Neverwinter Nights 2 Community Update
December 7, 2007

Hello again! For this update we will talk about some changes, a custom mod and some community works.

Monty is Assimilated!
Well, more like he has come to the Dark Side.

Monty Markland has come to work for Obsidian Entertainment. "Who is this Markland guy," you ask? He was the head of the Community Modding group Rogue Dao Studios - the makers of that great Purgatorio mod we have all been watching so closely. So, to ease your fears about this change, while we fit him for his cybernetic eye and re-designate him as 110 of 110, I held Monty at gunpoint to get him to write this little message to you all:


That really seems like his writing, right? Cool.

We welcome Monty to the hive and look forward to the food he brings us.

Harp & Chrysanthemum - A Custom Module by Maerduin

Harp & Chrysanthemum is a custom mod created by Maerduin. While you are reading his summary below, you can start downloading the mod here.




Community Works

Weapon Packs by MWMDragon

MWMDragon has created quite a few weapon packs and placed them on the vault. There are way to many packs to just focus on one, so I thought I would list a few of them.

Spears: Click Here
Warhammers: Click Here
Greataxes: Click Here
Handaxes: Click Here

He has much more than this on the vault. You should check it all out. You can find it all in the NWN2 Hack packs section.


Kaycei's Hair



Kaycei has created the first hairstyle in what is hoped to be a series. This hairstyle is only for human females so far, but requests for more races are wanted. You can download this hairstyle here, on Neverwinter Vault.


Deepsnow Prefab Area


SGK73 has brought us another prefab area. This time it is a deep snow set.

This prefab includes a pretty cool feature that makes it appear as if your character is walking in... you guessed it... deep snow. SGK73 has also included a script that will slow your movement speed in some areas. You can download this prefab from NWVault here.

Clearing the Air
We have been making some changes to the way we will be handling patches moving forward. While I can't give you full details yet, I will let you in on some of the changes: We will be working on a six week schedule for each patch, starting with 1.12. This is a tighter schedule and that means that the number of fixes and features included with each patch will be reduced when compared to the average patch in the past. This, however, does mean that you should be seeing patches more often and at a more predictable rate. We are setting our goals pretty high with this new plan. We will be attempting to address some pretty important, but very risky fixes and features as well.

As part of the new plan, I hope to make our patching process more transparent. I would like to tell you much earlier what we plan to work on in the patches and keep you much more up to date as to how the patches change as we go through each phase: from production, through testing and, finally, to release. I will start this process by posting our primary goals for each patch in this blog. These lists will not be complete lists of what we plan to address as we would still like to put a few surprises in and we will still be keeping exploits a secret so as not to make PW Admins' lives more difficult. The lists will start out pretty general in nature and, as we discuss each patch internally, the lists will become more refined as we add and remove fixes and features from the goals list. Eventually, I would like to be able to post a plan for up to three patches out, so you have a general idea of where things are heading.

So to start things off, here is a list of goals we have for the 1.12 patch:

Now, as I said, this list can change. We are feeling pretty confident about it now, but in game development there are always snags and issues that prevent some things. It is also important that you realize that this is not a promise of what will be fixed and when, but more of a list of goals that we hope to achieve. Some of the items on this list are so risky that they could bump some items to a later patch.

Also, just because you do not see the issue that is important to you in this list does not mean it has been forgotten. Chances are your issue is scheduled for a later patch.

Personally, I am pretty excited about the new changes. Hopefully you are too. We are currently scheduling the first patch to be released around February 11, but there are some things that may push this back a bit.


That brings this Community Update to a close. See you in two weeks (or sooner if there is something important to update).