Linux

This page is for information in helping people install, and run the game, NWN on Linux.

Since I can't remember how to install the game and we lost a pretty big resource when the bioware forums went down

Below is a list of the md5 checksums of an unmodified HoTU install of NWN. Might even be patched to 1.69, don't remember.

This will let you know if you have any missing files to narrow down the reasons for a broken install.

How to use?

Copy the block of text below and place it in a file.

Save that file in your nwn directory.

Open a terminal. Navigate to your nwn directory.

type md5sum -c "file name" where "file name" is the name of the file with the check sum values. You don't need the quotes.

[eef8dd5e4618bf71df037e8856453335 ./chitin.key 4522ee03b5c4099d1ff81119660fae60 ./data/2da.bif 9992f64a64059eecabe1e2bf5e942e1f ./data/aurora_gui.bif ed3be12ef84b32eec70da48db5ccf545 ./data/aurora_tcn.bif 7418a83701ffe1d3d93817e3410a3070 ./data/aurora_tdc.bif 7f22a0bd4312cdb0c1c8d13359437aa1 ./data/aurora_tde.bif b4c7e8f4ef4861a7cd413e075322caf0 ./data/aurora_tdm.bif 09f290ac17b5b2bb406b7620526e8bb1 ./data/aurora_tds.bif 9455f1333ebad095b1e539d3d8a57aae ./data/aurora_tic.bif e6556a78aeee5dbf6fd943d02dc12cf5 ./data/aurora_tin.bif 665673854a588e846e44b6bf6a42b49e ./data/aurora_tms.bif 4a885d5cad850b1f19cf33065b6e677b ./data/aurora_ttf.bif 0539bb872047f909e961dfcde4bf2399 ./data/aurora_ttr.bif 0e50f6fd1644d9d8600fae598703e555 ./data/convo.bif 812a8dc5d6c4158d7a4034dca9b75488 ./data/editor.bif a0a65a67f3c9f09eb0aec595ef65e8df ./data/ini.bif fac333512916a4adde536e654dd9ad0b ./data/loadscreens.bif 9cb108e0981cc9b10f072c79ffd17a43 ./data/misc.bif cbe85d4d19e833472a431188c3acca8c ./data/models_01.bif 06c2ccd19c210f087b8f4183a23bf0e9 ./data/models_02.bif c3e277974f9461a46247a618f8068999 ./data/music.bif 88acb6b751996faeac0c8175d479e8f5 ./data/scripts.bif edd5ae897faa1d573de9648052057e85 ./data/sounds.bif 7609dc1a3b4c6e8de09432e90d3cc6e9 ./data/templates.bif 7a64850f837903fc68b34a970193cc7d ./data/textures_01.bif 16b3ab85f6205d19c04efec14ab53e4e ./data/textures_02.bif 5f61c423069246be1f150d3835457809 ./data/voicesets.bif d6b49f84c0070932b149c948c9069093 ./data/xp3.bif 2d6cddeda6013335b371d65c60927d78 ./dialog.tlk 1f21ccdbdcfbf463844eb96094a7392f ./dmclient 41d11eff50a440f04f8288e89ffd8dee ./lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0.0.5 ac5d80e640340e6a57e195d1904e9de5 ./miles/libmss.so.6.5.2 612ade11abaf44e38786900739221885 ./miles/mssdsp.flt 88903ac6012dc19f4920e08adde072bb ./miles/mssmp3.asi efcfda2668c959286a0cefa5c71e5935 ./miles/msssoft.m3d 30125a7db5b41682b0374dc725f0d619 ./nwm/Chapter1.nwm 8e344d8b336d7a00e418ec27ae7b6d88 ./nwm/Chapter1E.nwm e1337ffa62757340bee52fb79d12c59c ./nwm/Chapter2.nwm 05b8a67d98b0b7a9d2b46d5519f7f1c5 ./nwm/Chapter2E.nwm 1dbeed67043ffc9336fe7c128e818d6d ./nwm/Chapter3.nwm 5c5005b84e2add830e303d13ab20f739 ./nwm/Chapter4.nwm 9d36d98fddb46a6e1eedbe1a0f1c8483 ./nwm/Prelude.nwm e05df72e62ab21314a4bb06d7b611412 ./nwmain f4b5f03d30c601ef713d9d18deda875e ./nwn feaaf21322ff447e6de75d713e736421 ./nwserver ac8bd1e1d7c15016eb66cd869535eaf1 ./override/iit_midmisc_029.tga 4b3f9a5dfe10a2066015ec41bec26098 ./override/load_legal.tga 866719f181e1eed16780aa3feb525445 ./override/load_legal2.tga 375f2ec89b1a31e3561f6be54d80e78d ./override/ls_car_01.dds ea30f07c5f80afd3822887bb85eeb429 ./override/ls_car_01.tga fc59da953343159a13cbf4037df9caa2 ./override/ls_car_01s.dds 