Please join Aroen and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by Tybae and Andarian from the Academy for Modding Excellence (AME) as they unveil the winners of the 2011 AME Cycle and discuss the organizational changes and exciting happenings at the AME.

In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include new modules and models for both NWN1 & NWN2.

NWNP Episode 156 [ 55:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

——————————————————–
News Segment
——————————————————–

NWN 1

Custom Content Challenge December 2011 – Winter Stuff
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8119

Here are the results of the “Custom Content Challenge” for December 2011 that took place on Bioware Social Forum here: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/191/index/

The theme was: “Winter Stuff”

And here are the results of the various participants!

Thanks to all those who contributed content:
Cestus Dei (Link) – Snow Flurry and Snow Fury creatures (2 creatures)
Draygoth28 – Polar Bear and Winter Wolf Mount creatures (2 creatures and 2 tails)
Mistress (Link) – Winter loadscreens (6 loadscreens)
Rubies – Snuggly Balls of Death creatures (2 creatures)
TarotRedhand (Link) – Frosty Ground placeables (26 placeables)
TarotRedhand (Link) – Frozen Book icons (10 icons)
The Amethyst Dragon (Link) – Snowshoe clothing, item and placeables (1 foot part for both phenos, 1 item icon with on the ground model, and 3 placeables)
Vibrant Penumbra (Link) – Snow Moguls placeables (3 placeables)

NWN2

Module

Beta Testing for Nihil Trilogy II: Chains of Misfortune by seraphimsage
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=nwn2communitynews.Detail&id=338

Thanks to the Alpha Testers: kamal, Arkalezth, and CaptainZombieYeti. With their help I’ve finally reached a point where the Beta Version(which includes the last parts of the mod just up to before the ending scenes) is now ready.

Now with the Beta’s Release more help is needed to iron out the last bugs, and other mis-sights that remain and some that may have been introduced. So if time allows I would appreciate it if any new or old testers can do a play-through of this mod to help identify those issues before its release. As always credit will be given to those who do. Thanks.

Models

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! by Dan Pigdom
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=231

Tintable lion, tiger and bear models that are white by default. Tiger and lion skins were originally by Hellfire and Cyphre, and are part of Cyphre’s Companions Pack.

Please join Aroen, Zeus, and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by The Amethyst Dragon, a Neverwinter Nights Custom Content Legend, and creator of the World of Aenea and of the new Neverwinter Nights Info Website.

In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include a plethora of new modules for both NWN1 & NWN2.

NWNP Episode 155 [ 47:47 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

NWN1

Good news for Mac users!

Community member Steve Savicki has pointed out that Mac users may be in a pickle with the newest operationg system, Lion, not allowing them to play NWN. One of the answers out there is this article showing how you can keep OS Snow Leopard loaded as well, keeping NWN at your fingertips.

NWN2

New Modules

Shaar Moan by Dan Pigdom
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2ModulesEnglish.Detail&id=503

It’s close to midnight, and something evil’s lurking in the dark…

Somewhere south of Buldamar, a salt mining city in the eastern Shaar, the caravan you are escorting has been waylaid by undead. With the help of Mychael, son of Jaxx – a bard of some renown – you have little choice but to investigate the source of the undead.

Recommended starting level is 10. Lower level characters will have the chance to level up if they choose to. Basic equipment is generated for new characters.

Wulverheim by Shockwolf
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2ModulesEnglish.Detail&id=498

Introduction

Wulverheim is a Neverwinter Nights 2 Campaign Module inspired by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Experience a beautifully hand crafted Sandbox open world and game play concepts never before seen in Neverwinter Nights. Live another life in another world, create and play any character you can imagine, from the noble knight paladin to the sinister cult blackguard.

Explore the province of Wulverheim, and talk to the locals. See what troubles them and help them for rewards or simply cause whatever mayhem your dark heart desires.

One thing will lead to the next, but where will it end?

Your Fame and Fortune or Your Doom?

Please join Jastin and Brian from the Realms of Trinity and the NWN Podcast as they are joined by Paul SteMarie and Gavin AKA Sixes Thrice, from Project Q.

In the news, we discuss the latest updates on the NWN IGN Vault, which include a plethora of new models for both NWN1 & NWN2.

