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General Category => Suggestions & Ideas => Suggestions Archive => Topic started by: drakaden on Dec 09, 2015, 08:36 AM

Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: drakaden on Dec 09, 2015, 08:36 AM
These bat files allows for quick connecting to the servers, if you have doubt in the coding, you can open them if you change their extensions to a txt file.

www.dropbox.com/s/n7n8rlcbpijs9w1/NeverwinterNights_CD_QuickConnect.7z?dl=0

I have added a readme inside the file to help on how to install and change the IP/port if nessecary.

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Another thing that help with fast connecting is skipping the gamespy identification process, to do this you have to open your Hosts file:
www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/?PageSpeed=noscript

If you follow this link's steps carefully, you can edit your Hosts file and add these 3 code lines:

0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com
0.0.0.0 nwn.master.gamespy.com
0.0.0.0 peerchat.gamespy.com

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If you have done both of those suggestions, it will barely take you no more than between 5 to 10 seconds to connect to the game.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: cherrycoke2l on Dec 09, 2015, 10:40 AM
I've been using NWNCX for some time now. It's an additional executable file and when you run NWN through it, it restores the Server List, so you skip waiting time too. You need to run it as an administrator though and your Antivir might not like it.



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Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: Nokteronoth on Dec 09, 2015, 03:26 PM
Yup. I do what cherrycoke there does, and I've never had a problem connecting in more than a few seconds using the CX plugins. It 'should' automatically list CD's listing even if the IP changes too, unless I'm mistaken.

~BR
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: Deleted on Dec 09, 2015, 03:27 PM
I've had trouble finding it on the server list.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: spamtastic1979 on Dec 09, 2015, 04:04 PM
Using NWNCX This server and the event server will appear under PW story, regardless the ip.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: Deleted on Dec 09, 2015, 05:34 PM
.... Right.  Makes sense.  I was looking under Roleplay.  >.>
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: drakaden on Dec 09, 2015, 07:04 PM
cherrycoke2l Avatar
I've been using NWNCX for some time now. It's an additional executable file and when you run NWN through it, it restores the Server List, so you skip waiting time too. You need to run it as an administrator though and your Antivir might not like it.



Neverwinter Vault Link
Your link doesn't work, it just bring back to the forum page.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: Vincent07 on Dec 09, 2015, 11:16 PM
NWNCX, and it's toolset version, NWNTX should be standard-install for anyone using NWN on a windows machine these days.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: drakaden on Dec 09, 2015, 11:54 PM
I've went and took that program and installed it, it does not skip the intro and when it loads the chat and server lists it doesn't actually load them, am i missing something there? I've patched the whole thing like told in the readme.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: Vincent07 on Dec 10, 2015, 01:24 AM
Skipping the intro is an .ini setting.  It's supposed to cut the delay when you select "join Internet game", which you shouldn't do anyway. Join LAN and direct connect via the IP.
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: cherrycoke2l on Dec 10, 2015, 02:36 AM
The link in my previous post corrected :)
Title: Quick Connect for the server
Post by: drakaden on Dec 10, 2015, 06:42 AM
Vincent07 Avatar
Skipping the intro is an .ini setting.  It's supposed to cut the delay when you select "join Internet game", which you shouldn't do anyway. Join LAN and direct connect via the IP.
Ah well thanks, i find the bat files to be even shorter than this so i'll keep using those.