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Phist'Var Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 28 Oct 2004	Posted: Saturday, 30 October 2004 03:31PM
	Here are some Linux Install Instructions for those of us that have NWN:Plat. I would recommend doing these steps in the order in which I have written them, as this is how I got the game to work. Throughout this guide make sure you "override" and "re-create" all directories. Make a directory that you wish to play the game from: I used my home Directory mkdir /home/matt/nwn You will unzip all the files to this directory. Insert Disk Two: Unzip "disk2.zip" Insert Disk Three: Unzip "disk3.zip" Unzip "language_data.zip" Insert Disk Four: Unzip "disk4.zip" Unzip "xp1.zip" Unzip "xp1_data.zip" Insert Disk One: Unzip "Data_Shared.zip" Unzip "Language_data.zip" Note the above "Language_data.zip" is ddifferent from the one on Disk Three and both are needed. Unzip "Language_update.zip" Insert Disk Three(again): Unzip "Data_Linux.zip" Insert Disk One(again): Open a terminal and Run: ./nwn NOTE DO NOT RUN "./fixinstall" THIS CAUSES THE DREADED SDL ERROR. You will be asked for your Original and SoU keys, enter them. Exit the game and download the "linuxclientupdate1xxto164eng.tar.gz" Unzip the update to the directory you unzipped all the others. Open a terminal window and run: ./nwn You will be asked for you HotU key, enter it. That's It! You should now have a working copy of NWN:PLAT! Have fun!

Eyrdan Joined: 05 Dec 2002 From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada	Posted: Saturday, 30 October 2004 06:25PM
	Quote: Posted 10/30/04 15:31:37 (GMT) by Phist'Var NOTE DO NOT RUN "./fixinstall" THIS CAUSES THE DREADED SDL ERROR. If fixinstall breaks your installation, then something is probably wrong with it. The only 'changes' fixinstall does is fix the filenames which have wrong upper/lower casing. I've never heard of any installations breaking BECAUSE of it before, and looking at its source I don't see how that would be possible. Maybe your fixinstall script is wrong (outdated). :/ Also I don't see in your instructions to empty the override directory prior to unzipping the update. Make sure that it only contains the 3 files in the update, anything else WILL cause problems. Did your final result have the right md5sums for everything? _________________ - Eyrdan - "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning". - Rich Cook

Phist'Var Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 28 Oct 2004	Posted: Saturday, 30 October 2004 06:57PM
	I did not find any downloads that contained Md5sums. Everytime I did the md5sum -c <filename> it said that the file did not contain any. Also, I did not need to use the nwresouces.tar.gz file that is available from the NWN site. My install worked fine with just the above files. There was one exception though, and it is related to the "fixinstall" script. At the point where I say not to run "fixinstall", I ran "fixinstall" and recieved the SDL Parachute Error. Frustrated I went through the install I posted for a second time. The only change I made was to check to see if the game worked without running "fixinstall". This seems to clear up my error with the SDL Parachute, as my game now works. I have no "technical" backing for my findings, other than they worked for me. As for the "override" directory, I did not clean that up because, I think there were only the three files that come default with the install CDs. They have so far casued no problems. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me in the past day or so. Now I get to move on to my next problem(graphics related), which I will post in another thread. _________________ Remember to vote November 2nd everyone!

Hurkyl Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 19 Oct 2004	Posted: Saturday, 30 October 2004 11:29PM
	Quote: Posted 10/30/04 15:31:37 (GMT) by Phist'Var Exit the game and download the "linuxclientupdate1xxto164eng.tar.gz" Unzip the update to the directory you unzipped all the others. Have fun! I think you meant linuxhotuclientupdate1xxto164eng.tar.gz instead of the original nwn 1.64 patch. I've followed your instructions and it's working great so far. I'm still wondering how you figured out those instructions Anyway thanks for the help

Phist'Var Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 28 Oct 2004	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 01:04AM
	The file you said was correct, sorry for that error. How I figured this out was a very elaborate and complicated plan. Actually it was more or less trial and error. I spent 6 hours doing it, and documenting everything I did, so that when I finally finished an had a working game, I could publish my findings and help everyone out. Hope you all are having as much fun as I am. Remember a wise Red Mage once said "Twink Out!" _________________ Remember to vote November 2nd everyone!

