Preparation for 1.66

PlasmaJohn · Post by **PlasmaJohn** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:35 am

Hey gang, it's high time we move forward with 1.66. To be prepared you will need the following haks:

CEP 1.52
avlis_main1_3
avlis_ext_hakset (new!)
copaphak4_5
universalhak_4_5
copaptlk_3_5

The hakset contains 9 haks avlis_ext_1.hak - avlis_ext_9.hak. To better organize some of our server and development resources, we need to employ some 'server-side' haks. Unfortunately clients still need a placeholder hak. Therefore, please copy all of them to your NWN/haks folder.

At this point we're looking at early next week, but some of this depends on who's available when, so delays are inevitable

Hert Snyder · Post by **Hert Snyder** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:38 am

It'd be grand to get a link to the avlis_ext_hakset zipfile...

*throws blocks at semley until he writes a .Net installer*

-spool32

Zonr_0 · Post by **Zonr_0** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:38 am

woo! Thank you for working so hard on this team!

PlasmaJohn · Post by **PlasmaJohn** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:43 am

Everything but CEP is here:
http://195.169.215.21/cgi-bin/avlis.py? ... S2/hakpaks

Fuzz · Post by **Fuzz** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:47 am

Be nice to get links to all of them.

EDIT: DAMN YOU PJ FOR BEING QUICK LIKE A MONKEY!

Aspen_Stormcat · Post by **Aspen_Stormcat** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:48 am

Fuzz wrote:Be nice to get links to all of them.

Yes, link to the CEP 1.52, please?

szabot · Post by **szabot** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:49 am

Can we download these now and put them into our hak folder now without causing any problems now before the actual update to 1.66?

And: woohoo!

p0m · Post by **p0m** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:00 am

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Us ... g&id=21363

There you go.

szabot · Post by **szabot** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:11 am

p0m wrote:http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Us ... g&id=21363

There you go.

Thanks...but sheesh. Which of the many 1.52 options there should I download? There must be some difference, but what the heck do I know?

strickp · Post by **strickp** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:13 am

I am assuming we can all use the patch as opposed to the full install?

teleri · Post by **teleri** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:24 am

Yes the Patch will bring you to the full current version from 1.51 but not 1.50.... so if you have not updated to 1.51 then you need more (:

Aloro · Post by **Aloro** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:42 am

szabot wrote:Can we download these now and put them into our hak folder now without causing any problems now before the actual update to 1.66?

Yup! You can and should download the haks prior to the update, and put 'em in your hak folders. Then when it comes time to update, you'll just have to run the NWN updater and you'll be all set.

- Aloro

Arnimane · Post by **Arnimane** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:56 am

We're finally there!!!!!

Now will someone kindly ask Themi unlock the dam door!

szabot · Post by **szabot** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:57 am

Aloro wrote:
szabot wrote:Can we download these now and put them into our hak folder now without causing any problems now before the actual update to 1.66?
Yup! You can and should download the haks prior to the update, and put 'em in your hak folders. Then when it comes time to update, you'll just have to run the NWN updater and you'll be all set.

- Aloro

Perfect, thanks.

Krishna · Post by **Krishna** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:34 am

Hrm doesn't look like this CEP has fixed those darn heads.. oh well

Elong Singalong · Post by **Elong Singalong** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:11 am

szabot wrote: Thanks...but sheesh. Which of the many 1.52 options there should I download? There must be some difference, but what the heck do I know?

uhhmm.. i think that is your problem szabot

Buddha Wiki · Post by **Buddha** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:49 am

Confused szabot wrote:Thanks...but sheesh. Which of the many 1.52 options there should I download? There must be some difference, but what the heck do I know?

The lovely strickp wrote:I am assuming we can all use the patch as opposed to the full install?

teleri the Greek wrote:Yes the Patch will bring you to the full current version from 1.51 but not 1.50.... so if you have not updated to 1.51 then you need more (:

Ok, let me attempt to kludge these three posts together into plain English, and then someone tell me if I'm right. For the CEP, we have two options.

EDIT: Deleted all that rubbish, as I've just consumed my second cup of coffee, and things are making more sense.

EDIT 2: Ok, I looked in my hak folder, and I have cep1patch150.hak in there. Per Teleri's comments, this means I need the full install, right? (By the hairy balls of Gorethar! That thing is 240Mb!) Or is there an option to run a patch taking me to 1.51, then the new patch taking me to 1.52?

In other words, can I download and install CEP v1.51 Patch (.ZIP) (49.4Mb) and then download and install CEP v1.52 Patch (.ZIP) (52.7Mb)? Will either of these actions stop me from playing Avlis in its 1.65 version (prior to next week's update)?

Demonseed · Post by **Demonseed** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:19 am

240Mb !!!!!

*cuddles his 4Mb cable internet connection*

One quick question. Do these hak updates mean the updated Holy Avenger PrCs are now live ?

(Hairy Balls of Gorethar - I like that !!)

Tangleroot · Post by **Tangleroot** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:34 am

The patch readme says that it will update any cep version to 1.52. I think that answers your question, Buddha.

diddeecoy · Post by **diddeecoy** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:48 am

Firstly, thanks to all those that put in the hard werk!

I remember the CEP was put in the main NWN folder, not one of the subfolders, like hak or tlk, right? I guess its the same with the patch, but I'm not sure. Extract it to the main folder?

Naieth · Post by **Naieth** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:55 am

YARR!! Cheers for the Team for their effort, for PJ and p0m for supplying the links, and for Tangleroot's reply

.

Naieth · Post by **Naieth** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:58 am

Krishna wrote:Hrm doesn't look like this CEP has fixed those darn heads.. oh well

The readme tells me:

.....v1.52 contains updated custom heads, which were inadvertently broken by other improvements and fixes that were recently made to the game. Commonly referred to as "broken heads" these were not caused by CEP itself or any specific content creator.

The CEP Team gives special thanks to Lisa for single-handedly fixing all the various custom heads and then providing the CEP Team with the fixed versions.

diddeecoy · Post by **diddeecoy** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:00 am

diddeecoy wrote:Firstly, thanks to all those that put in the hard werk!

I remember the CEP was put in the main NWN folder, not one of the subfolders, like hak or tlk, right? I guess its the same with the patch, but I'm not sure. Extract it to the main folder?

umm... I just got to the readme and its a bit more complicated than that, but the readme gives step by step, so here goes.

Naieth · Post by **Naieth** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:02 am

diddeecoy wrote:umm... I just got to the readme and its a bit more complicated than that, but the readme gives step by step, so here goes.

*struggles too*

Where the hell is that hakpack they tell me to find?

Edit: Can anybody point me towards the following files in the 1.52 patch?

cepanatomy.hak
cepbaseitem.hak
cepcreature.hak
cepplace.hak
cepportrait.hak
ceptexture.hak

Nowhere to be found, oddly. Thanks in advance.

Marleh · Post by **Marleh** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:11 am

Naieth wrote:
Krishna wrote:Hrm doesn't look like this CEP has fixed those darn heads.. oh well
The readme tells me:

.....v1.52 contains updated custom heads, which were inadvertently broken by other improvements and fixes that were recently made to the game. Commonly referred to as "broken heads" these were not caused by CEP itself or any specific content creator.

The CEP Team gives special thanks to Lisa for single-handedly fixing all the various custom heads and then providing the CEP Team with the fixed versions.

Yep, these were the female custom heads, and if I remember rightly, the fix to the female helmets somehow broke this? Something like that. Anyway, good to know its fixed.

Yarr!