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As most everyone knows by now, the Neverwinter Nights Master Server is down due to the old Bioware NWN forums being hacked several weeks ago. While it sounds as though Bioware will eventually get it back up and running, whenever it is down we run the risk of unscrupulous people spoofing legitimate player accounts and being able to actually login and use another individuals PCs. Plus, this huge security risk is one we will have to eventually address some day when Bioware shuts down the Master Server for good (if they haven’t already and just haven’t officially told us yet...)
Therefore, effective as of this post, the following security measures are in place.
1. From now CD Keys will be associated with Player Account names. By default, the first CD Key you login with will automatically be associated to your player account name. So if you only have one copy of NWN, or one CD Key, you will notice nothing different.
2. But for those of you with multiple copies of NWN, or multiple CD Keys, you will need to associate your extra keys to your player account name. There will be a limit of 7 CD Keys that you can associate with one Player Account.
3. To associate extra CD Keys to your account, you will need to be logged in with any character and then type the command: !addkey
4. Once you have typed in that command, you will be prompted to logout, switch CD Keys, and then login under your same account name. This will complete the new CD Key association.
If you happen to login to the server under an account that has already logged in at some point before, but you are using a CD Key not associated to that account, you will be immediately booted from the server. In addition, our DMs will receive notification so they may be able to help tell you what’s going on if you can login with a different account. More importantly though, the same thing will occur if someone else tries to login using your account since their CD Key will not be associated to your player account name. So if you ever end up getting immediately booted from the server and you have multiple CD Keys, double-check that you are using a CD Key which you have previously associated to your Player Account!
I do expect that in the future, once we have CD Keys associated to player accounts, people may end up getting new copies of NWN or otherwise be unable to login using (one of) their already associated CD Key which is necessary to add new CD Keys to the account. If this happens you will need to send me a PM or e-mail.
I understand this may be a pain for those of you with multiple keys. But this is a common security measure being taken by many other NWN servers as well/already and one that is needed to ensure your accounts and characters do not get hijacked by hackers or griefers.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please post here or send me a PM.
Therefore, effective as of this post, the following security measures are in place.
1. From now CD Keys will be associated with Player Account names. By default, the first CD Key you login with will automatically be associated to your player account name. So if you only have one copy of NWN, or one CD Key, you will notice nothing different.
2. But for those of you with multiple copies of NWN, or multiple CD Keys, you will need to associate your extra keys to your player account name. There will be a limit of 7 CD Keys that you can associate with one Player Account.
3. To associate extra CD Keys to your account, you will need to be logged in with any character and then type the command: !addkey
4. Once you have typed in that command, you will be prompted to logout, switch CD Keys, and then login under your same account name. This will complete the new CD Key association.
If you happen to login to the server under an account that has already logged in at some point before, but you are using a CD Key not associated to that account, you will be immediately booted from the server. In addition, our DMs will receive notification so they may be able to help tell you what’s going on if you can login with a different account. More importantly though, the same thing will occur if someone else tries to login using your account since their CD Key will not be associated to your player account name. So if you ever end up getting immediately booted from the server and you have multiple CD Keys, double-check that you are using a CD Key which you have previously associated to your Player Account!
I do expect that in the future, once we have CD Keys associated to player accounts, people may end up getting new copies of NWN or otherwise be unable to login using (one of) their already associated CD Key which is necessary to add new CD Keys to the account. If this happens you will need to send me a PM or e-mail.
I understand this may be a pain for those of you with multiple keys. But this is a common security measure being taken by many other NWN servers as well/already and one that is needed to ensure your accounts and characters do not get hijacked by hackers or griefers.
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please post here or send me a PM.