Performance tips for NWN2 PW players and other useful links

[Ithildur]

Some of these issues may be known to many players already, but I thought this was useful enough to point out, maybe sticky. A few of them I was not aware of before reading this.

http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/PW_Player_Guidelines

This is a bit older, but much of it still valid:

http://nwn2forums.bioware.com/forums/vi ... &forum=118


[edit] the other useful link may be of dubious usefulness and hence I deleted it. I'll post others as I find them, but until then, a few more tips:

1. Tree problems? This will fade surrounding trees out almost completely. It will give you both better performance and better view of your surroundings (although you might find yourself inadvertently standing behind a tree talking to someone, and not realize it, ymmv)

In your nwn2.ini(My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2) under [Display Options].

Try the following settings:

ObjectFade Start=0.0
ObjectFade Length=0.5
ObjectFade Percentage=.01


2. Turning down your graphics Believe it or not turning down your graphics a bit will help your online play performance.

3. Direct connecting to the server. When you log into the first multi-player menu you have the options of "New Game" "Load Game" "Join Internet" "Direct Connect" etc. Choose the "Direct Connect" option

4. Do not send a /tell to someone who has just logged into the game. When you see someone log into the PW you want to talk to give them at least two full minutes to load before sending them a tell. What happens is the games says you have logged into the PW when in fact you are still loading. If you receive too many tells while loading you may freeze up.

[johnlewismcleod]

Thanks, Ithildur...useful indeed