1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Neverwinter Nights 2 Forum News (Apr. 20, 06)

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Apr 21, 2006.

  1. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2002
    Messages:
    16,815
    Media:
    11
    Likes Received:
    58
    Gender:
    Male
    Remove all ads!
    Here are today's Neverwinter Nights 2 forum highlights, collected by NWVault. Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context. Bear in mind also that the posts presented here are copied as-is, and that any bad spelling and grammar does not get corrected on our end.

    Jason Keeney, Programmer

    Game engine uses FX model format?
    NWN2 uses our own proprietary model format.

    another height map question..
    This is still kind of unclear to me - but how 'far up' can you pull the terrain, until it disallows you to go any further? I'm still trying to understand if this works like Sim City, where you can use a mountain tool to pull the ground directly upwards into a very tall height.
    You'll be able to make very, very tall mountains.

    Things might start to look and behave a little wierd with really extreme height maps... but thats not the kind of thing we're going to stop you from doing. ;)

    J.E. Sawyer, NWN2 Lead Designer

    ATTN: PW people RE: module sizes: Part III
    What exactly about NWN2 exteriors, other than placeables, makes an area so big in file size.
    The walkmesh.

    Outdoor maps!
    I just had a random thought/question about the outdoor mini-map. Since it's not a true tileset, but rather a height map with placeables and water, I was wondering if the minimap would be rendered when someone came into an area?

    That way it always reflected how things really looked. Since it's a one-time thing, it could render everything in the area in a fraction of a second and no one would notice.
    I believe that the mini-map is generated when the module is saved, though non-static objects will show up (or disappear) on the mini-map as well.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jan 3, 2018
    chevalier, Apr 21, 2006
    #1
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.