NWNP Episode 154 [ 38:31 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Reforged: Chain Weapons by the Amethyst Dragon
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Models.Detail&id=481

Custom Content Challenge November 2011 – Underwater Stuff v1 by CC Makers
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8115

Here is round one of the results from the “Custom Content Challenge” for November 2011 that took place on Bioware Social

Forum here: Link Yes, that means there will be a round two. The expected release date is in mid January.

The theme was: “Underwater Stuff”

And here are the results of the various participants!

Thanks to all those who contributed content:
Cestus Dei (Link) – Torc of SHoA VFX item (item, VFX, & script)
Jack Taylor (Link) – Freshwater Fish creatures (2 creatures)
LordOfWorms – Undersea version 10 tileset (custom tileset)
Mistress(Link) – Placeable sounds (5 sounds)
Rubies – Bubble spells (3 spells)
ShaDoOoW – Bubbles VFX script (2 scripts)
The Amethyst Dragon (Link) – Underwater creatures (2 creatures)
The Amethyst Dragon (Link) – Underwater placeables (3 placeables)
Vibrant Penumbra (Link) – Whirlpool placeables (4 placeables)
Zwerkules (Link) – Merfolk tileset buildings and matching loadscreen.

Realms of Trinity Implements Custom ILR System & Starts spell overhaul ER Tie In.

————————————————————–
NWN 2 Models
————————————————————–
The Thing by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Models.Detail&id=229

Zythar by jestemwlodzimierz
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2HakpaksOriginal.Detail&id=563

Please join Jastin and Brian as they interview the brilliant author of the Aielund Saga NWN Module series and novel. This is surely a special episode that you don’t want to miss. NWNP Ep 150 special episode plans are covered in the news segment as well as some new content submissions on the IGN Vault, which was just brought back up!

NWNP Episode 149 [ 33:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show Notes:

NWN1

Persistent World Call Out

Ansalon – The World of Krynn NWN1 Superworld by AnsalonKrynn
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=community_news.Detail&id=2963

Over 6 years in the making – 700+ Areas
Massively Customized

NWN2

NWN2 UI – The Spell Clock
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2UI.Detail&id=164

The spell clock is a new element in the NWN2 user interface. It’s like a digital alarm clock intended to count spell duration (but it could also count any other time period). It could be very useful when casting long term buffing spells and want to know how much time is left before they expire.

Please join Brian, Jastin, and Ben aka Aroen, as they interview the creators of the highly detailed and original NWN Persistent World, Genesis II. Brian, Jastin, and Ben cover the new news of Cryptic’s buyout and the latest information on the Neverwinter project. Afterwards, they cover some of the latest vault submissions for NWN1 and NWN2.

NWNP Episode 147 [ 49:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

——————————————————————————
Show Notes:
——————————————————————————
Neverwinter by Cryptic Studios
——————————————————————————
Announcement from: http://www.playneverwinter.com/transition

We’re happy to report that Cryptic Studios is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Perfect World Entertainment. These are exciting times for Cryptic! As we integrate more completely with Perfect World, our companies will come together to deliver quality MMO experiences.
As part of our separation from Atari and integration into Perfect World, we must make a variety of changes to our products, websites and services. Most of the more immediate changes players will see are cosmetic or are back-end modifications, but there are areas that you should be aware of. For example, we’re swapping out logos, revising the Privacy Policy and changing Atari Tokens to Cryptic Points.
Naturally, you have questions and we’d like to answer them as best we can. So, please check out our FAQ and our Q&A Discussion Thread linked below to learn more about what this transition means for you.

——————————————————————————
Neverwinter Nights
——————————————————————————

Realms of Mythology Clothing v1b by Realms of Mythology Creative Team
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8070

This hak contains clothing, helmets, tails and wings. It is not CEP friendly and is not meant to be a plug and play type of hak. You will need some skill in combining the 2da files and quite possibly renaming the files themselves if you want to use the content.

21 New Containers by Borden Ha’elven

7 Containers in High, Medium & Low versions. Their 2da entries are from 1000 to 1020 in the placeables 2da. The small one is best used just for jewels, gold and other small stuff.

