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 without BOM".

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)"

Method tested on Windows XP and 7