Neverwinter Nights 2 EE - G.O.A.T. (Client Extender For EE)

NWN2: EE - Game Optimization & Addon Tweaks (G. O. A. T) v1. 4. 3

A client-side mod for Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition (Aspyr x64), made by myself. This has been a project I've started to fix some of the issues EE has. It has a several changes, fixes, quality of life improvements, etc. Some are based on Skywing's Client Extender for the original NWN2 version, while some are our own changes and fixes to the current EE client. This patch is only for EE - not for the original NWN2!

It's a version.dll proxy - drop it in your game folder and it loads when the game starts. No injector, no patcher, nothing to set up. Everything it adds is switched on or off in nwn2-goat.ini, which is fully commented so you can see what each thing does, and now lists the default for every setting.

What it does

Account name & chat

• []Change your account name in-game from a menu, name tag updating live.[/]

  []Hide account tags so chat shows character names, not "(AccountName)". Hides account on examine as well.[/]

  []Chat fixes - the newest line stops getting cut off, and the input box grows upward as your message wraps.[/]

  []Chat + combat logs - daily per-character text logs (Talk/Tell/Whisper/Shout/Party, plus your rolls), with session markers and who joined or left. Configurable in the INI.[/]

  []System log - optional log of level-ups, items, area notices (off by default).[/]

  []Longer messages - chat limit raised from ~256 to 4096 characters.[/]

  []Copy/paste - Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V in chat, tells, and the name field.[/]

  []Taskbar flash when a message arrives and the game isn't focused.[/]

  []Reply commands - /re replies to the last tell you got, /rt to the last one you sent.[/]

  []Uncensored chat - turns off the swear filter.[/]

• []TLS encryption on servers that offer it (like BGTSCC), with a built-in reliable-connection fix (FastAck) that keeps things smooth under load. Servers without it just connect normally.[/]

  []Faster connecting & loading - file checks, downloads and area transitions no longer run at your frame rate, so connecting drops from minutes to seconds on big servers. This also ignores any frame cap you have set, in-game or in your driver.[/]

  []Checksum cache - remembers file checks between connects, so reconnecting is near-instant.[/]

  []Two or more clients at once on the same PC or network with no issues to the server or the client.[/]

  []Multiplayer button fix - opens the server browser instead of hanging when Steam is offline.[/]

  []Connect straight from a shortcut - `nwn2.exe +connect "game.bgtscc.net:5122" +password "pw"` - skips the menus. On the DM client, `+password` logs you in as DM.[/]

[]Smoother FPS - the EE remaster rebuilds every creature's vertex data every single frame, even standing still, and gets the same answer each time. This skips the waste. Big boost in crowds and fights. On by default.[/]

[]Smooth uncapped play - with vsync off the game doesn't wait on the graphics card properly, which causes a stall about once a second. Fixed, so uncapped is now genuinely faster than capped.[/]

[]GPU Culling - creature culling runs on the GPU, on top of the mesh work above. VFX and crowds shouldn't bog down.[/]

[]Fewer texture binds - the game re-walks all 64 texture slots for every object it draws. About 40% of those are pointless and now get skipped.[/]

[]Classic / EE feel - switch the camera and several feel values EE changed (menu/tooltip delays, mouse-look, confirm prompts). Applied next launch.[/]

[]Original textures - skips the EE upscaled texture packs.[/]

[]Cursor size - held at a fixed size that doesn't grow with the UI Scale slider (57. 5% by default).[/]

[]Vision persistence - keeps your light/darkvision after each area change.[/]

[]Skip the intro - straight to the menu, past the logos and warning slides.[/]

[]Window mode - borderless fullscreen (alt-tab friendly) or a plain window.[/]

[]FPS limiter - with separate caps for focused vs. alt-tabbed. Doesn't slow loading down any more.[/]

[]Controller Camera - Camera switches back out of Character Mode on your first mouse/keyboard input after you put the pad down.[/]

[]Optional turn tweaks - slow the fast running-spin to match a standing turn, and drop the floaty accel/coast so your character starts and stops turning instantly. These switch themselves off while you're using a controller and come back on the keyboard.[/]

[]Animation Emotes Bug - fix to using the arrow keys while in an animation; it will no longer kick you out of the animation unless you move forward/back or use the mouse.[/]