So, after learning that my NWN "Gold" wouldn't play well with my friend's NWN EE, I bought the EE.

We were able to have him set up a server, and for us to play together (just the two of us). Worked well.

Then, my game crashed. When I went to log back in, I didn't get the prompt that a newer saved character was on the server -- it loaded my saved local character.

Which meant I was basically right back from the beginning -- all my leveling, items, equipment - all gone; but my character was inserted back into the same place where he got kicked out (just a lot less powerful) .

And, of course, because (in the game) we'd already visited areas, etc.; those chests, desks, etc. didn't have those items either -- they're just evaporated into the ether.

So - what are we doing wrong and how do we prevent this from happening again? Or, is this just a completely known issue (in which case, maybe we're better off NOT playing it multi-player ....)