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Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« on: September 06, 2012, 01:56:32 AM »
Hello everyone, I was really excited about returning after a while of time off but now when I go to install the Hak, it says I need administrator privelages to save it in my NWN file, except that I am logged on as the admin.  Any ideas?
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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2012, 02:26:14 AM »
Are you on Windows Vista or Windows 7? Are you running the .exe installer or manually unpacking the .rar version of the hak?

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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2012, 02:57:34 AM »
Well I managed to sort out all the Hak issues, but now my computer changes the resolution of things and says something about the color scheme changing too, and it runs SUPER slow and glitchy, I've never had that problem before.  Any help would be appreciated
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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2012, 11:24:13 AM »
If it helps anyone figure this out, I've read that the game has a lot of issues runing on Windows 7.  I can get it to run now and log into the server, but it runs so super slow it won't even be playable.  The graphics also seem weird as alot of colors don't show up or do that weird silver appearance that sometimes happens.  I've tried doing different compatibility fixes and even changing things in the nwn.ini file, still no luck.  It sucks cause I really want to play lol
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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2012, 11:28:08 AM »
Did you change the compatability?

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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 11:38:29 AM »
yes I tried running it in different versions of Windows XP still no luck  :?
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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2012, 12:52:28 PM »
You've gone into your nwn file and right clicked nwmain and tried it via Run as Administrator? Also, mine seems to be working just fine using the Windows XP (Service Pack 2) compatibility.

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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2012, 01:10:09 PM »
The issue was updating my graphics card driver.  Now though the CEP stuff is all silvery looking, any ideas for that??
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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2012, 02:40:49 PM »
The issue was updating my graphics card driver.  Now though the CEP stuff is all silvery looking, any ideas for that??
It sounds like you're running it in 16-bit mode, which can't process DDS textures. Try running it in 32-bit mode.

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Re: Old Player needs help with installing hak pak
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2012, 12:35:04 PM »
After some research it turns out that the issue is the rebuild patch for NWN V1.69, my guy was turning silver even during character creation.  If anyone else is having that issue, download the critical rebuild.
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