本贴为NWN2 的消息，资讯汇总，即将不断更新
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GAMEDAILY NWN 2 PREVIEW
- Your PC starts out as a everyday commoner, no one of importance gives you much notice.
- Up to 3 of 10 available NPC's may join you. They each have their own personality, desires, and agendas.
- The NPC's actions may have a effect on the game world just like yours.
- The NPC's may part ways to deal with their own issues, at times this will effect the core plot.
- Minotaur confirmed monster
- Talked a great deal about the new eye candy (mist, rolling hills, setting moon) and how it impressed him.
- ~77 "different monster types" confirmed. See below.

RPGVault
- "All told there's well over 50 monsters in the game." (Ed: I *believe* he is refering to the OC not toolset)
- Orc, Troll, Pit Fiend and Iron Golem verbally confirmed
- Some side quests involve optional areas of the game - you don't have to go there, but it's usually worth your while if you do.
- Some quests are based on companions, with some class quests too.
- Shooting for 30 to 40 hours of playtime in the OC
- Can play the OC in MP, however some dialog and the like will be scaled back.
- 48 total team members working on NWN 2

GameBanshee
- Your PC is more akin to the Vault Dweller from the Fallout series. As s/he is molded by events rather then pre-defined background.
- Your PC will have no ties or canon FR NPC's.
- Not only black and white moral choices but a lot of 'grey' choices as well.
- Your choices will directly effect your alignment and alter it.
- The influence system of Knights2 has a deep impact on the NPC's in NWN2.

NWNVAULT
- On the topic of the toolset mostly what we already know painting 'tiles' and such
- Traps can now respawn
- New confirmed script command OnPartyLeaderChange
- SetName command is being considered
- You can swap scripts out on the fly
- Currently a 3DMax or such plugin shipping does not look promising
- Toolset has 'plugin system' that allows to tie in custom applets
- There will be a way to split treasure fairly in MP games
- All the prestige classes that were released by BioWare, in all their expansion packs will be included
- So far a total of 11 prestige classes confirmed
- Total of 10 NPC companions to choose from
- Direct control over the NPCs that join you
- By playing a Drow there will be some reaction by NPCs but they are focusing more on making sure that all the decisions that players make have consequences
- You can name your animal companions and familiars.
- Whirlwind Attack, Power Attack and Cleave feats confirmed.
- Companions will chime in and talk to you as they feel the need, a'la BG2.
- More use of stealth in the OC.
- A lot of dialogue in the OC so diplomatic characters can get a lot of mileage.
- Arcane Trickster confirmed PrC.
- All the core basic item types are in NWN2.
- Mirror Image spell confirmed.

真的是随便翻的，错漏之处肯定不少，还望各位高人不吝赐教

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GAMEDAILY NWN 2 PREVIEW- 你的人物将以普通百姓的身份开始，没有什么重要人士会注意到你。
- 将会有3~10名NPC加入你的队伍。他们每个人都有自己的个性、期望和安排。
- NPC们的行为将可能如你一样对游戏世界产生影响。
- NPC们可能会离队去处理他们自己的事情，有时这将影响主线剧情。
- 怪物“牛头人”已被确认。
- 谈及大量新景物（雾、起伏的山川、月亮起落），以及它们给人留下的深刻印象。
- “77种不同的怪物种类”已被确认。见下。

RPGVault
- “已知游戏中将有超过50种以上的怪物。”（Ed：我*确信*他是指原版剧情而非工具箱。）
- 兽人、巨魔、深狱炼魔和铁魔像得到口头确认。
- 游戏中的可择区域包含一些支线任务，不是非去不可，但那里通常有值得你去的理由。
- 同伴任务和职业任务。
- 原版剧情将提供30~40小时的游戏时间。
- 原版剧情也可以拆为数个MOD来玩，但对话及一些相关联内容会遭缩减。
- 无冬2开发小组包含有48名成员。

GameBanshee
- 你的人物更类似于辐射系列中的放逐者。比起预先设定好背景，他/她们将更多的由事件来塑造。
- Your PC will have no ties or canon FR NPC's.（你的人物将和被遗忘国度的NPC们无关？不懂……）
- 不仅有黑白二种道德选择，也有不少“灰色”选择。
- 你的选择将直接影响并改变你的阵营。
- 来自旧共和国武士2的影响力系统将对无冬2中的NPC们产生深刻影响。

NWNVAULT
- 关于工具箱，我们最多知道描绘“砖瓦”及诸如此类的一个大概。
- 陷阱现在可以刷新。
- 新的脚本命令“OnPartyLeaderChange”已被确认。
- “SetName”指令也在考虑之中。
- You can swap scripts out on the fly（你可在不工作时交换脚本？不懂……）
- Currently a 3DMax or such plugin shipping does not look promising（当前3DMAX或类似的插件设备貌似没有希望？不懂……）
- 工具箱具有“插件系统”，允许结合自定义程序。
- MOD游戏中的分赃方法将会更加公平。
- 所有的进阶职业已由BioWare释出，将会包括在资料篇中。
- 到目前为止，已有11种进阶职业被确认。
- 总计有10名同伴可供选择。
- 你可以直接控制NPC们。
- 通过扮演黑暗精灵可使NPC们有一些不同的反应，但更多的时候，他们关心的是你做出的选择所带来的结果。
- 你能为动物伙伴和魔宠命名。
- 旋风攻击、猛力攻击及顺势斩等专长已被确认。
- 同伴们会在他们感到需要的时候找你谈话，嗯，有点像博得2。
- 原版剧情中有不少地方需要隐密行动。
- 原版剧情包含大量对话，外交技能卓越的人物将得到更多回报。
- 进阶职业“诡术师”已被确认。
- 核心规则中的基本物品类型都将包括在无冬2中。
- 法术“镜影术”已被确认。

谢谢driger

继续贴
Game Captain (German)

- You have 100% control over your companions level progression and inventory(having played KotoR II i was sure about that but i don't know if it has been confirmed) 你能100%地操控你佣兵的升级以及装备
- There will be more bard songs
Bard song 次数会增多
- Most interesting: There will be some sort of progression tree concerning char development "by category, with respect to classes and races". I think the journalist is talking about a feat-selection-window as seen in KotoR,but i cannot be sure. he is using the term "fertigkeiten" which means "skills" in german d&d and nwn but i am sure he's wrong.
人物升级时会有类似于“技能树”的选择，针对不同的职业和种族
- The graphic engine is 100% based on directx9c, the autor is amazed by the graphics (which is propably a very good sign...)
图象引擎100%基于 directx9x
-"Hills and valleys" are in. i'm asking myself what he means by "valleys". probably he's talking about rolling hills...
山谷和翻越山蛉
- Open helmets with respect to your chars face are in (i think this has not definitely been confirmed yet but probably i'm wrong)
这个不太明确指的什么
- A terrain-generating tool has been added to the toolset which auto-generates some more or less random terrain that you can edit afterwards (that's new isn't it?)
toolset新增加terrain 自动生成器

- There will be more bard songs 疑是指bard song的种类增加，那就更有意思了！

最新一期Computer Games 上刊登了关于NWN2的消息（主要toolset 方面）

- Obsidian based a lot of the toolset re-design on "player (forum?) feedback"
- Goal is to give players "more godlike options"
- To make the toolset easy enough so "that dosen't look shitty when used by non-artists" (Feargus quote)
- Interiors still use tilesets, exteriors do not, much more organic; compaired it to WoW
- The exterior slopes and craigs "aren't strickly 3D" but does look as such
- You size scale monsters via the mouse wheel
- You can set which sections of a area have a walk mesh or not
- Items may be saved in "stackable prefabs" to be duped or reused another time
- Dialog options: color, size, font. parenthetical asides
- Dialog "main question mode" eliminates repetitive loops from the dialog trees via automaticly checking against the gamut of possible parameters at the time of the scripting process
- Fully editable particle editor
- Water physics
- Ability to create campaigns of inter-linked modules

官方宣布NWN2中将不会出现乘骑系统…………（残念）

While the speculation has been rampant in the community and Obsidian has kind of answered the question, it is now official. Here's what J.E. Sawyer had to say:

Rideable horses will not be in NWN2. I'm sorry it's taken so long for you to get that answer, but there it is.

A lot of components of horses are in the game right now, but bits and pieces don't make a working whole -- especially when that working whole is a vast sprawl of interconnected subsystems.

