Neverwinter Nights 2 - DVD drive unhook

[Joe Forster/STA]

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[Renegades25]

Originally Posted by Ganymed

THANKS very, very much!!! That was VERY useful....

PLZ, share your experience.. does it work ?

[Bangolot]

I think this may be the best place to get current patches:

http://nwn2.obsidian.net/support/patch.html

[DominionZ]

Well i've waited for a no-cd crack and got tired of waiting. I used the setup that Zorranco is using and it works like a charm even running the latest patch (1.03.840). I'm using YASO 1.2b and DT 4.08.

My System:
AMD X2 3800
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB CL2 Corsair TwinX
Nvidia 7800GT PCI-E
120GB SATA OS Drive
2x 320GB SATA Raid 0 Game Drive
NEC 3550A DVD-R
Windows XP SP2

[Nekroskop]

Works for me either, but ONLY with Posedon maxi image (when I tryed other it returned me error "emulator detected").

I'm using DT 4.08 and YASU 1.02b, my NWN2 version is 1.03840 (newest).

So... I see no reason why it could not work for You guys (at least until next patch is released ).

Good Luck.

[lowkee]

I have tried everything posted on MANY forums in getting this to work.

The following is what finally worked:

Poseiden Image (Image #1 on GCW)
DT 4.08HT Emu-Opts ON
DT Still running

What made this work for me? Two things..

I moved my virtual drive from S: to G: (apparently it doesn't like high letter drives.. it gave a 'orig CD not found' type error with drive as S:) and also ran the game immediately after mounting the maxi-image in DT.

So.. the steps:

1: Install DT 4.08
2: DL + unpack Poseiden image
3: Set EMU options to on (ALL of them) in DT
4: Set EMU drives to 1 (prob not mandatory, but what I did)
5: Rename the EMU drive properties to something normal (I named mine SUNY DVD-RW 2.1a .. also prob not mandatory, but what I did)
6: Mount the image in DT
7: Immediately click on the nwn2main_amdxp.exe (might work with the launcher, but did not try it)
8: Play!

Hope this helps someone else, as this thread helped me a ton.

[two2deep]

All,
I got the latest patch working. I had 1.00 installed.
I updated to latest version with NWK2 updater

• DT (Latest Ver) Installed everything
• Got YASU 1.03 installed and enabled
• Mounted poseden_MAXI_NWN2 image(GCW)
• Turned all options on in DT
• Exited DT and said that I want all options still enabled
• Double Clicked NWN2 desktop shortcut
• Clicked Play
• It took about 5 mins while the game built it's caching
• Boom Bam Flippity Floop!
• NWN2 is working!!!!

[Dracolich]

Ok i've read this post all over but i haven't found exactly what i'm looking so i'll just post it here....

I have the DVD Multi 5 version of the game (Spanish-French-Deutch-English-Italian), and i've made a two dvd copy backup of the game, it installs ok and if i use the crack it works fine, but then i want to update it to v 1.03 so it gets fixed up and all that stuff, but then i tried this:

Installed DT 4.08 latest, downloaded poseidon image, mounted on dvd drive and put the original files again in the nwn2 folder (i'm using the crack) and proceeded to run it via the image but then i got nothing, i mean apparently it passes the copy protection because it doesn't send a message back but after the splash screen fades nothing happens, and i'm wondering if it's because i'm using the DVD Multi 5 version, because i don't know which version of the game is the poseidon image file.

Sorry for the long post but i need help guys....

[dibdib]

I have the game running currently with the steps described above by lowkee and two2deep. Very much appreciated.

[wepto]

So, I got the game running using two2deep's method; however, the merchant's windows don't pop up after the tutorial is over. Bioware forum says it's a bad crack, anyone else with this problem?

[P22]

There is no crack in two2deep method.
He is just using virtual image, so exe is 100% official.

[Unnamedplayer]

Thanks for all the usefull imformation in this post.

Ive been playing alot of NWN2 with the cracked exe file til now.
Id like to try online play so I have downloaded the Bender image file, poseiden image and tested with DT 4.08, YASU 1.03 etc. I have restored the original nwnmain.exe
I can mount the poseiden image with DT and hide it with YASU. However the game crashes before it can start by whatever combination I do. Anyone know what the reason is?

Playing on an Athlon64 3200+ with 1Gb RAM and Geforce 6800GS 256mb.
Windows XP Pro SP2 and new Forceware drivers.

[azual]

Hi!

I also had lots of trouble with patch 1.02 and mounting my image.
Finally, I got it working:

1. I use my own image (direct dvd-image created with alcohol 120%, DPM Speed: max)
BUT: I guess it's not important which image you use. You just should not use any crap stuff like with Nero created images!!

2. I use Daemon Tools 4.08 HE / 1.38 SPTD

3. I can start the game via "nwn2main_amdxp.exe"

BUT: Now i come to my solution:

It can happen that this error message appeares:

Original Disc not found! Please insert Original Disc! (just sense-translated -.-)

4. Now start Starforce Nightmare and disable CD / CH1 / CH2. Close it and start NWN2.
-> Now you will get an error message, that says that Neverwinter Nights 2 caused an error and has to be closed.

5. Now start Starforce Nightmare and enable CD / CH1 / CH2. Close it and start NWN2 via "nwn2main_amdxp.exe"!

Now the game should start every time, if not just repeat step 4&5!

I don't know why it works. I just know that it works. Yeah dudes, that's a fool's luck. ;O Perhaps someone knows why my method works for me

Now it should work! - It almost works for me so perhaps this post can help someone.

greeds, azual

[@tomX]

Hello guys.

I've been running My NWN 2 game on latest 1.03 patch with the following:

DT 4.08 + EMU all + Poseden image ON
no yasu

I simply put Windows 2000 compatibility on nw2main.exe
And the securom pain is OVER! Got ya there!!!

Tell me if it works for you guys.

Cheers.
@tomX

[Unnamedplayer]

I got it running also. By activating the CD-Rom again, oddly enough.
Then I mounted the poseden image and exiting DT with emulation enabled.
And hiding with YASU. After that the game started without a crash.

I have NWN2 updated to 1.03
DT 4.08HE and YASU 1.4