Adventure Building Challenge

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               I give my underdark spider caves and the ravencast forest tileset free to use:)
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               I have no objection to any of my stuff (especially Map Mats, Micro Maps and Fun Doors) being used (if you would like too, I'm still a bit confused on this sponsoring thing) with the caveat that I have only made it compliant with CEP, so if there are any problems there I might be able to help but I make no guarantees.

TR
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_werelynx]

               @NWN baba yaga: Could you provide links? I can't find your caves:(

@Everyone: What will be the theme? Will There be any? Will it be announced 4th of Fabruary?

Edit: Can we(I mean I) make pregenerated character modules?
               
               

               

                     Modifié par werelynx, 25 janvier 2013 - 06:22 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Borrie BoBaka]

               I love this idea, and I certainly love trying to create something in a limited span of time. I've certainly endured harder projects in shorter amount of time, so this should be a fun challenge. I have little experience with making single player modules, especially one with a focus on story rather than multiplayer usability, but perhaps this will be a good learning experience to further broaden my understanding of NWN as a whole.

My big question however is, "Original content", as in, It should all be work created by the submitter, but can use pre-existing settings (i.e. Faerun setting, Lord of the Rings, etc), or everything including the setting needs to be created by the submitter?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_NWN_baba yaga]

               @werelynx
Here is a repost of my work . I never uploaded my own hak again to the vault but that here is almost the same.
http://nwvault.ign.c....Detail&id=7536

AND i sponsor all my creatures too. So feel free to be watched closely by baba yaga´s magic when you dont use them because baba yaga turns builders who dont use her stuff into little tasty frogs!!! '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par NWN_baba yaga, 25 janvier 2013 - 07:28 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               This is exciting. Your enthusiasm and generosity is infectious. I mean ... I'm already having fun and we haven't even started the challenge yet.

In response to Sponsored Content questions and submissions:
Prospective Sponsors please send the challenge organizer (me) an email. And we'll sort it out. If you have already PMd me don't sweat it. I've got you covered. 

Please make your Sponsorship known by February 1st so that if anything needs to be sorted over the weekend we can get to it. We will make public the final Sponsored Content list by February 4th on the Adventure Building Challenge Resources page on the Vault. This list will not be updated again after that until the next challenge.

Also Sponsored Content is not being submitted to be canibalized and stuck in a Module Specific HAK. I have conceived of Sponsored Content as a select list of HAKs that builders can opt to use in the challenge. In other words, the Sponsored Content does not count against the 12MB limit that is set for Module Specific content. If you want to build with Project Q then go for it. If you want to use the HAK from the Ancient Civilizations CCC, go for it. Your Module Specific HAK will enable you to coordinate these resources with custom 2DA merging and editing. 

werelynx wrote...
@Everyone: What will be the theme? Will There be any? Will it be announced 4th of Fabruary?

There will not be a theme for this first Challenge. Once the challenge is underway however I will launch a poll for the following month.

werelynx wrote...
Edit: Can we(I mean I) make pregenerated character modules?

Yes. That is one of the specific uses I envisioned the Module Specific Content being put to use. You can bundle a character file with your package.

Borrie BoBaka wrote...
My big question however is, "Original content", as in, It should all be work created by the submitter, but can use pre-existing settings (i.e. Faerun setting, Lord of the Rings, etc), or everything including the setting needs to be created by the submitter?

The idea is to release an original adventure. The setting need not be your own, but the adventure within it should be.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par henesua, 25 janvier 2013 - 11:49 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               I have a question. Will there be a list of approved tilesets? All the content confirmed so far, is a little light on them. If it is to be only stuff from contactable people then one of my favourite cc makers will be excluded (a certain plush hyena of doom fella) as he hasn't submitted anything for a few months now and he doesn't (apparently) frequent these boards.

Whatever is decided on this, might I make the suggestion that the very first challenge be limited to vanilla nwn 169 tilesets, just to get the ball rolling.

TR
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               Tarot Redhand, it is too early to panic.

Don't Panic!

The Sponsored Content list is unsettled until February 4th.

Plenty of time.