——————————————————————————
Neverwinter Nights 2
——————————————————————————

Kaedrin’s PrC Pack v1.41.4 Released! (Community / Announcement)
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=nwn2communitynews.Detail&id=335

Version 1.41.4 is now available and contains over 150 fixes/changes/additions.

Please join Brian Bloom and Ben aka Aroen, as they interview the creators of the NWN2 Persistent World, 3rd Age, Rise of Sauron. Brian and Ben also do the Origins 2011 wrap up and cover a security issue caused by the Bioware Community Server being down. You don’t want to miss this one!

NWNP Episode 145 [ 51:27 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

————————————————————————————————————–
Show Notes:
————————————————————————————————————–
NWN1
————————————————————————————————————–
NWN Hakpaks

Custom Content Challenge June 2011 by CC Makers (Other)
Here are the results of the “Custom Content Challenge” for July

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Hakpaks.Detail&id=8057

Improvised weapons (4 clubs and 2 throwing shoes) by Estelindis (estelindis@gmail.com)
Portrait (1 portrait) by Mistress (http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&id=20023)
Monstuhs (2 creatures) by Rubies
City Interior 2 tiles (2 tiles) by _six_six_six(http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=User.EntriesListing&id=108290)
Trash piles and shelter placeables by The Amethyst Dragon (http://aenea.aforumfree.com/t3676-self-promotion-thread)

———————————————————————————————————————–
NWN2
———————————————————————————————————————–

Prefabs

Kamal’s Random Maps by Kamal
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2PrefabAreas.Detail&id=615

A few of these areas already appeared in the Path of Evil campaign if you played with the teleporter.

Mine Quarry & 2 Level Mine by Ugly Duck
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2PrefabAreas.Detail&id=616

This submission has an exterior area with a mining quarry in the ruins of an old structure. There is also a Cave Entrance, a small leanto with campfire, and an Inn.

NWNServerConsole by Skywing

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=NWN2Tools.Detail&id=100

NWNServerConsole is a replacement for the broken ServerMonitorConsole remote server management applet. It allows remote administration of the player list and ban lists of an nwn2server.exe instance (if the server’s server admin password is configured), including the ability to unban players without a server restart.

Please join Brian Bloom, Ben H.(Aroen), Douglas Bowser, Charles Bowser, and Mike Johnson (our on location media producer) as we make our epic appearance at the 2011 Origins Game Fair in downtown Columbus, OH. While we were there, we got a grand tour of the event, thanks to staff at the GAMA media/press staff. We cover new NWN Modules and modules/PW’s close to their Hall of Fame status.

While we were at the game fair, we had the honor of interviewing Shane Hensley, the Executive Producer of Cryptic’s upcoming title, Neverwinter. At the end of the interview, we have included a bonus interview of GMX (Geek Media Expo) as they discuss their upcoming events that pertain to D&D content authors.

NWNP Episode 144 [ 55:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Shane Hensley, Executive Producer, Neverwinter

With over 20 years of experience in the interactive entertainment industry, Shane started out as a freelance designer and writer and has worked on hundreds of computer, card, role-playing and miniature games, as well as novels, for over a dozen companies and his own company, Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Shane joined Cryptic Studios in 2004 as a lead on City of Heroes/Villains and on a number of prototype projects. He left Cryptic for a brief period to create his own games and was appointed head of several studios in Arizona before coming back “home” to work with his many great friends at Cryptic. He graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in History and Political Science, served in the VA National Guard, and received his MA in Special Operations from the American Military University.

Video Cast Version *Does not include Shane Hensley interview

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

————————————————————————————————————–
Show Notes:
————————————————————————————————————–
NWN1
————————————————————————————————————–
New Module
————————————————————————————————————–
The Relbonian Chronicles – Chapter One By Quillmaster
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Modules.Detail&id=6276

The Relbonian Chronicles is set in its own unique world and mythology, designed to have its story unfold through the participation of several key characters.

As such, “Chapter One” is designed to be played with the Dwarven Fighter called “Gerbilaf Bandiwide” which will be included with this module. Please note that playing with any other character will not only spoil your enjoyment but also render parts of the module impossible to play.

