Hill's Edge

[Legacy_Blatob]

               Good grief... You have done some extremely nice things here. I like those vaults!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_xXslaughterhouseXx]

               Cool; I'd play; when is this coming live?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_MagicalMaster]

               I can't help but look at that and think "That basically looks as good as anything in Dragon Age (2)."
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               Thank you all. I have finished some more areas after I posted the screens above.

xXslaughterhouseXx wrote...

Cool; I'd play; when is this coming live?

Well, I am alone at the moment, so I am in dire need of a co-worker. It's hard to say when, but I have a place to host it, so it all depends on how fast I build! '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par YeoldeFog, 09 décembre 2013 - 03:19 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_xXslaughterhouseXx]

               Well; a module with this level of detail made for a multiplayer environment will never truly be "finished".  It will always be somewhat of a work in progress, with additional content being added.  That being said, how close would you say you are to being at, say, a beta release stage, where you'd be comfortable with the amount of content available and the correct rulesets/systems being in place to start letting players test things out?

Also, what kind of help are you looking for specifically?  I know simply from looking at the areas  that regardless of how many hakpacks I had assisting me, there's no way I could replicate areas with that level of detail/beauty, but depending on what scripting issues you're having, I do have some understanding there.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               Yes, a PW will never be finished. When I have a couple of low level dungeons (crypts, ruins, outdoor areas, caves, etc, it will be ready for early beta.

We are working on the XP-system at the moment. The biggest bottleneck will be items, stores and loot. And after that, we'll implement death, rest, simtools and some other fancy stuff.

I'm also keen to make every dungeon have some kind of feature. Skill use, puzzle, boss-fight, traps which will add to the time.  '>

I'd say... three months, but that is unlikely! '>
               
               

               

                     Modifié par YeoldeFog, 09 décembre 2013 - 07:46 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               good luck, YeoldeFog. I think you've set the bar too high for a beta release, but i understand the need to get it right.

I never felt that i had Arnheim (a server that I built from scratch on my own) together for anything other than DM'd events, and in the end that is all I did with it for a year, running events every couple weeks and keeping it offline the rest of the time. In retrospect I think that was a mistake as the project died.

Right now working on the next issue of Vives, I am taking a different approach. The idea is to soft launch as soon as possible after one month of testing the server. And once we soft launch we'll stay live. In other words we will launch in Beta and continue to work as players play. The original Vives launched without any such concerns and has a server vault of characters that weighs in at several gigabytes. So I think simply releasing ad playing is not a bad strategy.

Whatever you decide I wish you well. You certainly have some great screenshots there and I hope to walk around in those areas some day soon.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par henesua, 09 décembre 2013 - 09:50 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Luskanite]

               I like using the toolset on NWN and I know a bit about Forgotten Realms. I'm interested in helping out with this project.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_T0r0]

               Put it out there, even in a beta stage.  "They will come ! "
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_SuperFly_2000]

               Wow...really like thoose last screens you posted. Can't wait for this to be ready to play.

Wouldn't recomend on launching anything premature though...perhaps on a passworded server (closed beta style).
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               Progress!

Got a little slow period over the holidays, but I'm picking up. Still looking for help with...

• Building areas (Looking for a good builder!)
• Conversations (My English just isn't good enough)
• Scripting
• Ideas or anything really!

This is what I've done recently

• Added Simtools (chat commands and much more!)
• Integrated Vaei's custom animations with Simtools
• Added custom skills and integrated it with Simtools

Everything works like a charm! '>

And some more screenshots


Warehouses in Hill's Edge


Monsters aren't the only dangers.


A nice walk in the rain


Oh, and lots of custom items and clothes


Grumpy dwarf doesn't seem to like the elf. Custom sitting phenotypes


Buy a monster at the "Handful of Eyes"?


Every modul needs to have a spooky house, right?


Want a fish? The flies are free and comes with the offer!


Doh, so close!


Baba's Waterfall!


Want some meat?  Welcome to Shantytown!


Beware of the Two Towers!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par YeoldeFog, 12 janvier 2014 - 09:49 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Solena_Salafiel]

               Hello there. You have some interesting work here. I'd love to know more about the story behind Hill's Edge, or at least more details about the setting you chose. Is it casual RP or are you after deep immersion? I ask because your areas seem full of gothic mystery, yet there are humorous names for places such as Handful of Eyes (unless you made them up for screenshot purposes, then that's different!).

