Post by Silentus on Feb 13, 2004 15:17:44 GMT
---- AUTOLAUNCHING & DIRECT CONNECTING ----[/b]
Always use direct connect to the sever - this will prevent lag.[/size][/u] Direct connect to fredian.game-host.org:5123 Any way you wish works, here are 3 popular methods:
1. Normal login - clicking your way thru the interface then seleting the Direct Connect button at the GameSpy screen and typing in fredian.game-host.org:5123
2. Autolauncher desktop shortcut - The following configuration which will start NWN and direct connect you:
Target: < drive >:\<NWN game dir>\nwmain.exe +connect fredian.game-host.org:5123
Start in:< drive >:\<NWN game dir>[/color]
---- CONVERSATION SWITCHES ----[/color][/b]
The following switches may be used in chat instead of clicking hte tlak mode in the lower left (do not type the <> characters). These also come in handy if you have text macros set up and wish to do something other than talk:
...../t "<character name>" <message> = Tell to Character
...../tp "<player name>" <message> = Tell to player
...../dm <message> = Tell to all DMs
...../w <message> = Whisper
...../tk <message> = Talk
...../s <message> = shout (disabled for players in Fredian)
Also many people do not seem to be aware of the fact that you CAN chat while dead (although it should be OOC as IC chatting while dead would be unusual). When looking at the Respawn window, hit the enter key to get to the chat bar.
---- MASTERING YOUR LOGS ----[/color][/b]
You can enable logging of your chat window by adding: ClientChatLogging=1 to the [Game Options] section of the NWNPLAYER.INI. This creates the nwclientlog1.txt file in your logs directoy which is overwritten each login.
Once that is done, you can also append to those logs instead of replacing them using one of these methods:
OPTION 1 - Customizable Batch file (courtesy of Silentus)
.....1. Make a file in your logs directory (default is C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\logs\) called LOGGER.BAT (or whatever you want as long as it it s a BAT or CMD file).
.....2. Edit it adding this text:
..........< drive >:\<path to NWN>\Nwmain.exe +connect fredian.game-host.org:5123
..........if not exist nwfulllog.txt ren nwclientlog1.txt nwfulllog.txt
..........copy nwfulllog.txt + nwclientlog1.txt nwlogtemp
..........del nwfulllog.txt /Q
..........del nwclientlog1.txt /Q
..........ren nwlogtemp nwfulllog.txt
..........:end
.....3. Make a shortcut to this file (on your desktop or wherever) and use it to launch NWN
This will keep an historical log of all your chat client sessions in the file called nwfulllog.txt Note, this also direct connects you to the Island of Fredian. Make sure to use the shortcut or your nwfulllog.txt file will not be appended to.
OPTION 2 - VB file (courtesy of Avengers Wraith)
Go here to his site and get it!
---- MASTERING YOUR CAMERA ----[/color][/b] - Heres a couple handy settings in your NWNPLAYER.INI to make the camera work a little better for you.
1. EnableDialogZoom=0 (default is 1) - This prevents the 'spindown' camera effect when going into conversations (and other things that use dialog, like emote wand, crafting implements, etc). Set this to 0 for off, 1 for on.
2. CameraTurnSpeed=1.750000 (default is 1.000000) - This allows you to chnage the speed that your camera turns at. Ive always felt that the default setting is to slow - set this as high or low as you wish
3. Zoom Speed=.500000 (default is 3.000000) - This controls how fast or slow you zoom in. Escpecially with HtoU I've found that my scroll wheel zooms WAY too far in and out with the slightst motion. Not anyore. Again, set this as high or low as you want.
---- MASTERING YOUR JOURNAL ----[/color][/b]
Look for <NeverwinterNights dir>\Local Vault\<character name>.txt. This file contains your journal in a plain old text file. Formatting it can be a bit tricky as it word wraps, but it is alot easier to deal with because you can copy and paste. I have yet to find a file size limitation - you can keep ALOT of useful data this way and have it readily avaiialble in game.
---- CHARACTER BUILD TESTING ----
Courtesy of AvengersWraith
.....1. Load up NWN and go into a local module (single player mode only)
.....2. Type: ~DebugMode 1 <Enter>
.....3. Type: ~dm_givelevel 39 <Enter>
.....4. Click character with pointer
You may now level up and test out different character builds to make sure you don't accidentally go down a dead end!
