This is really weird !

[Tsongo]

Hello,

 

I've got a bit of a problem with the way that my copy of NWN2 runs.

 

I installed a second hard drive ( E ) to put my games on and swapped NWN2 over ( documents and program files folders ) from the old drive ( C) then set the shortcut to the new location in E.

 

The game starts up fine but it can't find haks and when I tried to load a save there weren't any.

 

I thought that the game might be looking for saves in the old location so I made a NWN2 folder with the old saves one in it and put it in my documents on the C drive.

 

This worked and the saves were back, but when I make a new save it puts it in the C drive again !

 

I then put my hak folder back on the C drive again but the game and the toolset still says they're missing.

 

So two questions.. Any ideas on how to fix this and get my haks back ? Can I get the game to accept it's new home and only use/ look in the E drive or is it hard coded ?

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

[olnorton]

Can I get the game to accept it's new home and only use/ look in the E drive or is it hard coded ?

Thank you.

You tell it where it's new home is with the -home switch on the end of the shortcut target line.

Example: "E:\Games\NWN2 Complete\nwn2.exe" -home "E:\Documents"

It doesn't need to be called Documents, you can name it anything you like.

Start a new game, talk to the elf and then save.

It will create all the folders that are usually in C:Username\Documents.

Then just copy your old saves and haks there.

https://i.imgur.com/PR4HJj0.jpg

[Tsongo]

Hello,

 

It didn't work, I deleted everything on the C drive and left myself with just the normal game on the E. Started it up and saved but it created all the folders and save back on the C drive.

 

I've swapped over quite a few games and had thought NWN2 would be the simplest but something is forcing it to use the C drive.

 

If I reinstall it on E are there any issues with updates etc ?

[olnorton]

Hello,

 

It didn't work,

Did you copy the syntax exactly?

There is a space between nwn2.exe" and the -home and a space again before "E:\Documents"

It works because I just tested it.

My game is installed in E: and uses the default C:\Username\Documents, just adding the switch to the shortcut made it recreate the folders in E:\Documents

If you used copy and paste to add the switch, you might need to backspace over the " and enter them with the keyboard, sometimes " is not recognized from a copy and paste.

 

If you have the disc version, then all the patches are on the vault, but there are a lot and you need to install them all in order.

https://neverwintervault.org/patches?field_game_tid=6&field_official_version_tid=17003&field_platform_tid=138&field_language_tid=141&field_requirements_tid=All

But I don't think you will have to do that.

Edited February 8, 2019 by olnorton

[Tsongo]

I did and there's something weird going on with my game !

 

It's finding haks in E to run a module but not using the Haks in the game ! In a Bad Habits save Kim's turned into an old woman running around in her underwear !

 

I'm going to wipe it all out and dust off my discs.

[Tsongo]

For the first time in many years my PC didn't have NWN2 on it. It was really quick to install and I put it on the E drive but the patcher doesn't work properly and stopped.

 

However I got the game running and had to make a character because the installed ones were gone.

 

It was the final death of Adaur Harbor on my PC.. A veteran of many mods and much testing.. He will live on in my heart !

 

Anyway, I made a save and it put it in C along with all the files that weren't there before !

 

I think we're dealing with a problem that comes from my game being on an original disc and something's hard coded and you can't adapt it.

[olnorton]

Not that it matters now, but if your shortcut target field was exactly as you posted it on the vault, ie

E:\Games\Atari\Neverwinter Nights 2\nwn2main.exe" -home “E:\Neverwinter Nights 2”

Then the problem was with the double inverted commas " "

First, you have a closing inverted comma after the exe, but not an opening one before the E: (That alone would stop the switch from working.)

It also looks like the inverted commas around E:\Neverwinter Nights 2 are from a copy and paste (which the game won't recognize.)

Your line should have looked like this:

"E:\Games\Atari\Neverwinter Nights 2\nwn2main.exe" -home "E:\Neverwinter Nights 2"

Or like this:

E:\Games\Atari\Neverwinter Nights 2\nwn2main.exe -home "E:\Neverwinter Nights 2"

But it is safer to include the double inverted commas with old games if the path contains spaces.

I sent you a pm.

Edited February 9, 2019 by olnorton

[Tsongo]

To anybody reading this in the future and with the same problem. The original disc version is very stubborn and doesn't want to leave the documents file off the C drive at all.

 

Also the NWN2 updater doesn't seem to work.

 

Before attempting something like I did make a copy of your game somewhere other than your PC or in a dark hidden corner of it before deleting stuff.