A Dungeon and Dragons Beta 0.78 Release. Sometime this year, I hope.
James Clark Waite died on October 31 while in his sleep, he had been on a downward spiral the past few years, a diabetic with total kidney failure and overweight till a few months before his death.
He was a great man, with a wonderful view point, not a bigot by any means, well liked by all that met him.
He was 73
He is survived by his son Eric.
Yes I know that I have not been hard at work on the next part in some time, my dad has been sick we were very close And in a very real sense he died sometime ago.
And of course other thing have gotten in the way as well.
Hopefully I can get more done now but then again maybe not we will have to see.
A Dungeon and Dragons Beta 0.77 Release. 12-07-09
Whats new ---
1.) The new Monsters now have Stats. (.erf and a simple module).
2.) Some of the new Monsters have new a appearance.
3.) Noting changed just added credits for the Cloaker skin mesh by AcidChalk and Wand of Orcus Textures by Robert Burson (plus a few meshes of his, that I used for parts of the new wand).
Sorry for not posting sooner.
Thanks Guys & Gals for all the help that you have been, I hope you enjoy Their works and Mine.
Their names can be found in the Standalone Readme now, not the one that came with the items in question,that one I will remove that for redundancy.
I hope, you all have a happy Hollidays everyone.
------------------------------------------------- A Dungeon and Dragons Beta 0.76 Release. 10-31-09
Whats new ---
1.) New Monsters (for Halloween), yes, it has been sometime since I posted last, I am sorry for this,
but life has a funny way of getting in the way, when you want it to the least.
Well I am back now (well at least for the time being lol) and with screens shots of the Sharks and the new monsters.
I hope to make improvements to this release as I have done with all the others, this is only the beginning (I hope).
(there are no .ERF's yet) will release them at a later date....
I hope you enjoy, happy Halloween (Samhain) everyone.
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A Dungeons & Dragons Beta 0.75 Release. 06-30-09
Whats new --- 1.) Sharks!!!!, yes I know you have seen sharks out there before for NWN. But theses are new, you may have seen some screens of them before, theses are even better then my old ones!
I would like to thank NWC Snake and BioWare/DLA for the Idea and for the original Models.
Here are some old Screens of my Sharks (along with some of my other beasts).
Sorry there was not more this Month, as my Dad is not well, He is in a Hospice after being in the Hospital for a few Months, I don't think he will last the year, .... he dose not remember me,... sad, as he had the best memory and could converse for Hours on end about many subjects.
I will be busy next month (among other things) and will not have as much time to release my work, for at least a Month, maybe two.
Whats new --- Where are you Sean and Justin and maybe Brain, I will be on Higher Ground today, will you? ..... lol inside joke there.
1.) Released new tile Sets NWN city interior 1 & 2 (first release).
2.) I have now placed, each Tile-Set, into there own separate folder (For Raven_Blood) also to make it easier for you to pick and choose, which set you want to use or not use.
There is also a new Readme.
Again, I have released this a little early, this apply's mostly with the NWN City Interior 2.
They are just some areas that are unfinished, that will not crash your game (Well they should not, I have not, crashed with them).
I hope to release, a patch/fix for those bugs soon.
Also I have contacted BeyondThePale, so I hope soon to have, all of this in one big File download, for all of you Broadband users, you can still download the smaller ones if you like (or have a 56k connection and have too).
Whats new ---
1.) Released new tile Sets Dungeon and Castle interior 1 & 2 (frist release).
2.) Fixed Various files (.2da, .tlk, ETc.) to get the .Hak version to work with CEP 2.2 (Kaliesto this one is for you).
3.) Have also included standalone files, as to make adding this work to other non-CEP oriented works easier (hopefully).
There is also a new Readme.
I have release this a little early (there was a few small bugs, that I wanted to get out of the way), but something happened.
For the first time in 5 Years, I have a new PC!
Wow, I had to save up for 3 years to get this baby (was trying to get one back in 2006- 2007).
