Summary: Please join Mark AKA Madmage999, Ben AKA Aroen, and Brian AKA Sir Brian, from NWN2 Realms of Trinity, as they catch up with the Neverwinter Nights community legend, The Amethyst Dragon. They discuss all the goings on in the Neverwinter Nights community since the last update and the NWN Podcast staff discuss their upcoming trip to GenCon 2014 and much more! Show Notes NWN Vaults: The old Vault is pretty much abandoned. IGN is keeping it up as an archive site, but they do not have anyone updating it anymore. You can still go there to download content and vote and/or comment on stuff, but the site is having issues with new images (for screenshots and site ads) that likely won’t get fixed. The community (mainly due to the effort of Rolo Kipp) has a new Neverwinter Vault now online at neverwintervault.org. New content for NWN (and NWN2) is being uploaded there, and should the old Vault ever go offline, a backup of the data has been made and that content will show up on the new Vault. The new Neverwinter Vault includes things like active admins, forums, and the monthly polls for the CCC theme. IGN Neverwinter Nights Vault (aka, “the old Vault”): http://www.nwvault.com The Neverwinter Vault (aka, “the new Vault”): http://neverwintervault.org Custom Content Challenge: New content every month with a different theme! New creative people are always welcome to join in. Recent Themes: November: Dr. Who December: Dark Sun January: Krynn February: Gothic March: Catacombs, Crypts, and Tombs April: Orcs & Half-orcs Current Theme: Technomancy CCC Link: http://www.neverwinternights.info/cc_ccc.htm Community Expansion Pack: The CEP had not been updated since version 2.4 was released in March 2011, and there had not been any contact with the community by the last remnants of the old “CEP Team” in over a year and a half. I (The Amethyst Dragon) have taken over the Community Expansion Pack (CEP), and with community input and help I’m working on adding new content, getting some bugs fixed, and finally getting a new version out to the community. I’m keeping the updated version backwards compatible. All those modules built with version 2.1 or newer will still work as they always have. The new version will be version 2.60, with smaller upgrades anticipated over time (2.61, 2.62, etc.). I’m getting input on the new new BioWare forum (yes, BioWare moved to new software again, but at least this time they copied over all the old posts). I also set up a CEP wiki for easy organization and community input. People can suggest new content and vote on inclusion of content that CEP has permission to use. As far as suggesting content, we’re talking specific content here, not general. “We need more placeables” or “CEP should have more portraits, creatures, and tilesets” really aren’t helpful. Links directly to specific Vault pages are what’s needed. I don’t plan on adding “CEP-made” content, just incorporating more of the most useful things from the community at large. CEP 2.60 Wiki: http://nwncep.wikia.com/ Project Q: While it appears that most major development of Project Q has slowed as most of the team members have moved on with life, Pstemarie released version 1.8 in mid-April. He is also posting content updates every week via a small updater program (the Project Q Live Updater). You can get the latest information from the new Project Q website and the latest content by downloading version 1.8 and then running the 1.9 updater.. Project Q 1.8 and the 1.9 Updater: http://neverwintervault.net/project/nwn1/hakpak/combined/project-q New Project Q Site: http://q.neverwintervault.org/ General NWN Links: BioWare NWN Forum (new address and software): http://forum.bioware.com/forum/43-neverwinter-nights/ NWN Community Site: http://www.neverwinternights.info
