I have been a tile makin' maniac the last cou...

June 07, 2003 by Adam in NWN1

I have been a tile makin' maniac the last couple days. I think it's to the point where I'm done, or at least awfully close. It's nice to know that I can do it if necessary, but it's admittedly pretty time consuming work.

My small "haunted house" interior turned into a fairly big set of tiles. In theory, you could create a large rambling building, though it doesn't have a lot of variation. I also took quite a few shortcuts, doing some things with a higher polygon count than necessary so that I could avoid making multiple tiles (e.g. the Room and Solid tiles have geometry all the way around). Of course, the total number of polygons is still quite small. I think I added an extra 8 or so for the huge time savings.

I'm actually quite happy with how it turned out. There are some odd shadow issues that I may punt to Danmar. Still, I think it makes a nice finale to what I've contributed to the tileset. Since I'm going back to work on Monday, I suspect this is the last for awhile.

As for the next campaign, ideas continue to be generated out of the dark recesses of my brain. I think I have a main plot that I like at this point. Up until now, I've been working on background material without worrying too hard about how the player fits into it all. The hardest part is working in the companions, though I think I now have an idea that should be interesting.