Whats new --- Bug fixes,....
1.) Bad Animation Bug with the door in Tile tdc01_g07_01, I have also cleaned up that door mesh a tad.
2.) Missing mesh in tdc01_a15_02, is now fixed.
3.) There was some bad sparkle in the Drow Tile-Set at tid01_a01_01, TID01_h01_09, tid01_d01_02, tid01_d02_02, tid01_d02_03, tid01_f12_01, plus a few others that I have found at the moment.
4.) Fixed shadows bugs (most of them) in the following tiles, tid01_h01_02, tid01_h01_03, plus a few others as well.
5.) Added new content to Tile tid01_d02_03, so that the Crystals now glow and are somewhat transparent, as well as have more shine.
6.) Fixed a mesh smoothing issue for tile tid01_d02_02.
7.) A modified fire Animation texture was added for fxpa_flame00, fxpa_firebb, fxpa_flame01,fxpa_flame05, it is much more refined and should resemble the flicks that are often associated with flame, instead of a small near shapeless blob.
Whats new --- Screen Shots! Of the up coming "A Dungeons & Dragons Beta 0.7", due this week (Friday the 23rd)!!!
Plus, a sneak peek at up coming Tile-Sets releases, these are early works in progress, so some of the screens may look out of place and or change before release.
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A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.69a Release. 12-21-08
Whats new --- For Raven280 I have added the Crypt Tile set in .Hak form and for SoulFlame I have made a more custom .2da, it can be found in the override zip file.
The polymorph bug fix now added, to the DragonsZZZZ.hak
I have also made, two type of override downloads one for the tile-sets and one for the Dragons, try it on your favorite server.
I will skip the Readme update for a while and this will be my last update for the year, so look for the next one some time next year (January sometime at the soonest).
A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.69 Release. 12-12-08
Whats new --- I have added the Crypt TileSet, This one is for N. Red and the CTP folks (and you too), this is a first for me as it is a override now a .Hak, I will probably, make the Sewer and other tilesets overrides as well.
I have fixed the Red Dragon Polymorph, as well as added a Song Dragon (found in the override for now),currently it is with out a blueprint, as I do not have source material to work with.
There are a few other changes as well.
These are new and will go thru changes.
I will add more screen shots, of the new material later, as I am pressed for time now and can not.
I hope you enjoy.
ReadMe will be released tomarrow (lol, I hope).
Oops, small update to the override version.
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A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.65 Release. 12-05-08
Whats new ---I have fixed the missing Black DracoLich texture, I have changed the way the Silver Dragons looks by making the neck a little thinner, taller mane, smaller hips, I have fixed the DracoLichs Shadows (Red, White, Black) as well as the Shadow Dragons Shadows as well, also I have made some changes the the Shadow Dragons models (mostly facial) as well as small changes to the Red & white DracoLich models.
ReadMe will be released tomarrow.
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A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.6a Release. 11-28-08
Whats new --- Oops I had a few files mixed up there, this should bring the .tlk up to date (along with the last patch fixing a few other files) and allow you to raise spell resistance beyond 32 (up to a maximum 98 for spell resistance).
This is part of some on going work, to make Epic Dragons, Epic.
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A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.6 Release. 11-28-08
Whats new --- Fixed Most of the Dragons Shadows, you could see this on only one tile-set or with a with a light source near by (Torch, spell, Etc.).
Altered Gold & White Dragons physical features a tad, for a more canon look/feel.
Hey everyone, I know that this one is a little late, In fact, I have not updated the read me yet, but will do so tomorrow.
But as you can see, I have bumped up the version number a little, as I have seen no game stopping issues in sometime, so I,....we are that much closer to Beta.
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A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.05 Release. 11-21-08
Whats new --- Fixed the Dracolich Bug, Fixed the Red Dragons Shadows, changed the Green Dragon (not so large around the gut,Etc.), I have fixed the Shadow Dragons size, within the appearance 2.da (was not displaying properly in the tool set ).
