at least some money before xmas out of the very bad NWN2 and bad extra modules like Kingmaker.

Platinum Collection (NWN1, SOU, HOU) is the one one might wanna go for.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Budly on December 15, 2011, 12:16:46 PM
The installation is probably on DVD, strait of. No Steam, Origins or GoG engines to install.

Also, NWN2 is underrated and on par if not better then the shitty Dragon Age 2. Shame on you Macabre for calling NWN2 very bad! Shame on you!
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Dobian on December 15, 2011, 02:39:40 PM
I kind of liked Kingmaker.  It was fairly short, had some good fights.  I liked the character interactions.  Kind of forgotten a lot of the details, though.
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: DM Macabre on December 15, 2011, 03:18:23 PM
individual taste individual taste ;)
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: Budly on December 16, 2011, 06:30:16 AM
individual taste individual taste ;)

Of course, but I just think Obsidian get to much crap while Bioware do make crap these days.  :)
Title: Re: "NWN Complete" for $29.99
Post by: hugolino on January 14, 2012, 11:12:24 AM
"After ShaDoOoW's patient assistance, we have determined that the (English) edition of NWN, packaged with NWN2 as NEVERWINTER NIGHTS COMPLETE, does NOT include the latest official version of the game (1.69) in the installation. It currently retails for $29.99 in the US. A picture of the edition in question can be found here:
http://www.wackychaco.com/shane/pics/nwncomplete.jpg

This is significant because after you install the game, the launcher and the updater both say 1.69. Even worse, if you try to update the game, it will not only tell you that the game is up to date, but will also try to get you to install an add-on for Mass Effect and Sonic Chronicles. Below is a link to a set of "Critical Rebuild Patches" that you can use to rectify this problem.

The following is a list of ways to verify that you have 1.69 installed:

1. Check the toolset (second down on the launcher) and see if you have access to the following tilesets:

--Barrows
--City Interior 2
--Fort Interior
--Castle Exterior, Rural
If they're missing, it's likely that you are using an out of date version of the game.

2. Go to your NWN installation folder and open the "data" folder. Once there, find the file "xp2patch.bif" and check it's size. Installing the game from the "Complete" package results in a file size of 124MB. A 1.69 updated (English) version of this file is a whopping 351MB - a difference of about 225MB.

Considering the enormous difference in sizes for the 2 versions of "xp2patch.bif", I think it's safe to say there is likely a considerable amount of other game pieces that are missing. At the link below, you can find the "Critical Rebuild Patches." I strongly recommend you make use of them before playing the game using the "Complete" edition. Specifically, you'll want the one labeled "NWN + SoU + HotU" if you installed the 2 expansion packs.

http://www.neverwinternights.info/players.htm#critpatch

I hope this information helps anyone having strange issues while using this edition of the game."