Why Wont This Work!!!

[LilGuido]

i recently got neverwinter nights. i downloaded an installed all the patches. i found the the 1.65 no cd crack. i replaced the nwmain.exe file and when i try to run the game it doesnt run. nothing happens at all. the launcher(with the update, config, options, play meny) closes and then im just staring at my desktop. i check the task manager and i see nwmain.exe sitting there taking up 11,000whateve kb. its there. its doing something, why isnt it running. this is the exact same thing that happened to me when i tried the crack for kotor2. is this a common thing for bioware games, am i doing something wrong. do i have to mount an image file. wut can i possibly do. ive used cracks countless times and this is the only game i cant get to work(including kotor2). this is pissing me off to no end. is there anyone that can help

[DABhand]

Does your system specs meet the minimum requirements?

[LilGuido]

yeah i meet the minimum specs, in fact i exceed the recommended specs.

dell inspiron 5150
p4 2.66g. procsr
512 RAM
32meg geforcegofx5200
plenty of hd space

[Luciel]

uninstall it, delete the folder, install it, patch it and see if it works with your originals without using a crack

[DABhand]

I know his GFX card wont work with KOTOR2 that needs 64mb cards.

But NVN should work with it.

[LilGuido]

im pretty sure i can run kotor 2 easily. i was able to play half-life 2, far cry and doom 3. those need some decent hardware (save for half-life 2 since its so flexible but i was running it really nicely at medium detail). i know the cracks should work. they should have worked for kotor, they seemed to have worked for everyone except me. im the only one thats ever had a problem like this, its flipping wierd.

[Luciel]

get ur hardware right, no way u can run those games with 32mb graphs...

[tbaher]

that isn't the question..
the question is this: Are you a pirate?
Here's my reasoning:
If the games run with original CDs they wont have any additional hardware requirements after the patch (duh).

This is not a hardware issue is it?

You are complaining that the games don't work after applying the crack.

• If they run with your original CDs then everybody stop talking about hardware.
• If they don't then this is the wrong forum.
• If you don't have the original CDs then you will be banned.

[LilGuido]

no no its nothing to do with hardware(look at my second post). no i am not a pirate(arg).

my cds are scratched but they still do work with occational skipping. why question was about the possible reason the game wont run after i apply the cracks.

[tbaher]

That's a good question.

Hardware is out of the question. (BAD cdrom drive problems usually are SOLVED by the crack for example)

Did you try the same CDs on a different machine?


EDIT: Just as a thought .. maybe ur using the wrong language crack or wrong version (like US vs UK).
When a crack says 1.0 it means "vanilla" .. no upgrade patches .. nothing..
(bioware games run the autoupdater after install so unplug ur internet)
Sometimes a retail version of the game is 1.04.3 and the crack would still say "1.0" just because 1.0 means "the version that came with the cd"

[DABhand]

It is 32mb allowed but has to have T&L, the fx5200 has it, but it may have been disabled or your using microsofts nvidia drivers which dont help things.

[LilGuido]

wut exactly is T&L and where exactly could i check to see if its disabled?

im using the 66.93 display driver. i just looked at nvidias site and see that they now have v. 71.89. should i get the new driver and see if that solves my problem?

[DABhand]

T&L is texture and lighting

And if you had 66.93 drivers installed it should have worked.

It is a strange thing why it wont, but im not sure their min spec of 32mb card is enough, publishers have been known to show wrong specs on a case before.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi LilGuido,

HELL NO, don't get the new nVidia Forceware 7x.xx drivers yet! I installed them and was having very strange and scary problems; e.g., Windows crashes with a BSOD when, after having played with a game, I start Cyberlink PowerDVD to play a DVD, or simply launch the Control Panel's Add or Remove Programs window! I got back to the 66.93 drivers and am not experiencing these anymore...

Joe

[LilGuido]

yeah but thats more or so for kotor 2. what about neverwinter nights? i know that doesnt require more than a 32mb. and its the same problem.