The Life and Times of our hero Jon Barleycorn.......... and a little voices project.............
*The advantage of a one-person team creating your modules, you always know WHO made the mistake.. !LOL!
Please let me introduce myself�
My name is Michael Brown (GrandaddyBonegrinder). I'm a 58-year-old iconoclast, happily married to my soulmate, Lingaz.
My hobbies include metal-art, web-site design, computer graphic art and (of course) fantasy role-playing. I have been a DM, creating scenarios for my loyal fans, for more than 30 years. My take on most computer role-playing games�
1. Censorship takes away from the "reality of the fantasy" ("G rating").
2. You always have to kill everybody (with few exceptions).
3. You are always rushed through the early levels (because you're so weak).
With the above three items in mind, I created The Ritual, my first experience with the NWN2 toolset.
My primary goals for this module were: First and foremost, the Ritual was created so I could learn the toolset, and create a fun and unique single player game for my wife, kids and friends to enjoy�
My secondary goals were to incorporate a non-lethal fight routine, place
my original artwork in the NWN2 picture frames and begin the saga of Jon Barleycorn.
Unlike many of the NWN2 modules where you create your own character, The Ritual is designed to play the pre-made character named: Jon Barleycorn. Jon is an 18 year old, human male.
All the files for upload are below.
NOTE!... The Ritual is a work in progress and will be updated frequently...
Please check back here for the latest release�
At your service,
Grandaddy
Thanks
Even though I was my own team, I owe the success of this mod to many, many others�
Much thanks to my soul mate Lingaz and all my family for their loving support!
Thanks to everyone on the Bioware, Khalidine and Citadel forums!
Special thanks to Hamster009 for the Fem Pack...
A compilation of Aleanne's Clothing packs 1,2 and 3, Jester's Chainmail, Zylch000's Base nudes, all heads from Eressil's plastic surgery pack and all female hair from Whatbrick's character customize collection.
Cutscene basic tutorial by jackyo123 - This is where I started� reading and doing� trying to grasp of concepts scripting and conversations in the toolset. An excellent place for the newbe to start I might add.
Akak - For some reason (maybe it was the 70's) I simply could not grasp the NWScript with all the includes and different commands, I was totally lost. Then Akak wrote me a little script using one of my own characters and suddenly the light bulb went off. I had been searching for a single way to write the code, when, as Akak showed me, there can be a variety of ways to accomplish the intended goal. This was a major hurdle overcome.
Sgt_Why - module back-up batch - THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL FOR THE MODULE BIULDER!
I love this program and use it religiously... what a true life saver!
Lilac Soul's NWN Script Generator, v. 2.3 - Wonderful!
Finally� an extra "merci beaucoup" to the following folks..
Dirtywick
Dunniteowl
Barry the Hatchet
Lady Moonsong
Grinning Fool
Gizmo
Charles Mead
and WalesWizard for the Sea Reach Series
And if I have missed anyone� Thank you too!
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2/29/2008
Corrected Journal entries.
Fixed Vasha bug
Fixed Marla bug
Scrapped undeveloped area to make the file smaller
Added Lip Flapper and animations to all conversations (WHEW!)
Lip Flapper is available at the vault (put it in your override folder)
Locked the #%$#%$ kitchen door ; ]
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3/4/08
Increased time on all Lip Flappers
Spell checked all conversations, journal entries and barks
Broke up many conversations into easier readable chunks
Fixed ending bug
Fixed all doors
Fixed latrine bug
Fixed Jendra animations
Fixed Guardian Conversation
Fixed Coffin exit bug
Added Hamster�s Fem Pack and the Rouge�s Lip Flappers below so people can easily find them to upload
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March 13, 2008
Fixed hundreds and hundreds of mistakes
Added thief routine
Fixed Journal duplicates
Fixed the ending (one more freakin� time!)
March 29, 2008
Fixed death bug
Fixed dozens and dozens of mistakes. I honestly don�t know how the hell this thing even ran without crashing everyone�s machines, with so many mistakes!
Added ReadBooks
Fixed bat and rat bug
Aug 6,2008
Made final chests and final door plot
cleaned out unuesed areas
10 - A Masterpiece, Genuinely Groundbreaking 9 - Outstanding, a Must Have 8 - Excellent, Recommended to Anyone 7 - Very Good, Deserves a Look 6 - Good, Qualified Recommendation 5 - Fair, Solid yet Unremarkable 4 - Some Merit, Requires Improvements 3 - Poor Execution, Potential Unrealized 2 - Very Little Appeal 1 - Not Recommended to Anyone
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