I have added, Shadow Dragons Stats to the .Erf and .Mod files.
A special thanks to Saduj for spotting that Dracolich bug!
A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.04 Release. 10-24-08
Whats new ---1.) Obsidian Dragons Shadows are fixed. 2.) Pyroclastic Dragons now have BluePrints (.mod file and .Erf). 3.) More Bug fixs,
for the Sewer tile Set, some shadow were off and other problems, plus I added reflections for metal textures.
A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.03 Release. 10-14-08
Whats new ---Green Dragons Shadows are fixed along with many model changes, also a few changes to the T-Rex and FellDrakes (like missing textures, Etc.) Fang Dragon and Three of Four Felldrakes now have BluePrints (.mod file, and .Erf), made small changes to the Module.
A fix for a few bugs, that I saw with the Sewer tile Set (yep some more fixes on the way).
A override green dragon fix, also a last second change with a appearance.2da to the list.
A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.02 Release. 10-07-08
Whats new -------- Black Dragons Shadows are fixed along with basic model changes, HellFire Wyrm BluePrints (.mod file, and .Erf), Rust Dragon model changes (body & tail), Rust Dragons now have BluePrints Stats (.mod file, and .Erf), made small changes to the Module, Alterd The Dragon gods Stats a little (made them a tad stronger).
And there is hope for you non 7-zip users , I have a override for you that is in Win-zip format.
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A Dungeon and Dragons Alpha 0.01 Release. 10-03-08
Notification, I could only get 7-Zip to shrink this file to the size that the Vault asks (below 25MB), so it is now only working with 7-Zip (sorry Win-zip users) but 7-Zip is free and with no spy-ware (as far as I know), so you will need to download that here Link to use.
Two of the downloads are in fact one and you will need to have both for the extraction processes to work (I had to split the file into two parts with 7-Zip), I will make clear which ones they are below in the download section, you can extract them all by right clicking the file with the 001 in the file name, just after the extension (.7z.001), and press extract files.......
I am releasing this in it's early Alpha forum, so as to let you, the community see, feel and in a scene be a part of something more real then just screen shots (which up to date is all that I have released up to this point), not to men-chin, I mite have never released this, as it will never do Dungeons & Dragons (PnP) justice, so I was hesitant to release (I guess you could call it,... internet stage fright).
Also If something where to happen to my copy's (unlikely now, but who can say for certain) I... we would be losing out on something that was taking me years to accomplish (although this is a very small part of that).
I know that this Release has many bugs (and some missing content), but that is why I call this a Alpha release not a Beta or Final Release...., but given enough time and work it should be all of these (and much more), there is another reason, there is also another reason why this is late, as I have been adding new content to enhance game play (namely Epic Dragons, DracoLichs, Etc),...... I do apologize for the delay but I think that it will be a better game for it.
I hope to release other Works as the time passes, but with all the sets back that I have had to up to this point (with only some of them being said) I will have to release my work (in its entirety) some time next year (I hope), instead of later this year, but I will be releasing more of my work before then (for you to look at and play with), as well as updates to what I have out there now.
Oh please bare in mind, that this work will be updated, so while you are free to add this to your own work, it will go thru changes which mite effect your modules down the road,....I am trying to keep name, number, 2da, .hak files, .ERF, Blueprints, Etc. changes to a minimal, but I can not say with absolute certainty, that it will not make more work for you in the long run (although it should work better then before, and will be worth it).
I my self, have put off making my 2 Modules (The lost City, and Expedition to Castle RavenLoft) along with my friends Gaming world, Palladium Online World or POW for short(*), till I have finished with the Core files.... it should save me quite some time, so I would ask you to do the same.... but you are free to add this to your game at anytime, I am just saying that it mite be more work later on.
