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Neverwinter Nights Community Update March 28, 2008 Well, it seems I can't get to this blog in any sort of timely manner. Working on the patches has taken up much more of my time than I anticipated. Because of this, I am going to offer community members the opportunity to send in articles for the Blog. Your articles can be about anything NWN2-related. If there is a bit of Custom Content you like, a persistent world you are excited about, a module that seems fun and interesting, or anything else, and would like to share information about it with the rest of the community, just send the write up to me here via PM. If you would like to include screenshots or pictures, let me know and I will send you an e-mail address to send them to. Today's Update will cover a bit of the 1.13 patch, the MoW authentication delays, some community creations and the NWN2 Area Design Contest. 1.13 Patch Sneak Peek While we are still nailing down the 1.13 patch - the MoW Security work makes this difficult - I thought I would just give you a sneak peek at some of the fixes already planned for the 1.13 patch:
As always, items in the patch are subject to change as need and time dictates. I should be posting a more detailed list in the next couple weeks. We will be doing something a little different and making the lists and the progress updates available in different languages. Mysteries of Westgate Security System There has been a lot of craziness surrounding the MoW Adventure Pack release regarding the online authentication system that is being worked on. To help clear things up a bit, Keehwan Her from Atari has posted the following news in the Neverwinter Nights 2 Forum QUOTE Hi everyone, My name is Keehwan Her and I am the Atari producer for Mysteries of Westgate (MoW) among other D&D products. Most of you know that the release of Mysteries of Westgate has been delayed because of ongoing development of a new security system. Near the end of MoW’s development last year, we realized that the traditional protection of the .exe file would not work with it so we scrambled to find a reliable commercial method that would do the job. At the time, there was no solution that met our requirements. That is why, since the end of 2007, Atari has been working hard to develop a new security system that can be used not just for MoW but for all Atari products that need protection for data files without using the traditional route of wrapping the .exe file. Unfortunately, developing this system has taken longer than we anticipated and MoW’s release has suffered as a result, because it is the first product that will use this new system. Atari has been working closely with Obsidian and Ossian to try to integrate the new system with NWN2 and MoW specifically. Although we wanted the security modifications to go out with Update 1.12, it simply was not ready in time so we unfortunately had no choice but to push it into Update 1.13. I realize that many of you are anxious to get your hands on Mysteries of Westgate, and I know from firsthand experience that it is a fantastic adventure. MoW has been ready to ship for a while now and we are close to finalizing the new security system that will ensure that it has its proper day in the sun. In the meantime, we are working hard to keep cool information about the game coming. Thank you, -Keehwan We are now busily working on the 1.13 patch. There are issues with the authentication system that Atari is working on that may cause a delay of the patch - hopefully not too long. Community Works Unicorn Model by Daronas  Daronas has put together a quick unicorn model based on the NWN2 horses. Full instructions on bringing this model into your module and to download the files can be found on the Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault. Hooked on Pirates?  Johnny Ree, of BouncyRock Entertainment, has created a great set of pirate hook hands you can equip to every race and gender of character. You can find the mod here on the Vault. Hak Compilations If you have ever wondered if many of the individual hak packs have been combined, the answer is yes. Just follow this link to the Combined Hakpaks page on the Vault. Neverwinter Nights 2 Area Design Contest We are almost at the end of the contest (deadline is midnight, March 31, 2008 Pacific Time). There have been some great entries so I thought I would show some of them off today:  Water Baron's Castle, by Chaos_Theocrat  Drow Cave, by botmys  Yamato, by SDJ With that, we come to the end of another Community Update. I encourage everyone to submit articles and/or ideas for articles to me via PM on these forums. If we can do that, then these updates will become more regular and more frequent. Happy Gaming -Rob
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Mar 28 2008, 09:33 AM
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