World of Sanctuary (Diablo II: LoD)

[Legacy_StefanoD]

               

World of Sanctuary is a Neverwinter Nights module based on Blizzard's Diablo II: Lord of Destruction game made by Henk Blanken.

Henk shut down the server after 10 years it was released (back in 2004). When I asked why he told me: "Everything ends

eventually". And now I, Stefano, am here to give continuity to Henk's module and keep on making this awesome world

that WoS is grow and hopefully fulfill Henk's Legacy.

 

----- Henk's Description -----

 

World Of Sanctuary is a NeverWinter Nights PW or Persistent World. It is running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with constant

updates to both the world structure and scripting. It is a rich and vibrant world that you can get lost in and immerse yourself

fully into it. Our goal is to give you a world that you can truly loose yourself in and become part of the world itself and not just

seeing what's the next thing to kill is. We believe that when you play your character that you should be able to be that

character, leaving the outside world behind you and just being able to enjoy yourself. Isn't it one of the many reasons for

playing on a RP server? Our module is based on the Diablo II - Lord of Destruction game from Blizzard. This copy of Blizzard's

Diablo II contains Act I to V but the story goes on when Act V is finished and Baal is defeated. Our module tells the story from

the original Diablo game and beyond, after Act V the story continue's in six more Acts. We use players contributions and

existing stories that we found on the internet. Ever wondered how the story's leading to the Diablo III story ? This story begins

twenty years later after Baal is defeated and the Sanctuary was saved. We have a story made for you to fill in the gap between

the two original games. World of Sanctuary is build by Diablo fans for Diablo fans all over the world, to come to gather and have

fun, not only our community is playing on the Neverwinter Nights server but we play the real thing also on the battle.net servers

from Blizzard. So have a look around and join our community.

 

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Forum: http://worldofsanctuary.org/

 

---- TeamSpeak 3 ----

 

IP: wos.no-ip.info

 

Password: henkblanken

 

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Server Information

 

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IP : wos.no-ip.info

 

Port : 5121

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Requires CEP v2.6 and CP v1.71 (available for download)

Tutorial

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~400 Areas

~800 Custom Creatures

~2000 Custom Items

Legendary Level System

Persistent Bank and Storage System

And much more!

 

PS: The server/module is under constant update.

 

Images will be posted below.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_StefanoD]

               

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Hi! It looks nice. I just have a few questions about the server. Is it RP only, or can people just randomly adventure without the confines of rolling dice, coming up with banter and having to RP resting? What is the XP rate like? Is it playable from level 1-40? What is the server population like? Thanks in advance.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_StefanoD]

               

Q: Is it RP only?

A: No, you may choose the playstyle you feel most comfortable on.

 

Q: [...] Rolling dice, [...] banter and having to RP rest?

A: No, even though we encourage a bit of RP between players, the server is mostly Hack'n'Slash oriented. (The server doesn't have "RP stuff" in the module)

 

Q: What is the XP Rate?

A: 10% less XP than the Original NWN Campaign.

 

Q: Is it playable from level 1-40?

A: Yes, but pure spell casting (or spell casting dependant) builds will struggle in this server.

 

Q: What is the server population like?

A: Since I started hosting the server 1 week ago, the server isn't crowded (yet). The server vault has 15 different accounts (excluding mines for DM'ing, Playing and Testing).

 

PS: I'm rebalancing the server so spell casting (or spell casting dependant) builds will be more enjoyable to play.

PS²: If you want more information or detailed information about the server, just post it here or PM me.

PS³: Sorry for my bad english.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_nyndo]

               

This is an awesome world and i highly appreciate to see this pw come back.

I had so much fun in this world. I was very disappointed when i saw that this server does not exist anymore in 2014?.

 

Thank you so much to bring this world back to life. So let's play Diablo II in nwn again!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Q: Is it RP only?

A: No, you may choose the playstyle you feel most comfortable on.

 

Q: [...] Rolling dice, [...] banter and having to RP rest?

A: No, even though we encourage a bit of RP between players, the server is mostly Hack'n'Slash oriented. (The server doesn't have "RP stuff" in the module)

 

Q: What is the XP Rate?

A: 10% less XP than the Original NWN Campaign.

 

Q: Is it playable from level 1-40?

A: Yes, but pure spell casting (or spell casting dependant) builds will struggle in this server.

 

Q: What is the server population like?

A: Since I started hosting the server 1 week ago, the server isn't crowded (yet). The server vault has 15 different accounts (excluding mines for DM'ing, Playing and Testing).

 

PS: I'm rebalancing the server so spell casting (or spell casting dependant) builds will be more enjoyable to play.

PS²: If you want more information or detailed information about the server, just post it here or PM me.

PS³: Sorry for my bad english.

 

Thank you for replying! I'll have to check it out when I've decided to make the jump from 1.69 to 1.71

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

Thank you for replying! I'll have to check it out when I've decided to make the jump from 1.69 to 1.71

Actually as it looks, you dont need 1.71 to get into server. Server simply uses 1.71 but doesnt require it from players (judging on the fact that i was able to log in when I deleted patch170 and patch171 from my hak folder). Which they should clarify, I was confused about this as well.

 

Oh and btw I wasnt able to join on this no-ip domain you have there. The only way to log in was via Neverrun.

 

IP seems to be: 82.166.118.159:5121

 

Got few questions on this server.

 

1) How to earn money? All I found was unidentified, I havent found any gold, and to identify item costs 100gp. I started with 75 GP and around 10 items which I can sell for 1gp. I can sell all the unidentified items Ive found for 1gp as well, but that still wont give me 100, unless I go there again and loot some more sell items for 1gp to finally get 100 to identify something and then I will pray its sellable for more than 100. BUT I mustnt be heavily encumbered from the loot I get earlier till I died. This so far looks like badly thought out. And Decard Cain refuses to talk with me too.

