xxnavyguy445 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Will NWN2 run on Windows7? I still have all the original install disks for it plus Mask of the Betrayer and Storm of Zehir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micalov Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Not sure on the original disk version, but the steam version works fine so can not see it being that different. It even supports more modern resolutions like widescreen/1080p as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsongo Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Yes it will and shouldn't be a problem I'm running it on Windows 7 64 bit from the original discs, you might have to install direct x 9 but that's on the disc just click it from your my computer tab and install. The toolset had a few issues but they're all fixable too and in my experience it now runs better. Just make sure you update it as that could cause problems so you could be looking at quite a long install but once it's in you can just take the disc out and put it back in the box to gather more dust and you wont need it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfriend Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 It was the first thing I installed on my new Win 7 64-bit computer and it works great. Installing SoZ will take care of most of the patching. After that there are 6 more amounting to ~350M. There's a thread on the Bioware Social Network with links to everything you need. link Sieben Elfriend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MokahTGS Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I actually have a question about this. Does everyone have Win7 Pro or does the regular version of Win7 work with NWN2? I have all these older games that I keep playing with WinXP but I really don't want to spend $200 for an upgrade if I don't have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casadechrisso Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Win7 Home Professional is all you need. I'm not sure if you guys overseas have access to those System Builder/OEM versions too, here you can get them for like 89 Euros. The only difference to the retail version is that you don't get free MS support. Professional and Ultimate have the Windows XP mode (not to be confused with running an app as "Windows XP compatible"), which is basically a full virtual XP running in 7 for older stuff, but I never needed it for my NWN and NWN2. Also, no issues with 64bit (which is the recommended version nowadays in times of much RAM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MokahTGS Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Win7 Home Professional is all you need. I'm not sure if you guys overseas have access to those System Builder/OEM versions too, here you can get them for like 89 Euros. The only difference to the retail version is that you don't get free MS support. Professional and Ultimate have the Windows XP mode (not to be confused with running an app as "Windows XP compatible"), which is basically a full virtual XP running in 7 for older stuff, but I never needed it for my NWN and NWN2. Also, no issues with 64bit (which is the recommended version nowadays in times of much RAM). THANK YOU!! That little nugget of info just saved me $200 bucks! MS is pretty sneaky...there is nothing to explain that difference in XP modes, and I'm sure a lot of people get duped. Just to clarify, do you mean Win7 Home Premium? there is no Win7 Home Professional Edited March 20, 2012 by MokahTGS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MokahTGS Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The big deal about this is that I would be buying for several machines, so it makes a huge difference as to what version I buy since this version of Win7 has a 3-licence pack for cheaper than one, stand-alone copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casadechrisso Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Oops, oh yes, Home Premium of course. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/compare As I said, I never used the XP mode and I'm sure it's not needed. But now there's one little thing I should maybe mention to a fellow toolsetter: Since upgrading to Windows 7, the Toolset's Appearance Wizard is almost unusable, it crashes 9 out of 10 times and there's no fix I'm aware of. Most people don't seem to mind since they always use the Armor tab in the properties window and consider the appearance wizard useless anyway - I do mind though, I love and miss the feature so much that for making NPCs alone I installed XP on a seperate HD for this only. But that's the only negative thing I can think of, I'd never go back to XP again. Coming from the Mac, I used to hate everything Windows (of course!), but since Windows 7 I'm almost... satisfied. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MokahTGS Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Have you used the item creator plug-ins? Do they have the same issue? I believe it's the Sin plugin that does the items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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