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| | | <div class=" sf- eyebrow"> Client Configuration< /div> |
| <div style="text-align:center; border:1px solid #8b6b3a; background:linear-gradient(180deg,#181214,#0b090a); padding:18px 14px; margin-bottom:8px;"> | | <h1>Recommended Settings</h1> |
| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:34px; letter-spacing:3px; color:#d8b46a; text-shadow:0 0 10px rgba(143,36,50,0.55);"> | | <p>A stable starting point for smoother play on Sinfar. Apply the baseline first, test the client, and adjust visual preferences afterward.</p> |
| RECOMMENDED SETTINGS
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| Suggested client settings for smoother play on Sinfar.
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| '''Performance First.''' ''Neverwinter Nights'' is an older game running on modern hardware. Some visual settings can create performance issues, crashes, or instability depending on your system. These recommendations are intended as a stable baseline, especially for '''Diamond Edition on Windows'''.
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| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:21px; color:#d8b46a; border-bottom:1px solid #6f5730; padding-bottom:4px; margin:8px 0 5px 0;"> | | <div class="sf-summary-grid"> |
| Quick Baseline
| | <div><b>Graphics Quality</b><br><span>Good or Very Good</span></div> |
| | <div><b>Environmental Shadows</b><br><span>Off</span></div> |
| | <div><b>Creature Shadows</b><br><span>None or Minimum</span></div> |
| | <div><b>VSync</b><br><span>Enabled</span></div> |
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| | <div class="sf-note"><b>Performance first:</b> Neverwinter Nights is an older game running on modern hardware. Some visual settings can cause performance issues, crashes, or instability depending on the system. Higher settings are not always better in Diamond Edition.</div> |
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| '''Graphics Quality'''<br>Good or Very Good
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| | <h2 class="sf-section-title">Diamond Edition on Windows</h2> |
| '''Environmental Shadows'''<br>Off
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| | <h3>Video Options</h3> |
| '''Creature Shadows'''<br>None or Minimum
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| | <tr><th>Setting</th><th>Recommended value</th></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Overall Graphics Quality</td><td>Good or Very Good</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Texture Quality</td><td>Max at 64 MB or higher</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Sky Boxes</td><td>Enabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Environmental Shadows</td><td>Disabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Creature Shadow Detail</td><td>None or Minimum</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Gamma</td><td>Personal preference</td></tr> |
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| '''VSync'''<br>Enabled
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| <div style="background:#120d10; border-left:4px solid #8f2432; padding:10px 12px; margin:8px 0 16px 0;"> | | <h3>Advanced Video Options</h3> |
| '''Important:''' Higher settings are not always better in Diamond Edition. Some modern systems can perform worse when older rendering features are pushed too high.
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| | <tr><th>Setting</th><th>Recommended value</th></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Grass</td><td>Fast Grass or lower</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Creature / Grass Wind</td><td>Off</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Dynamic Lights</td><td>High</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Shadow Casting Lights</td><td>Max</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Antialiasing</td><td>Nice 4 Sample</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Texture Animation</td><td>Enabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Environmental Mapping</td><td>Enabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Visual Effects High</td><td>Enabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Shiny Water</td><td>Disabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>VSync</td><td>Enabled</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>High Resolution Font</td><td>Personal preference</td></tr> |
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| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:21px; color:#d8b46a; border-bottom:1px solid #6f5730; padding-bottom:4px; margin:9px 0 5px 0;"> | | <div class=" sf- figure">[[File: Recommended settings 20190324- 175818.png|800px|alt=Example of the recommended Neverwinter Nights advanced video options]]<div class=" sf- caption"> Example Advanced Video Options configuration.< /div>< /div> |
| Diamond Edition on Windows
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| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:18px; color:#d8b46a; margin-bottom:8px;">Video Options</div> | | <h2 class="sf-section-title">Other Client Settings</h2> |
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| | <p>Control Options, Game Options, Resolution, and Game Feedback Options are mostly personal preference. Resolution depends on whether you prefer fullscreen or windowed play.</p> |
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| | style="width:36%; border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Overall Graphics Quality
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Good or Very Good
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Texture Quality
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Max at 64 MB or higher
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Sky Boxes
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Enabled
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Environmental Shadows
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Disabled
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Creature Shadow Detail
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | None or Minimum
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| | style="padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Gamma
