Cd key?

[Drvobradi]

I cant connect to any online server, and cant find my cd key even i perchused game? Anyone have some advice what to do?

[Julius Borisov]

Hello! You should be able to find your CD Key in Documents/Neverwinter Nights (it gets generated when you first launch NWN:EE).

[MegaMetalNerd]

Originally posted by Julius Borisov:

Hello! You should be able to find your CD Key in Documents/Neverwinter Nights (it gets generated when you first launch NWN:EE).

I looked there and couldn't find it, where specifically is it in there?

[Lumen]

\Documents\Neverwinter Nights\cdkey.ini

[thenut68]

this is wrong no such file exists where do I find my cd keys?

[Seanobi]

I had the same issue and figured it out. When asked to put in your Player Name when you're connecting to the server, I put in my actual Steam login name as the Player Name. I was able to get into the server fine after selecting my character.

As a side note, I'm not sure how Steam manages the keys with NWN: EE, but in the original NWN Diamond Edition disc and also the GOG versions of the game, your CD keys were in a file called "nwn.ini" which you could right-click and open with Notepad to see the keys.

[Tesseract]

In EE, the CD key is in cdkey.ini as Lumen said. If it's not there, then something has prevented the game from creating it (antivirus software is a common culprit).

In the old version there were up to 3 separate CD keys, one for the base game and one for each expansion, and they were all stored in nwncdkey.ini (I still have my 1.69 installation).

[bOHeLi]

Same issue here.

Just purchased NWN:EE + infinite dungeons + portail pack for me and my buddy.
Im on linux with no anti virus running.
I have looked for any *.ini in my $HOME and searched for "key" strings in all files in all NWN folders.

Nothing.

EDIT:
This threads looks promising for linux users:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/704450/discussions/0/1750142311550193489/

Fixed. cdkey.ini got generated with build 8186.

[Ettanin]

Another workaround is copying the cdkey.ini from a windows installation. The file is platform-agnostic.

[Star-X]

Linux version seems to be missing the code to fetch the CD Key in the most recent versions.

Easiest workaround is to right click the game entry, select properties, and switch the forced proton compatibility mode to Proton 4.11. Run the game after it's finished thinking, and then copy the cdkey.ini it generates upon selecting multiplayer to your Linux NWNEE user folder. If you can't find your cdkey.ini that Proton generates, try looking in the compatdata directory of your Steam install.

[o4zloiroman]

It doesn't get created on OSX.

Not sure what, but something for some reason prevents me from writing data to the folder on OSX. Had to manually enter PlayerName into the nwn.ini as well.

[Tesseract]

In theory, on macOS you should get a dialog asking if you want to allow NWN to access your Documents folder. Sometimes it pops up behind the game window. The Security & Privacy preference pane should let you see if access has been denied previously.

[o4zloiroman]

Originally posted by Tesseract:

In theory, on macOS you should get a dialog asking if you want to allow NWN to access your Documents folder. Sometimes it pops up behind the game window. The Security & Privacy preference pane should let you see if access has been denied previously.

Yeah, it didn't ask, and there's no mention of the game in Security & Privacy.

Interestingly enough, I forced the game to crush by pressing Esc while the prompt was shown. Through the re-opening prompt I finally received the access request, which I granted. Didn't solve the issue though.

[giggs]

I was having the same issue on Mac OS X Big Sur after installing it today. I was able to get the CD key file after specifying a beta version to use under Properties after right-clicking the game name in Steam. Starting the game up once with beta build8193.19 and then reverting to the non-beta version worked for me.

This was based on the instructions described here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/704450/discussions/0/1750142311550193489/, which bOHeLi kindly pointed to above.

[o4zloiroman]

Originally posted by giggs:

I was having the same issue on Mac OS X Big Sur after installing it today. I was able to get the CD key file after specifying a beta version to use under Properties after right-clicking the game name in Steam. Starting the game up once with beta build8193.19 and then reverting to the non-beta version worked for me.

This was based on the instructions described here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/704450/discussions/0/1750142311550193489/, which bOHeLi kindly pointed to above.

That did it, still had to manually modify nwnplayer.ini, though. Thanks.

[GregH2SO4]

Same problem on Windows, but switching to the oldest BETA version and running the game created it. Then switched back.