Neverwinter Nights Forum News
Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2004 - 21:33 CET by chevalier

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. 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.

Georg Zoeller, Designer

Module design: Our stance is pretty clear on this - the individual module designer, server operator, DM is completely in charge of balancing his own realm. Computer Roleplaying Games today are often played in a variety of ways, some people actually role play, other's love to powergame, some just like to *** about the game or the rules. So, whatever restrictions we would try to impose, they would at some point collide with the vision an a modulebuilder has about his world. There is a simple solution to your problem, play on ServerVault games. LocalVault was meant for those who play with a small group of trusted friends, they will never offer the level of balance/protection that the operator of a ServerVault can give you. So, please don't call for regulation from Bioware, we have no interest do do that. What we do, and continue to do in the future is fixing exploits or bugs, but we won't balance LocalVault games for you.

Dispel Magic:

Quote: That's great news, Georg! Is there any word on whether or not Dispell will now correctly remove "Continual Flame" from an item when directly cast on it (as per the description of the spell)?

No, it doesn't and that's intentional. Dispel Magic in NWN will never delete permanent item properties.

HotU writers: Yes, your observation is correct, the third chapter was written by a different writer than the first and the second one. To a certain degree the different style is certainly intentional, chapter 3 was supposed to feel very different from the rest of the game, after all, it's a special place...

NWN Copies: There is not a problem with having the game installed on your windows and linux pc. I have my game installed on my notebook and my destop. The key is that you are not allowed to use both installations to play at the same time, because then you will need a second key.

Rob Bartel, Co Lead Designer

Digital Distribution: Unfortunately, there isn't much that can be done right now. All of the contracts are in the pipeline and it looks to be just a matter of time. We're currently waiting to get some internal approval on a preliminary budget but that, too, looks to be just a matter of time. I suppose one thing you could do is write letters or emails to your favorite gaming mags and news sites, telling them what you know about our DD Project and letting them know that you want to hear more about it. E3 is coming up in May, after all, and hopefully we'll be in a position to talk more freely about it at that point.