.ini Files

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To modify an *.ini file, simply open that file in a text editor, like Notepad, and edit as you please. They are simply text files.

Lets start with file nwn.ini:


[edit] Running NWN in a window

Two useful things to do here. The first is probably known by most, if not all here. Running NWN in a window. I probably don't need to repeat this, but I'll put it in just in case.

Under [Display Options] add the following line: 

AllowWindowedMode=1

And then change the line: 

FullScreen=1

To: 

FullScreen=0

If your game resolution is less than your desktop resolution, it should display NWN in a window. Very useful for multitasking.


[edit] Disabling all NWN intro Movies

The other useful thing, which is much less known, is disabling all of the NWN intro movies. This way, you don't have to click seven times every time NWN starts up in order to get to the Main Menu.

This is also under [Display Options], add the following line: 

Disable Intro Movies=1

And that's it! Save that ini file, and you're done!


[edit] Conversation Color Changes

The other ini file to modify is nwplayer.ini:

Here is where things get fun. One thing that bugged me about NWN from the beginning were the chat colors. The whisper chat color is barely viewable, and the party chat color looks exactly the same as the regular chat color. Why can't we have the whisper chat color be more viewable, and party chat a different color than regular Talk chat? Well, we can.

In nwplayer.ini, at the very top, add this line:

[Chat Colors]

And underneath it, if you want to change the party chat color, do this: 

PartyColor=R,G,B

Where R, G, and B are numbers. For me, party chat is orange, and uses the following line: 

PartyColor=255,102,1

For whisper chat, you do something similar: 

WhisperColor=R,G,B

I use a pinkish color for whisper chat, that shows up very nicely: 

WhisperColor=255,1,255

Save that file, and be done with it! Now, if you load up NWN using all those settings, NWN will run in a window, with no intro movies, orange party chat, and pink whisper chat.

  • For a detailed view of RGB colors, please click here.
  • (Note: Big thanks to players posting the info)
  • Imported from DM_Storm post from the forums (I don't use pink)
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