Don't Panic: read this guide and get to grips with the basics of the toolset.
The guide assumes no knowledge, and is written for anyone, whether they have experience with the Neverwinter Nights 1 Toolset or not.
The guide currently covers:
The general interface
Creating external and internal areas
Placing trees, buildings and doors
Camera controls
Day/Night lighting
Editing properties
Selecting music for an area
Tinting objects
Rotating objects
Laying down interior tiles
Creating transitions between areas
Installing plugins
The external terrain tools
Baking and walkmeshes
Chests and inventories
Creating custom characters
And more...
There are plenty of screenshots so you can easily follow the tutorial.
I hope this guide helps people to create the adventures they want to share. I encourage you to leave feedback for me so I can keep improving it.
At last an idiots guide to the toolset. We all need this just to go through again
Posted by Jockie at on01/30/08
Fantastic guide, i had always approached the toolset with a distinct sense of dread, even though i was mostly only using it for creating npcs , creatures and items. But this guide has helped me immeasurably in migrating towards the creation of areas. Thank you for this outstanding piece of work.
Posted by Goudron at on01/20/08
Invaluable, especially for starting out.
Posted by Pella at on11/23/07
Thanx for making this tutorial without it I would never have been able to make my first module (which is doing pretty good here on the vault). As a thank you I've put in a homage of the church and oak tree - hope you like it.
Posted by daveb42 at on10/22/07
Fantastic beginner's guide to the toolset. I've been putting off playing with the toolset since I got NWN1 years ago, now I'm confident to play with the tools & see what I can create. Just a shame it only covers the basics (so far) - creating & filling out an outside area, adding a building & its interior, doors between the two & finally adding an NPC. Call me greedy, but now I'm away, I want more!!! _________________________ Finding creative uses for D&D spells since 1983
Posted by noosfer at on10/08/07
Must-have tutorial for a wannabe module designer.
Posted by Sickman at on09/22/07
Nice work. Keep it up!
Posted by Carlo at on09/18/07
Very helpful start to the NWN2 toolset, good selection of topics, examples, and tasks. Worth noting that some of the menu configurations listed in the docs are out of date - apparently they were from the beta toolset - but the functionality is still there.
Posted by imfagentsamfisher at on07/06/07
Really, really good tutorial. Really helped me get started wit this toolset (which is quite powerful, though inaccessible).
Posted by Ryam_BaCo at on06/25/07
just found out that i still didn't vote on this. thanks a lot for the tutorial! months ago it saved me a lot of time ;) _________________________ A Bet, A Corpse A Corpse, A Vote Being Good
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