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24, 2002 - Site News |
Subsection
Updates ->
Community
I have done
a bit of cleaning up in the About
Us subsection, retiring a few inactive members in the process. The
only new addition is Veldrin who has been a great supplier of Icewind
Dale II forum news, and I hope he will remain so in the future. You can
read his short bio on the page to find out more about him.
Subsection
Updates -> Fantasy
Books
Not much
new here in terms of actual book additions, but there is a whole bunch
of new sample chapters you can download and read. Check out both pages
of the Forgotten Realms
and Dragonlance Books
subsections and the Miscellaneous
Books subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate 2
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection, Simpson's Complete BG2 & ToB Walkthrough
has been updated. He has also updated his Class FAQ and AD&D rules
FAQ. All can be found on the same page.
Four of the
Editors, Hacks &
Custom Characters subsections have new additions in them.
In Subsection
#1 you can download an updated version of the AI uScript.
In Subsection
#2, the Stuff of the Magi custom items package has been updated, and Baronius'
New Summoning Spells were added.
In Subsection
#5, 10 new fantasy portraits have been added.
In Subsection
#7, a link to a new mod called Travelers in Time: Tortured Souls has been
added.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind
Dale
2
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection you can get the latest version of our downloadable
walkthrough
(now up to Chapter 3), and check out our online solution with maps, screenshots
etc. (up to Chapter 1) as well. I've also listed another walkthrough that
has popped up on the web.
On the same
page you can now also find complete and very detailed lists of skills
and feats as they appear in the game, and a new 3rd Edition D&D FAQ.
In the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection you can download a brand
new Jinsc soundset, which is pretty funny.
A whole slew
of crunchy new content has been added to the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection. There are two spells lists (downloadable
and online), a FAQ listing cleric domain spell restrictions, two downloadable
item lists, a quest XP and dialogue skill list and a downloadable list
of cheats.
Subsection
Updates - Games -> Neverwinter Nights
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection two partial walkthroughs have been added and
the excellent reference guide has been updated.
Two cleric
guides have been added to the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection, and they're both worth reading if you
(would) like to play this class. You can also find the updated version
of my monsters list there.
Four new
additions/updates can be found in the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection. First is the newest version
of the excellent hack which unlocks the camera view, the second are spell
bugfixes, the third is a remote admin tool and the last one a set of new
portraits.
Two new modules
have been added to the Modules
subsection. The first is named Hork: Of Adventures In Your Head Obscura,
and the second one is named Lamentations Part 1: Sisters of Mercy.
As usual,
all of the Toolset
& Related subsections have been updated.
In Subsection
#1 you can find a new tutorial dubbed "NWN Pieces Parts Modeling
Tutorial".
In Subsection
#2, nine new tilesets have been added.
In Subsection
#3 I've started adding actual scripts. There are nine cool ones to start
with, most notably ALFA's full subrace system.
Subsection
#4 has been split in two now, so all that remains here are items. There
are six new ones here for you to check out.
Subsection
#5, which now contains only creatures & models, has 20 (!) new additions.
Finally,
in Subsection #6 you can get 11 new placeables/prefabs and four other
various items.
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September
6, 2002 - Site News
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Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind Dale
There's only
one update for this game, the Heart of Winter spells guide in the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Planescape: Torment
Better late
than never, we have a brand new quest happening in the Buried Village
that you can play, kudos to Platter. Get it from the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate 2
Likewise
in the Tips, Tricks
& Hints subsection, we have two new additions. These are a short
guide to dual classing and an extensive spreadsheet of all SoA spells
with detailed info and where to find them.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind
Dale
2
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection you can get the latest version of our downloadable
walkthrough, which now covers the whole Prologue and Chapter 1. Also updated
on the same page is the Info Compilation (page 2), where outdated druid
shapeshifting info has been corrected.
A trainer
has been added to the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection. It only deals with skills,
feats, spells and abilities however.
Three new
additions can be found in the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection. The first is the obligatory list of
cheats and how to activate them, the second a link to the technical FAQ
for problems & solutions, and the final item is a cool list of non-spoiling
play tips that all new players would do well to read.
The final
update is in the Screenshots
subsection, where you can see about 15 new screenshots.
Subsection
Updates - Games -> Neverwinter Nights
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection, only the Reference Guide has been updated.
Four items
have been updated in the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection. In order of appearance: the Rogue Guide,
Playable Monster Skin & Portrait Guide, NWN Feats list and NWN Skills
list.
Seven new
additions have been made to the Editors,
Hacks & Tweaks subsection: a hack that allows you to pick all
voice sets on character creation, Leto, a Wild Shape hack, a henchman
replacement pack, an interface colour hack, a 1st edition D&D XP system
and the Hak Pack Updater.
All five
of the Toolset &
Related subsections have been updated again.
In Subsection
#1 you can find two new tutorials. One goes into detail to explain how
the official campaign was put together, and the other shows you how to
add custom wave files to your modules.
In Subsection
#2, over a dozen new tilesets have been added.
In Subsection
#3, a list of all NWN script functions (split into two parts) has been
added.
