NWN - Private Server Loader

[kooda]

Hi,

I stumbled onto this fix on an aussie board by a guy called Monty.I have been running a local lan server on versions 1.22 and 1.23 no probs!

Those who've installed Bioware's next gen RPG Neverwinter Nights will already be aware the game pings the master server online at Bioware anytime the game is installed, run, or patched, and probably regularly during gameplay as well. If that isn't bad enough, if the game cannot find the server it will not allow LAN players to set up an offline multiplayer game - an incomprehensible feature for a game specifically designed for LAN play. Luckily there is an easy fix; you just have to remember to reverse the change when you want to play over the internet.
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Go into your /windows/system32/drivers/etc folder, there should be a file called hosts (with no file extension). Add 127.0.0.1 nwmaster.bioware.com to the file and save. This will stop NWN from finding the nwmaster server.

For example:

127.0.0.1 localhost #localhost
127.0.0.1 nwmaster.bioware.com #nwn master server

Hope it works for you as well.