With that being said, my Work is for the most part Bioware/Atari Default, save for the wonderful Dragon Stats (Which are by Storvik, while saved me much time and effort, needs some additional work), scripts for hatching eggs (thank you judsonredhawk and Stone Monkey), The DLA Gem Golem Textures and some of the VFx Textures.
There are so many changes that need to be done (one I just noticed was the Black Dragon Shadow Bug), I will not document the rest here (as that would take more time then I have), but allow you to find out for yourself, although I will tell you that one of the many problems that I had forced me to go back on my time table, that problem was to remake all of the Dungeons Ceiling changes, that I had made up to that point which set me back a month at least),......ah problems...problems, I will not trouble you with mine, as I know, that you have your own, so with out further ado...
I would now like to thank, a very small few, that have been there for me and have helped me out (and in a very real scene made this all possible),...... Rory (my Brother,...stay away form them trouble makers!!!), Sean (all three of you), Albert, Evan, Carlos, Rico, Tom, Doug, Dave, Ben, Mike, Justin, Edger, John, FlyWheel, Outlaw, Molle and Chris My Dentist out in Conifer, Barry_1066, Brian Chung, Creig W. and everyone else at BioWare/EA, all you at the NWN Vault.... (Lol....I did not tell you about that one did I, oh wait I just did....lol ), also I would like to thank those that are not with us anymore, ....My Grand Parents, My Aunt and Uncle, My Brother Kirk, My Cousins John Jr. and John the III, Rusty, Herold, Hoppy, Erick Wujcik, may you all find that peace in death, you could not find in life.
This is part one of two files, you must Download!!! Otherwise you will not be able to extract files. This is also the file, that you have to right click on to extract files, the other file (DragonsZZZZ.7z.002) is the left overs...Lol
This is part two of two files, YOU MUST ALSO DOWNLOAD THIS!!! Otherwise you will not be able to extract files, also they both need to be together (in the same folder) for the file extraction to work.
Deadhead Concert (That's the only ones, that Dragon Lich's go to).
Wow what a Head butt!!!
Oops, I missed spelled Dungeon.....Lol.... =o
Rust Dragon.
Fang Dragon.
Red Dragons
All of them now quadrupeds (they walk on all four's).
All of them but, the Hellfire Wyrm, in there 12 size Category's (just a few shown here).
And other Vfx changes.
New Fire Vfx.
New Gas Vfx.
Great Wyrm Gold Dragon.
New Gold Dragon.
With new Vfx.
Bronze Dragon Great Wyrm.
Gold Great Wyrm up-close.
Adult Copper Dragon.
Copper Dragon Great Wyrm.
New Black Dragon.
Brass Great Wyrm.
Tarterian Dragon,.... hummm...now say that three times real fast, with a mob of Orc's chasing after you..... ;)
T-Rex.
The New Silver Dragon.
Great Wyrm Green.
If you have not noticed not only are all the Dragons in 12 different sizes, most also have 3 different texture associated Based on there age (Young, Adult, Old, Etc.), along with them are Different sized wings, tails, larger heads and other cosmetic (mostly facial) changes. Here you can see a Wyrmling Bronze Dragon.
AH fresh AIR!!!!!
A shot of that sewer, I have been talking about.
Humm I wonder what this is for?
Metallic Great Wyrms Dragons.
Tiamat (just one of Three Dragon Deity's).
New green dragon model,...up close.
New green dragon model.
The new White Dragon, form side.
The new White Dragon, form side #2.
The new White Dragon, form front.
The usual suspects.
Black Dragon comparison #1.
Blue Dragon, comparison #1.
Blue Dragon, comparison #2.
Green Dragon, comparison #1.
Green Dragon, comparison #2.
Red Dragon, comparison #1.
Red Dragon, comparison #2.
White Dragon, comparison #1.
White Dragon, comparison #2.
Brass Dragon, comparison #1.
Brass Dragon, comparison #2.
Bronze Dragon, comparison #1.
Bronze Dragon, comparison #2.
