Custom Content Challenge: February 2015: Remakes, Repairs & Reboots

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

The theme for this month's challenge: "Remakes, Repairs & Reboots":

  

 

Remakes, Repairs & Reboots: Take any item you like and remake it, fix it, or create improvements/variations/evolutions/reskins. Content could be from vanilla, SoU, HotU, 1.69 or any other NWN or NWN2 addon, supplement, or custom content, as well as from other 2D/3D RPG games, such as Ultima, Wizardry, Might and Magic, Final Fantasy and similar series.

 

 

This theme was suggested by Carcerian.

 

Guidelines:

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• It must be fully working in game.

• Use of vanilla NWN or publicly available texture is fine.  Just remember that NWN textures must have dimensions in powers of 2 (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.).

• Teamwork is welcome.

• Beginners most welcome. Don't be afraid, just try, you'll be surprised!

• "Custom Content" includes many sorts of things: models, scripts, prefabs (areas, items, creatures, conversations, quests, etc.), sounds, portraits, or anything else new for the game.

• All submissions must be finished, working, and emailed to NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com (or a non-Vault link provided) by March 1st, 2015. Sooner than that is perfectly fine too. ;-)

 

 

Somethings you could include in the download/email that would make packaging everything up easier and faster:

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• 2da lines needed.

• Screenshot from in game for use on the vault page (this also gives me hints on how to display the new goodie). Formats: .bmp, .jpg, .png, or .tga

• 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 Rolo Kipp a friend invite. The group is nothing spectacular, mostly just documentation on 2da lines.

 

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

 

This thread is for all sorts of discussion about this month's theme: ideas for things to make, questions/concerns, announcement of what you intend to make, screenshots of work in progress and/or finished projects.  

 

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: 

 

Submit theme suggestions. 

Vote for March's theme.

Email content to: NWNCCCMakers@gmail.com

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_The Amethyst Dragon]

               

Declared/Intended Projects:

 

Emailed/Downloaded Projects:

Dwarf Racial Axe Proficiency (2da modifications) by Shemsu-Heru

Gypsy Female Overrides (creature models) by Shemsu-Heru

NWN2 Succubus Override (creature model) by Shemsu-Heru

Uthgardt Tribesmen Overrides (creature models) by Shemsu-Heru

Tavern Shelf Remakes (CEP) (placeable models) by The Amethyst Dragon

Forest Lodge Fixes (tile models) by TheOneBlackRider

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Aren't you annoying that if you play with a dwarf, you have to take the "exotic weapon proficiency" if you wish to use the dwarven waraxe???


I had to edit 3 different 2da files. But I have created a new racial feat, which is applied to any new dwarf character when it's created. This feat gives competence to any dwarf with the dwarven waraxe, no matter what class they have.

 

 

The feat works like "elven weapon proficiency" in elves. It only gives competence with the dwarven waraxe, not other exotic weapons. You have to create a new character to obtain this feat, in combination with the new files of course.

 

 

I have chosen the same entries, from the TLK file, than the name and description of the weapon uses....

 

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Also I have created a similar feat for half-orcs, which give them competence with the orc double axe.

 

 

Maybe this could make the poor half-orcs a little more interesting for players. Because 3rd edition rules hadn't being too balance with them, you win 2 points in strength, but you loses 4 in others , 2 in intelligence and 2 in charisma...

 

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

Shemsu-Heru, this is not correct solution per rules. Rules are saying that a dwarf can handle dwarven waraxe as a martial weapon instead of exotic. I was also using this approach in past but then I realized that it makes no sense that a wizard dwarf who can't use normal axe can use dwarven waraxe. Problem is, to do that this way requires a lot of modifications not just few collumn changes...

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

You are right; However I don't know any way to make the dwarven waraxe martial only for dwarfs and exotic for the rest. So considering the circumstances I think that this is the best solution, even when it's not the ideal.

Also in NWN2 it works in the same way; Any dwarf character are able to use the dwarven waraxe even if they don't have the competency with martial, or exotic weapons....

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shadooow]

               

You are right; However I don't know any way to make the dwarven waraxe martial only for dwarfs and exotic for the rest. So considering the circumstances I think that this is the best solution, even when it's not the ideal.

Also in NWN2 it works in the same way; Any dwarf character are able to use the dwarven waraxe even if they don't have the competency with martial, or exotic weapons....

Indeed. The way I did it was custom weapon feats for dwarven waraxe with different prerequisities and then I added a normal feat as bonus on skin in OnLevelUp.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Pstemarie]

               

Shemsu-Heru - what's that GUI skin you're using. I like it and wouldn't mind getting my hands on it.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

I keep checking the recent uploads of stuff from the old vault to the new. One item from 2003 that caught my imagination, if not my eyes, were the Goatmen.

 

 

Here is something that is surely due for a remake as compared to what people make today these look very primitive.

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

Shemsu-Heru - what's that GUI skin you're using. I like it and wouldn't mind getting my hands on it.

 

It's called "BG2 Themed GUI" I had found it, long time ago, in the old vault. I don't Know if it's available in the new one. It changes the default NWN interface textures with others based on those in the Baldur's Gate 2 interface.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               

It's called "BG2 Themed GUI" I had found it, long time ago, in the old vault. I don't Know if it's available in the new one. It changes the default NWN interface textures with others based on those in the Baldur's Gate 2 interface.

http://neverwinterva.../bg2-themed-gui

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Tarot Redhand]

               

So I think that maybe a new replacement skin(s) for NwN's gui must come under this month's theme if anyone's interested.

 

TR

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ShadowM]

               

As for the dwarven waraxe you do not need to make a new feat, you can just add stonecunning(already a dwarf only feat that given on creation) in baseitems.2da in collum ReqFeat1. Those are OR Required feats not ands.

As for BG2 Themed GUI  I did some updates to it and added tranpancy backgrounds in a lot of the boxes for a cleaner look when you have the windows up.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

 

I never have been too happy, with the NWN succubus. They are supposed to be so gorgeous demonesses, that mortals are almost unable to resist their charms (assuming that one wishes to resist).


Well I don't Know about you but for me a "woman" with bird feet and monstrous hands, don't seems too much attractive. So I have replaced the NWN succubus with the NWN2 version. Also I have modified the "appearance" file, to allow succubus to have tails in addition to the wings...

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Shemsu-Heru]

               

NWN Uthgardts don't fit exactly with the idea that I have of a fantasy barbarian. That bald heads with ponytails, could work well for oriental barbarians, like Tartars; But I don't think that it would work well with western barbarians.

 

 

 

So I have replaced the OC Uthgardts with new models made from Ribsmasher from NWN2...

 

 

Notice that their respective tribal totems have been added to the textures.

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Ssythilac]

               

Truly great improvements, Shem! '>