In Subsection
#4, a whole slew of new items and creatures has been added. Pick from
Armor of Trades, all arrow types, IceTitan's Items, Energy Blades and
Claws.
Of the creatures
you can get Healing Butterflies, Elder Magma Elemental and Elder Ice Elemental,
Customizable Skeletons, Twig Blight, Jungle Spider, Shambling Mound, Kobold,
New Models Pack, Chromatic Dragons Pack, Beholder and finished Dracolich.
In Subsection
#5, a number of interesting additions have been made. Check out two painting
placeables, a hobbit hole model, a big NPC portrait pack, a pre-made monsters
vs. monster arena, ObsidianSS scaler/skinner program, NWN Area Loadscreen
Kit, Module Builder's Henchman Kit, the BESIE random encounter system,
Imp's Multiple Henchmen Demo, Keyword Conversation System, Item Portraits,
Module Design Tool and a link to NWVault's Prefabs section.
Last is the
Miscellanea subsection
where we've archived the two cool wallpapers that have been submitted
to SP, and added a NWN mIRC multiplayer launcher.
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August
20, 2002 - Site News
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Helping
Support Sorcerer's Place
It's been
a while since my last call for help, and since there were only a couple
donations in the last two months, this might be a good time to put out
a reminder how you can help Sorcerer's Place. I have made an exhaustive
list of all the ways each and every one of you can help support Sorcerer's
Place in one way or another. The link to this support page can be found
below the PayPal button on the left side of every page of Sorcerer's Place.
I hope you will take the time to read through it and see if you are willing
to do something to help.
My thanks
go to all who have donated to SP in the past, or bought anything through
the links on Sorcerer's Place. If it weren't for you folks to help me
cover the monthly costs, SP probably wouldn't be around any more.
Subsection
Updates -> Fantasy
Books
R. A. Salvatore's
Sea of Swords is now available in paperback, so grab it from our Forgotten
Realms Books subsection if you've been holding back on the hard cover.
You can also grab some new sample chapters from the same subsection, namely
for "The Thousand Orcs" and "Hand of Fire".
Other new
sample chapters are "The Lioness" on page
2 of our Dragonlance Books subsection and "The Living Dead"
and "Oath of Nerull" in Miscellaneous
Books subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate 2
An updated
version of the BG2 & ToB walkthrough has been added to the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection. Among other improvements, it now also covers
the Solaufein and Ascension mods.
Another new
addition can be found in Subsection #2 of the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection, namely Rastor's Item Pack.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind
Dale
2
Amazon is
now shipping the strategy guides for the game, so order one from our Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection if you're interested.
Additionally,
almost 30 new screenshots have been added to our Screenshots
subsection, pages 4 and 5.
Subsection
Updates - Games -> Neverwinter Nights
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection you can find two updates. The first is the
NWN Official Campaign Guide, and the second the NWN Reference Guide.
In the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection you'll find 4 new character guides (Ranger,
Rogue, Wizard, and Monk), a guide that shows you how you can select a
monster skin and portrait and play the game that way, a guide on making
custom soundsets, another one on making NPC portraits and finally a link
to BioWare's guide on re-skinning the NWUpdater.
In the Editors,
Hacks & Tweaks subsection you can download a bunch of cool new
stuff. Probably the most interesting is the Camera Angle Hack which allows
you to unlock the camera view in the game. Other new additions are the
DialogTLK editor, Hakedit, ITP Tools, NWN Tileset Duplicator, MP3toBMU,
Modganizer and NDubyaConfig.
All five
of the Toolset &
Related subsections have also been updated.
In Subsection
#1 you can find 4 new tutorials. (Re-skinning Creatures, Creating Your
Own Creatures, Adding NWN Chess to a Module and Creating Metallic NPCs.)
In Subsection
#2 you can find 10 new tilesets. (Check the page for details.)
In Subsection
#3 you can can download the latest version of NWN Lexicon, and two helpful
new scripting additions, NWN Special Effects Descriptions and BrainFrameNWN.
In Subsection
#4 you can download 5 new item packs and 2 new creature packs.
In Subsection
#5 you can download 100 new outdoor placeables, animal masks, and a listing
of NWN resources.
The last
set of updates has been made in the Modules
subsection. Here you can check out 5 new BioWare modules and 2 new
fan-submitted ones.
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August
2, 2002 - Site News
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Subsection
Updates -> Fantasy
Books
Terry Pratchett's
upcoming Discworld novel Night Watch is now available for pre-order in
our Terry Pratchett
Books subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate 2
In the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection you can download a brand new (very thorough)
NPC guide put together by Sirdan.
Two subsections
of the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection have also been updated.
In Subsection
#2 you can download a complete Irenicus character package, so you can
now play your favourite villain yourself. Additionally, you can download
a pack of new items dubbed Stuff of the Magi.
In Subsection
#7 you can find links to two new mods, namely The Ritual Mod and Spell-50
Mod.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind
Dale
2
Not much
news here, except for 4 new screenshots which you can view in the Screenshots
subsection, page 4.
Subsection
Updates - Games -> Neverwinter Nights
Starting
with the Walkthroughs &
Guides subsection, you can download 3 updated walkthroughs and a very
useful new reference guide.
