Friday, January 17, 2003

Solid NWN Linux Client Info -- 6:30 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Bioware updated the Neverwinter Nights Linux Client page with the first solid information on the port. Here's some selected highlights. Regarding the installation of the client:

You will need to get the Neverwinter Nights game resouces from one of two locations. You can either get them from an existing Windows installation of the English 1.27 build of Neverwinter Nights, or from a Neverwinter Nights Linux Game Resource download that will be available from several mirror sites. Either way, instructions will be provided with the downloads. Why must it be this way, you ask? It is because there is no feasable way to get the game resources from the InstallShield cabinet files on the Windows version CDs.

You will have to purchase a copy of the game to get a valid Neverwinter Nights CD-Key. Of course, with this purchase you also get a lovely Neverwinter Nights mapkin, a spiral-bound game manual, and three plastic-coated aluminum-reinforced W1nd0z3 brand coasters.

That's awfully cool that they will be making the content available for download. That solution is a pleasant surprise. Regarding the expansions:

Since the executable for Neverwinter Nights will be the same, with or without any expansions installed, we plan to release Linux Client versions of both Shadows of Undrentide and XP2 for download at the time of their shelf date. We have not resolved the game resource installation issue for Linux at this time. We will know more closer to the release date of Shadows of Undrentide.

Yesh! You can be certain that I will report on how the beta works as soon as it is available. Good thing I just happen to have a working Windows installation of NWN with the 1.27 patch!

News for 01/17/2003

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