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...and loving it! But, I've tried to acquire modules for the game and can't seem to get complete RAR files on my computer. Any advice?
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tendigitpoet: ...and loving it! But, I've tried to acquire modules for the game and can't seem to get complete RAR files on my computer. Any advice?
Download manager?

You have antivirus going?
Maybe some how it is detecting it as bad file and corrupting it?
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tendigitpoet: ...and loving it! But, I've tried to acquire modules for the game and can't seem to get complete RAR files on my computer. Any advice?
Where are you trying to download them from, and with what? Also, what operating system are you using?
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tendigitpoet: ...and loving it! But, I've tried to acquire modules for the game and can't seem to get complete RAR files on my computer. Any advice?
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Regals: Download manager?

You have antivirus going?
Maybe some how it is detecting it as bad file and corrupting it?
I'm running Malwarebytes, which doesn't normally cause that problem, but it could be. I'm using Neverwinter 2 Nexus, which does its own downloading, though I'm not sure if they use a separate download manager.
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tendigitpoet: ...and loving it! But, I've tried to acquire modules for the game and can't seem to get complete RAR files on my computer. Any advice?
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Hickory: Where are you trying to download them from, and with what? Also, what operating system are you using?
Neverwinter 2 Nexus is the site I'm using, directly from their website. I previously used the Neverwinter Vault. I'm currently running W10.
Post edited September 16, 2016 by tendigitpoet
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Hickory: Where are you trying to download them from, and with what? Also, what operating system are you using?
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tendigitpoet: Neverwinter 2 Nexus is the site I'm using, directly from their website. I previously used the Neverwinter Vault. I'm currently running W10.
If the files are over a certain size, you need to create an account at Nexus. You can download small files without an account, but not larger ones. You also did not mention what you are using to download them. If you are using a browser, that could be the problem: corrupt or incomplete downloads.
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tendigitpoet: Neverwinter 2 Nexus is the site I'm using, directly from their website. I previously used the Neverwinter Vault. I'm currently running W10.
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Hickory: If the files are over a certain size, you need to create an account at Nexus. You can download small files without an account, but not larger ones. You also did not mention what you are using to download them. If you are using a browser, that could be the problem: corrupt or incomplete downloads.
I have a Nexus account; I did manage to download and unpack the BG Remastered module. The problem I had was with Pool of Radiance, which came out incomplete. I'll try more of them, as I think the PoR module was damaged.
If you're trying to download them by right-clicking and saving, that won't work because it goes through a file server, and you'll get a file with the right name but which is just an HTML file that would have redirected to the download, and would thus appear as a broken archive file. If you do a normal left click it will work.
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touched: If you're trying to download them by right-clicking and saving, that won't work because it goes through a file server, and you'll get a file with the right name but which is just an HTML file that would have redirected to the download, and would thus appear as a broken archive file. If you do a normal left click it will work.
The real issue, as it turned out, is the RAR-extraction app I tried to use. I have since replaced it with Win-RAR, and that has proven to be more effective.

Thanks, everyone, for helping me out.
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touched: If you're trying to download them by right-clicking and saving, that won't work because it goes through a file server, and you'll get a file with the right name but which is just an HTML file that would have redirected to the download, and would thus appear as a broken archive file. If you do a normal left click it will work.
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tendigitpoet: The real issue, as it turned out, is the RAR-extraction app I tried to use. I have since replaced it with Win-RAR, and that has proven to be more effective.

Thanks, everyone, for helping me out.
I can recommend 7-zip btw, it's usually the best for everything.
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Green_Hilltop: I can recommend 7-zip btw, it's usually the best for everything.
And it's fully free. I recommend it, too.
WinRAR? Do you still use Winamp and surf Geocities, too? 7z has been the standard for years.
Post edited September 20, 2016 by Lilura
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Lilura: WinRAR? Do you still use Winamp and surf Geocities, too? 7z has been the standard for years.
Yeah, and they still play Neverwinter Nights. Who would have thought?
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Lilura: WinRAR? Do you still use Winamp and surf Geocities, too? 7z has been the standard for years.
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Hickory: Yeah, and they still play Neverwinter Nights. Who would have thought?
What do y'all do when y'all play? I've been researching this game every now and again. I'd like to play it eventually. But sometimes the fans write things like, "if you haven't played the MP, you haven't even played the game." I'm not going to do multiplayer. Should I maybe give KOTOR a try instead? I'm not really partial to D&D or StarWars.
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Anarchist_Peasant: What do y'all do when y'all play? I've been researching this game every now and again. I'd like to play it eventually. But sometimes the fans write things like, "if you haven't played the MP, you haven't even played the game." I'm not going to do multiplayer. Should I maybe give KOTOR a try instead? I'm not really partial to D&D or StarWars.
Take absolutely no notice of what other people say. Just because some like multiplayer; because some like user modules better than the originals, etc.. does NOT mean that you will have the same experience. There is only one way to play a game... ANY game: play it how *you* want to play it. I stopped reading reviews and taking so-called 'advice' about games from other people long ago, because every time somebody said, "this game is AWESOME", or "this game is CRAP", I have often gone on to find my experience of it was/is at polar opposites. The best advice I can give you, having said all of that, is to play the game blind. Do it. If you like it, great. If you don't, all you've lost is a little time.
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Anarchist_Peasant: What do y'all do when y'all play? I've been researching this game every now and again. I'd like to play it eventually. But sometimes the fans write things like, "if you haven't played the MP, you haven't even played the game." I'm not going to do multiplayer. Should I maybe give KOTOR a try instead? I'm not really partial to D&D or StarWars.
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Hickory: Take absolutely no notice of what other people say. Just because some like multiplayer; because some like user modules better than the originals, etc.. does NOT mean that you will have the same experience. There is only one way to play a game... ANY game: play it how *you* want to play it. I stopped reading reviews and taking so-called 'advice' about games from other people long ago, because every time somebody said, "this game is AWESOME", or "this game is CRAP", I have often gone on to find my experience of it was/is at polar opposites. The best advice I can give you, having said all of that, is to play the game blind. Do it. If you like it, great. If you don't, all you've lost is a little time.
And money.

Personally, NWN2 has great campaigns, NWN1 has the expansion SOTU and HOTU which are supposedly quite good, but the original campaign for NWN1 isn't so good.
Post edited September 20, 2016 by Green_Hilltop