7baa5933d9aec58425ee4113deaf97be ./override/ls_car_01s.tga 94544b314e78e37a64ae19d41743e943 ./override/ls_car_03.dds 3d5b5e67385525ff2d63fdd4f03b348b ./override/ls_car_03.tga 759e962a9bf29d9559f85a4fa9403599 ./override/ls_car_03s.dds a9e3d6bfe3014a72f3d180f6f4b1c422 ./override/ls_car_03s.tga c1ac582e22abae814233cbfda4660acd ./override/soundprovider.2da 9daee805a9f4079a922add5b6ac42810 ./texturepacks/GUI_32bit.erf 4f3e3217805e970ac06c95770ccdee0f ./texturepacks/Textures_Tpa.erf a8f123eac04cccf61827475a461790c1 ./texturepacks/Textures_Tpc.erf 48e9cbc8edd081aedf17ceafa1736d33 ./texturepacks/Tiles_Tpa.erf 6da054468b9d45236efee23e9c5f27c2 ./texturepacks/Tiles_Tpb.erf ba0d0c54cc7a5eafcf52e85eaf9aeaf4 ./texturepacks/Tiles_Tpc.erf 4942229e623f1491c441caec65bcb08d ./xp3.key 5a8307080d278f42e5e4f89d539ff9ad ./data/xp1.bif 5c24acfdd89d8d72827b639e93194007 ./data/xp1_models.bif 78c45e1b02f810ba119c00092c4064c2 ./data/xp1_scripts.bif 4a2a4cd39a4f3308e677e272f728f059 ./data/xp1_sounds.bif 16c7fdadbb8e7f446d1657c05ba8919f ./data/xp1_templates.bif b42c7a043b518874f21cff733abcb6b1 ./data/xp1_textures.bif 879e79346ee1f4ea8885dd75afb41432 ./data/xp1_tiles.bif 5260425402af2062f7bba88fb4ff7fb3 ./data/xp2.bif c5832e2e0932f9a457bdfd7f150e610f ./data/xp2_models.bif 7e0fa7b95ef842ad9d5ad129602351c8 ./data/xp2_scripts.bif af2d887529ca96c36bf6e2cbdce79886 ./data/xp2_sounds.bif b44ad104b4777f640a74214986feb050 ./data/xp2_templates.bif 68dbe5abd57ea40821d064042db9d768 ./data/xp2_textures.bif bdbcf0f80d24c16fbe63ab4b19c58f34 ./data/xp2_tiles.bif 8341121ed5689f1b57bc835959c4d868 ./data/xp2patch.bif ea5cdfd357e0357e382848ef7cd1d33e ./fixinstall c2df86d3c63d8fdab40bbda70c1f9368 ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 1.nwm cbecb853c505a8fbfec56b1d8f108ab3 ./nwm/XP1-Chapter 2.nwm 3d47e349f6e7e99bee3d47311c13032d ./nwm/XP1-Interlude.nwm 25b52efde51bd75113ba10f4dc785ab6 ./nwm/XP2_Chapter1.nwm 55b0d6622715bc57f2be63757dab03c8 ./nwm/XP2_Chapter2.nwm 2b19dd64031b508e950971ba2746bac7 ./nwm/XP2_Chapter3.nwm 3136ff6da10c0b6390c4d5823ea5278f ./texturepacks/XP1_GUI.erf 0e98d96326ec09622a65be08820822bd ./texturepacks/XP2_GUI.erf 356cf5390ebd9332f16325627f07bfe8 ./texturepacks/xp1_tex_tpa.erf 711ce47c9ac2db816f95ad551b04e2dd ./texturepacks/xp1_tex_tpb.erf 838b43ab3661021dc06cbe0235bd3517 ./texturepacks/xp1_tex_tpc.erf 4020f253ff8bd85f3f685f551a246dd6 ./texturepacks/xp2_tex_tpa.erf 3aa4371177af8385cd9fb54093370956 ./texturepacks/xp2_tex_tpb.erf 62778bb3db53ed334b54d540720e5274 ./texturepacks/xp2_tex_tpc.erf dcee65359fd7c4956b1ff52b93d81b2d ./xp1.key d6d2b92d993a7a05a6982a6849a53525 ./xp2.key c980d535df9b4b19ed07d83aaa24ffc4 ./xp2patch.key

From Fireboar:

A couple of other things for Linux installations: you should probably update your libSDL library - the one provided is very old. The easiest way is to simply install libSDL through your package manager, then remove the lib folder from LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the nwn script (it's just an executable text file).

Also, check the permissions. NWN requires some files to be marked executable in order to run, notably the files called nwn, nwmain, dmclient and nwserver (dmclient and nwserver are optional and not required for normal play). Also, nwn.ini, nwnplayer.ini, nwncdkey.ini, saves, localvault, tempclient, currentgame and dmvault must be writable. If these files or folders don't exist, the base NWN folder must be writable.