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Ancient Bioware Modules
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Submitted by Tarot Redhand on 2017-05-10 03:54.
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2022-04-07 01:28
Memory is a funny thing. A little while ago someone recently returned to NwN asked about a module that they remembered but couldn't find (Goblins vs Kobolds). This was one of a number of modules that Bioware released when NwN was relatively new. Now the thing is I could have sworn that it was a part of NwN because I also had NwN Diamond edition on disk and had checked and found this module in my modules folder. Rather than putting it into my Dropbox account, I decided to see if it was still available via the wayback machine. That was how I was reminded just how many free NwN modules Bioware had released. Not only that. I was also reminded that the majority of these had actually been initially released as part of the patches that Bioware released for NwN. In other words they were never actually part of NwN. This in turn means that a lot of them haven't been available for download for some years now. Some are available elsewhere on this site but I have still included them here as I feel that it is better to keep them all together.
A couple of things to note about this collection is that there were 3 modules that I am not 100% (I'm about 98% certain) sure are by Bioware. As I haven't been able to find these particular modules on the vault I have included these in their own folder called "Probable". The other thing to note is that before Bioware elevated it to a free Premium module, "Witch's Wake" was available as a free download without the extra bits that were supposed to be part of a premium module. I still have this version along with the stub of a sequel module (included so that when the sequel was released, it would auto-load at the end of Witch's Wake). I have included this in its own folder called "Witch's Wake".
So here's the list of what's included in this archive -
BlackJack Inn.mod
bw167demo.mod
Catapults!.mod
Chicguins.mod
CoC Map Sampler.mod
CoC Map Sampler.txt
Contest Of Champions 0492.mod
Dance Club.mod
DEMO - A Bucket of Gnolls.mod
DEMO - Goblins vs Kobolds.mod
DEMO - House of Doors.mod
DEMO - Thar be Rats! Yarrr!.mod
DEMO - The Cat Lady.mod
Naval Battle.mod
Naval Battle.txt
Neverwinter Chess.mod
The Dark Ranger's Treasure.mod
The Winds of Eremor.mod
To Heir is Human.mod
War Wizards.mod
Probable
Archery Contest.mod
DEMO - Tile Magic and Lootable Corpse.mod
The Crows.mod
Witch's Wake
WW1-The Fields of Battle.mod
WW2-The Witch Hunters.mod
Please be aware that some of these are meant for multiplayer, some for single player and at least one is really designed for LAN play. The one that I know is designed for LAN play is "Naval Battle". It is a NwN version of the old pen and paper game "Battleships".
Anyway have fun.
TR 5/2017
Update
While looking through an old document I had saved a long time ago I came across some links. I followed them via the wayback machine and came across another module to add to the above modules. Not only that. This module comes with 6 haks. Added to this I also came across a more complete version of the bw167demo.mod already featured here. This new version comes with 2 erf files.
I have bundled these new discoveries together in separate directories in the 7z archive along with the old document which was written by Georg Zoeller. They are in the separate download "1,67 Demos" below. This archive contains the following -
Georg's Scripting Extreme Close-Up.pdf
BioWare_NWN167_ScriptExamples
x3_it_wingtype.erf
x3_name_gen.erf
bw167demo.mod
BioWare_NWN167_Tilesets_Full
aurora_tdt.hak
aurora_tdtinfo.hak
aurora_ttz.hak
aurora_ttzinfo.hak
potsc_lscrns.hak
potsc_lscrns_2da.hak
DEMO - Sea Filth!.mod
TR 10/2017
Two more old Bioware files in a separate download (Lost and Found.7z) now recovered.
DEMO - Land Sea-Puma (another demo module)
dance_club_wav.hak (used by Dance Club.mod)
TR 7/4/2002
Files:
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Old Bioware Modules (907) | 1.51 MB |
| 1.67 Demos (440) | 16.05 MB |
| Lost and Found (91) | 611.53 KB |
Thanks for putting this here!
You're welcome. There wasn't a lot to do actually. The hardest part was finding which of the modules in my modules folder were actually by Bioware.
TR
Wow, getting all sentimental here with such an old game. Thanks, Terot! Will be fun going through these!
Thank you. Most are simple demos, so it shouldn't take that long
.
TR
Cool!! I have some of these but not all of them. I realize my NWN installation is over 10 years old and I've been migrating it from my dying computers to new ones and it's a HUGE folder by now!
Thanks for that. FWIW my NeverwinterNights folder comes in at 65.9 GB (that's Gigabytes not Great Britain
) but it does include all my stuff. Having said that I have 3 physical drives. On the shared (tween win 7 & win 10 (dual boot)) data drive I keep every last bit of stuff I have saved over the years and it comes to 183 GB but there must inevitably include some duplication. It includes uncompressed graphics, programs and information in various formats. It also holds unfinished and released stuff of mine along with the individual files of all my stuff. The surprising thing is I can still find most things when I want them.
TR
Lucky you still have it.. I once had a massive archive like that across multiple games, which contained a whole module of mine which took a year to make, and then I deleted most of it (including the module) for some idiotic reason. Long story short, I was never able to retrieve most of the lost files, most especially not the module. Now turns out I needed that dumb module for something so I gotta remake it all again. Moral of the story have someone else hold a backup for you (or upload it somewhere) in case you ever get deletitus. I almost gave that module to somebody/uploaded it, now I wish I did. Would've saved me ages looking for all the stuff that was used to make it.
I love how you were bothered to include additional content with my request, including a bunch of other demos I haven't seen in years but totally forgot all about. I remember messing around on some of these cheesy modules. Goblins vs. kobolds kept kiddie me entertained for days; load up a character and 'watch over' the battles until the respawn script breaks or I couldn't get exp anymore. Cannot understand why, but that was the shit. Part of my chidlhood right there.
10 out 10 for the effort. If I could give more than 10 I would for the addiitional content.
I think you are missing one? The Arena map? Or am I confused??
Do you mean the Contest of Champions Map Sampler? Bioware called it "CoC Map Sampler.mod" which is on there.
TR
Thanks for posting these. I never thought I'd see these again after my data hdd died. Now to find that archive of script templates I had.
I know i'm asking late but I have something called 'defunct_project2.7z' lying around that was uploaded by you. If that is what you're looking for I'll be glad to share it back as it's your work.
Good stuff! Thanks for scrounging it all up and posting.
Thanks guys.
TR
Thanks for putting this together. There are two other Bioware-released files I can't find anywhere, and I wonder if you or anyone might still have them.
dance_club_wav.hak (used by Dance Club.mod)
DEMO - Land Sea-Puma (another demo module)
@zokop87 Found and uploaded.
TR
Thank you!