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| </td> | | <p>For additional client-side configuration, review the [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Nwn.ini nwn.ini] and [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Nwnplayer.ini nwnplayer.ini] references.</p> |
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| [[File:Recommended settings 20190324-170418.png|421x421px|Video Options example]]
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| <div style="font-size:12px; color:#b7a995; margin-top:4px;">Video Options example</div>
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| <table style="width:100%; border-collapse:separate; border-spacing:0; background:#181214; border:1px solid #6f5730; color:#e8dcc8; margin-bottom:8px;"> | | <h2 class="sf-section-title">Diamond Edition on Lutris</h2> |
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| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:18px; color:#d8b46a; margin-bottom:8px;">Advanced Video Options</div> | | <p>Once Neverwinter Nights appears under your installed games in Lutris, right-click the banner and select <b>Configure</b>. Under Game Info, you may rename the game to Sinfar if desired; this changes only how it appears to you.</p> |
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| | <p>Change the executable from:</p> |
| | style="width:36%; border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Grass
| | <code class="sf-code">NWN.EXE</code> |
| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Fast Grass or lower
| | <p>to:</p> |
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| | <code class="sf-code">Sinfarx.EXE</code> |
| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Creature / Grass Wind
| | <p>The remaining paths should usually not need to be changed.</p> |
| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Off
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Dynamic Lights
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | High
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Shadow Casting Lights
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Max
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Antialiasing
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Nice 4 Sample
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Texture Animation
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Enabled
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Environmental Mapping
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Enabled
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Visual Effects High
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Enabled
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Shiny Water
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Disabled
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | VSync
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:6px 8px;" | Enabled
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| | style="padding:6px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | High Resolution Font
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| | style="padding:6px 8px;" | Personal preference
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| </td> | | <h3>Runner Options</h3> |
| <td style="width:36%; vertical-align:top; padding:12px 14px; text-align:center; border-left:1px solid #6f5730;"> | | <div class="sf-table-scroll"> |
| [[File:Recommended settings 20190324-175818.png|413x413px|Advanced Video Options example]]
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| <div style="font-size:12px; color:#b7a995; margin-top:4px;">Advanced Video Options example</div> | | <tr><th>Setting</th><th>Recommended value</th></tr> |
| </td> | | <tr><td>E-sync</td><td>Off</td></tr> |
| </tr> | | <tr><td>F-sync</td><td>Off</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>AMD FSR</td><td>Off</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>BattlEye</td><td>Off</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Easy Anti-cheat</td><td>Off</td></tr> |
| | <tr><td>Windowed Virtual Desktop</td><td>On</td></tr> |
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| Other Settings
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| Control Options, Game Options, Resolution, and Game Feedback Options are mostly personal preference. Resolution depends on whether you prefer fullscreen or windowed play.
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| * [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Nwn.ini nwn.ini]
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| * [https://nwn.fandom.com/wiki/Nwnplayer.ini nwnplayer.ini]
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| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:21px; color:#d8b46a; border-bottom:1px solid #6f5730; padding-bottom:4px; margin:9px 0 5px 0;">
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| Diamond Edition on Lutris
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| <div style="background:#181214; border:1px solid #6f5730; padding:12px 14px; margin-bottom:10px;">
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| Once ''Neverwinter Nights'' appears under your installed games in Lutris, right click the banner and select '''Configure'''.
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| Under '''Game Info''', you may rename the game to '''Sinfar''' if desired. This only changes how it appears to you.
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| <div style="font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:18px; color:#d8b46a; margin-bottom:8px;">Game Options</div>
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px;" | Off
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | F-sync
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px;" | Off
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px;" | Off
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | BattlEye
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px;" | Off
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px; color:#d8b46a;" | Easy Anti-cheat
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| | style="border-bottom:1px solid #4d3a22; padding:5px 8px;" | Off
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| [[Main Page|Return to Main Page]] · [[Getting Started]] · [[Solving Client or Connection Issues]] | |
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