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I am currently playing the NWN2 campaign slowly but surely at a network gaming store. When I can I'll buy a new computer, then buy the game itself. Until then, this option works for me as I still enjoy NS4 enough to not worry about NWN2.

That being said, can anyone recommend a persistent world for NWN2? One that does not requiring downloading anything at all. And fun, if possible. There is a list of servers at gamespy, but I'm paying by the hour and any ideas would help to save time.

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The only ones I've been able to play with no downloads were a few Arena PWs.

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NS5...thats a good persistent world, i played on it ;)
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Oh yeah, Tep, a cpl days ago.. I know you remember.

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She's gone to NS5? Awwwww I want to go I want to go!!!! ;)
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Nothing like the ultimate tease guys. :evil:

At least now we know how evil Tep can really be!!! :twisted:
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Post by PeregrineV »

So, how do you break open locked items like chests and such? And if it's not possible in this fantasy world of NWN2, will it be possible in the "real" world of Neversummer5?

And by "break" I mean SMASH, not pick lock.

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Right click the object and hold the click down I think

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Yup, after some seconds you get a pop up menu. Click on bash. Should be the the last of the list.

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Post by Amoenotep »

but to answer the first question:

most persistent worlds of NWN2 are going to need files to be downloaded. its the nature of the new game. all worlds with any kind of custom content will be like that...its the thing that is going to make NS5 stand out from the rest of the NS series. now that the game has to be hack'd, that means the imagination is the limit.
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Post by PeregrineV »

If that's the case, then I guess I'll just have to wait until I get the game myself. I doubt that the store guys will want to download the hak 30 times into each PC. Though maybe if it's centralized...

Well, if you find any that are straight-up PW, please let me know.

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Post by Flailer »

That is unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) always going to be the case: to connect to ANY PW in NWN2, you need to download a PWC file which contains the walkmesh information (and can contain a few other goodies). This can be compressed however, so it's not too bad - uncompressed our current PWC stands at around 500 megs; compressed it's about 110 megs.

There are also PWC/HAK management tools out there (Worldgate looks the most robust ATM) that manage some of this process for you - autochecking the server to look for new files, only downloading the pieces that have been updated from the last time, etc. We'll probably offer both solutions for people that want to try it out and for those that know that they want to make NS5 their home. :wink:
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yeah...what he said ;)
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Post by Celorn »

woot! well lets do-it-up! get that bad boy into open beta so we can play-test it for the next 3 years as things are tweaked and built ;P
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Soon :)

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