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Neverwinter Nights => Help => Topic started by: Solfier on October 05, 2009, 10:36:53 PM

Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: Solfier on October 05, 2009, 10:36:53 PM
i cant install the prc on mac... i did try to decompress the files to the folders and copy the modules from a windows install and it do not run!
There is any one that can help me to install the PRC on NWN for Mac?
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: CapnQ on October 06, 2009, 08:08:46 AM
Quote from: Solfier

i cant install the prc on mac... i did try to decompress the files to the folders and copy the modules from a windows install and it do not run!
There is any one that can help me to install the PRC on NWN for Mac?


I use it on a Mac, and it mostly works fine, except that I haven't gotten the Character Creator to work--I still run that on Windows an copy the character over to the Mac.

What do you mean it doesn't run? What were you trying to do that didn't work?
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: DM Heatstroke on October 06, 2009, 08:10:17 AM
Quote from: Solfier

i cant install the prc on mac... i did try to decompress the files to the folders and copy the modules from a windows install and it do not run!
There is any one that can help me to install the PRC on NWN for Mac?


What modules?
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: Solfier on October 06, 2009, 09:06:22 AM
Quote from: CapnQ

I use it on a Mac, and it mostly works fine, except that I haven't gotten the Character Creator to work--I still run that on Windows an copy the character over to the Mac.

What do you mean it doesn't run? What were you trying to do that didn't work?


How did you install the prc on mac? Can you make a step by step, please??
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: DM Heatstroke on October 06, 2009, 09:26:53 AM
Quote from: Solfier

Quote from: CapnQ

I use it on a Mac, and it mostly works fine, except that I haven't gotten the Character Creator to work--I still run that on Windows an copy the character over to the Mac.

What do you mean it doesn't run? What were you trying to do that didn't work?


How did you install the prc on mac? Can you make a step by step, please??


Have you looked at the RAR instuctions in the manual (http://www.nwnprc.com//nwn/index.html)?
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: william_hunter on October 12, 2009, 05:51:31 PM
I too had problems with installation on my mac. I would prefer to run in MacOSX, but I can't actually play in PRC persistent worlds when playing on my mac, so I boot into Windows and play that way.

Other worlds seem to work fine, its just PRC worlds that fail to work. I get a time out error every time I try to enter the one I play most. Basically, I did the same thing as the poster above..I did a manual install by placing the files in the correct folders. I heard that the haks need to be all lower case, so I tried that and it seemed to fail as well.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: Solfier on October 12, 2009, 06:57:51 PM
Quote from: DM Heatstroke

Quote from: Solfier

Quote from: CapnQ

I use it on a Mac, and it mostly works fine, except that I haven't gotten the Character Creator to work--I still run that on Windows an copy the character over to the Mac.

What do you mean it doesn't run? What were you trying to do that didn't work?


How did you install the prc on mac? Can you make a step by step, please??


Have you looked at the RAR instuctions in the manual (http://www.nwnprc.com//nwn/index.html)?


i did follow the RAR instructions and did copy the nwm/ files from a windows instalation. and my NWN run with the PRC.

thx for all for help me!
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: Solfier on October 12, 2009, 07:00:58 PM
Quote from: william_hunter

I too had problems with installation on my mac. I would prefer to run in MacOSX, but I can't actually play in PRC persistent worlds when playing on my mac, so I boot into Windows and play that way.

Other worlds seem to work fine, its just PRC worlds that fail to work. I get a time out error every time I try to enter the one I play most. Basically, I did the same thing as the poster above..I did a manual install by placing the files in the correct folders. I heard that the haks need to be all lower case, so I tried that and it seemed to fail as well.


I did not changed the case of the files names, only the folder Tlk that I have named like "Tlk". With the other files, I did nothing.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: william_hunter on October 12, 2009, 07:48:35 PM
I still cant get it working on my mac..no idea why, I must be doing something wrong
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: N-S on October 12, 2009, 10:59:15 PM
I think OSX's default filesystem is not case sensitive like most linux/unix ones. But I have never used OSX.

Here's something to try. Move the PRC haks, don't copy them. I have heard that OSX makes symlinks when copying files, and NWN might not handle those.

