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Legacy_TheSpiritedLass

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« on: November 01, 2011, 05:05:22 pm »


               This month’s challenge is “Underwater Stuff".  Something vaguely underwater exploration themed. Like diving bells or diving helmets. Retro-ish enough to look like they'd fit into NWN well, Steamworks level tech, of course. I'd like to see organic underwater objects too. Coral that looks real, or sunken city structures encrusted with barnacles. 

This theme was suggested by Mecheon.

Once again, the possibilities for content types are pretty much endless.

Rules:
- Use of vanilla NWN or publicly available texture is fine, though state-of-the-art amateur's work would require 100% original work, but that's up to you.
- Teamwork is welcome.
- Beginners most welcome, don't be afraid, just try, you'll be surprised!

All submissions must be finished, working, and emailed to me (NWNCCCMakers @ gmail.com – minus the spaces obviously) or a non-Vault link provided by November 30, 2011 (which is a Wednesday) at 10 AM EST. Sooner than that is perfectly fine too. Try not to be late with the files please, I’m traveling for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays so my free time is pretty limited for the next 2 months. If you are going to be late (which you aren’t right? *grins*), let me know ahead of time so I can work that into my schedule.

Some things you could include in the download/email that would make packaging everything up easier and faster (otherwise I will just pester you with questions!):
- 2da lines needed. If you are already part of the CC Makers group, please check this month’s 2da post to see which lines are next up to be used. (link to be added later once Demons are done sucking up the 2da files.)
- Screenshot for use on the vault page (this also gives me hints on how to display the new goodie).
- Portraits (if needed) of your new goodie. ** Placeables and monsters should include a portrait. **
- Inventory icons (if needed) of your new goodie.
- Any credits you would like listed.
- If this is your first entry, please tell me what name you would like your work listed under and provide a link to your other NWN content if you want that displayed as well (the link bit is totally optional). Also if you would like an invite to the CC Makers group, send TheSpiritedLass (aka Mistress) a friend invite. The group is nothing spectacular, mostly just documentation on 2da lines.
- If you are doing tileset content, *please* let me know ahead of time so I can get you the set and itp files to work with. I’m horrible at merging those so this bit you will need to provide.

Remember, the Challenge is all about fun, sharing, creativity and surprise!

If you have concerns/questions about this month’s Challenge please post in this thread.

If you want to discuss the Monthly Custom Content Challenge idea as a whole or wish to submit ideas/themes for future monthly Challenges, please post in its thread here. ***When submitting a new theme, please provide a title and short summary of the theme.***

If you have a technical question about some custom content creation, please create a separate thread so that the answers can be found later by anyone, not just people interested in this Challenge. We'll try to help!

Have no fear and join the fun!

And finally, you can vote for December’s theme right here. The voting dead line November 30, 2011 at 8 AM EST.
               
               

               


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Legacy_Fester Pot

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 05:09:28 pm »


               FYI, the link is bad for the December theme.

EDIT: You fixed it :happy:

FP!
               
               

               


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Legacy_Jenna WSI

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 05:57:05 pm »


               Excited to see what you create for this one... I have a half done underwater city and dungeon that needs some attention. Sea snakes were just released on the vault too, ironically.
               
               

               
            

Legacy_Frith5

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2011, 12:20:47 am »


               I hope to participate (finally) in this one! So far I'm thinking of a boat 'creature', that appears to be floating on the surface above the scenery, with oars dipping in, etc. I may try for some kind of net as well, and maybe fishing lines, anchor lines, etc, all 'coming down from above'?

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Legacy_Builder_Anthony

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2011, 04:24:04 am »


               Anchor

Maybe a turtle head placeable so i can place it on top of the water and use a script to make it appear in random places.Like a head that looks like its above the water.I hope people understand what im tryen to say.
               
               

               
            

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2011, 01:49:39 pm »


               

Builder_Anthony wrote...