Copper Dragon, comparison #1.
Copper Dragon, comparison #2.
Gold Dragon, comparison #1.
Gold Dragon, comparison #2.
Silver Dragon, comparison #1.
Silver Dragon, comparison #2.
Here it is the Mind-Flayers, tile-Set, with Ceilings! It should be out, this Friday as well!
Here it is the Drow, tile-Set, with Ceilings!
It should be out, this Friday!
With the NeverWinter City Interior Tile-Set, being so large, I felt that I should show you more screens. Enjoy ;)
Here are screen shots of the up coming (later on) Castle Tile-Set and NeverWinter City interior Tile-Set, some of the screens are form the Default game (testing mode for bugs).
Beholder Sneak Peek 1.
Here is Screen Shots1 of the new Dungeon Tile-Set with Celings.
Here is Screen Shots2 of the new Dungeon Tile-Set with Ceilings.
Beholder Sneak Peek 2.
Here you go Raven280, a very early screens of the one score or so, tiles that I have changed.
Here is the new Roofs for the DLA City and Castle 2.
(Warning this is a large file at 13Meg & at 5760 x 3600)
Happy Halloween (Samhain) everyone.
Ghost Brute
Hags
Bar Lgura Demon
Blood mote
Rutterkin
Famine Spirt
Brain in a jar....
Hey Mac can you spare a smoke,...ah what?! No I did not kidnap your Grandparents and then probe them in my Spaceship!!!!
Old friends....
Orcus
Yeenoghu
Blaspheme
Deathlock
CinderSpawn
A big Fish, Megalodon.
Another shot of Megalodon.
Black-tip Coral reef shark (large name for a little shark).
Great White
Another shot of the Great White
Tiger Shark
Backside shot of the Tiger Shark.
Blue Shark
Front of the Blue Shark
Short-fin Mako Shark
Close-up of Short-fin Mako Shark
Bull Shark, no, no, no, not the Bull $#!@ Shark, They are found in Government, circling around citizens looking for re-election, this is just the Bull Shark.
The tab glow problem, I have turned it off by default as it causes the game to crash if you move your mouse pointer over your Avatar or any model that has over a certain number of moving parts (like the Dragons). This is a inherent bug within the Aurora engine and even the folks at DLA and Bioware can not fix this, (that's is unless a patch raises the upper limit). Yes I know that the items still glow as they are not part of the Rendered Character model, as should anything other item, as I do not know of a way to change this at this time. Try changing into a Red dragon, then move your mouse pointer over yourself and you should see what I am talking about. Hope this helps... Hardpoints. _________________________ Death and taxes. My work So far. A Dungeon Dragons files (not just screens) Unicorns, Pegasus, updated Nightmares Gulliver's Travels Screens Shots of my Work and future projects. Dungeons Dragons 1.5 part 0 Dungeons Dragons 1.5 part I Dungeons Dragons 1.5 part II DLA, Dynamic, Centaurs. Libris Morris and other Fiends
Posted by TormakSaber at on10/03/09
Nevermind, I've solved my issue. Disregard.
Posted by TormakSaber at on10/03/09
Excellent override, however I've run into one snag: When installing your override, the "Tabglow" on creatures (and only creatures, not even the weapons they hold, or PLCs on the ground, or etc) disappears. This goes so far as to affect things like the spells Ghostly and Ethereal Visage, as well as any effect that uses the translucent glow visual effects. The server I DM on makes heavy use of these for custom buff changes and so not being able to see these is a large detriment. Is there any chance you can tell me which file affects this, or what I need to do to restore tabglow to my game, without removing your override if t all possible? I have narrowed it down to being specifically your override, and it occurs both in single player and multiplayer.
