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CJ, the co-art director for DAoC, made an appearance on the Developer’s Round Table today and posted a response to a question posed about caster animations: Q: I hope that different spells will have different motions when casting them. All…

Gamer asks if the indoor areas of large outdoor areas count as separate when calculating the recommended area limits: In my considerations for how many areas I need to be able to support, do I count building interiors as separate…

Gamer stresses the importance of easily implemented random encounters: …please make it so a DM can flag certain areas for random monster respawning that will load a selection of monsters with a selection of different items on them. Setting up…

Gamer asks, is a truely persistent world even possible? It seems to me this game is designed for small groups to go through adventures and that what I plan to use it for. Everyone keeps talking as if this is…

Gamer asks about script limitations: What kinds of triggers will be available? PC presence – anyone nearbySpecific PC presence – specific person nearbyPC-type presence – evil, good, elf, hafling, wizard, etcObject presence – Specific item or item type equipped by…

A new patch has finally been released to fix the multiplayer problems with DirectX 7 and 8. You can download the new patches over at File Planet by clicking on the appropriate link below: Baldur’s Gate DirectX 8 Patch (English)Baldur’s…

I’ve posted up this area devoted to the 1998 RPG of the year, Baldur’s Gate. This area will basically just be a reference for viewers as I highly doubt any new expansions or addons will hit the shelves anymore. We…

Gamer asks if there will be hand to hand combat: Will unarmed combat be as intricate as the armed combat? Quote(Mark Holmes, NWN Art Director): Well. We are having monks, and there will be hand to hand combat; exactly how…

Gamer asks what port NWN will be running on: Does anyone know what ports NWN is going to require for multiplayer games. Will it be server configurable? Many of us play behind the great wall of fire and have only…

Gamer looks at the tileset limitations and is concerned about the improbability of long journeys: …I’m looking at the numbers… I’ve calculated, based on the fact that a tile is about 10 meters wide ….and an area can be at…