Neverwinter Nights Forum Update
Posted Saturday, October 19, 2002 - 11:46 CEST by Z-Layrex

David Gaider, Designer

Cloaks/Robes:

A few things:

1) The 'man in tights' in the KotOR screenshots is just a temporary player model. You are jumping to conclusions if you assume this is how you will appear throughout the entire game or if you assume there will not be robes or other types of clothing. As far as I am aware, there has been no information released either way.

2) We have always said that robes and cloaks were possible in NWN but that it would take a lot of time and effort to make it look good. We chose to spend that time elsewhere in the initial release of the game. That time and effort could be spent doing that in the future, if it was deemed worthwhile enough, but would also take an expansion team (and could not be issued in a patch, as some suggest).

3) If you think that adding skirts, cloaks and robes into the game, along with other things such as visible gloves, boots, hats and other accessories is a simple matter, you are incorrect. It is also incorrect to suggest that anything less than our best effort would be acceptable should any of these things be implemented in the future. We are well aware of how popular such customization options would be... but we also have to factor in the amount of work vs. its actual impact on the game as well as the graphical processing intensity of these additions and the workload increase on server speeds.

If we're going to do it, it would have to be quality work, be a significant addition with sufficient options and not be something that only high-end users with cable modems would actually find useable. Beyond that, it's just a matter of fitting it into a project schedule somewhere. Hope that makes it clear.