Basic Guide to Module Creation

[PeregrineV]

I want to make some simple modules for my kids to play NWN. Does anyone know where I can get a guide of sorts to the basics of module building? Without digging through 300+ hours of Bioware or Vault posts.

Thanks!

[cely]

This is how I got started...

http://nwn.bioware.com/builders/modtutorial.html

[Death Dealer1]

just open it up and start digging around...i learned alot from that alone

[Elagneros]

Here's two pretty good resources:

The Toolset Manual:

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Ot ... ail&id=803

NWN Lexicon:

http://nwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=ot ... ail&id=736

[Elagneros]

And cely and dd1's advice is good as well. The Bioware tutorial is ok although I found it didn't really explain things well. Still, if you follow the directions, it should be a good way to learn the basics. And like dd1, most of what I learned about toolset use I learned through tinkering with it.

If you're making a module for your kids, you don't have to do anything really complicated anyway.

[PeregrineV]

True, They like to point on the monsters that are red and click the button to fight. But my middle kid is learning to read so I want to have NPC conversations with basic words.

Since NS4 is still down , I'll work on this some.

[P. Fricebottle]

Conversations are time-consuming. Whenever you generate an NPC, they start out with all the generic scripts for heartbeat, userdefined, etc. I find they suffice to strike up a conversation in the first place.

To create the conversation you want to strike up, simply go to the Basic page and look at the bottom box labeled Conversation. If you're just creating this NPC, it should be empty. To create a conversation, simply edit the blank and it'll pop up an Untitled window for the conversation. From there, type in your conversation. You should be able to figure out how you want your conversation to go.

But, as the others said, I learned all I did from tinkering (scripting is a bit tricky though).

[Elagneros]

A bit tricky? More like damn hard unless you've got lots of experience coding. The Lexicon is pretty much a guide to scripting commands, however it hasn't been updated in a while, and so doesn't cover some of the really cool scripting stuff you can do with HotU.

[Tyme]

If you're making it for your children, put in a script to make the monsters say "Clean your room! Rargh!" Or "Do your parents taxes!" Subliminal messaging, and you can nag even when you're not there.