I understand the huge effort it takes to create a PW alone. I have been down that road before. I'd like to offer my support. However I do have my own project to look to - but if you need someone to help flesh out your setting, I'll see what I can do.

The NWN1 community still thrives but it is small, so, I believe we should help our fellow builders/players whenever possible. '>

- Kilaana aka Solena_Salafiel
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Solena_Salafiel, 12 janvier 2014 - 04:29 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_YeoldeFog]

               Hey Kilaana and thank you for the offer, much appreciated, I will send you a PM when (and if!) you accept my friend request.

Hill's Edge is located in the forgotten realms, in the Sunset Vale. I try to keep close to the official material and the lore about Hill's Edge and the surrounding areas. The "Handful of Eyes" is an official monster-shop.  '>

This is a a map of Hill's Edge and some information about it's different locations.
http://www.angelfire...d/hilledge.html

This is a map of the Sunset Vale


Hill's Edge is a small city. And to be honest, before Hill's Edge, I stumbled upon Zwerkules Medieval City and thought I had to do something with that tileset! Hill's Edge felt like a good spot with two forests, mountains to the east, some hills, plains and a river. When I read about it, I felt that it was basically what I was looking for, and here I am! '>

I am very fond of deep immersion, character development and roleplay. When I design my areas, I always try to think how someone can roleplay in this or that particular area. I try to think what I can do to enhance the experience and the feeling for a player and his character. That is why I generally use darker colors, areas lit by flickering candles or faint moonlight to express the darker mood I want Hill's Edge to be. I woudn't call it gothic, but more close to the medieval dark ages if you know what I mean.

My vision with Hill's Edge is to be a quite normal, forgotten realms world with a little less high fantasy and a little more sword & sorcery. Normal doesn't mean boring though. I look forward to thrilling adventues, stories, politics and character development.  I can't really explain what kind of players I want to attract, but somewhere here (x marks the spot) and above is what I hope for.

No roleplay  <------------------------x-------> Heavy Roleplay

When I started to build on Hill's Edge, I wasn't sure if I would finish it. So I kinda continue and hope someone will come and back me up with areas and scripts before I discover it's too much to handle alone! '>

I have a place to host it 24/7, and if I ever come close to alpha (it IS close to alpha!), then I'll create a forum and gods there is much left to do! '>

I have even have my thoughts of offer/merge all my areas to/with another developing module, if the haks and the vision is more or less the same. '>

Once again, thank you for your response and just ask if something wasn't clear or if you have more questions!
               
               

               

                     Modifié par YeoldeFog, 13 janvier 2014 - 01:42 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Solena_Salafiel]

               YF, thank you for the information.

I see much similarities between my vision of what a PW should be and with yours. The rest of the team I work with have more or less the same sentiment regarding roleplay and immersion. I don't like to advertise my own work in someone else's thread, but the setting for my PW is also very close to a medieval dark age setting with a feudalisitic society.

I feel I could offer you a place on our team if you'd like to work with us. You'll be part of our build team of three, and get to meet our resident scripter. Basically you'll get the support you're looking for. The only thing is that we're building for a much further region to the east - Impiltur. I am open to merging your areas with ours as long as you don't mind having to adjust them in order to fit with the Impilturan setting, as our region is much, much further to the east of Hill's Edge. I have thought about connecting both our regions into one PW, but it seems far too improbable due to the huge distances between both the lands. The only thing I must mention here is that we may not use certain tilesets that you are - such as Wild Woods and that interior inn-looking one. Those can be easily added if necessary.

I currently host on my own private server but we are looking into a long-term hosting solution as well. So there is that to consider, if we take off into Beta sometime early this year.

You can reach me at the forum link below if you want to speak more.

Of course, this is merely a friendly offer and please do not ever feel pressured to agree with what I said. The last thing I want to do is take you away from a project that is very dear to you.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Solena_Salafiel, 13 janvier 2014 - 03:04 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_henesua]

               Both of you are solid builders, and I'd welcome you with our team as well. The offer is out there. We've got a team with all the needed resources, all necessary roles have someone in them (except for a CC artist to make our custom content), and we will be releasing soon. That said we will welcome more talented people if they are interested.

Nevertheless, I dont want to stop you from doing what you are doing. Your work is great. Keep at it if it satisfies you. It is beautiful.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par henesua, 13 janvier 2014 - 04:12 .