Modebar and Other UI Glitches

[Daimondheart]

Someone sent me a PM for help fixing an issue with their mode bar while they were playing. For certain resolutions (typically custom), NWN2 derps up on positioning things properly for the UI and it can be a pain if it's something that can't be moved around. I'm going to copy paste my response. This fix should work for any part of the UI.

Go into My Documents, then your Neverwinter Nights 2 folder, then to the UI folder, and then into default. Open up the guisettings in notepad (or a similar program), and do a search for "modebar". It should drop you down to an entry in the file that looks like this:

xpos-1366=1197
ypos-768=636
xpos-960=801
ypos-600=497

This is a list of all the resolutions you've played the game in so far and the corresponding coordinate entries for the mode bar. It sounds like the ypos for one of your resolutions is half of what it should be. You just need to increase this to a more suitable value so it's in the bottom corner. Remember that higher means lower on your screen.

Now if you'd rather not guess and get a precise coordinate, you can use a fraction equation.

Y1/Y2 = Y3/Y4

Just plug in the values for one of the correct y coordinates for a resolution with the one you're trying to fix. Let's say your using 960X600 like me. So the equation would look like:

636/768 (Correct Y value for my 1366X768) = Y/600

Now just solve for Y by cross multiplying.

636 * 600 = 768Y
381600 = 768Y

Now divide.

381600/768 = Y
496.875 or 497 rounded up

I hope this helps!

[wangxiuming]

Thanks for the tutorial! Does this mean I can finally move my mode bar to somewhere that won't keep overlapping with my party list?

[Daimondheart]

Yes. You can actually position it anywhere on screen if you like. Just bear in mind what other UI objects it might collide with and plan accordingly. Using the guisettings, you can rearrange everything.

[Farmboy2003]

I'm just gonna post here instead of replying to your PM

THANKS A LOT! Right now I'm playing the game with a 13.3" screen, and the more stuff I can cram in the bottom of my screen the better.

I haven't tried it yet, I'm rather scared off by the math involved, but I'm good at hit'n'miss. That equation is lost on me, I'm afraid.

It's weird, I always play in 1280x800, and that's not a custom resolution. But I did mess around with nwn2 on Linux and that require a lot of resolution changes, all over before it fixes. These things are not tied to ones CD key are they?

[Daimondheart]

I'm afraid not. It's all dependent on whatever is in that file -unless- the developers in a PW make their own GUI. Pretty much all PWs do this, hence why we're able to access things like the bio editor. Typically PWs just add onto the default gui, but I've played on another one that did a complete overhaul. Was kind of nice though they made the text field too transparent and reading became a real pain.

I honestly don't know why this glitch happens. I can only guess it's some kind of error that can crop up whenever you use a new resolution and, in my case, typically when it's a custom resolution I've created.