Common bugs

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Notes

The problems listed on this page are known to developers. You do not need to report them again, since they were already reported several times. Before you report any new bugs, please try to look at the Issue Tracker on the community if something similar was not reported already and see the Guide to bug reporting. You can also use Search function on forums to obtain useful information.

General NWN problems

Dual Core Processor and NWN

Enable Party Invite Popup

More players from the same network

Portraits and Voices

Horses freeze my game

Lag

Vista and NWN

Connecting problems

CD key still in use

Problem: When I try to log in the server, it gives me a message: your CD key is still in use, wait 5 min to retry.

Information: This is not an issue with the server, but with connectivity with GameSpy.

Solution: Wait a few minutes and retry logging in. Direct connect from desktop could help with this issue.

CD Check Authentication Denied

Problem: After logging into the character vault and creating or selecting a character to play I receive the error: CD Check Authentication Denied

This is part of the character/player authentication method Arelith has created to replace the Bioware user login that no longer exists. Basically what the error is saying is "The Username you are trying to play with was not created with the CD keys you are currently using"

Solution: Double check that the CD keys you are currently using are the same ones you used when first logging into the Username. If you still get the error, change your Username.

Crashing after Entering Area or Logging On

Problem: I have a char that crashes the game each time I log on. The first time was when I went through a transition and now it won't load up. I can connect to the server, the game loads, passes through the loading area, then sends me to area I was last. Just as it gets done loading and I can see the terrain, it seizes up, and the "this program is not responding" message appears. Occasionally, I'll get an "abnormal program termination" message.

Problem is persistent over resets.

Solution: Turn Shiny Water settings off.

1.) Press ESCape in game (can be done in single player or on another PC).

2.) Video Options

3.) Advanced Video Options

4.) Ensure that box next to "Enable Shiny Water" is unchecked

5.) OK

Alternative problem: Bad overrides can cause this problem too.

For example a cave override that is supposed to put ceilings in, make the cave walls look better, and all that. For one reason or another, it may not work (probably if the file is corrupt somehow). Then going into a cave with it, the game crashes instantly and crashes again every time player logs in until that override it taken out.

Solution 2: If turning off Shiny Water doesn't help, player can try renaming whole override directory (probably C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\override on Windows) to something else (like override_backup) and see if that helps.

Election by citizens

With more then 10 candidates for position, not all candidates will show up to players for voting. Details are described here.

Known bugs with Spells

Are listed in Spell changes.

Scrying Bugs

You can currently scry on Dead characters. This is not supposed to happen and therefore some players will RP it as the scrying being enveloped in a misty fog and nothing else.

In times of high lag the whole script occasionally won't fire and the scrier can sometimes appear, stuck on *follows* next to the scry-ee, and they will not return to where they were originally scrying from. Relogging usually resolves this issue, though sometimes a server reset will be required.

Logging out or getting disconnected while scrying will respawn you at the location of the scry-ee rather than the location you were scrying from. This can also occur during times of high lag.

Suggestions:

Avoid scry during laggy times and keep your character fully satiated and well rested. The slouching script may trigger issues.

The results of this bug may be taken as in character. Magic is a powerful force and can be unpredictable at times. Thus, use with caution.

My character

I can not see my character on list when logging on server

The Linux switched has caused some bugs, a minor one of these is the amount of time it takes for loading your character vault occasionally. Wait about 15-30 seconds (maximum) or simply log in again. This will solve the problem.

Disappearance after transferring between Surface and Underdark servers

Problem: I was playing with my character A on surface server. When I zoned to the Underdark sever, I was logged in with a totally different char of mine. And I appeared in the little ooc area that has the two server portals. I logged out. When I went to find my character A, the char was not appearing in my char list in either the surface or the UD server.

Cause: Uncertain as of yet.

Mithreas: "I've seen this happen occasionally, but (a) it doesn't happen enough and (b) we're always able to restore from backup, so I've not got around to investigating it yet."

Solution: Contact Mithreas, Jjjerm or Fire Boar to have your character restored from most recent backup. You can post your request on the Issue Tracker forum.

Character is not visible

Problem: Character vanishes, appears invisible, but is still playable. Image

Cause: This can sometimes happen after character goes by 'Cutscene Invisible', either through -scry or the caravans.

Solution: Rest or -dispel should fix this problem.

All characters are invisible

Problem:PCs and NPCs are not visible except within very close range.

Information:Sometimes when Ultravision spell ends, the game starts to treat your character as if it was in darkness and without Ultravision spell. This regularly occurs when a character has the ultravision spell cast on them while they are invisible, or when the ultravision spell wears off when they are in a darkness spell.

Solution:

Relogging is the most effective solution to this problem.

Casting ultravision or true seeing acts as a temporary solution, as the issue returns when the new spell wears out.

Third class is not visible on characters' sheet

Cause: The space to display race and classes is limited. Arelith implemented many subraces and backgrounds that make text there much longer then NWN developers expected. It is nothing to worry about. The text is just written outside of visible area.

Solution: The third class is still there, it can be visible on logging screen or when leveling up. It may be beneficial for player to keep track of characters' levels on paper or inside in game journal.

I move slower then I should

Sometimes this can be caused by gravy in combination with:

trolls between servers
weather scripts (strong wind, high snow, etc.)
armour penalties

Movement speed penalties work similar like troll stats. Instead of putting gravy on it, it hard-scripts the movement penalty every time you change your armour. Of course, when the server is laggy/crashes/etc, it might not register the removal of the armour penalty when you change your armour, thus, making your 80% movement speed your new base movement speed.

I am stuck

If you are stuck in some wall or furniture, then try one of these:

Gravy