Hey. I just bought NWN platinum edition, just wondering if there is some kind of walkthrough/guide telling you how to use the toolset?

Not really. It's pretty much try and fail.

SP NWN section has a few good guides (IIRC) and Neverwinter Vault (http://nwvault.ign.com) has much more.

There are plenty of guides for it on SP. Check http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/NWN/index_toolset1.php and http://www.sorcerers.net/Games/NWN/index_toolset1_1.php

Went through them. They answered the basics. I still believe that you need a damn degree in CS to understand the fun stuff.

I tried to do a bit and if you find it to be a spectacular waste of time to do so without having a high level of knowledge in the tools before starting.

Of those who can actually spit out decent adventures I wonder how many are professionally or will be professionally geared towards working in information technology...'cos it sure ain't for all of us.

You are right, my friend. Spectacular waste of time. :)

I tried to make a mod, a long time ago, when the game just got out.

I had to spend months in front of the toolset, just making areas the way i wanted them.

Then I realized that my skills in programming was not enough to save my mods, all of them filled with errors and they certainly didn't look the way I had imagined.
I wanted some details that were just too hard to do, without having at least ONE degree in CS

So, Terthe, what i was trying to say:

Don't mess with Aurora unless you have real programming skills... :(

I don't have any real programming skills, and I self-taught myself.

It's actually not as hard as it seems. Once you understand how the variables work, most things fall into place. Okay, cutscenes are evil, and I still don't really understand the whole "include" thing properly, but by reading the comments on each function in the script editor it's not hard to make a proper module.

The reason I haven't made one is because I have too many ideas... I half-make one then have a "brilliant idea" and start a new one...

Does anyone know if you can edit and play around with the actual levels/maps in the game?

So you can try editing biowares maps first to get an idea of what to do...

Yes, you can... the official modules become unlocked for editing once you play through them, but there's a way to unlock them directly too.

I have a problem, and although this isn't exactly the perfect thread for this, I was hoping someone here would be able to answer it. I am currently writing some new spells to integrate NWN with the Garth Nix Sabriel series. Anyway, I'm writing some new spells, but can't work out where I designate the damage applied. I think it's hiding somewhere in the ImpactScript, but I'm not exactly sure. Can anyone help? :confused: