chevalier
Mon, 28th Aug '06, 9:35am
Here are today's Neverwinter Nights 2 forum highlights, collected by NWVault (http://nwvault.ign.com). 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.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer</font>
Will there be an option on one handed weapons(Katana) to swing them with 2 hands. (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494317&post=4283423&forum=95&highlight=)
Yes. If you equip a weapon that is the same size category as your size (e.g. longsword for a human), you will automatically wield it two-handed unless something is in your off hand or if the weapon is light (rapier).
More:<hr />I doubt you'll be able to equip bastard swords at all, one-handed or two-handed, without exotic weapon proficiency.<hr />Correct. Bastard swords are one-handed exotic weapons. In NWN2, you cannot equip a bastard sword at all unless you have exotic weapon proficiency.
Games Convention: presentation of NWN 2 (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494343&post=4284084&forum=95&highlight=)
The combat fidgets were not in the build Chris took to Leipzig. Shift-clicking for movement will always make the character walk instead of run.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">Patrick K Mills, Production Tester</font>
Is anyone going to PAX in Washington this weekend to see NWN2 (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494204&post=4282677&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />2. I want to know about Bard Inspiration stacking. Bard inspirations are new for NWN 2 and therefore, I haven't a clue of how they are implemented or what type of stacking rules they follow. Can 10 bards, all level 20, get together and regenerate 60 hit points per round with Inspire Regeneration?
Follow-up question: If these same 10 bards all sing Ironskin Chant will each PC ignore 50/- (fifty) for 4 rounds or will they ignore only 5/- (five) ? Basically, will Ironskin Chant stack or not?<hr />Bard inspirations of the same type should not stack. Thinking about it, it won't be possible for me to get it so that only the highest level inspiration is applied, but it is something I'll put on my to-do and maybe hit in a patch, assuming I'm still in charge of this later.
Inspirations of different types will stack on top of one another, so a party of all bards will buff the crap out of each other.
More:<hr />I tinted dragons when I was at GenCon. Let's just say you cannot take a red dragon and turn it into a white dragon. Some creatures do tint quite a bit, but not dragons -- at least with the build of the toolset I was using.<hr />In the toolset it might not be possible to make a convincing white dragon. But with photshop nothing is impossible. T Ray once made a purple dragon while showing me how to use the model viewer.
Golem Creation *spoilers within* (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494281&post=4282939&forum=95&highlight=)
Maaaayyyybe.
Facial Emotes (and NWN2 is shaping up great) (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494128&post=4282946&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />There are certainly facial expressions that can be chosen during a dialog. The only catch, as I understand it, is that it clashes with the lip synching animation. It may be possible to work around the issue, but we currently don't know much about it.
It took me forever to find the right image, but take a look here:
Click Here (http://gallery.usticke.org/v/gaming/gcnwn2/CIMG3709.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2)
I see amused, angry, annoyed, depressed, frown, nervous, scared, and more.<hr />Mr. Miller is right, we have the animations, but they clash with the lipsincing so we don't employ them. Some of them look great, some of them need, uh... polish.
I'd not get too excited about facial animations right now. Maybe in an expansion.
Ive lost all hope of winning: The Nightwalker is in! :( (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494296&post=4283362&forum=95&highlight=)
What's wrong with the nighwalker? You get pumped to level 20, might as well have some monsters that can provide a challenge.
Golem Creation *spoilers within* (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494281&post=4283368&forum=95&highlight=)
You guys do realize that you are spoiling the crap out of yourselves, right?
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer</font>
Will there be an option on one handed weapons(Katana) to swing them with 2 hands. (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494317&post=4283423&forum=95&highlight=)
Yes. If you equip a weapon that is the same size category as your size (e.g. longsword for a human), you will automatically wield it two-handed unless something is in your off hand or if the weapon is light (rapier).
More:<hr />I doubt you'll be able to equip bastard swords at all, one-handed or two-handed, without exotic weapon proficiency.<hr />Correct. Bastard swords are one-handed exotic weapons. In NWN2, you cannot equip a bastard sword at all unless you have exotic weapon proficiency.
Games Convention: presentation of NWN 2 (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494343&post=4284084&forum=95&highlight=)
The combat fidgets were not in the build Chris took to Leipzig. Shift-clicking for movement will always make the character walk instead of run.
<font size="3" face="Verdana, Arial" color="#cc6600">Patrick K Mills, Production Tester</font>
Is anyone going to PAX in Washington this weekend to see NWN2 (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494204&post=4282677&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />2. I want to know about Bard Inspiration stacking. Bard inspirations are new for NWN 2 and therefore, I haven't a clue of how they are implemented or what type of stacking rules they follow. Can 10 bards, all level 20, get together and regenerate 60 hit points per round with Inspire Regeneration?
Follow-up question: If these same 10 bards all sing Ironskin Chant will each PC ignore 50/- (fifty) for 4 rounds or will they ignore only 5/- (five) ? Basically, will Ironskin Chant stack or not?<hr />Bard inspirations of the same type should not stack. Thinking about it, it won't be possible for me to get it so that only the highest level inspiration is applied, but it is something I'll put on my to-do and maybe hit in a patch, assuming I'm still in charge of this later.
Inspirations of different types will stack on top of one another, so a party of all bards will buff the crap out of each other.
More:<hr />I tinted dragons when I was at GenCon. Let's just say you cannot take a red dragon and turn it into a white dragon. Some creatures do tint quite a bit, but not dragons -- at least with the build of the toolset I was using.<hr />In the toolset it might not be possible to make a convincing white dragon. But with photshop nothing is impossible. T Ray once made a purple dragon while showing me how to use the model viewer.
Golem Creation *spoilers within* (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494281&post=4282939&forum=95&highlight=)
Maaaayyyybe.
Facial Emotes (and NWN2 is shaping up great) (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494128&post=4282946&forum=95&highlight=)
<hr />There are certainly facial expressions that can be chosen during a dialog. The only catch, as I understand it, is that it clashes with the lip synching animation. It may be possible to work around the issue, but we currently don't know much about it.
It took me forever to find the right image, but take a look here:
Click Here (http://gallery.usticke.org/v/gaming/gcnwn2/CIMG3709.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=2)
I see amused, angry, annoyed, depressed, frown, nervous, scared, and more.<hr />Mr. Miller is right, we have the animations, but they clash with the lipsincing so we don't employ them. Some of them look great, some of them need, uh... polish.
I'd not get too excited about facial animations right now. Maybe in an expansion.
Ive lost all hope of winning: The Nightwalker is in! :( (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494296&post=4283362&forum=95&highlight=)
What's wrong with the nighwalker? You get pumped to level 20, might as well have some monsters that can provide a challenge.
Golem Creation *spoilers within* (http://nwn2forums.bioware.com//forums/viewpost.html?topic=494281&post=4283368&forum=95&highlight=)
You guys do realize that you are spoiling the crap out of yourselves, right?