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Author Installing Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition For Linux
Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Joined: 02 Jan 2003
Posted: Saturday, 11 February 2006 01:13PM
Since there are no official installation instructions available for the Diamond Edition, and the guides posted to the Linux forum are either lacking important steps or including obsolete ones, I'm posting my own HOWTO based on thorough analysis of the NWN installation for Linux.

To install the Diamond Edition (assuming DVDs automatically mount at /media/cdrom):


  1. Create a directory where you wish to install Neverwinter Nights (the destination directory). Neverwinter Nights Diamond requires 3.7 GB of free hard disk space.


  2. Unzip Data_Shared.zip from Diamond DVD into the destination directory. Unzip Data_linux.zip from Diamond DVD into the destination directory.
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  3. Unzip data/XP1.zip from Diamond DVD into the destination directory (overwriting all). Unzip data/XP2.zip from Diamond DVD into the destination directory (overwriting all).
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  4. Download nwclientgold.tar.gz (7.2 MB) and extract it into the destination directory (overwriting all).
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  5. Download nwclienthotu.tar.gz (37.7 MB) and extract it into your nwn directory, overwriting all.
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  6. Update to latest version (81 MB).
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  7. Run ./fixinstall from the destination directory.


  8. To run Neverwinter Nights, run ./nwn or ./dmclient from the destination directory to run the player client or DM client respectively.




Neverwinter Nights(TM) Kingmaker Setup

Unfortunately, the premium modules are only available as a Windows installer on the Diamond DVD, so we must use Wine to run it. A registry patch is required to tell the installer where NWN is installed. The installer is linked (or copied) to the NWN directory so it won't try to install the Windows patch which would break the Linux installation of NWN.


  1. Install Wine.
  2. If present, remove (or rename) wine configuration directory.


  3. Run winecfg then cancel, to create configuration directory.


  4. Link drive letter to nwn directory (must be current working directory).
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  5. Create registry patch.
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  6. Apply registry patch.


  7. Link (or copy) KingmakerSetup.exe to nwn directory.
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  8. Run KingmakerSetup.exe to install the Premium Modules.
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  9. Remove obsolete files.
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Wolfram Ravenwolf
(Stefan Daniel Schwarz)

Edited By Wolfram Ravenwolf on 02/11/06 13:32

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Eyrdan
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Joined: 05 Dec 2002
From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada
Posted: Saturday, 11 February 2006 10:48PM
Thanks for the guide, but as far as I know, you're missing the nwm files from the SoU upgrade in there.
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Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Posted: Sunday, 12 February 2006 01:34PM
Quote: Posted 02/11/06 22:48:32 (GMT) by Eyrdan

Thanks for the guide, but as far as I know, you're missing the nwm files from the SoU upgrade in there.

Actually that's one of the obsolete steps I mentioned: The latest SoU nwm files are included in Data_linux.zip, so the XP1 patch (as of 1.66) is unnecessary.

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I really did a thorough analysis! By the way, if you agree, this might be good enough for a Sticky?

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Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Eyrdan
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From: Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada
Posted: Sunday, 12 February 2006 09:35PM
Yeah looks good, I don't have a diamond edition so I cannot verify but the steps you mention seem like what I would have done (just didn't know if the SoU modules were up-to-date). However, when the next version comes out, you might have to add updating the SoU modules to it.

Sticky it is.
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Archlyn
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From: The Land of Insanity
Posted: Sunday, 12 February 2006 11:22PM
Hi

Went out and bought NWN Diomand today, and followed these directions to the letter. When I got to the part about installing Kingmaker via wine however, I run into a problem.

I run

./wine Kingmakersetup.exe

from the directory where I'm installing NWN (after copying it to the HD first) and I am presented with the following, after the Kingmaker "Verifying Installer" window appears:

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I'm running wine 0.9.6 on Gentoo Linux (32bit)

Ignore my sig, it is in need of an update
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Edited By Archlyn on 02/12/06 23:25

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Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Joined: 02 Jan 2003
Posted: Monday, 13 February 2006 07:07PM
Quote: Posted 02/12/06 21:35:58 (GMT) by Eyrdan

Yeah looks good, I don't have a diamond edition so I cannot verify but the steps you mention seem like what I would have done (just didn't know if the SoU modules were up-to-date). However, when the next version comes out, you might have to add updating the SoU modules to it.

