Horses - Wyvern Crown

Gildren · Post by **Gildren** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:24 pm

Please keep in mind that I know nothing what so ever as to how hard, or even if it would be possible, but with the addition of Horses via the Wyvern Crown mod, would it be something that could be seen here as well?

Just wondering

Post by **Zing** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:29 pm

NS4 FAQ wrote:Does NS4 use a Hak Pak?

No, the developers of NS4 have made a conscious choice to avoid using any Hak Paks or other content requiring download and installation on the player side, for a number of reasons:

* Quality of content varies widely, and can sometimes be incompatible with certain configurations.
* We are proud to be 56k and ISDN-friendly, and do not want to burden users with additional downloads or lag and network delays caused by added content.
* NS4 also strives to embrace players who don't want to upgrade their machines every year to the "latest and greatest" technology. Some hak pak content is murder on older graphics cards and CPUs, and we don't want to diminish the experience for anyone.
* The gameplay and features of NS4 speak for themselves, and while some Hak content may be quite pretty, it is often used as a distraction to avoid focusing on the module proper.

That said, if player support is strong enough, there is always the possibility that custom content and Hak Paks (such as the newly released Community Expansion Pack) will be included, eventually. It all depends on you!

Deicide · Post by **Deicide** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:05 pm

I think they will eventually add horses to the main game, just like they did to Cloaks and to all those extra content from Pirates of the Sword Coast.

watchwood · Post by **watchwood** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:29 pm

If they do, then we will probably see them, yes. Until then, don't hold your breath. Or do hold your breath, if you're SL.

Kirg · Post by **Kirg** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:36 pm

Heh, I wouldn't be too certain. Even NWN2 announced first horses, then they disappeared from Beta. And now it's not clear if they will appear in the later versions of the game afaik.

Post by **Binkyuk** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:24 am

With NWN2 coming i'd be pretty surprised if there was even another patch for NWN, let alone a change as big as horses. i think you can write this one off.

Gildren · Post by **Gildren** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:55 am

ah, so it's basicly just a hack pack.. doh! thanks guys

Post by **Flailer** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 9:39 am

Even the last module they released, they distributed the tilesets in such a way that it wasn't really an update, it was a hakpak download which made them difficult to justify requiring for our mod.

But, they've hinted that the content might be available in the next and final patch, so who knows. Horse animations and tilesets do look amazing though.

Blystos Re · Post by **Blystos Re** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:18 pm

Great, then poor Flailer would be getting nothing but requests to add stables to all the guildhalls.

P. Fricebottle · Post by **P. Fricebottle** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:32 pm

What about the dwarves and halflings? I want a riding dog

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kingfatzo · Post by **kingfatzo** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:49 pm

har har...

Blystos Re · Post by **Blystos Re** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 6:25 pm

Flailer wrote:...Horse animations and tilesets do look amazing though.

...just got done watching the trailer. I have to admit, it would be very nice. Longcoats, wyverns, and Auril gets his own prestige class.

I wasn't that enthused at the thought of paying for Kingmaker, but horses for 12 bucks?? How long does it take to ship??

Gildren · Post by **Gildren** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:40 am

I just downloaded it... Donno if there is a "ship" version...

Celorn · Post by **Celorn** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 12:08 pm

WOW i had a look at the trailer and sshots... NOT too bad, I hope they at least include the wyverns and that new tileset in the next nwn update! Horses would be really cool....BUT on a PvP server, I'm not sure just HOW cool they'd be... people would be stealing or killing other people's horses constantly, the devs would have to come up with something REALLY clever to get around all the issues that would arise.

Blystos Re · Post by **Blystos Re** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 2:44 pm

Gildren wrote:I just downloaded it... Donno if there is a "ship" version...

Could you pm me with a link to where you paid for the download?
The one I saw was $5 more to ship, and will take 1-2 weeks.
I DON'T WANNA WAIT A WEEK!

The tileset will go really well with a mod I am building for a campaign...as well as the rest of the content.

As for horses getting killed...I don't know how they work yet, but the devs might be able to make the horse respawn at the stable in your home town.
Just a thought...