Neverwinter Nights Forum News
Posted Saturday, January 18, 2003 - 16:14 CET by Veldrin

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

Derek French, Assistant Producer

Mac and Linux Questions: Quote: Is the expansion going to be compatiable with the Macintosh version?

I am not eactly sure what this question is asking because there are actually a few questions here. Will XP1 and XP2 be coming to the Mac? That question can only be answered by MacSoft, and I expect they will have that question answered in the coming weeks. Will a Mac XP1 client be able to connect to a non-Mac XP1 server? Actually, it has nothing to do with the server. The Module controls whether the clients will require XP1 or XP2 to connect.

Is the game data cross-platform?
Yes.

Quote: Will the modules developed by the expansion toolset be able to be read by the Mac and Linux version of the game?

Yes, if you have the required expansion pack installed.

Quote: Or will the expansion update the game so much that the NWN community will be split between expansion and non-expansion gamers?

Modules control who can join the server. If its a module with XP1 resources, the only clients (Win/Mac/Linux) with XP1 installed can play on that module running on that server.

Quote: To date, neither Mac users nor Linux users have been able to get a straight answer from Bio as to the compatibility of the expansion and the non-windows versions of the game.

We have always said that the game data is cross-platform. The only requirement for a client to play on a server is for the client to have the same resources as what the module requires. If its an XP1 module, the the client, regardless of OS, will need to have XP1 installed.

Linux Bink: Sorry for the confusion about Linux Bink. Linux Bink doesn't exist. That original update that was posted was actually the incorrect one and we changed and re-posted it after an hour. But in that time, Google had already grabbed and archived it, so there it not much we can do about that.

Tom Ohle, Communications Assistant

SoU Screenshots: I did unlock the camera angle to take those screenshots. And, as someone mentioned, there's a possibility that the camera will be unlocked in the future using console commands. As a quick question: What exactly did you guys like in the shots? Seems the Formians were a hit. But what else?

I just chose to have these shots portray more of a desolate desert, and to focus on the characters and some of the tileset features. Future shots will be more dressed up.

As with NWN before its release, everything needs to go through the Hasbro/WotC/Infogrames approvals process. I'm working on new shots as we speak, so I'd say it'll be at least a couple weeks before the next batch goes out. There should be a handful of new shots appearing today, though--still of that same scene, but from different angles with different things going on.

Robin Mayne, BioWare Webmaster

Feats: Just to avoid further confusion - there are more than 2 feats in Shadows of Undrendtide.