NWN Community Expansion Project Pack V2.0
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NWN Community Expansion Project Pack v2.0 Bioware-CEP forums: http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewforum.html?forum=83 CEP Website: http://cepteam.dyndns.org/forums/index.php Introduction Welcome to the Community Expansion Pack (CEP) version 2.0! After a long and twisted road you finally have in your hands on the most up to date collection of community work for NWN. I’m sure what you create with this content will far exceed anything we have imagined! For those of you who are new to the CEP, let me take a moment to describe its contents. This is a collection of hak packs from the previous six years of custom content, designed to work with BioWare's Neverwinter Nights. These hak packs have been grouped and modified to work together for the betterment of the NWN community as a whole. You’ll find some of the best and most popular work available for NWN. Please join me and the rest of the CEP Team in thanking every person who has created this content for the community’s use. Now, the CEP Team hasn't just sat back and mashed these haks into one huge collection of material. As you look through the content you’ll notice model, animation and texture corrections, new scripts, and completely new content unique to the CEP itself. All of this has been designed to work alongside the official content of Neverwinter Nights and all patch updates by BioWare; so you will be able to enjoy their high quality with as little fuss as possible. Those of you who have traveled this long road with us will be pleased to see hundreds of new custom content items added to the already vaulted list available in the CEP. In addition to this new content, you’ll see some new tricks, scripts, and corrections to the previous content that you already have at your disposal. The following documentation will help guide you through the installation and use of the CEP. We certainly hope that you are as excited about this new content as we are! Enjoy the CEPv2! - CEP Team 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 Requirements to Use CEP v2.0 ............................................................................. 3 Download Options ...................................................................................................... 3 Installation of CEP to NWN...................................................................................... 4 Step 1: Open up the Compressed Folder(s)................................................ 4 Step 2: Move the Files to their New Homes................................................. 5 New Features of the CEP Hak-Set........................................................................ 6 The TOP hak ............................................................................................................. 6 The CORE haks........................................................................................................ 7 The ADDitional haks.............................................................................................. 8 Scripts & Blueprints................................................................................................ 9 The sb-hak method ............................................................................................ 9 The script/blueprint .erfs method ............................................................. 10 Adding CEPv2.0 to Your Module........................................................................ 11 Introduction & Basic Installation .................................................................... 11 How to install the script/blueprint .erfs .................................................. 13 When it already has CEPv1.x ........................................................................... 14 When it already has other haks... (and/or tlk file).................................. 15 In Combination with Tileset Haks.................................................................. 20 cep2_add_tiles & loadscreens.2da............................................................. 20 The Phenos Expansion Project ........................................................................... 21 include “zep_inc_phenos” ................................................................................. 21 Basic “Mount-Up” on Conversation ............................................................... 22 Basic “Dismount” Using a Placeable Object.............................................. 25 Intermediate “Fly & Land” Using a CLOAK!............................................... 26 CEP Content Contributions ................................................................................... 28 Obligatory Disclaimer.......................................................................................... 28 Contributor Acknowledgements..................................................................... 29 CEPv2.0 – 2DA Files & Locations....................................................................... 30 cep2_top_v1.hak.................................................................................................... 30 cep2_add_phenos2.hak...................................................................................... 30 cep2_add_tiles.hak ............................................................................................... 30 CEPv2.0 Team Credits............................................................................................ 31 Harley59 – Public Relations & Team Spirit Motivator ............................ 31 Shadow_Weaver – Senior Blueprint Specialist, Website Administrator, Expert Troubleshooter ......................................................... 31 TheExcimer-500 – Hak ‘Combinulator’, TLK Editor, Model & Animation Repairman ......................................................................................... 32 Ginasue – Public Relations & Tail-end of v2.0 Team Leader............. 33 420 & Throbblefoot – Blueprint Specialists ............................................... 34 1st Order of Role-Players’ Guild – Dedicated Play-Testers................... 35 Former CEP Team Credits..................................................................................... 36 Kephisto – CEPv2.0 Team Leader until its tail-end................................ 36 Doorman & NinjaTroll – Pre-CEPv2.0 Beta1 hak specialists .............. 36 Eligio_Sacateca – CEPv1.x Team Leader .................................................... 36 2 Requirements to Use CEP v2.0 CEPv2.0 requires Neverwinter Nights version 1.68 with both expansions (HotU & SoU). This includes the following compilations: Neverwinter Nights Diamond, Platinum, or Gold (with HotU). When Neverwinter Nights patch 1.69 is available, we will update the CEPv2 files. At this time there are no plans to create a non-expansion edition of CEPv2.0 (i.e. without HotU & SoU). Download Options There are three download options available for you to choose from: FULL Version (i.e. all the files in one download) in ZIP-compressed format FULL Version in RAR-compressed format Individual Hak Version – presented only in rar-compressed format. This allows you to download each hak separately and is provided primarily for our low-bandwidth users. FULL Version File List All of these files are located in the one compressed file you downloaded: cep2_top_v1.hak cep2_core5.hak cep2_add_phenos2.hak cep2_core4.hak cep2_add_phenos1.hak cep2_core3.hak cep2_add_tiles.hak cep2_core2.hak cep2_add_sb_v1.hak cep2_core1.hak cep2_bluept_v1.erf cep2_v1.tlk cep2_scripts_v1.erf cep2_starter.mod Individual Hak Version In order to reduce the number of downloads, we’ve tried to keep each package at around 50mb, sometimes including more than one hak. Here is the download breakdown: Download Files in Compressed Folder cep2_top_multi.rar cep2_top_v1.hak, cep2_add_phenos2.hak, cep2_add_phenos1.hak, cep2_v1.tlk. cep2_add_tiles.hak cep2_add_sb.hak cep2_scripts_v1.erf cep2_bluept_v1.erf cep2_core1.part1.rar cep2_core1.hak - You must download both parts before cep2_core1.part2.rar uncompressing this hak! cep2_core2.rar cep2_core2.hak cep2_core3.rar cep2_core3.hak cep2_core4.part1.rar cep2_core4.hak - You must download both parts before cep2_core4.part2.rar uncompressing this hak! cep2_core5.rar cep2_core5.hak 3 Installation of CEP to NWN Step 1: Open up the Compressed Folder(s) There are many compression options, however the most universal are the .zip & .rar. The .zip & .rar extensions represent compressed folders, which must be uncompressed before being usable by NWN. If you do not know how to uncompress these files, please read on. If you are already in the know, skip ahead to step two. .zip .zip has a lower compression rate (hence larger file size), however .zip is also integrated into the Windows XP platform. If you are using Windows XP just double-click the compressed folder you downloaded and it will open just like any other folder on your computer. You can also use the ZIP utility, called WinZip; it is much more powerful and usable with many operating systems. You can download a “free trial” version of winzip from http://www.winzip.com. More details on WinZip are found on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29. If you install WinZip, then you can open WinZip up first and then under file->open open the CEP .zip file you downloaded. .rar The second most popular compression method is .rar. This has a higher compression rate, thus lower file size. However, you need a .rar program to uncompress the files.