Where to get Modules now?

[Legacy_Dwayne]

               

Any news? It seems like I was right but I hope it is restored.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Berliad]

               

akinlait just produced a massive list of all the NWN1 modules from the summer 2013 scrape, with links to their info page and location on the rolovault FTP server.

http://neverwinterva...ll-modules-nwn1

Bookmark it!

 

All of that is static, of course, so you can't post comments/votes.  But an important chunk of these modules are already migrated...with more moving over every day.

 

It's all there!  Honestly, at this point, I hope the IGN Vault does not return.  The community at the new Vault is alive and well, and the site is in the hands of the community.  We do need to get the voting system nailed down and create better top module lists (by download, by number of votes, by score).  But everything else is working really well.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Proleric]

               +1


There's a perfect opportunity now for everyone here to contribute to the discussion on the new vault about how it can be made even slicker. Those with Drupal skills can help to implement those ideas, too. Yes, the old vault was slick, but it's gone. We just need to switch mindset from consumer (don't like = won't use) to producer (don't like = fix it).
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Verilazic]

               

It's farther down my todo list at the moment, but I want to come up with a way to store clothing parts in a database individually with an easy to use interface for visually selecting each individual part and wrapping them up in a hakpak.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Laamaa]

               

Still kind of disappointed that the old vault isn't back.. On the brighter side, the mods I was searching for are now also available on the new one '> So **** you ign o.o

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Urk]

               

Big Wig Game Publisher: So we've been thinking... The vault has been keeping a lot of old games alive by radically increasing their replayability. 

IGN Editor: YEAH!

Big Wig Game Publisher: So we were thinking... time spent playing old games is time not being spent buying and playing new games.

IGN Editor: Yeah?

Big Wig Game Publisher: So we were thinking... Maybe you could shut down the vault?

IGN Editor: Yeah. 

Big Wig Game Publisher: Good boy. Did I mention we are going to have advance copies of Halo 5 and Witcher 3 in next years comic con press packet? 

IGN Editor: YEAH!


 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MrZork]

               

Nice one. That had me laughing, Urk. :-)

 

You should be careful, though. This is the Internet, and for every person who sees your post as lighthearted humor, there will be someone who actually believes that the Vault is disappearing because of some sinister, backroom conspiracy between IGN and a mustache-twirling Big Gaming® executive. MUHAHAHA! Sad but true. There are people who will really believe that the giant gaming companies are very threatened by our downloading mods for our decade-plus old game.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Dwayne]

               

I guess there is no doubt that IGN lied and the old vault is gone and will not be back. Good thing we have the new vault. I will have nothing to do with IGN in the future. I would have been ok with the vault being closed with notice but to close it with no notice and to then lie about it is inexcusible.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_brothschild]

               

Nice one. That had me laughing, Urk. :-)

 

You should be careful, though. This is the Internet, and for every person who sees your post as lighthearted humor, there will be someone who actually believes that the Vault is disappearing because of some sinister, backroom conspiracy between IGN and a mustache-twirling Big Gaming® executive. MUHAHAHA! Sad but true. There are people who will really believe that the giant gaming companies are very threatened by our downloading mods for our decade-plus old game.

 

Yah, conspinkeys are just figments in the minds of overimaginative nutters, right?   

 

Greed + OCD = behavior that is extremely irrational. Just sayin'.

 

 

Anyway, 'tis a blessing that some old diehards were around to save the day. Thank you very, very much!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_AndarianTD]

               

Preface: I'm posting this mainly for informational purposes, and not to take bets on whether anything will actually come of it. I also strongly support the New Neverwinter Vault, for reasons too numerous to name. But I also think it would be valuable for other reasons if IGN's Neverwinter Vault were to return, not the least of which would be the restoration of the comment and review history on so many modules and other works -- which is otherwise now lost forever.

 

That's one of the reasons why I've been "poking" IGN's management every few months on whether the IGN Vault -- which still showing an "undergoing maintenance" page -- will ever be restored. My plan was to continue doing so until they either said "No, it's not coming back," or "Yes, it's up now," and I saw a corresponding change in the landing page. On that point, here's a link to my last Twitter exchange with Talmidge Blevins:

 

Andarian: Any news on restoration of the Neverwinter Vault?

 

Talmidge Blevins: Now that 1Up has been restored, it's what the engineers are currently working on.

 

Unlike the previous responses, this one said that their engineers are actually now actively working on it.


Given that IGN's NWN Vault went down nearly a year ago, there's good reason to be skeptical. But if they have only a small engineering staff to dedicate to the effort, and if that staff has been busy cleaning up other messes from last year's (at least partly botched) migration effort, then it's possible that the old Vault might eventually come back online. As I said, I'm not taking bets, but I thought I should mention this news for the record.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gruftlord]

               Hey, the new Vault got covered in a gamasutra article yesterday:
http://gamasutra.com...ng_Crusades.php
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Fester Pot]

               

Hey, the new Vault got covered in a gamasutra article yesterday:
http://gamasutra.com...ng_Crusades.php

Hey, thanks! I've cross posted this on the NWVault too!


FP!

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Gruftlord]

               you got a link? I still don't manage do navigate well on the new vault.
edit: found it: http://neverwinterva...-gaming-article
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_icywind1980]

               

That's a really great and well read article! Thanks for sharing it.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_AndarianTD]

               

Posting to keep everyone up to date on responses from IGN on restoration of the IGN Vault.

 

"Two snags: file dependencies and malware scrubbing. But we haven't given up."