A Strange World

A Strange World

WARNING : This module contains Adult content. Don't play if you are young and uncorrupted. Don't let your children play it. Patch level 1.23. Requires both extensions MotB and SoZ.

A Strange World is a single player,light hearted, story driven module for a level 1 human male player character of any alignment (Need to play a human male character - the story won't make sense with a female character, an elf character, half-elf, dwarf etc. Sorry!)
About 8 hours of play if you do, and find, all the side quests.. Use a level 1 character to start with. You will be levelled up to level 11 at the beginning of the module. Only tested with fighter.
It wont make sense for the story if you play a magic user and if you're not human. Otherwise feel free to play as a fighter, rogue or barbarian for example. This module uses only prefab areas (some of them slightly modified), so a big thank you for all the wonderful content creators out there!

Story Synopsis:

While checking out some ruins somewhere in our world (Earth) you are transported to another world. Where are you? Why are you there? Time to find out.

Installation:

First make a backup copy of your override folder. Then: All files must first be uncompressed with for example 7zip. Then put the contents of each folder into Users\...\Documents\Neverwinter Nights2\ (8, 7, Vista) or into My Documents\...\Neverwinter Nights2\ (XP)
    In detail:
    1. Put the contents of the music folder into ..\music\
    2. Put the contents of the hak folder into ..\hak\
    3. Put the module file into A Strange World.mod into ..\modules\
    4. Put the contents of the override folder into ..\override\
    5. Put the contents of the portraits folder into ..\portraits\

I've been working on this module for about a year now. It was never intended to be a module to begin with. I was just fooling around with the toolset one day and then it grew and grew. I only use prefabs, sometimes a bit modified, and I've had a lot of help with scripting from my brother and the awesome neverwintervault community. I'm getting a bit better at scripting but most of the times I still feel like a noob.

I've replayed for hours upon hours eliminating bugs but I just don't have the strength or time to do that anymore. I hope there are no more game breaking bugs at least.

Notes about the module:

1. Story driven module for a level 1 human male player character of any alignment (Need to play a male character - the story won't make sense with a female character. Sorry!)

2. Companions are mandatory.

3. Female companions are romanceable, plus there is a female romanceable NPC.

4. There is quite a lot of fighting. The fights may be too easy, I don't know. I've tested the module with the easy setting and only 2-3 fights were a bit more difficult.

5. If there is an animation, like if you see an NPC or companion walking or running towards you, a dialogue is probably about to start. Don't interupt that, please. It might break the game.

6. Talk to your companions often. They have alot to say. Also, try and talk to every NPC you see. There might be quests. There is lots of talking in this module. Perhaps too much. :) If you don't like to read lines of dialogue this module is probably not for you.

7. Make sure you save often. There is no auto-save.

8. At one point in the game, but this is a side quest, you and your companions are actually supposed to "die" or get mortally wounded. If you manage to somehow win this fight it will break the game. (hint: it's a small area with doors on either side)

9. There is no crafting in the module.

10. Check your journal every time there is an entry. It might contain important information you might miss if you don't check.

11. Don't run too far ahead of your companions. Sometimes a cutscene or dialogue is supposed to fire and if you're too far ahead it might not fire.

12. Try to roleplay your character. At times there may be a choice that you shouldn't make if you've answered differently in a previous dialogue. It was hard to keep track of every exact choice even if I tried...but if you roleplay your character there should (I hope) be no problem.

13. I should probably have made more quests depending on other skills than fighting...as it is now not alot of other skills are needed except for maybe searching, sneaking and some intelligence and dexterety checks.

14. This module is light-hearted fun and a bit silly. Please don't take it too seriously. At times it might feel more like VN than RPG. I'm not sure if hardcore gamers will like it.

15. I'm sorry the files for this module are so large! The override folder is especially large since I've included the NWN2 Facelift Pack - by Xaltar (with drow modifications by me that I use for one of the companions), alot of clothing packs, hairstyles, voicesets and Tchos'HD stuff. So make sure you make a backup of your override folder before you try this module out.

16. NPCs that have nothing to say at first glance might have important information later on once a quest progresses, so if you're stuck you might have to speak to them again.


Known bugs:

1. At one time when you move towards a place where your companions are supposed to talk to you, and a cutscene is supposed to fire, I experienced in one of my playthroughs that the cutscene didn't fire and thus broke the game. If that happens, just reload from a previous save and try again. It will probably work.

2. I discovered that some of the scripts I use for triggering dialog on occasion doesn't work if you are controlling your companion. I don't know why that is. Sadly, there is too much work to be done if I were to go back and check every instance of this. If you, when you're exploring, make a habit of controlling your main PC, not the companions, there should be no problems at all with the dialogs, so please bear that in mind. If I make a sequel to this module, I will correct this mistake.

