Neverwinter Nights

[General Ludd]

I've got a dwarf fighter by the name of Barnur Starkokse, now. I've only explored Noobe's Garden and a skeleton cave (nasty dolls!) and talked to some rangers. Seems like a nice place...

[Dis]

Originally posted by General Ludd



If the worlds are made to be compatible, it's possible isn't it? I know that was the idea behind ALFA, where they have a dozen or so servers all running different areas. Maybe it didn't work out for that, though...

I don't see why not. That was the theory when the game came out.

But first of all you would need cooperation between the people who run the worlds. Many people wouldn't want to let characters in from different worlds because they might be too powerful, or have too many powerful magic items.

Also special modded items that aren't in the standard game (like in folderal) might post problems. But you think this would be alleviated with the CEP. Maybe a few things wouldn't work.

Supposedly all you needed was a regular portal. but instead of commanding it to take you to another area, you commanded it to take you to another IP address. Thats what I heard when the game came out anyways.

[Dis]

Originally posted by DrSpike
I have more questions.

I'm still trying to get my head around the whole thing. I have too many games on my list at the moment, but if I get around to this before WoW comes out I'll buy whatever I need (hopefully just HotU) and give it a whirl.

So from what I've read here (and correct any wrong bits Jamski) a persistent world is a large user made module with tonnes of quests like in the SP game. The world is maintained by some owners and extra content is added by some people like Jamski.

Stuff (bad guys, loot) respawns at regular intervals. Does this mean you can't do certain quests until the boss character you need to kill for your quest (say) respawns? And I don't really get the references to resetting the module. If all the stuff respawns why is this necessary? Also to follow up is the answer to those 2 questions the same as in other MMORPGs?

Also I peeked at gamespy today. It list PW as one option, but there are lots of other servers. Are these SP modules that you play with other people?

yes some of those things on the gamespy are just regular modules (not persistant worlds). Sometimes you see people playing the original campaign. You should see that listed on there sometimes. It can be difficult to just randomly join in a regular module. If they are further along than you, you may not be able to catch up. Many of those are password protected and closed groups.

to play these types of games, there was a great site I used. I'm not sure if it is as active as it used to be though. http://www.neverwinterconnections.com/. I've played some great modules with some good people. They actually role played. It's much better than randomly joining some games. There's a rating system to rate the players in several categories as well. I've played pools of radiance, and a few other good modules on with other guys. Even a DM'd module.

[MattH]

Man, what a toss-up: Finish survey template or play NWN. Hmmmm... (I'm going online now )

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by Jamski
eventually it gets messy. We have a crappy server too, which needs to be rebooted every few days (at the moment its WAY overdue and lagging to hell, 'cos the server monkey is a lazy arse)

At the moment, the server has been down for over 24 hours and I'd say the server monkey is a REALLY lazy arse.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Arnelos


At the moment, the server has been down for over 24 hours and I'd say the server monkey is a REALLY lazy arse.

I was playing on it this morning, and when I looked a couple hours ago it was still online.

[MattH]

Well, I would be on right now, but 2 things have kept me away.
1) The game crashed 5 times. With about 50% of todays games this wouldn't be a problem, but the little s***s who coded this did something wrong and a freeze = screen lock, a.k.a you can't ctrl-alt-del or alt-tab. So there went 15 min of hard reboots.
2) I spent the next 90 min tryng to troubleshoot my network. For some reason my network at work (20+/- computers) continues to run smoothly but I can't get the house under control. BAH!

/end angry Matt

In other news, I'm trying again now!

[edit: I thought there was a censor here...]

[DrSpike]

Did you have to edit in the censorship yourself?

[Jamski]

At the moment, the server has been down for over 24 hours and I'd say the server monkey is a REALLY lazy arse.

When you posted that I'd just finished a 10 hour session 'cos it really WAS bedtime

You might want to try again.

-Jam

[Arnelos]

Originally posted by Jamski

At the moment, the server has been down for over 24 hours and I'd say the server monkey is a REALLY lazy arse.

When you posted that I'd just finished a 10 hour session 'cos it really WAS bedtime

You might want to try again.

-Jam

I *still* don't see the server. Did it move???

[MattH]

I had trouble finding it too. Copy the ip address and port from jam's post (above) and paste it into the multiplayer direct connect box. Hit enter. There is no password.

[MattH]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Did you have to edit in the censorship yourself?

Yes.

[Jamski]

Oh, I have it on my "favorites", since the server moves from Social to Roleplay on a semi-regular basis, and then I can always find it.

-Jam

[MattH]

Originally posted by Jamski
Oh, I have it on my "favorites", since the server moves from Social to Roleplay on a semi-regular basis, and then I can always find it.

-Jam

Do some potions have level requirements? I was cursed yesterday and a player helped my out by giving me some restoring potion. My lvl 2 gnome couldn't use it and there was a debate over wether it was a bug or level restriction.

[DrSpike]

Can you cure a curse with a restoration potion? I though the potion only came in the lesser form. A remove curse scroll would definitely work.