"Jefferson" Project Forum News

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(Originally posted by Veldrin)

Here are today's "Jefferson" project forum highlights. Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context.

J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer

The Sky: The engine can show sky if we choose to do so. It will be rare that we choose to do so. Our levels are optimized for our "typical" viewing angle (between 38.5 degrees above the horizon to straight down). But yes, we have put skyboxes in our levels and whipped around like they were little Quake maps.

Quote: Why do people since Baldur's Gate say this. Hey, if you control the character it is NOT an NPC, it is a PC. Terms like CNPCs I don't think are right either.

Cohorts are classified as NPCs played like PCs (under player control). The fact is that CNPCs in Jefferson are under player control as long as they trust the Protagonist, which is even less leeway than what is given to D&D cohorts. The player doesn't make them, the player has to deal with their pre-made attitudes and biases, and the player can potentially alienate them to the point of abandonment or hostility. Those factors are all outside of the player's control.

I wasn't suggesting that Jefferson's CNPCs were "superior" to D&D cohorts. I was responding to the claim that "CNPC" is an incorrect term because the player can control them. Players can control cohorts, but cohorts are still NPCs.

 

(Originally posted by Capt. Tripps)

So is he saying that the NPC's in Jefferson are going to be like the one's from the BG series? We will be able to tell them where to go, when and who to attack? There's no link to the forum this came from so I can't tell if I'm taking this out of context.