I spent a lot of wasted time yesterday workin...

January 29, 2003 by Adam in NWN1

I spent a lot of wasted time yesterday working on animating a shark model. It ended up crashing the game when I put it in, so obviously I did something wrong. I was thinking about sneaking it in to Dreamcatcher 2 at the last minute, but decided that it was better to get it out the door instead. I think I've fixed the last of the reported bugs, tweaked the difficulty level appropriately, and tested it out to the point where it's ready to go. Unless I hear anything else from my testers, I'll post it in the next day or two.

Dreamcatcher 3 continues. My scripts for controlling one of the main NPCs weren't working out (mostly pathfinding issues), so I decided to turn her into a henchwoman a bit earlier than I had intended. You can play through from the very beginning until a little bit into Act II and it all seems quite polished. I also did a little more work towards the end, getting my "sinking ship" animation working well. I added a little extra thing in that looks cool as well - sheathed weapons on the back. I have one for a key NPC and it looks good so far.

Danmar pointed me in the direct of a 3ds gear generator for one of my custom items. Sadly, it didn't work as well as I hoped. Far too many polygons and I eventually gave up. The current gear works well enough, though you'll probably see a minor pause as it loads in the game.