Matthew Rorie
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 Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 09:49PM |
Hey guys,
If you boot up your NWN2 and hit that shiny Update button, you should be able to download the 1.23 hotfix. Here's a brief and non-inclusive list of changes:
-Modified the SecuROM implementation. This should remove some of the crashes people have experienced with 1.23, and you no longer need to have the game disc in the drive to play the game.
-Fixes for AMD Athlon XP chips that were experiencing some crashes.
-Enabled Instant Feats.
-Some odds and ends on top of that.
Download and enjoy!
Edit by GF- just updating with some details:
- Athlon XP crashes upon launching autodownloader in-game fixed
- Athlon XP crashes when launching toolset fixed.
- SecuROM - Blue Screen of Death issue resolved. Game disk dependency removed.
- Instant feat column added to feats.2da
- Toolset: plugin warning message no longer hides behind the splash screen
- Toolset: Bottom entries no longer get truncated in the blueprint palette (and other locations that use the new filter)
- Toolset: 2GB limit when staging files for Autodownloader has been fixed.
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Gangster No.1
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 09:51PM |
Hiya!
Great! I just wanted to take a short look at the forums before I go to bed, and now I'm updating NWN2. And most likely I'll be playing for another hour or two. 
Anyway, many thanks to you guys! 
Cheers! 
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Shallina
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 09:54PM |
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No more CD check ? that's a revolution and the dream of every gamer. Thanks so much. |
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ladydesire
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 09:58PM |
No more CD check is confirmed.
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:04PM |
Quote: Posted 08/24/09 21:49 (GMT) by Matthew Rorie
and you no longer need to have the game disc in the drive to play the game.
Nice job on keeping your projected release date.
And love your understated reveal in the above quote. I would have expected bells an whistles with an anouncement like that. 
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:09PM |
Quote: Posted 08/24/09 21:49 (GMT) by Matthew Rorie
you no longer need to have the game disc in the drive to play the game.
That's pretty big. Not to mention unexpected. Thanks! 
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:14PM |
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Well the removal of the disk check is pretty awesome.. although it does lend itself to further speculation that NWN2 is through. |
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:24PM |
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Ok what's an "Instant Feat"? |
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:26PM |
Quote: Posted 08/24/09 21:49 (GMT) by Matthew Rorie
-Some odds and ends on top of that.
Before anyone gets their hopes up, no, Eldritch Blast vs. SR is still broken. I had a level 30 warlock with Epic Spell Penetration spend some time blasting at a level 30 Yuan-ti, and not a single blast got through. And yes, there go our chances of NX3. I just hope this doesn't end up being the last patch too, but my gut tells me otherwise...
I'm sure the removal of the disc check and Athlon fix are great news to a lot of people, so I won't stand in the way of the celebration. But to me, this is a dark day.
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:55PM |
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Updated original post with a bit more detail about specific changes. |
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Thrasher91604
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 10:55PM |
Great!
When I finish Pools of Darkness I'm going to have a NWN 2 marathon.
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:00PM |
Quote: Posted 08/24/09 21:49 (GMT) by Matthew Rorie
-Modified the SecuROM implementation. This should remove some of the crashes people have experienced with 1.23, and you no longer need to have the game disc in the drive to play the game.
So to be exact the SecuROM is not modified. It’s GONE!!! Hurrah!
Didn’t complain much but always hated the CD-check. |
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Grinning Fool
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:07PM |
Quote: Posted 08/24/09 22:24 (GMT) by Sunagwa
Ok what's an "Instant Feat"?
This is a feat that can be executed as a free action in a round. There is no time taken out of the round to use it. Currently, none of the officially provided feats are Instant, however this change opens up the door for community modders to change that - as there are several feats that should be instant according to D&D 3.5 ruleset.
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BrianMeyer
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:18PM |
That 2gig limit is probably bigger than the rest, that was a real pain for those of use who push the edges. Very few users who directly deal with it of course but very very very nice thing to have fixed.
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Posted: Monday, 24 August 2009 11:33PM |
Hiya!
I just noticed that the dialog.tlk file got patched as well. Just syntax/grammar fixes or was something else changed as well?
Cheers!
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