Eyrdan Joined: 05 Dec 2002 From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 03:52AM
	Quote: Posted 10/30/04 18:57:12 (GMT) by Phist'Var I did not find any downloads that contained Md5sums. Everytime I did the md5sum -c <filename> it said that the file did not contain any. In this forum there is a sticky called Sticky: Read before posting technical problems. The 2nd post in this sticky is a guide I wrote, that contains md5sums to verify integrity of installations, which help people debug it. A platinum install would have the sets 1 & 5 (common, and both expansions). If any of those files don't match, then something is still wrong with your installation (unless of course you modified one of them purposely, in which case you're on your own). Waiting for someone who claims to have installed platinum to have all OK's from the md5sums, once that's done we'll be able to point to his method as the 'unofficial' method until BioWare posts the official ones. _________________ - Eyrdan - "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning". - Rich Cook

Hurkyl Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 19 Oct 2004	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:45AM
	Quote: Posted 10/31/04 01:04:10 (GMT) by Phist'Var The file you said was correct, sorry for that error. How I figured this out was a very elaborate and complicated plan. Actually it was more or less trial and error. I spent 6 hours doing it, and documenting everything I did, so that when I finally finished an had a working game, I could publish my findings and help everyone out. Hope you all are having as much fun as I am. Remember a wise Red Mage once said "Twink Out!" Wow I'm impressed Eyrdan, this is the errors I get from the check sums Section 1 md5sum: ./nwm/Chapter1E.nwm: No such file or directory ./nwm/Chapter1E.nwm: FAILED open or read ./nwm/Chapter2.nwm: OK ./nwm/Chapter2E.nwm: OK ./nwm/Chapter3.nwm: OK md5sum: ./nwm/Chapter4.nwm: No such file or directory ./nwm/Chapter4.nwm: FAILED open or read ./nwm/Prelude.nwm: OK ./nwmain: OK ./nwn: FAILED Section 5 ./fixinstall: FAILED md5sum: ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 1.nwm: No such file or directory ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 1.nwm: FAILED open or read md5sum: ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 2.nwm: No such file or directory ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 2.nwm: FAILED open or read md5sum: ./nwm/XP1-Interlude.nwm: No such file or directory ./nwm/XP1-Interlude.nwm: FAILED open or read ./nwm/XP2_Chapter1.nwm: OK ./nwm/XP2_Chapter2.nwm: OK ./nwm/XP2_Chapter3.nwm: OK ./texturepacks/XP1_GUI.erf: OK md5sum: ./texturepacks/XP2_GUI.erf: No such file or directory ./texturepacks/XP2_GUI.erf: FAILED open or read According to your post, the files missing aren't there because they're not included in the 1.64 patch. Should I download the tar files you point out and extract them? For the nwn file, it's normal if the check fail since I modified it in accordance to the nwmovies instructions. So it leaves only the fixinstall that doesn't pass the test.

Eyrdan Joined: 05 Dec 2002 From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:53PM
	The missing files there (except for one) can be fetched from the updates, so you should be fine. XP2_GUI.erf however may be present but with a wrong file name (if I remember well, fixinstall fixes its filename, but you need the HotU version of fixinstall, which is the one that would have passed the MD5SUMs...). Check in your texturepacks directory, you might have a file called "xp2_gui.erf" instead, make sure you rename it to the proper upper/lower case combo that it has in the md5sums, that's the name NWN will look for it under. _________________ - Eyrdan - "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning". - Rich Cook

Hurkyl Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 19 Oct 2004	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 04:40PM
	I think I got it. I extracted * ./nwm/Chapter1E.nwm * ./nwm/Chapter4.nwm from linuxclientupdate129to162eng.tar.gz patch * ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 1.nwm * ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 2.nwm * ./nwm/XP1-Interlude.nwm from linuxsouclientupdate130to162eng.tar.gz patch * ./fixinstall from nwclienthotu.tar.gz I also renamed ./texturepacks/xp2_gui.erf to ./texturepacks/XP2_GUI.erf Now everything except the nwn startup scrip pass the test. Wich is normal since I modified it. So can we conclude that the way to install the Platinum Edition is: - Follow Phist'Var instruction above - Do what I just did What do you think ?