 

2) what is this 0 monsterpoints when I kill a monster?

 

3) when I died I get a fear visual effect on me which did not wear off.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Li'l Rose]

               

Actually as it looks, you dont need 1.71 to get into server. Server simply uses 1.71 but doesnt require it from players (judging on the fact that i was able to log in when I deleted patch170 and patch171 from my hak folder). Which they should clarify, I was confused about this as well.

 

Oh and btw I wasnt able to join on this no-ip domain you have there. The only way to log in was via Neverrun.

 

IP seems to be: 82.166.118.159:5121[/size]

 

Got few questions on this server.

 

1) How to earn money? All I found was unidentified, I havent found any gold, and to identify item costs 100gp. I started with 75 GP and around 10 items which I can sell for 1gp. I can sell all the unidentified items Ive found for 1gp as well, but that still wont give me 100, unless I go there again and loot some more sell items for 1gp to finally get 100 to identify something and then I will pray its sellable for more than 100. BUT I mustnt be heavily encumbered from the loot I get earlier till I died. This so far looks like badly thought out. And Decard Cain refuses to talk with me too.

 

2) what is this 0 monsterpoints when I kill a monster?

 

3) when I died I get a fear visual effect on me which did not wear off.



I am just a player on this server, but I can answer some questions for you. First of all, there seem to be two servers named World of Sanctuary, and this thread is for the server hosted by Stefano. The no-ip domain address is the correct ip address, but Stefano is having hosting problems at the moment. However the server can be reached by a program named Evolve. I am told this is only temporary, until the hosting problems are resolved. I have been on the server, and have had fun playing it. It does require having cep 2.61, and the community patch 1.71. The server ip address you posted goes to the other server, which is why you were able to join without having the community patch installed.



Since the servers are similar, your points 1-3, still apply for Stefano's server.



1 - I did have trouble starting as well because of a lack of sellable loot. However there is a key locked chest in the first area with combat. Some of the creatures will drop a key for this chest, and there is a few thousand gold inside. I do agree that this is an annoying way to start, and can be fixed by increasing the starting gold. I was told that this was to match the Diablo playing experience.



2 - I found this comfusing as well, but I was told that this was for killing creatures of a low challenge rating.



3 - The fear visual effect is merely given to the character who has died the most times per reset. It will disappear when someone else has died more often. I am hoping to see this removed.



That is about all I can answer at the moment, and I hope it helps. You can learn more on the forum website.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

By evolve, do you mean this?

 

https://www.evolvehq...erwinter-nights

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Li'l Rose]

               Yeah, it is some kind of game joining service, something like Xfire was.

On Stefano's first post, there is a link to the World of Sanctuary forums. There you will find a link for Evolve. Once you have installed Evolve, and made an account, post your account name on the World of Sanctuary forum. Stefano will then invite you to the server, which you can join by logging into Evolve, running NWN, and selecting join lan game. If it sound confusing, there is a tutorial on the forum.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Yeah, it is some kind of game joining service, something like Xfire was.


On Stefano's first post, there is a link to the World of Sanctuary forums. There you will find a link for Evolve. Once you have installed Evolve, and made an account, post your account name on the World of Sanctuary forum. Stefano will then invite you to the server, which you can join by logging into Evolve, running NWN, and selecting join lan game. If it sound confusing, there is a tutorial on the forum.

 

all that because he can't get the direct connect IP address to broadcast ?

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

Oh now I see further.. he's chosen it to be on a VPN by design. That's quite a commitment for a new player to invest in, just to find out that the server might not be what they're looking for. In this day and age of NWN, it's over 13 years after the initial release and the remaining players are struggling to find a place to call their home. This kind of setup is a hindrance and an annoyance, and in my opinion, a whole lot to ask of a new player.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_StefanoD]

               

Actually as it looks, you dont need 1.71 to get into server. Server simply uses 1.71 but doesnt require it from players (judging on the fact that i was able to log in when I deleted patch170 and patch171 from my hak folder). Which they should clarify, I was confused about this as well.

 

Oh and btw I wasnt able to join on this no-ip domain you have there. The only way to log in was via Neverrun.

 

IP seems to be: 82.166.118.159:5121

 

Got few questions on this server.

 

1) How to earn money? All I found was unidentified, I havent found any gold, and to identify item costs 100gp. I started with 75 GP and around 10 items which I can sell for 1gp. I can sell all the unidentified items Ive found for 1gp as well, but that still wont give me 100, unless I go there again and loot some more sell items for 1gp to finally get 100 to identify something and then I will pray its sellable for more than 100. BUT I mustnt be heavily encumbered from the loot I get earlier till I died. This so far looks like badly thought out. And Decard Cain refuses to talk with me too.

 

2) what is this 0 monsterpoints when I kill a monster?

 

3) when I died I get a fear visual effect on me which did not wear off.

 

Answer 1: Money you get from treasure chests from around the maps. And you can spend your 100 to identify one item that costs 1k+ gold (all items will cost more than the identify price)

 

Answer 2: The server uses monsterpoints just for show, this is how it works: whenever you kill a monster the OnDeath script will calculate the enemy's CR/10 and the result will be the monster point. Since goblins, zombies, etc are pretty low level, you get 0 monster points. But monster points doesn't affect the gameplay at all. It's just for show.

 

Answer 3: Alot of people are making questions about this. So the fear effect means you're the player with most deaths in the server.

 

About the other server, it looks like someone just downloaded the .mod from neverwintervault and started hosting. It's basically a ghost module.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_StefanoD]

               

Oh and I forgot. Server is back again. You can log in using the "wos.no-ip.info:5121" again. Finally fixed my ISP problem.

 

PS: Thanks Rose, for helping me out.