Maybe a turtle head placeable so i can place it on top of the water and use a script to make it appear in random places.Like a head that looks like its above the water.I hope people understand what im tryen to say.


I do and I think it's great. Toss in a small jumping fish and you have a nice pond scene.
               
               

               


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Legacy_Tyndrel

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2011, 02:33:39 pm »


               Circling shark fins?
Leaping dolphins?
A message in a bottle?
               
               

               
            

Legacy_SHOVA

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2011, 02:56:11 pm »


               Water weird?
kelpies?
water spout?
giant clams, and other sea life (non fish)?
A coral wall?
a no fishing sign? (cheesy, taken from my fish tank)
Disneys' under the sea added to the music menu?
               
               

               
            

Legacy_Fester Pot

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2011, 03:08:09 pm »


               Water ripples for those ponds.
Gnome submarine placeable.
Gnome scuba apparatus - like the Lethbridge diving machine. (placeable/pheno).
Gnome surface-supplied diving suit. (placeable/pheno).
A yellow sponge with legs and arms.
Upside down/flipped ship interior tileset (walk on the ceiling or walls instead).
Kelp forest tileset.
Placeable beams/pillars covered in clams/weed.
Different coloured fish placeables (recolour from the Bioware ones).
Giant rusted anchor.
Floating dead bodies with mesh - sway with the current like stock Bioware kelp.
An underwater ship within a bottle/bubble.
An octopus (creature).
Jellyfish! (creature).

FP!
               
               

               


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Legacy_SHOVA

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2011, 03:16:03 pm »


               A pineapple with a door.
               
               

               
            

Legacy_Zwerkules

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2011, 03:38:39 pm »


               I'll make some merfolk buildings.
               
               

               
            

Legacy_SHOVA

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November 2011 Custom Content Challenge: Underwater Stuff
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2011, 03:43:11 pm »


               Minoan style ruins (sunken Atlantis)
A large clear dome.
bubbles
seaweed clothing
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2011, 03:57:44 pm »


               [scowls at the board for duplicating his post]
               
               

               


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« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2011, 03:58:49 pm »


               [an old, heavyset dwarf stumps into the thread, dropping a worn leather satchel at his feet with a thud-clank. He wears old but immaculately maintained chainmail and a mastercrafted runed helm. At his waist hangs an ordinary 2-kilo forging hammer]

Well.
I be Cestus Dei and friend to Ro 'lon 'de. 'Tis he who asked me here.  Wants me to "make sumpin".

*grunts*
[doffs his helm and drops it on the satchel, revealing a wrinkled, grumpy face wreathed in age-whitened braids]

I don't swim and don't like the sea no way.
Hate boats, I do. Never seen what the crazy old coot seen in 'em.

So I got ta thinkin' - next time the Old Man sends fer me across the Western Sea, see if'n I don't jest *walk* to 'im! See if I don't!

I'll be craftin' a helm, one o' them Viz-yoo-el *E*-fecks. A thing o' mithril and pearl and a bit o' thisin that, as makes a bubble o' air about the 'ead, you see? And mayhap a bit more, though I'll not be promisin'

Now. I got me some bile ta clear out an' a stomach as been empty since we sailed from Needlespire.
Does an old dwarf need ta *BEG* ta get some ale 'bout this place? An mebbe some o' that bread I smell.
[eyes the Spirited Lass sideways]
And afore ya go alookin', Lass, Alls I got in me pouch is copper. No gold an' none o' that forr'n Chock-o-*late*. Never tried it, never will! So's you can keep yer distance an' not be hangin' all about a fella.

[grabs his gear and stumps over to a stool, testing before he trusts it with his weight]

Ale, I says, an' means it.
               
               

               


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Legacy_Rolo Kipp

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« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2011, 04:23:55 pm »


               <sidles up to the old dwarf...>

I've set up the project for Nov2011: Underwater Stuff.
Now we just need a good theme pic for the header =)

<...and plants a bag of chocolate on him>