Pushing Pixels

Got hit over the head with an idea a couple nights ago. Tried it out, crashed my NWN client. Broke it into pieces, no crash for me.

So, yeah. I'm planning on making a bit of a change to the in-game world map, making it with higher resolution (so you can read some of the text on it) and adding a little bit of "magic".

You go ...

Whoa!

And "Yay!" for extended software life.

It's looking good

Oooh, very nice!

Unfortunately, even split up, the game client can't handle the 3D relief map.

Dammit.

Hmmm ... any workarounds? If anyone can pull it out of their arse it's you, !

Eric of Atrophy wrote:Hmmm ... any workarounds? If anyone can pull it out of their arse it's you, !

I wish. I even tried making it so the game would create each of the 20 pieces on a delay so that not all would need to be rendered at the same time. I worked, until I left the area and returned (when the game had to re-render the entire map at once). So this means it can't be used for the world map in-game.

I tested it on both my laptop and desktop (which has a better graphics card). The problem was with the NWN software rendering, not just the graphics card.

Oh, well.

Would it be possible to add a icon to the existing map that represented the character's current location (prior to looking at the map)?

Elhanan wrote:Would it be possible to add a icon to the existing map that represented the character's current location (prior to looking at the map)?

I'm not sure. I'll have to think about it and see if I can figure out a way. Maybe I'll have to script a list of every area and their tags, then figure out a location for a "you are here" arrow based on those area tags.

The Amethyst Dragon wrote:

Elhanan wrote:Would it be possible to add a icon to the existing map that represented the character's current location (prior to looking at the map)?

I'm not sure. I'll have to think about it and see if I can figure out a way. Maybe I'll have to script a list of every area and their tags, then figure out a location for a "you are here" arrow based on those area tags.

This one would be helpful to newbies, and to any not having access to Teleport. But pls consider this one as a secondary feature; not a priority issue taking up your new found freedom.