Try looking for help over at the Bioware Mac subforum too.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: CapnQ on October 13, 2009, 07:47:52 AM
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I think OSX's default filesystem is not case sensitive like most linux/unix ones.


This is an option you can choose when you format a hard drive. The default is case insensitive, but you can choose case sensitive if you wish.

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But I have never used OSX.

Here's something to try. Move the PRC haks, don't copy them. I have heard that OSX makes symlinks when copying files,


Not sure what you're remembering (there might be some special software or circumstances that makes this happen), but a normal file copy will not make symlinks.

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and NWN might not handle those.

Try looking for help over at the Bioware Mac subforum too.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: CapnQ on October 13, 2009, 07:52:08 AM
Quote from: william_hunter

I still cant get it working on my mac..no idea why, I must be doing something wrong


More details about what's not working would be helpful--what are you trying and how is it not working? Is it just the timeout error you mentioned before with PRC persistent worlds? Does it work in single-player modules?
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: N-S on October 13, 2009, 09:36:26 AM
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Quote from: N-S

I think OSX's default filesystem is not case sensitive like most linux/unix ones.

This is an option you can choose when you format a hard drive. The default is case insensitive, but you can choose case sensitive if you wish.

Good to know, but how many people here would be doing that on a laptop? I'm not going to count the iMac, because I have never seen one used outside a campus. Installing NWN to a flash drive would be unwise -- leaving external harddrives, which aren't too uncommon I suppose.

Quote from: CapnQ

Quote from: N-S

Here's something to try. Move the PRC haks, don't copy them. I have heard that OSX makes symlinks when copying files,

Not sure what you're remembering (there might be some special software or circumstances that makes this happen), but a normal file copy will not make symlinks.

Now that I think more about it, I believe it was an XCode discrepancy that was told to me a while back. I don't remember what happened, except that he lost some project files or something. Sorry for the bad info!
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: william_hunter on October 13, 2009, 11:18:41 PM
Quote from: CapnQ

Quote from: william_hunter

I still cant get it working on my mac..no idea why, I must be doing something wrong


More details about what's not working would be helpful--what are you trying and how is it not working? Is it just the timeout error you mentioned before with PRC persistent worlds? Does it work in single-player modules?


i've never played a single player mod, so I am not sure, actually. When I've done an install I've copied a working Win install files (haks et al included) and it starts up as expected, I am able to log into nonPRC worlds, but not PRC. Its very strange to me.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: N-S on October 14, 2009, 03:42:24 AM
SP mod. (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=5313)

Do you have any custom overrides installed? What PRC version is the server running? What PRC version are *you* using? Did you install patch 1.69?
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: william_hunter on November 06, 2009, 07:24:59 AM
Quote from: N-S

SP mod. (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=5313)

Do you have any custom overrides installed? What PRC version is the server running? What PRC version are *you* using? Did you install patch 1.69?


I am running the same version of PRC as the server (3.3g) and also have indeed patched NWN. I can play other servers so I know that the problem is at least with just one PRC world I like to play on. I did not install any custom overrides.I can log in and get to the character selection screen, choose my character to play, but then it always gives me this error and I am unable to log in "Server response timed out-You have been disconnected"

I copied the hak folder, tlk folder, and database folder over from my Boot Camp partition, which when I boot into Windows, works fine...I am completely lost as to what to do here.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: DM_Vecna on November 07, 2009, 02:04:51 PM
You probably dont want to hear this but I gave up nwn on osx and added a bootcamp partition for Windows Xp and run NWN in there. I have to tell you for me a die hard mac user it is a wonderful solution.
Title: PRC on Mac
Post by: william_hunter on November 11, 2009, 02:17:21 PM
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You probably dont want to hear this but I gave up nwn on osx and added a bootcamp partition for Windows Xp and run NWN in there. I have to tell you for me a die hard mac user it is a wonderful solution.


I use Boot Camp exclusively right now, but I want to be able to remain in the mac OS from time to time, its far easier to do work outside the game in Mac than in windows. FOr some reason, switching windows in windows is always painful for me.