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I have a question which has been asked over on the NWN2 boards several times and never answered. Hopefully I will have better luck here. In the Module Properties window there is an Expansion Flag variable. What should the number be for just MotB? Just SoZ? Both? Neither? An answer would be greatly appreciated.

This is a good point. Hamas rockets killing Israeli civilians barely makes the news. Israel responds and the world laments.

So, let me get this straight Kill. You are claiming the actions in Iraq and Afghanistan were pointless? Should we have done nothing after 9-11 then? There is a historical precedent for that. After the first attempt to bring down the WTC in 1993 Clinton did nothing. After the Khobar towers were bombed in 1995 Clinton did nothing. Two US embassies in Africa were bombed leading to large loss of life and Clinton did nothing. The US Air force barracks were bombed and Clinton did nothing. The USS Cole was bombed and Clinton did nothing. Each attack was progressively bolder because they saw how weak our leaders were. Finally 9-11. And no you say we should have done nothing then? Nice to see you place so little value in the blood of your countrymen. I imagine you would have done nothing after Pearl Harbor was well. If people like you were running the country we would have suffered how many 9-11s by now? Three? Five? Dozens? Which one would have stirred up you ire? If Clinton had been man enough to go after them after 1993 or any other of the nine major attacks he did nothing about maybe 9-11 would never have happened. Now after two wars, most of Al-Qeada are either dead or in prison (you know those nice people you want to set free) and Iran is militarily surrounded by US controlled Iraq, Afghanistan, and US allies Turkey, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan. A lot better than doing nothing I would say. Oh, and in case you failed to notice (or perhaps you hate your country and countrymen enough to account it a bad thing) once we put away Clinton's white flags and started fighting there have been no more terrorist attacks against us.

Thanks. I have a good feeling about this one. I think it will be less pay but much greater stability. It's a government job.

Actually this is only true of custom content like added textures and creatures or animations. Some such as Rogue Daos lip flappers add a lot of immersion for just a few lines of code. On thing I've found is that if you are going to use several haks it makes sense to merge them into one. It seems to prevent a TON of trouble and is so much easier to do now with the ERF editor.

Received a call for a job interview. Not a head hunter or a contract job this time. Hopefully this will be a better opportunity than the last two have been. The first one I told no because of onerous contract conditions, the second was OK but they insisted I start right away and obviously, I can't. I am getting a little nervous as the end gets closer.

Absolutely false on it's face. The US had nothing at all to do with the Baathist revolution. If the US could be blamed for anything at all it would be arming Iraq when they were fighting Iran. And that was done because Iran was being armed by the USSR. It's a damn shame that war ever ended. If it continued on hot and heavy for another twenty or so years we would never have needed to worry about either country.

Hmmm. All of the regular Afghan Taliban fighters were repatriated in 2006-2007. That means what's left in Gitmo are Al-Qaeda through and through. Everyone left was captured either in the commission of a terrorist act or in training for one. They have been indoctrinated with the absolute worst kind of anti-western hatred imaginable. Doesn't sound like the kind of people I'd want living next to me. Unless they are just trading Gitmo for Australian Parisians. It did not sound that way to me. Good luck with that guys.

This kind of attention to detail is so important in my opinion. And so lacking in even the professional games (refer to my comments about Tanari'i and Baatezu fighting side by side in NWN2). I've always hated seeing creatures that are frankly out of place or acting out of character so to speak. Like you pointed out, random encounters just to fill space do not make good game play.

No the romances are strictly there to spice it up. Although it does add a little poignancy to the story particularly for the female PC option. However, both of the romance options will at the very least become close friends with the PC because of the nature of their relationship and their shared cause and danger. That much at least is required by the plot.

Children of Winter. The first 38 minutes are now playable!

If you have been following the project blog you know there are two planned romance options. I'm curious, do you guys believe they add any value to the story or is it a distraction most players skip. The reason I ask is they are a hell of a lot a trouble to write and get working properly. Do you guys believe they are worth the effort?