Eyrdan Joined: 05 Dec 2002 From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 06:50PM
	Seems right. Although renaming XP2_GUI.erf shouldn't be needed if you run ./fixinstall once you have the proper one (if you check in its source, the fixinstall, does check for that file in particular to fix the filename). I'm concerned though that you had missing files, I would have understood invalid ones but missing ones is suspicious. The md5sums I provide don't check most multimedia data (music, ambient sounds, ...) since missing those does not prevent playing the game, you'll simply not get those sounds played in-game (and there are a lot of em, so I wanted to keep the md5sums to operation critical files). If you had missing files in nwm, I wonder if you have other missing files elsewhere. I know someone else followed a similar installation method, but he also extracted files from the Windows .cab files (there's a UNIX program that can do it). Maybe the missing files were in those. _________________ - Eyrdan - "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning". - Rich Cook

Hurkyl Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 19 Oct 2004	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 07:29PM
	I find this strange too. I don't understand why they were missing since the Platinum edition is supposed to include everything. Until we get an official guide from Bioware I guess the best way is to install from a Windows install. But since I don't have Windows I can't tell. By the way, I just noticed you're from Ste-Foy. I'm from Montreal. Salut camarade!

Eyrdan Joined: 05 Dec 2002 From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada	Posted: Sunday, 31 October 2004 08:53PM
	Tee-hee I'm actually originally from Montreal too. Moved to Ste-Foy a little over a year ago (I'm an ex Nortel computer engineer). _________________ - Eyrdan - "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning". - Rich Cook

Hurkyl Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 19 Oct 2004	Posted: Monday, 01 November 2004 04:02PM
	That's cool. I'm a programmer but currently unemployed and looking hard for a job. The job market in that field is not what it once was unfortunatly.

Eyrdan Joined: 05 Dec 2002 From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada	Posted: Monday, 01 November 2004 06:04PM
	Amen to that. _________________ - Eyrdan - "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning". - Rich Cook