————————————————————————————————————–
New PW
————————————————————————————————————–
CITY – A Bold New PW
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=community_news.Detail&id=2946

The team behind the Astoria series of roleplaying modules is proud to present its upcoming release – CITY.
Set against a dazzling, star-lit bohemian world, CITY invites you to explore an original setting inspired by Victorian England and 1930′s New York.
Explore the Metropolis, encountering original factions, races, enemies and locations – designed with intricate detail and character.

————————————————————————————————————–
Modules Close to HOF
————————————————————————————————————–

Aurora City. The makings of an adventurer V1.61 by (HCR3) missing 2 votes.
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=290

You start out as a nobody in the City of Aurora. Ma wants you out! ‘Go make something of your life!’ You have a few gold, a dagger, and the clothes on your back! Get started by taking a few delivery jobs to make some coin. But be careful… Some packages are valuable and there are those who would love to get their hands on them. Advance to bigger and better adventures. Hunt down an escaped convict in the city… kill off a band of Orcs… save the little children of Aurora.Do the side quests to gain items and experience.

A Crownless King missing 2 votes.
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=4647

Upon the road, a stranger comes. And he has work to do… Play to find out more!

High Adventures with the Baronness DeCallya missing 2 votes.
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=modules.Detail&id=3262

A shortish, fun, Arabianesque adventure for single player or a band of adventurers. The module can be run fully without a DM, but contains DMFI wands and dicebags, and several other DM aids (see the DM Notes included). You have left your home town for your own reasons, and bought passage with a friendly elven captain named Lyell. He has brought you to Hajlimar, where he has left you to wander the docks. What excitement does the exotic port of Hajlimar hold? And who is this Baronness DeCallya you keep hearing about?

————————————————————————————————————–
NWN2
————————————————————————————————————–
ENGLISH MODULES close to HOF

The Keep on the Borderlands by BlackRain Software – missing 1 vote.
http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=nwn2modulesenglish.Detail&id=190

Our interpretation of the classic B2 module from TSR. There are similiarities and differences between this and B2. Players expecting an exact conversion will not find it here!

————————————————————————————————————-
NWN2 PW News

Realms of Trinity – Chapter 6 Release , July 14, 2011.

Finally Part of the Girl Gamer Round Table is here! Listen to the conclusion of Michele’s all girl gamer session with Queen Silver Wings, Lilly, and Skunkarella.

I know weve been away longer than usual, so we also have lots of news.

In the Ne

AME Announces 2008 NWN2 GDA Finalists

Gaming Parents Studio – Trinity Update…

Misery Stone has a New Writer.

ZORK – Rediscovering the Great Underground Empire Releases..

Brian Mitsoda found yet, another home

Gygax Family Planning Memorial Statue for D&D Creator

Q hak pak for NWN1 beta release

Please if you want to help us out click on one of the Donate buttons.

Until next time, Get in game and level up!

NWNP Episode 111 [ 1:33:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this special episode of the only Neverwinter Nights Podcast we are joined by the Academy of Modding Excellence. Tony aka Andarian and Tyler aka Tybae announce the finalists for the 2008 NWN1 Golden Dragon Awards!

NWN & NWN2 Screen shot Contest Fayetteville Technical Community College American Revolution Mod >> Download Game Accelerator
Cookie Jar

Don’t forget to check out the Neverwinter Nights Vidcast Videos now playing on our front page!! Look up and to the right. The New AME videos are in there too!

Until next time, Get in game and level up!

NWNP Episode 103 [ 55:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Friday as Episode 65 was being downloaded by our many loyal listeners our hosting provider decided to lock our site. Why you may ask? Well they say that the download for episode 65 was causing high CPU and IO and that is not allowed in a shared hosting plan. Hmm, we have been doing this since October 2006 and it is now an issue? Anyway, they want want us to have a virtual private server, yeah, who wouldn’t for $59.99/month?

We have worked it out with the hosting company to get the site backup. We have created a Libsyn account and are in the process of moving our MP3 files there. Some episodes will me missing download files until the migration is complete. The Libsyn account will still cost us an extra $150.00 bucks a year but it is cheaper than the $59.99 per month they wanted for a VPS.