First of all, sorry if this is in the wrong place!
So, I convinced an old pen & paper D&D friend to join the server, he actually had the old NWN CDs, but when that didnt worked out I simply bought him the EE version as gift, via Steam. He installed both the game and the "POTM main download" and everything seemed ok, the problem starts when you try to join a multiplayer session.
As soon as you hit the multiplayer buttom a msg appears "Trying to retrive CD Key Username" (or somethig like that, it pops really fast on the screen and never appears again)
Then, instead of that usual log in box where you insert your "Username" and "Password", there is a box I've never seen before with just the "insert username" field, no password option. He tried to log in with an old account, the one he used to play on a brazilian RP server with me for years but it said "username already in use". When I tried to log in with any account I've ever used includding the current one, it said the same, "username already in use". And since there's no option to insert a password its impossible to log in into any existent account.
I didnt had this issue when installing the game in my place a month ago. After installing the EE for the first time via Steam (I used to play with the CDs too) I actually logged in into some old accounts just to see if they were still there and its was everything perfect. And back in 2014 when I left the server I used to share accounts with my ex, we had the game installed on both our PCs and a laptop, we never had any problems switching bewteen acounts on them. Once we spent a holliday at her parents farm and we managed to install and log into our accounts on POTM from their family PC with absolutely no problems (besides the bad connection hehehe)
Anyone knows what can be happening with my friend's installation? He created a bizarre username just to ensure it wasnt already taken and managed to log in on the server, but when the game is closed and you try to log in again with that username, the same msg appears "username is already in use" and since the acc doesnt have a password he couldnt log in with the acc he just created. We solved that by making another bizarre username and clicking the box to make it default, but still, it shouldnt be like this, he has an acc with no password protection of any kind. Not that this is a real issue cause he lives alone, but technicaly, anyone who logs into multiplayer with his NWN will log directly into his acc, he should be able to switch accounts or at least log off, right? He also wont be able to access his account in any other PC, like when he comes to my place or something.
Any tips to fix this?
Thank you!