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Welcome to the Layonara forums!

Layonara is so much more than a game. We started off as a tabletop Dungeons and Dragons campaign more than a decade ago. Since then we have developed into a fantasy world with as much compelling and engrossing detail as you will find anywhere.

Our current showcase is a Neverwinter Nights version of Layonara, where our world comes to life in a finely polished persistent world which you can play free of charge. These forums are set up to support and accentuate our player's experiences, but it goes far beyond that.

After years of passionate effort, our world is so well developed, so detailed, so refined that any of the handbooks, maps, historical accounts, legends, descriptions of artifacts, creature reports, character biographies, short stories, novels, movies and original art which populate these forums can surely serve as resources or inspiration for your own fantasy endeavors, whatever they may be. And our world is endlessly evolving, so resources are frequently added and updated.

There are also years of sage advice and commentary on role-playing, gaming and online community development stored in these forums. If camaraderie is what you seek, we offer that too. Our community is as active and supportive as you're likely to find on the internet. In short, these forums are a resource for you to use for whatever purpose or project brought you here.

We're confident that you will find what you are looking for, and likely, substantially more.

Please be our guest and browse around the forums which are available to you. As you do, keep in mind that you are sampling only a portion of what Layonara has to offer. Membership in our community is free, and allows you to establish a Layonara identity to pose your questions and share your thoughts on the forums. When you join you'll also be able to communicate privately to other members (PMs), establish and respond to polls, upload and download content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free. So please. join our community today!
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Old 04-05-06, 11:17 PM #1
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Hello I am new on here and i need some help, played all the NWN which was great, do u need to put the hak file in the NWN hak folder before i can even start playin? i just can't seem to find the link to where i can create my character either !!! HELP...............
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Old 04-05-06, 11:24 PM #2
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Ok first after you DL the files needed to play there should be instructions.
.hak files go in hak,.tlk go in Talk,etc.
Go here to submit a character: http://layonaraonline.com/forums/for...iew.asp?fid=47.

If I missed anything a DM will add that in a post.

By the way Welcome.
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Old 04-05-06, 11:25 PM #3
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first of all welcome to Layonara

You need to download all the files from here: http://nwn.layonara.com/Downloads

Hak goes into Hak folder and Tlk into Tlk Folder

Then you write your character bio and submit it here: http://www.layonaraonline.com/forums...iew.asp?fid=47
This also contains a lot of info regarding how submissions should be made.

When that is approved you can log into the game servers and be prepared to a lot of fun.

Hope this helps
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Old 04-05-06, 11:26 PM #4
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Hello and welcome.

First of all... yes you should put all of the haks in the /hak folder and all of the .tlk files into the /tlk folder.

Secondly, you create a character in the forums. You log in and visit the sub-forum of character submissions. I suggest you read all of the stickied topics and for ideas of a character, even read the handboox which is available for download in the downloads section. Then once you are aware of all the rules and have a character bio ready, you may post it in the Submission sub-forum and wait until you get approved.

Once that is done, you're as good as a layonarian.

//wow 3 almost identical posts in 2 minutes... we sure are helpful
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Old 04-05-06, 11:33 PM #5
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Its great to see how fast people can get help around here. Its amazing this is all run by volunteers. Most businesses don't have this quick response in customer service.
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We breath this place.heh its after 4 am and Im up.
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Hey there thanx for the info...........i have downloaded the hak file and stuff.and when i try and open the file , it says i need to open it from somwhere..........but where !!! *pulls hair out* is the file already zipped?
sorry guys........told u i was a newbie,lol
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The files are in rar format, use a program like WinRAR to extract the files. Then places the extracted files in your folders.
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Old 04-06-06, 03:19 AM #9
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Hmmm after you downlaod the files you need to unzip them if you havnt...Theres a nifty gram here called zip genius that unzips most files. Dowload it free at www.zipgenius.com .....when you use the program it will unzip them automatically if you click on open when download prcess is finished. just click on extract files....then choose a destination. You will want to put them inside you NWN directory folder which is ussually located in your hardrive under program files or wherever you put it of course. Like stated above Tlk goes in tlk folder....haks in your hak folder. The mdl head files go in override folder. A easy way to do this is look at the last three letters of the file. and then look in all your folders to see if the last three of the other files are the same...If they are you will knwo you can throw them in there. Now this dosnt work with everything lol. This is a way a explained it to a freind and he caught on pretty fast so hope it helps.
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Old 04-06-06, 03:44 AM #10
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The link to download WinRAR is this:

http://nwn.layonara.com/downloads/tools/wrar290.exe

Once you download that, you should be able to unzip any file that you download from the website.
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okay then.........i think i have the jist of it, i will go and try it now.
no wonder it didn't work i don't have any winrar progs. *feels silly*
thanx guys.........u are SO helpful. *goes to fathom it all out*
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Hey, no problem, everyone's a newbie at some point
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O if you need layonara_v13.rar its not in layonara_allhaks.rar its not on the download page
So you have to hack the site to get it with

http://nwn.layonara.com/downloads/fi...yonara_v13.rar

Sorry but its true

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Hello and welcome.
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You got that right! I was one 2.5 years ago.
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You got that right! I was one 2.5 years ago.
And your still struggling
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You got that right! I was one 2.5 years ago.
And your still struggling
So true!
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*chuckles* ive been here about a year now i think and im still learning new things about the world ....
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NEXUS7 - 4/6/2006 3:58 PM O if you need layonara_v13.rar its not in layonara_allhaks.rar its not on the download page So you have to hack the site to get it with http://nwn.layonara.com/downloads/fi...yonara_v13.rar Sorry but its true
Seems pretty evident where to get it on my end. It is on the Downloads page... Custom Talk Table

The following TLK file will be needed for playing in the world. You need this file even if you have downloaded the Bundle listed above. <ul>[*]Layonara v13 (198.09 KBytes, 2006-03-05 16:47:06) <ul>[*]You will need to place this file in your nwn\tlk Folder. Some systems may not have a tlk Folder, if you do not just create a New Folder in your nwn Folder called tlk and place the extracted file into the Folder you just created. [/list][/list]No you don't need to "hack" the site...
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