3. If you meet with Athine, when the characters are supposed to sit on the chairs they sometimes sit and then stand up again. This happens about 50 % of the time. I don't know how to get around this, I'm afraid.

v.1.04 release notes (possible minor spoilers for those who have not yet played the module)

Bug fixes and other little things:

- A cave in the Veanos that don't lead anywhere was clickable (well, these kinds of problems occur when you only use prefabs like I did for this module)
- Reduced selling prices at two stores after complaint from a player.
- Moved the dryad a bit closer to the road in Veanos after complaint from a player.
- Fixed a typo on an item.
- In a side quest in the City of Wonders a door that shouldn't have been pickable was. That broke the game for one player. Fixed.
- A conversation at an altar in The Ancient Tomb fired every time you clicked on it. Fixed.
- A weird conversation bug in the City of Wonder's prison is fixed.
- Made a map pin to the Gnoll Stronghold so it's more obvious where to go when in that area.
- A player found some other problem with the getting the fairy dust. As far as I can see there should be no problem now.

v.1.03 release notes (possible minor spoilers for those who have not yet played the module)

Bug fixes:

- A player reported not being able to find out about fairy dust. This happens if you begin one of the side quests and do not finish it. I made some small changes to conditions to two dialogs that should make it impossible not to be able to find out where to find fairy dust, even if you didn't complete the side quest.
 

v.1.02 release notes (possible minor spoilers for those who have not yet played the module)

Bug fixes:

- In the side quest where your character is supposed to "die", a player managed to defeat the "creature" somehow. I've now made him and his minons immortal, so even if he comes to near death he can't be killed, thus not breaking the game.
- I didn't realize that Centulo could be killed by wolves if you have bad luck on your side. He too is immortal now, so that can't happen.

v.1.01 beta release notes (possible minor spoilers for those who have not yet played the module)

Bug fixes:

- Made the ladder in the cellar with the rats indestructable, so you can get out again, if you somehow by mistake destroyed it.
- If you speak to Ali three times, the third time you couldn't ask certain questions. That is fixed now.
- Bug when talking to the innkeeper about the rat quest not being available when speaking to him a second time. Fixed now.
- You could pick the lock before of the door to the Grand Hall in the City of Wonders, thus be able to break the game. Fixed.
- In one conversation when you are supposed to be teleported to Ionia you get to the City of Wonders instead, and vice versa. Fixed.
- A bug where you could accidentally romance two girls at the same time is fixed.
- If you chose to romance one of the girls that at the end of the module suggest you check out her house there was no epilogue. Fixed.
- Fixed possible bug of Krobkloff not being immortal before the PC and the companions speak to him.
- Several spelling errors fixed.

- By suggestion from a player: If you now enter go the dragon cave armed, things will not go so well.

Credits:

External sources used in this module:


Teper's Blessed Realm Prefab Area - by Teper's or aadatepe

Teper's Prefab Area - by Teper's or aadatepe

Tank's Prefab World - by Tank6ge

Elven_Forest - by Elminster_falcon

The Ascended City - by ticladesign

Sword Coast Areas - by jlf2n

Home_Interior_001_4x4 - by Ugly_Duck

Reds Wilderness Village - by Redunzgofasta

Rogue Dao - Lip Flappers - by Montgomery Lee Markland

New beautifull armors, hairstyles and weapons - by Aqvilinus

Cloud, Waterfall, Fountain effect - by ShadowM

KEMO Custom Animations - by Kemo

To sit on objects (v1.76) - by Patcha

Snake hakpak - by Arpharazon

Krighaur's Female head pack - by Krighaur

FXE Generator Tool - by 0100010

Gortan's Magical Fountains - by Gortan

Werewolf model - by shannonjoeker

'Fall from Grace' Soundset - by Estelindis (note: Heavily edited by me. I've used compression and EQ to make the sounds' quality, that in today's standard is quite poor since it's from the old Planescape:Torment game, match up to the other voices used in NWN2)

Baldur's Gate Soundsets for NWN2 - by Birchtree

Imoen soundset from IWD2 - from http://www.sorcerers.net

Heed's PC Tools - by Heed

Tchos' HD UI panels and dialogue compilation & expansion - by Tchos

Tchos' HD widescreen loading screens - by Tchos

NWN2 Facelift Pack - by Xaltar (note: I've modified the drow for one of the companions, so if you already have this in your overide folder make a backup and replace with mine while playing my module)

Tera Online Hairstyles - by Voidwraith

Big Hair Pack (24 hairstyles) - by Krighaur

Fearthegn Clothing - by Mimi Fearthegn

New garb for your Adventuress - by chuckerIINO

Full Voicesets (including SoU/HotU) - by Non-Prophet

Necrolord Full Nudes - by Necrolord

Female Clothing Pack - by Aleanne

Skins for all Races - by Casa

Jester's New Nudes - by Jester

Oblivion to NWN2 - by glee

Heed's Angler Pack - by Heed

Angels - by Dark_wraith

Unicorn - by Daronas

New Skyboxes for NWN2 - by rjshae


Scripting and toolset help from:

My brother
kevL's
andysks
Claudius33
Aqvilinus
travus
rjshae
jestemwlodzimierz
kamal
Clangeddin
Mannast
Greenman6220
Shallina
jonesr65
GCoyote

Containing a few tracks of music from:

Aglarond Music Pack - https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/audio/music/aglarond-music-pack

EoD Custom Music Packs - https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/audio/music/eod-custom-music-p...

and other soundtracks, some that I've edited myself

Thanks for trying this out! I hope you have fun. :)