Always use direct connect to the sever - this will prevent lag.[/size][/u] Direct connect to fredian.game-host.org:5123 Any way you wish works, here are 3 popular methods:
1. Normal login - clicking your way thru the interface then seleting the Direct Connect button at the GameSpy screen and typing in fredian.game-host.org:5123
2. Autolauncher desktop shortcut - The following configuration which will start NWN and direct connect you:
Target: < drive >:\<NWN game dir>\nwmain.exe +connect fredian.game-host.org:5123
Start in:< drive >:\<NWN game dir>[/color]
---- CONVERSATION SWITCHES ----[/color][/b]
The following switches may be used in chat instead of clicking hte tlak mode in the lower left (do not type the <> characters). These also come in handy if you have text macros set up and wish to do something other than talk:
...../t "<character name>" <message> = Tell to Character
...../tp "<player name>" <message> = Tell to player
...../dm <message> = Tell to all DMs
...../w <message> = Whisper
...../tk <message> = Talk
...../s <message> = shout (disabled for players in Fredian)
Also many people do not seem to be aware of the fact that you CAN chat while dead (although it should be OOC as IC chatting while dead would be unusual). When looking at the Respawn window, hit the enter key to get to the chat bar.
---- MASTERING YOUR LOGS ----[/color][/b]
You can enable logging of your chat window by adding: ClientChatLogging=1 to the [Game Options] section of the NWNPLAYER.INI. This creates the nwclientlog1.txt file in your logs directoy which is overwritten each login.
Once that is done, you can also append to those logs instead of replacing them using one of these methods:
OPTION 1 - Customizable Batch file (courtesy of Silentus)
.....1. Make a file in your logs directory (default is C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\logs\) called LOGGER.BAT (or whatever you want as long as it it s a BAT or CMD file).
.....2. Edit it adding this text:
..........< drive >:\<path to NWN>\Nwmain.exe +connect fredian.game-host.org:5123
..........if not exist nwfulllog.txt ren nwclientlog1.txt nwfulllog.txt
..........copy nwfulllog.txt + nwclientlog1.txt nwlogtemp
..........del nwfulllog.txt /Q
..........del nwclientlog1.txt /Q
..........ren nwlogtemp nwfulllog.txt
..........:end
.....3. Make a shortcut to this file (on your desktop or wherever) and use it to launch NWN
This will keep an historical log of all your chat client sessions in the file called nwfulllog.txt Note, this also direct connects you to the Island of Fredian. Make sure to use the shortcut or your nwfulllog.txt file will not be appended to.
OPTION 2 - VB file (courtesy of Avengers Wraith)
Go here to his site and get it!
---- MASTERING YOUR CAMERA ----[/color][/b] - Heres a couple handy settings in your NWNPLAYER.INI to make the camera work a little better for you.
1. EnableDialogZoom=0 (default is 1) - This prevents the 'spindown' camera effect when going into conversations (and other things that use dialog, like emote wand, crafting implements, etc). Set this to 0 for off, 1 for on.
2. CameraTurnSpeed=1.750000 (default is 1.000000) - This allows you to chnage the speed that your camera turns at. Ive always felt that the default setting is to slow - set this as high or low as you wish
3. Zoom Speed=.500000 (default is 3.000000) - This controls how fast or slow you zoom in. Escpecially with HtoU I've found that my scroll wheel zooms WAY too far in and out with the slightst motion. Not anyore. Again, set this as high or low as you want.
---- MASTERING YOUR JOURNAL ----[/color][/b]
Look for <NeverwinterNights dir>\Local Vault\<character name>.txt. This file contains your journal in a plain old text file. Formatting it can be a bit tricky as it word wraps, but it is alot easier to deal with because you can copy and paste. I have yet to find a file size limitation - you can keep ALOT of useful data this way and have it readily avaiialble in game.
---- CHARACTER BUILD TESTING ----
Courtesy of AvengersWraith
.....1. Load up NWN and go into a local module (single player mode only)
.....2. Type: ~DebugMode 1 <Enter>
.....3. Type: ~dm_givelevel 39 <Enter>
.....4. Click character with pointer
You may now level up and test out different character builds to make sure you don't accidentally go down a dead end!
