Nothing's more deadly than a Cow Vortex you s...

February 18, 2006 by Adam in NWN2

Nothing's more deadly than a Cow Vortex you say? What about an Infinite Cow Vortex?

Yes, I managed to spawn in a huge number of whirlpools when fiddling with the weather system this morning. This was an improvement over trying to spawn in an infinite number of NPC ships, though not by much. I did get everything sorted out, but it was again pretty funny.

I figured out how I want to spawn in ambient ships, filling the sea full of merchants, patrol ships, and pirates. Of course, they're not interesting yet, as they just sit there. I haven't turned on their AI at this point, but the proper number spawn in as expected.

We have a team meeting in a few minutes, so I'm going to leap into the shower and get ready to chat.

Update: The team meeting went really well. The new plan is to cut back on the overall voice recording, which was daunting in its massiveness. I think we're sticking to key dialogs and opening lines for most characters. We also have a tentative approach for texturing some of the ships, which I think is key to the whole game. Finally, we all brainstormed some ways to limit the player's access to the world. I don't want people to pull a Morrowind and sail straight to the final area.