Another thought I had. Now that full party creation has been implemented it would be nice to see a team put together to re-create all of the old P&P modules. It has been done by various builders with mixed results but a team of 2-3 builders dedicated to just that would be very popular I think.

Some useful links for builders: NWN Lexicon Forgotten Realms Wiki Misc Lore and Errata Cheap Soft Copies of Old Source Material FR Chronology Free JPEG Map of Faerun Free downloads of old sourcebooks and material.

Aristes, just to give you a little character insight, Killian did not have a good experience in the Navy. I think that colors his view on this subject as much as his natural knee-jerk cynicisim.

Just a thought on module setting. Depending on they story you want to tell in your mod you can use any setting and no one would be more appropriate than any other. For example Tig, you were thinking of a a low magic isolated world (sort of a medevial setting). You can park such a place anywhere in FR and it is still appropriate. All the setting would do for you is provide a template for what the local enviorment might be like (desert, forest whatever) and provide an easy explanation about all the FR specific races and classes that will be running around. The nice thing about modding is that we unlike the developers have no obligation to maintain canon. Now that game changes a little in my mod because the premise for the main plot is created by the lore and source material. The biggest advantage for me in using an established setting is it takes some of the work off your hands if you want it to. If you want to set a module in a known city you can look up that city and find a map, a list of NPCs, backstory, etc right there waiting for you. You don't need to expend brain cells on thinking it up. However, if that is part of the process you enjoy the creating you own is the way to go. Heck, creating a mod is tough enough. I just like to have some thing laid out for me to just pick up and use.

Of course. I'm fair to middle in my scripting ability. I'd also like extend the same offer to join us at FRW if the Forgotten Realms is your kind of thing.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It is indeed, and this time I'm just going with "FR Derivative", so that I (and the player) can assume FRness, except for specific points in which it differs. I think that's the best way for me - I have no talent with art assets either so I can just use stock NWN2 stuff, but I don't have to read up on lore. I'm thinking I need to wait until my copy of SOZ gets here, which might be a while. Playing a couple of recent Hall of Fame mods to see what's out there. Christmas is pretty much over for me now, had a decent day with lots of people. No fancy stuff. I think my one gift is a kettle. If there is anything I can do to help you, please let me know. I've had some practice with the toolset and I feel pretty comfortable with it now.

It's a contract job from Tek Systems. They will not tell me who the client is before screening but a little digging around has convinced me it's Clear Channel Communications. The job requires expertise in FCC licensing procedures and requirements. Boring stuff. It's not a a permanent solution nor is it likely to lead to one but its a pay check until something better presents itself.

After some thought I decided my Christmas dinner will be a lightly grilled Yellowfin steak, 2 lobster tails (spiny lobster), conch salad with tangerine slices and sauteed zuchinni, tomatos, and mushrooms. You can take me out of Florida but I guess you can't take Florida out of me!

Good for you Tig! If you are interested in the FR setting you might want to check this out: http://www.forgottenrealmsweave.org/wiki/tiki-index.php Techinal and moral support and possible collaboration if thats what you want. I'm neck deep in building one myself.

My final word on the subject: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSnNHUaNR_8

I was at Pohang for Valiant Blitz 1990 and Team Spirit 1991. During Team Spirit I had to drive a hummer over to the AFB near Taegu to get a part for our Radar over at North Ramp. Sounds like I missed you by two years.

I only buy for my parents and my brother and his family. This year I just used Amazon, got everything on one site and had it shipped to their houses already gift wrapped. My mother has been asking me to go down to Florida and spend Christmas there but it's just such a tremendous pain having to board some of the dogs over a holiday. Plus I have a job interview lined up on the 29th. For the dogs I just ordered toys from Fosters catalog and I'll hit Three Dog Bakery tomorrow morning. For me I bought Storm of Zehir.