Multiboxing

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Here is how to run NWN on one computer with more than once, aka dualboxing or multiboxing. It requires the Modified Client Executable. To install that, run ARF2 (click Update -> Show Update Dialog. Important: Mark option in ARF2 for modified exe and HG enhanced), see Installation Guide for details.

Multiboxing looks like this:

Example: Running 5 player character on the same computer. You can change the currently controlled character by clicking on the Icon at the down side.

A) To run the game in windowed mode, you have change in the nwn.ini:
[Display Options]
AllowWindowedMode=1
(Make a bakup of your nwn.ini file first like nwn_original.ini)

To enter and exit windowed mode, hit ALT+ENTER.

B) You need more than one NWN CD Key, obviously
One great source is from GOG: https://www.gog.com/game/neverwinter_nights_diamond_edition

C) In the following, you have to create for every account:

An ini file
A CD Key file
A batch file to switch easily between the different accounts

It will look like this in your nwn folder (My playername is Torin, chose the name you want for your files):

D) The ini files:
Make a backup-copy of your nwnplayer.ini first, like nwnplayer_original.ini. Then make a copy of your nwnplayer.ini and label it <your playername><a number>.ini, e.g. Torin2.ini for me. Do that for all accounts you want. Edit ever file (right click on the file and "edit") and insert the playername for that account:

E) CD Key files:

Create a CD Key file for every account and label them <your playername><a number>.cdkey, e. g. Torin2.cdkey for me. In every file you need another working key. They look like this:

(Picture is edited, never show your cd key in public or it could get used by others :))

F) Batch files:
Now make a batch file for every account. Right click in your nwn folder or desktop, click "create new text-file" and label it <your playername><a number>.bat, e. g. Torin2.bat for me. Open it and paste the following text into it:

@echo off setlocal copy "c:\Neverwinter Nights\<your playername><a number>.ini" "c:\Neverwinter Nights\nwnplayer.ini" copy "c:\Neverwinter Nights\<your playername><a number>.cdkey" "c:\Neverwinter Nights\nwncdkey.ini"

You have to replace <your playername><a number> with your account. In this example, NWN is located in c:\Neverwinter Nights. Maybe you have to change the path.

G) HG Start folder:

In principle, you are done and ready for multiboxing. To make life easier, you should put all you bat-files in one folder (or shortcuts of it) and make some direct connections to all HG-servers. It looks like this:

To create a shortcut to a server, right-click on the nwnmain.exe in your nwn-folder, an select "create shortcut". Then click on properties of that shortcut and add in the target field: