Next Beamdog project?

[Thorba]

Any infos about the next beamdog project? I still hope of a neverwinter nights 2 enhanced edition.

[DrLoboto]

I'm hoping the "next" project will be NWN for a while, still so much left to do in order for it to earn the name EE. ;P

I'm not sure to what extent NWN2 can be enhanced as the main issues with it seem hardcoded, related to the engine ...

[Thorba]

I'm not sure to what extent NWN2 can be enhanced as the main issues with it seem hardcoded, related to the engine ... [/quote]
Sadly the gog version isnt working very well anymore on my win10, i just hope for more compatibility on newer operating systems.

[DrLoboto]

Yeah, that would be cool, but I'm not sure if Beamdog could do anything about it. I think as far as tweaking is concerned, GOG is already trying to keep the games as compatible as possible, so if that doesn't work and the community doesn't have any solutions either, I guess serious changes to the engine would be necessary. If I'm not mistaken, some developers who were in involved in creating NWN are now working for Beamdog, but I don't know if they also have ex-members of Obsidian and whether it would be possible for them to get the source code and the permission to change it.

What's your issue, btw? Is it the characteristical lag or something worse?

[Thorba]

Originally posted by DrLoboto:

Yeah, that would be cool, but I'm not sure if Beamdog could do anything about it. I think as far as tweaking is concerned, GOG is already trying to keep the games as compatible as possible, so if that doesn't work and the community doesn't have any solutions either, I guess serious changes to the engine would be necessary. If I'm not mistaken, some developers who were in involved in creating NWN are now working for Beamdog, but I don't know if they also have ex-members of Obsidian and whether it would be possible for them to get the source code and the permission to change it.

What's your issue, btw? Is it the characteristical lag or something worse?

The tutorial is working but after i enter the first area (after the tavern) the problems start.
If i try to pause the game at a fight it stops working and i must close the game via task manager.
Then I have this lag bug, the game becomes slower and slower after a while and forces me to restart the pc. The lag bug isnt the problem but this strange fight/pause bug makes it unplayable for me.

[Robotukas]

I don't really intrested in EE. I prefer to have reforge Edition like blizzard did with Warcarft 3.

[DrLoboto]

Originally posted by Thorba:

The tutorial is working but after i enter the first area (after the tavern) the problems start.
If i try to pause the game at a fight it stops working and i must close the game via task manager.
Then I have this lag bug, the game becomes slower and slower after a while and forces me to restart the pc. The lag bug isnt the problem but this strange fight/pause bug makes it unplayable for me.

Yeah, the lag bug is well know and also present on Win 8.1 and probably earlier windows versions, too. There was also something about NWN2 not being able to deal with multicore processors and using only one core or so. I haven't heard of the crash while pausing in fights issue yet. That sucks. :(

[RotherHans]

AFAIK they don´t have any license on NWN2 or even a shred of sourcecode to enhance or fix.
Best bet is the frikken gfx update for original NWN and sombody simply porting the game maps over.

As for the next project, it´s already known.
They're advertising it even on their HP.

[Bluebeak]

I'd like to see NWN2 at least on Steam

Originally posted by RotherHans:

AFAIK they don´t have any license on NWN2 or even a shred of sourcecode to enhance or fix.
Best bet is the frikken gfx update for original NWN and sombody simply porting the game maps over.

As for the next project, it´s already known.
They're advertising it even on their HP.

NWN2 ran on a different engine. It also had many enhancements compared to the original that would require essentially remaking the game on a new engine to add.

[red255]

i don't have issues running NWN2 on windows 10. what issue are you running into?

[DrLoboto]

Originally posted by red255:

i don't have issues running NWN2 on windows 10. what issue are you running into?

See above:

Originally posted by Thorba:

The tutorial is working but after i enter the first area (after the tavern) the problems start.
If i try to pause the game at a fight it stops working and i must close the game via task manager.
Then I have this lag bug, the game becomes slower and slower after a while and forces me to restart the pc. The lag bug isnt the problem but this strange fight/pause bug makes it unplayable for me.

[red255]

OK, I didn't actually install NWN2. I just copied the files over from a PC that I installed it on long ago in some other operating system. but yeah, havent had those issues.

[Silvaren]

Trent Oster said there will be no NWN 2 EE because it's different type of game. He wanted to bring back multiplayer D&D experience of NWN 1, sharing it with friends across unlimited adventures thanks to great variety and creativity freedom given by Aurora Toolset.

There were rumors (even screenshots) that Beamdog is wroking on computer adaptation of Deadlands. It's pretty cool RPG which blends few genre like western and horror, adds some magic and fantasy creatures.

[Space Dog]

If they can keep on working on NWN: EE and it's visual overhaul we won't need NWN2: EE.

Beamdog's silence and lack of updates is making me a bit worried though.

[Hookworm]

Finishing this game...

[Bluebeak]

Originally posted by Silvaren:

Trent Oster said there will be no NWN 2 EE because it's different type of game. He wanted to bring back multiplayer D&D experience of NWN 1, sharing it with friends across unlimited adventures thanks to great variety and creativity freedom given by Aurora Toolset

Nwn2 isnt that different. It also had multiplayer and it's own toolset. It's most likely due to rights/money since it wasn't a Bioware game.