Yes, that's definitely true, if the SoU modules ever get updated again. I'd hope that the official patch page will reflect that as it currently states that you only need the XP2 patch if you have SoU installed. But it's good to keep this as a reminder for future upgrades.

Quote: Sticky it is.

Thanks! I hope it makes things easier for Diamond Edition users running Linux. I know how frustrating it is if something as vital as clear installation instructions aren't readily available. It would be nice if Bioware actually updated the Linux Client page, but I'm not holding my breath. Anyway, I tried to make my guide in the same style, so it's as official a manual as an unofficial HOWTO can be.

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Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Posted: Monday, 13 February 2006 08:12PM
Quote: Posted 02/12/06 23:22:33 (GMT) by Archlyn

When I got to the part about installing Kingmaker via wine however, I run into a problem.

I'm running wine 0.9.6 on Gentoo Linux (32bit)

My first suggestion would be to try the latest version (0.9.7 at the moment), to see if it's a bug that's fixed, sometimes new releases break old stuff.

I've verified it works with that version, as well as an older release, at least on my Ubuntu system.

Good luck in getting it working.

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Wolfram Ravenwolf
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Edited By Wolfram Ravenwolf on 02/13/06 20:16

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Archlyn
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From: The Land of Insanity
Posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2006 01:14PM
Thanks! I'm compiling it now to see f it works. I'll post the results when I get them.
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Archlyn
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From: The Land of Insanity
Posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2006 02:37PM
I can't find the edit button so I'm posting another reply.

I uninstalled Gentoo's wine package and built from vanilla sources.

Kingmaker's setup *still* crashes (using wine 0.9.7)

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zzqzzq_zzq
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From: Dayton, OH
Posted: Tuesday, 14 February 2006 06:26PM
Wine sometimes has issues with the newer VM layouts, and exec_shield.

Google for wine and ( exec_shield or legacy_va_layout ), and you'll find more suggestions than you can shake a stick at.

David
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Archlyn
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From: The Land of Insanity
Posted: Wednesday, 15 February 2006 03:48PM
Thanks for the info!
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Edited By Archlyn on 02/15/06 15:55

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From: The Land of Insanity
Posted: Friday, 17 February 2006 01:55PM
Stupid disappearing edit button.

Anyway, I've had no luck with you're suggestions David. I did some searching and found some potential fixes, but when I tried them, none worked.

This was tested using Wine 0.9.7, both from Gentoo's package repository and vanilla wine sources.

As a last-ditch effort, I'm posting my kernel configuration here - maybe I forgot to set something important.

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Nahaku
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Posted: Sunday, 26 February 2006 07:32PM
Thank you Wolfram Ravenwolf, those directions worked fine! I am unsing Fedora Core 4 on an older Athlon system. I have the Linux Games version of the original NWN and it won't install (boring details not included with this post). Your instructions are very well written and saved me from thinking I had a lemon instead of a Diamond. I have to report one possible glitch, I haven't looked into it in depth yet. After installing the Kingmaker modules, I fond there is no sound when I start the game. I will fiddle with it and see what happens. Once aagain a big Thank You for the time and effort you put into this.

-Nathan
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Ravensky
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Posted: Wednesday, 01 March 2006 07:19AM
It seems to modify the files in the miles directory when you install Kingmaker using wine. so what you do is to backup the miles directory before the Kingmaker install and simply replace it once Kingmaker is installed and walla - sound!

Hope this helps...

Thanks for the awesome write up - worked perfectly using SuSE 10. =:p
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Nahaku
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Posted: Thursday, 02 March 2006 04:57AM
Yeah, I just figured that out reading some of the other threads regarding the platinum and diamond editions. I think I have it all working now. Thanks for the help though! I was kind of in a hurry the first time I used this, darnit and I should have read everything I could find on the subject first.
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