MGalpin Game Owner NWN NWN: SoU NWN: HotU Joined: 24 Oct 2004	Posted: Wednesday, 03 November 2004 02:11AM
	I've written an install script for NWN Platinum Edition. It only uses files from the CDs and the current hotu patch. The install even passes Eyrdan's md5sum tests (except for fixinstall). I hope someone finds it useful. NWScript: #!/bin/sh # Neverwinter Nights installer # Written by Morgan Galpin # date: November 1, 2004 # original file name: install-nwn.sh #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # This script installs Neverwinter Nights Platinum from the CDs. # It also applies the current hotu patch, which can be obtained from # the Bioware website. The orginal game plus both expansion packs # are installed since that seems to be the point of buying the # Platinum version. # # Instructions: # # Make sure you meet the few requirements below, set the # configuration parameters, then at a shell prompt, type: # ./install-nwn.sh # Enter the CDs when asked to do so, and soon you will be enjoying # Neverwinter Nights Platinum! # # Note: # The files installed from the Platinum CDs and the files from the # current hotu patch match those in Eyrdan's valid installation # guide md5sums for common and both expansion packs (1 and 5), # except for ./fixinstall. The one included with the Platinum CDs # may be older, but they only differ by a few characters. It # certainly won't break your install. #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Requirements: # # unshield: You must have this installed since some of the required # files are in installshield .cab files. Type 'unshield -h' # at your shell prompt to see if you have it installed. # If you don't, you can get it from: # http://synce.sourceforge.net/synce/unshield.php # It's free and it does the job with less patch downloading. # linuxhotuclientupdate1xxto164eng.tar.gz: The latest linux Hordes # of the Underdark patch. Some of the files from the install # CDs are not extracted since they would only be overwritten # by the latest patch, so you need this. You can get it from: # http://nwn.bioware.com/support/patch.html # The game cds: You need the cds. This script installs most of the # files for the game from the cds. #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Configuration parameters: # No trailing slashes (/) for directories. # The cdrom drive mount point where each of the cds will be # mounted one at a time. OPT_CDROM=/media/cdrecorder # The destination directory where all the files will be extracted. # You must have write access to this directory. OPT_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/games/nwn # The patch to apply after the install is done. Some of the # required files are only found in the patch. OPT_PATCH=./linuxhotuclientupdate1xxto164eng.tar.gz # Whether or not to use the mount command. Some systems automatically # mount a cdrom drive when a cd is inserted. If your system does this, # then this should be set to 0. If you have to manually mount cds # with the mount command, set this to 1. You might have to run the # script as root to use the mount command. OPT_USE_MOUNT_COMMAND=0 # The username and group to make the owner of all the files. # If this is other than your own, then the script will have to # be run as root. If you've opted to OPT_USE_MOUNT_COMMAND, then # likely you are running the script as root and you will want # to set these options to the user and group that you will play # the game as. # OPT_USERNAME=root OPT_USERNAME=`whoami` #OPT_GROUPNAME=root OPT_GROUPNAME=users # NOT USED, but could be if someone is so inclined to write it. # Whether to install from 4 cds or from the dvd. OPT_CD_OR_DVD=CD # End of configuration. Run the script! #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # Prompt the user and wait for Enter to be pressed. Any input # is ignored. # Paramters: # $1: The text to use for a prompt. give_prompt() { echo "$1 Press Enter to continue." read $ENTER return 0 } # Get all desired zip files from a disk: # Parameters: # $1: The disk number, ie. 1, 2, 3, or 4. # $@: The list of files to get, eg. "disk4" "xp1" "xp1_data" get_zips_on_disk() { disk_num="$1" shift give_prompt "Please insert Neverwinter Nights disk $disk_num in $OPT_CDROM." if [ $OPT_USE_MOUNT_COMMAND -eq 1 ]; then mount $OPT_CDROM fi for file in $@ do filename="$OPT_CDROM/$file.zip" while [ ! -r "$filename" ]; do give_prompt "Cannot read \"$filename\". Please check that disk $disk_num is in $OPT_CDROM." done unzip -o "$filename" done return 0 } # Unmount the cd only if that's what the user wants. do_umount() { if [ $OPT_USE_MOUNT_COMMAND -eq 1 ]; then umount $OPT_CDROM fi return 0 } # Same as get_zips_on_disk(), but unmounts the cdrom afterwards. get_zips_on_disk_umount() { get_zips_on_disk $@ do_umount return 0 } # Conditionally create a directory. # Parameters: # $1: The name of the directory to create. make_dir() { if [ -d "$1" ]; then if [ ! -w "$1" ]; then echo "You do not have write permission for $1!" 1>&2 return 1 else return 0 fi else if ( mkdir "$1"); then return 0 else echo "Unable to create $1!" 1>&2 return 1 fi fi } # Create a directory and enter it. # Parameters: # $1: The name of the directory to create and enter. make_and_enter() { if ( make_dir "$1" ); then cd "$1" return 0 else return 1 fi } # Make the destination directory: make_and_enter "$OPT_INSTALL_DIR" \|\| exit 1 # Unpack all the needed zip files. get_zips_on_disk_umount 2 "disk2" get_zips_on_disk_umount 3 "disk3" "language_data" "Data_Linux" get_zips_on_disk_umount 4 "disk4" "xp1" "xp1_data" get_zips_on_disk 1 "Data_Shared" "Language_data" # Get some files from the cab files. make_and_enter unshielded_files unshield x $OPT_CDROM/disk1/data1.hdr make_dir ../nwm/ mv NWN_Platinum/nwm/Chapter1E.nwm ../nwm/ mv NWN_Platinum/nwm/Chapter4.nwm ../nwm/ mv NWN_Platinum/nwm/XP1-Chapter.nwm ../nwm/ mv NWN_Platinum/nwm/XP1-Interlude.nwm ../nwm/ make_dir ../docs/ mv NWN_Platinum/docs/ ../docs/ make_dir ../modules/ mv NWN_Platinum/modules/Contest\ Of\ Champions\ 0492.mod ../modules/ mv NWN_Platinum/modules/DEMO\ -\ A\ Bucket\ of\ Gnolls.mod ../modules/ cd .. rm -rf unshielded_files do_umount # Apply the current patch. rm -rf override # Not needed, but for good measure. echo Extracting $OPT_PATCH ... tar -xvzf $OPT_PATCH # Fix any files that need fixin'. mv ./texturepacks/xp2_gui.erf ./texturepacks/XP2_GUI.erf chown -R $OPT_USERNAME:$OPT_GROUPNAME * ./fixinstall # Give final instructions. echo "Add \"cd $OPT_INSTALL_DIR\" to \"$OPT_INSTALL_DIR/nwn\" to be able to run Neverwinter Nights from anywhere. You may also want to add a symbolic link to it from a bin directory, or somewhere else in your PATH." echo "Enjoy!" exit 0 View Post/Code in separate window

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