[Hellstrom]

Found these tips while browsing other some other NWN forums last night.

1. Get rid of the NWN multiplayer server delay:
In your windows/system32/drivers/etc folder there is a file called hosts. Open that file with notepad and right at the bottom of the document put these lines of text, exactly as written, on separate lines:

0.0.0.0 nwmaster.bioware.com
0.0.0.0 nwn.master.gamespy.com

Should work for Windows 7/ XP, probably Vista too. If you're not logged in as Administrator you may need to run Notepad as Administrator to be able to save your changes.

I tried this myself last night, worked like a charm for me. Basically, it's just telling your computer that when any program is looking for either of those URLs to use a blank IP address. That will fail instantly rather than the roughly 30 second timeout otherwise.

2. Disabling all NWN intro Movies
You don't want to have to click seven times every time NWN starts up in order to get to the Main Menu?

Edit your nwn.ini file. Under [Display Options], add the following line:
Disable Intro Movies=1

I haven't tried this one yet, but will soon.

[WingsOfStardust]

C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\nwmain.exe +connect 65.101.102.74:5121

Basically, putting: +connect 65.101.102.74:5121
Into a shortcut on your desktop (Or anywhere really) will severely cut down on the time it takes to get into Thay :)

That's picking a short-cut (Right click and you'll see where it's targeted), directing it to nwnmain.exe (If it's not already) and adding the +connect and IP.

EDIT:
If the server shuts down in any way while playing though such a shortcut, the game process will be terminated, in other words: The game will shut down.

[Animayhem]

C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\nwmain.exe +connect 65.101.102.74:5121

Basically, putting: +connect 65.101.102.74:5121
Into a shortcut on your desktop (Or anywhere really) will severely cut down on the time it takes to get into Thay :)

That's picking a short-cut (Right click and you'll see where it's targeted), directing it to nwnmain.exe (If it's not already) and adding the +connect and IP.

EDIT:
If the server shuts down in any way while playing though such a shortcut, the game process will be terminated, in other words: The game will shut down.

This works very well. However once you exit you exit out totally of Gamespy so if you wish to go to anther pw you have to log in via gamespy.