Aaaaaand thats not all.
Here is a survey of the tilesets currently available:
Project Q

• Marsh (TNO expansion)
• Canyon (TNO expansion)
• Market (TNO expansion)
• Cellar (TNI expansion)
• Ship Interior (TNI expansion)
• Castle (special to Q)
• Rural Interior (special to Q)
• DLA Sewers (special to Q?)
• Undercity (special to Q)
• and many many more improvements to existing tiles such as raise/lower for fort, castle etc....

CCC

• Worm's Underwater Tileset
• Zwerkules' Roman City TIleset
• Six's Abyssal Tilesets (Frozen and Weird)

Also in the CCC - but not yet available in a HAK format - is the Arabian Nights challenge which has Zwerkules' Arabian City Tileset. OR Zwerkules might offer this tileset for the challenge as he uploaded improvements to it separately. Who knows? The night is young.

Anything can happen.

And we've also been made tileset offers today by Sen as well as Baba Yaga which I haven't been able to act on just yet.

I think we are going to have many options come February 4th.

Now Tarot, or anybody else, if you have a specific maker, like the Plush Hyena of Doooom for example, who you'd like to come out and Sponsor the challenge, point them in our direction. Point them to this thread. Be polite, respectful, and gracious. Let them know that I am the one to contact should they wish to be a Sponsor or to learn more about the project.

Thats all you need do to make it happen.

But Please, Please, Please... (if Mr Brown will forgive me)
don't harass anybody.

The idea is to spread the word about our new challenge, and encourage participation. I'd rather you not go out like a press gang pushing innocent artists into sending me links that you want to see in our list.

But then, the Plush One is anything but innocent. Isn't he.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par henesua, 26 janvier 2013 - 01:14 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               Alas I don't have any contact details for PHOD. In fact, at a guess, the only person I can think of who might would be Rolo via his access to the vault gubbins. Oh, and I wasn't being "Corporal Jones" (Brit sitcom reference), just pointing out an apparent oversight.

TR
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_JediMindTrix]

               I fully intend to participate in this. That said, I have a few questions:

1) Are we allowed to use a 'sponsored' CCC's work in addition to our own 12mb custom hak

AND

2) Why only 12 mb? That's a little restrictive; filesizes have grown significantly (or so it seems to me) for the average custom content. Why not 25 or 50? I understand trying to keep the 'scope' within a certain limit, but you can easily use 50 mb of material and keep the scope small.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Borrie BoBaka]

               When it comes to NWN, you typically have to think like it's 2004, as I'm sure, quite a few NWN users have remained with NWN as they can still properly run it with outdated equipment, or prevalence of Dial-up modems.

Though to simplify why I believe the limit is 12mb, is so that players can quickly and easily download and install the module to play, without having to worry about a long time of downloading or taking too much space on a sparsely sized harddrive.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_JediMindTrix]

               Is 12mb being the '7z'pd (condensed) limit, rather then the extracted file size?
               
               

               

                     Modifié par NineCoronas2021, 26 janvier 2013 - 05:39 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               The 12mb limit only relates to Module Specific Content. There is no limit set on the amount of Sponsored Content you can use.

The 12mb figure however is the uncompressed size of Module Specific Content.

This essentially eliminates the custom HAK compilation, which is what I specifically wanted to avoid. Module Specific Content will however allow you to merge 2DAs for the Sponsored Content you are using.

For example let's say you wanted to use placeables from three different CCC HAKs. You would associate these 3 HAKs with your module and then create a placeable.2da file which you merge for those three HAKs. This custom 2DA goes in your module specific hak counting toward the12 mb limit. The CCC HAKs do not count against this limit.

Why set up a challenge this way?

I prefer that builders spend their time creating the adventure rather than assembling HAKs. We only get 1 month to create an adventure. As much time as possible should be spent working on it.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Sir Adril]

               I'm in! This gives me a great idea for a brief glimpse into the backstory of my fleshed out, pro-grade (I hope!) module. It gives me an opportunity to play with an idea that came into my head a couple nights ago but that doesn't fit into my main module too '>
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_henesua]

               Along with Project Q and the Custom Content Challenge,

***** SPONSOR UPDATE *****

ShaDoOoW
Senemenelas
Tarot Redhand
NWN Baba Yaga

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have stepped up to Sponsor our Adventure Building Challenge.

Due to their participation we've got some incredible assets to play with in February.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par henesua, 27 janvier 2013 - 09:00 .