Description

Normally when you try to Copy and Paste multiple lines into NWN, you end up with a box at the end [] due to the difference in how programs interpret the command to move to a new line. This box is called a "carriage return" character, and is usually undesirable. The way around this is to use the UTF-8 encoding with Unix-style line endings when typing the text. Here is one possible method:

1. Download Notepad++

2. Under Settings -> Preferences -> New Document, turn the Format to "Unix".

3. Click on "Encoding" in the toolbar. Change it to "Encode in UTF-8".

4. Restart Notepad++

5. Create a new document.

6. Paste desired text into the document.

7. Copy the text. Up to 1024 characters may be copied into NWN at a time.

Note: There is a hardcoded limit of 2048 characters that is saved to a fixture. If it is in the world at the time of a server reset and it is longer than 2048 characters, the description will reset.

In NWN:

1. Select an empty Quick Slot.

2. On the Radial Dial, go directly up to "Custom Text Macro"

3. You can label the macro anything.

4. CTRL + V to paste into the macro.

5. Click OK.

6. Click the Macro

Note: You will, by default, shout your macro. Add /tk for talk OR /w for whisper to the beginning of the first line to be copied.

Note: You need any commands in the copy and paste from Notepad ++. Example: If you type "-description (paste from notepad here)" it will not work. You need the -description in Notepad, so when you get to the game all you do is "(paste from notepad here)" (confirmed on Windows 8.1)

Method tested on Windows XP, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10.