Given their partial implementation, the large amount of work remaining for them, and their low integration into the official campaign, we decided to cut them. My apologies to those who may have been depending on mounts for their NWN2 module ideas and for players looking forward to using mounts in the OC and enduser campaigns.


看来又要指望Nwn community了。我们新开的anphillia  服却是由于Akira 的努力，将实现pc骑马的梦想。
http://www.odyguild.net/bbs/read.php?tid=1966&fpage=1

Warcry- 关于NWN2中的人物表情动作

J.E. Sawyer, new lead developer for NWN2, responded to a post thread regarding animations various users would like to see:

- point at [object] with hand
用手指向某个物体

- laugh out loud with head thrown back
头向后仰大声笑
- giggle with hand lifted to face
抬起手哈哈傻笑

- cry with head leaned forward
头倾向一边哭泣（。。。MM 专用么？）

- cheer with fist raised to the sky / ceiling
挥拳而立欢呼大笑

- applaud with clapping and raising hand to face to whistle
鼓掌，举手，吹口哨

- crouched working on [object] with both hands
双手握紧/抓住某个物体

期待啊！............
10月是我们的盛典！哈哈哈哈哈~~

转一些Warcry 采访Obsidia 关于NWN2 联机情况的问题

Persistent World Issues:

- Will a local copy of the module be required?
At this point, yes, at least the walkmesh portion. Walkmeshes will be version stamped and a check will be performed on log in to determine if the versions match. Brian Lawson and Adam Brenneke later confirmed this fact.

- Will it be possible to encrypt the files players download in order to make them secure and avoid spoiling secrets?
Unknown at this time though it –seems- like it would be something that can be accomplished. It is something the developers are still considering and working on.

- What about a dedicated server?
YES!

- Is it possible for one computer to host more than one module?
Maybe if it’s a super computer according to Adam and Brian.

The DM Client:
- Were any features dropped from the NWN client?
No though enhancements have been made to some. For example, entire parties can be jumped from one spot to another rather than one character at a time.
Any other enhancements or improvements?

- There is now a free roaming camera for DMs so that their avatar doesn’t necessarily have to be in the immediate vicinity of a party. Their avatar can be at a distance yet follow the party or individuals with the camera. The DM avatar doesn’t have to move with the party.

- Are any of the DMFI functions going to be part of the DM client?
Not at this point.

- Can DMs rename their avatars and/or NPCs/monsters in the game?
Using the set_name function it is possible.

- What about the improvements to the client that were made in the last patch version released by Bioware?
Work began on the DMC before the latest additions implemented in the 1.67 patch so those features will not be in the new client though other enhancements/improvements are being made.

- Will the DM client be ready for download on the day of release?
Simply put: Yes.

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持续世界的发布：

- 需要模组的本地副本吗？
关于此点，是的，至少需要walkmesh这一部分。walkmeshe将会被标注版本，并在每次登陆时执行检查以确保两者的版本相配。Brian Lawson和Adam Brenneke稍后确认了这一种事实。

- 玩家下载的那部分文件可以加密起来以保护其安全及避免泄露秘密吗？
此时仍是未知数尽管“看起来”这是一种可以实现的功能。这些事情开发者们仍在考虑和着手准备中。

-会有专用的服务器吗？
是的!

- 一台计算机可以运行一个以上的模组吗?
如果是像Adam和Brian那样的超级计算机也许可行。

关于DM模式：

- 与一代相比，有什么功能被减掉了吗？
没有，尽管某些功能得到了增强。举例来说，这次可以将一整个队伍传送到某点而不需要一只只的传送。

- 其他方面有什么增强或改进吗？
DM们现在拥有自由漫游镜头，以便他们的化身不必时时刻刻都得呆在队伍身边。他们的化身可以在远处跟踪队伍或是将镜头对准单独某位而不必紧跟队伍。

下面是引用Howard于2006-07-14 11:05发表的:
有任何DMFI功能会成为DM模式的一部分吗？
-目前还不会有。

- DM们可以在游戏中替他们的化身或是NPC和怪物们重命名吗？
使用set_name功能即可。

- 已由Bioware释出的最后修正版（1.67版）的DM模式的改进情况如何？
尽管我们做了其他的增强与改进，但因为OOXX（？）的原因，所以这些特性将不会包括在新的DM模式中。

- DM客户端会在游戏发售的当天放出下载吗？
简单来说：是的。