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Still having trouble after recent upgrade

Post by Gable Morninglord » Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:59 pm

I am running Linux MInt. I Just upgraded and the game will not launch. I can connect to Steam, but when I attempt to start the game a window pops up that says "Preparing to Launch NeverWinter Nights"..................and then nothing happens.

When I revert back to oldstable, the game will launch. But the servers I wish to play on have already upgraded, so they show up as offline and I am unable to connect to them. I have attempted to 'opt out of betas", and the game will not launch.

I have run a test to verify the integrity of the the files, and the results come back 100% verified. Nothing corrupted.

I have un-installed, and re-installed the game, and the results are the same.

I have also looked for crashlogs in /home/oem/.local/share/Neverwinter Nights, but there are no recent crashes. Which makes me believe the game is simply not launching.

Could someone please help out?
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Re: Still having trouble after recent upgrade

Post by Aelryn Bloodmoon » Wed Nov 28, 2018 8:52 pm

Because you're running on Linux, and EE was written to be a "better Windows resident" I suspect your best bet would be to head over to the Beamdog forums and file a support ticket titled something like "Linux Launch Issue."

Another good thing to know would be if anyone else is running the game on any other Linux platforms/the same one and having the same issue or not. The more information you can gather the faster it can be fixed!
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Re: Still having trouble after recent upgrade

Post by Blood on my Lips » Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:19 am

I've talked to Gable. I'm running Linux and I'm not having any problems. I am however playing through Beamdog not Steam.

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Re: Still having trouble after recent upgrade

Post by miesny_jez » Fri Nov 30, 2018 8:18 am

Try launching the game directly from its executable instead from steam launcher. That "Preparing to Launch NeverWinter Nights" sounds like steam thing to me.

I had many times similar situations on Windows that launching NWN through steam won't work.

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