A bunch of
new additions have been made to the Editors,
Hacks & Tweaks subsection. A money trainer, epic difficulty hack,
samurai character class, a soundset file editor, a large fonts package
and Crosbie's NWN portraits are all new.
Due to already
massive amounts of toolset resources which only seem to be multiplying
every day, I've split the Toolset
& Related subsection into 5 more subsections.
In Subsection
#1 you can find a new guide on creating a hidden wall door.
In Subsection
#2 you can find 6 new tilesets.
In Subsection
#3 you can find new scripting tutorials, a downloadable version of the
excellent NWN Lexicon and a link to NWVault's scripts library.
In Subsection
#4 you can find a huge pack of helmets, armors, a cloaks mod and BioWare's
dice bag item.
In Subsection
#5 you can find links to the huge download lists of NWVault that cover
modules, hakpacks and textures.
Switching
over to the Modules
subsection where you can find two new BioWare modules, two fan-submitted
modules and a link to NWVault's gargantuan module listing.
Last is the
Miscellaneous subsection.
Here you can download a pretty good Neverwinter font and a new NWN TV
commercial in case you missed it.
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July
21, 2002 - Site News
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Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate
The online
version of Librarius Ex Balduran turned into a dead link, so I have replaced
it with a downloadable version. Get in the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate 2
Not much
new stuff here, except for the "Improved Illyich" mod, which
has been added to subsection #7 of the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind
Dale
2
Our recent
preview of Icewind Dale 2 has been added to the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection, along with an extensive look at the 5 pre-made
parties that will ship with the game.
In the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection, the Official FAQ has been updated with
the latest info. The only notable changes are in the system requirements.
Subsection
Updates - Games -> Neverwinter Nights
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection you can download the latest versions of three
walkthroughs, and I've also added a link to an online one.
Four new
additions have been made in the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection. One is a character guide for playing
monks, the next is a general compilation of character tips, the third
is a link to Windows dedicated server instructions and the last is a nice
guide to creating & importing custom portraits.
The Editors,
Hacks & Tweaks subsection has two new additions. Check out the
mod that allows you to play with multiple henchmen, and the latest version
of NWN Viewer.
In the Toolset
& Related subsection you will find a nifty guide which shows you
how to create a hidden trap door. Lower on the page you can also find
an amazing searchable resource of all (!) official campaign scripts, and
a huge and helpful scripting guide.
Moving on
the the Modules
subsection, where you can find a link to the latest Blackstone mod,
The Curse of Anubis.
The last
new addition for today can be found in the Miscellanea
subsection. It is a scan of the Neverwinter Nights paper map which
I'm sure many will find useful.
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July
12, 2002 - Site News
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Subsection
Updates -> Fantasy
Books
Even more
new additions here with this update. In the Robert
Jordan Books subsection, his 10th book in the Wheel of Time series
is now available for pre-order. In the Forgotten
Realms Books subsection, 5 new books have been added, along with more
sample chapters. The new books are: The Thousand Orcs, Insurrection, Hand
of Fire, The Sorcerer and Sands of the Soul.
In the Dragonlance
Books subsection you can also find some new books, namely: Divine
Hammer, Dragon Isles and Masters of Dragonlance Art. Last two new additions
have been made in the Miscellaneous
Books subsection; Oath of Nerull and City of Fire.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Baldur's
Gate 2
An interesting
text has been added to the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection. It is a well-argumented document describing
why sorcerers are the most powerful characters in BG2, and why Berserker/Clerics
are among the best dual class characters. The only other addition has
been made in the Editors,
Hacks & Custom Characters subsection #5, where a portrait of Melissan
was added.
Subsection
Updates -
Games ->
Icewind
Dale
2
A rather
small update here as well. In the Info Compilation in the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection you can read about a funny item that didn't
make it into the game, and see 3 new screenshots in the Screenshots
subsection.
Subsection
Updates - Games -> Neverwinter Nights
In the Walkthroughs
& Guides subsection you can download the latest versions of three
walkthroughs.
In the Tips,
Tricks & Hints subsection, 3 new additions have been made. Check
out the Armour Types page, a listing of NWN console commands and an article
on how to be a DM.
A bunch of
new stuff can be found in the Editors,
Hacks & Tweaks subsection as well. Check out the Universal Improved
Henchman Battle AI, Henchman Inventory & Buffing Control System, HardCore
Ruleset, The DM's Helper and NWN TLK Editor.
On the same
page you can also download two portrait packs. The one I extracted contains
13 NPC portraits you normally can't choose to play with (Aribeth, Desther
etc.), and the other one is a submitted pack of 5 various portraits.
Moving to
the Toolset &
Related subsection. Here you can find a tutorial on how to make your
own pack animal, two new tilesets and an updated one, a bunch of new versions
of the core scripting doc, an updated version of the NWN Script Reference
(and another similar pdf) and NWN commonly asked scripting questions.
Last but
not least is the Modules
subsection. Here you can now download the three pre-order bonus modules
BioWare created, one new fan-made one, and a utility module which enables
you to browse through all available spell effects and see them in action.
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