Posted by Baragg at on10/01/09
As stated by others, very nice work. _________________________ Doing it the only way I know how, the Hardway! No Show Helm Link No Show Helms Subrace Compatible Link -------------------------------------------
Posted by The at on08/20/09
Great work already. The dragons are amazing. _________________________ World of Aenea (Hall of Fame PW and the origin of all my works) Vault Entries: The Complete List (50+ entries, including 17 Hall of Fame awards) Self-Promotional Honesty: If you have opinions on stuff I've made, or if you use any of it (as a player or builder), I like comments/votes/feedback...so do other content makers and builders. Keep us motivated. :) ---------------------------- Neverwinter Nights Community Site: The Unofficial Homepage for NWN ----------------------------
Posted by Jedijax at on07/05/09
Ok, NOW that you have taken the time to answer my comment in such an ample and detailed manner, I can vote. This is not out of good manners or thanfulness, but out of a deeper understanding of what you tried to achieve, and to my eyes, actually did achieve. Your dragons are quite possibly the best example of "from-book-to-game" works. Now that I know where your visual reference comes from, I can't help but congratulate you. Indeed, I still don't like some of the changes, but that has nothing to do with the fact the textures and models are outstandingly similar to those of the Draconomicon. You see, my issues with your tweaks are basicaly the ones you have already pointed out -head size, mane/fin in some of the models, the relative proportion of front and hind legs, etc. I also didn't like the toned-down colors in the textures, no matter how faithful to the actual image they are; I prefer Bioware's skins in this particular. This doesn't mean your dragons are "bad-looking", just that maybe I was rather accostumed to the Neverwinter NIghts models; you know, their build is a little heaftier, the head look bigger and a little more dinosaur-like, there are minimal fins/manes, the textures have high contrast, and so the dragons seem somehow moisty and with a greater sense of body depth, etc. Your Brass and Bronze dragons are my favorites, as their skull-mesh and textures are practically impeccable. Something I observed , specialy in the metallic species, is you tend to light the color of the "under-body" texture, you know, the one that is of a different color. If you light up and reduce contrast in the overall skin, it loses depth, a general issue with your dragons that becomes more evident when it comes to that particular spot in the textures. A good idea would be to use the Bioware colors on your models and see the difference. A good example of how this works is Lord of Wormz' pack of undead creatures, draco-lich included. Most of the impact comes from the texture's realism, rather than the models. Anyway, even if you decide to give up designing dragons, I encourage you to keep developing custom content for the Aurora Engine. You are talented, and should know your work is greatly appreciated!
Posted by Jedijax at on07/05/09
I very much like your idea on the breath magics and the four-legged movement of dragons, as well as the large wings; however, I don't like your changes when it comes to the heads and some other texture tweaks. I am, on the other hand, very grateful for your sharing of the tileset ceilings, which I had been looking for since quite a while. I am not voting, as my grade may lower your current standing, and I think it may have more to do with my opinion on the things I dislike, rather than a thorough examination and appreciation of the actual HAK. This, however, doesn't mean I am not impressed with your work. Keep at it! It is thanks to contributors like you that the game keeps getting better and better even after seven years of being released!
Posted by Inayity at on06/25/09
Wow- incredible work! Definitely a 10! Thank you for sharing these with the Community!
Posted by Raven_Blood at on11/03/09
sorry for late reply, i havent been able to get on lately. And yes i meant the mythallar set for castle interior 2, i couldnt think of the right name for it lol. So its already up then? ill go check it out, thanks :]
Posted by Hardpoints at 2009-06-1523:42:17
lol sleepy (sorry for bad spelling)....ZzzzZZzz if you mean the Mythallar group in the Castle 2 set, its there now, and has been scene last release (05-20-2009), what version did you download last?. Hp Out _________________________ Death and taxes. My work So far. A Dungeon Dragons files (not just screens) Unicorns, Pegasus, updated Nightmares Gulliver's Travels Screens Shots of my Work and future projects. Dungeons Dragons 1.5 part 0 Dungeons Dragons 1.5 part I Dungeons Dragons 1.5 part II DLA, Dynamic, Centaurs. Libris Morris and other Fiends
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