Neverwinter Nights: EE - Wheel of Time

[thecapulet]

So I'm not sure how many have heard, but Beamdog (ran by the guy who originally lead the nwn dev team)announced an enhanced edition for NWN.
store.steampowered.com/app/704450/Neverwinter_Nights_Enhanced_Edition/
www.beamdog.com/products/neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition


This server has been dead, without even forum activity in quite some time. So I decided to start work on a revival of the Third Age mod for NWN:EE.

The beauty of that is that I can stick to my original vision of having all areas with confirmed open permission for external release.


I haven't actually decided on a lot of the details yet, but so far, it looks like starting around the fall of the Stone of Tear looks like the best place to start the timeline. I'll leave that for a future discussion on it though, as I'm most interested in getting all the rebuilt areas hammered out.

Another important principal from The Third Age that I'm sticking to is keeping the module hak free, so that anyone can join. The nice thing about this is that Beamdog is soon opening up our capabilities so we can include stuff like custom classes, feats, spells, etc. They've even already opened up the scripting commands I needed to make a dreamwalking talent a reality IG, for instance.

I haven't quite figured out what the domain name will be, or what the exact name of the server itself will be. But I'll keep you guys updated here.
In the mean time, I've opened up a discord chat server that I'll later integrate into a website to function as a forum. I haven't worked on any of the roles or permissions, so you can see every group discussion atm. Hopefully I can get that tidied up soon.

Discord Link: discord.gg/T3fFcn5


With that said, until I get this done, I've been hosting the old Third Age module on NWN:EE. If someone wants the 1.69 BtP module/playervault to host, hit me up on steam or discord.
steamcommunity.com/id/TheCapulet/


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[mantis3]

Thanks for doing this! I know you don't want to rush your build, but I think it would go along way towards server population if you could time release with the actual release of the game.

Also, you mentioned that you're hosting 3A on NWN:EE right now, is there a pre-release version of the game playable already?

[thecapulet]

Yep, you can buy it now from beamdog's website and get early access until release.

I plan on releasing a week before the game goes live. Realistically, it won't be anywhere close to the scale of the original 3A initially, but each area is being built from the ground up so the quality and size of every area has dramatically increased. It will, however, have all the major plot areas required to get things moving along at full steam.

I'm really looking forward to showing off some more work. Keep an eye on the discord, and I'll get a website up asap (domain is going to be TheThirdAge.net)

[Dreamchild]

Keep us posted on your progress, I very much like to check it out, see if I can lure a few friends into giving it a go.

Also let me know if you want me to update this site with an IP for the new server, web address and so on. I would also send out an e-mail with the information.

[thecapulet]

I need a forum admin!!! If you're interested, hit me up on discord asap.