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Wait, I see people on the forum say they e playing with the PC versions of the NWN expansions on the Mac! How is that possible?

April 26, 2017Expansions forum Mac nwn pc people playing versions wait

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Wait, I see people on the forum say they
e playing with the PC versions of the NWN expansions on the Mac! How is that possible?

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All the data files used by NWN and its expansions are cross-platform. That means that the same data files that work on the Windows version should work on Mac and Linux platforms. In addition, the same game application is used in Windows to run NWN and the expansions. Before the Mac versions of the expansions were available, some Mac users reported having successfully bought the Windows version of the expansions, installed the included data files and run the expansions using the Mac game application (using the Mac NWN Play CD). Neither BioWare nor MacSoft can provide support for users doing this. See also question 3.08 and 3.09. 3.07: I’ve seen people say on the forum that if I install the PC expansions, I should also install the patches for the Linux version; the install instructions for that version say I should delete everything in my “override” folder. Is that correct? No! The Mac version of NWN depends on certain files in the “override” folder not included in other versions, so tho