Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition News

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One of my favorite D&D videogames is still getting beefy updates after 21 years

Ever since talking to prolific Neverwinter Nights module builder Luke Scull, I've been on a Neverwinter Nights kick, working through some of the huge backlog of high-quality user-made campaigns for Bioware's 2002 RPG. While playing Swordflight, a standout hardcore, ambitious mod, I logged in one day to notice new UI elements, graphics options, and quality-of-life changes, stuff that just wasn't there before. Surely Beamdog isn't still updating its 2018 Enhanced Edition re-release, right?..
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Many years later Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition is still getting better

Originally released in 2002 and then later as Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition from Beamdog, many years on it's still getting major upgrades including a new Toon shader and loading speed improvements.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/05/many-years-later-neverwinter-nights-enhanced-edition-is-still-getting-better

New Patch Arrives Today: Stable Build 8193.35 is Live!

Hello adventurers!

Today we’re releasing a new update for Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. Patch 8193.35 is the result of a year-long love effort by community developers.

[h3]Patch Highlights[/h3]

AOE Indicator | Spells and spell-like abilities now display a targeting indicator displaying their range and, if appropriate, their AOE shape and size
8 Multiclasses | Added support for up to 8 multiclasses, configurable per-module
Faster Load Times | Improved area load times by up to 100x (!)
News Section | Added an in-game News UI that shows upcoming patches and community news
Script-created UI Improvements | “NUI” (script-created UI) will no longer break input to the game (WASD, drag & drop)
Play NWN as a Cartoon | Added a new "Toon" post-processing shader as a graphical option
Goodies for Builders | Hundreds of new functions and goodies for module builders
Hundreds of Bugfixes & Optimizations | More bugs squashed

Check out the full patch notes here: https://nwn.beamdog.net/docs/

Join the community and provide feedback directly to development team members on Discord: https://nwn.beamdog.net/discord (Before posting, please take a moment to carefully read the introductory text in #welcome).

If you're currently subscribed to the development patch, you'll continue with the upcoming .36 patch cycle going forward. If you wish to stick to this stable release (.35), select the “default” branch in Steam/GOG Galaxy/BDC.

Thank you for your support!

[h3]Credits[/h3]

This patch was made entirely by community members: Done entirely for personal enjoyment, out of good will, and with copious amounts of adhesive.

Development team:
clippy, Daz, Jasperre, Liareth, niv, Soren, tinygiant, virusman

With explicit thanks to:
The NWNDEV Discord folks. Your testing and support was and is invaluable.
The Neverwinter Vault.
Nereida and Zwerkules.
Everyone in the community!

[h3]Bonus Art[/h3]

As a bonus, here is an updated key art picture for Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark by Mike Sass, redrawn with more detail:

New Development Build ready for testing

Hello, everyone!

A new patch for NWN:EE is being worked on, and you all are cordially invited to participate in playtesting—or just playing—using the new branch and its added fixes and features.

This effort is being done entirely for personal enjoyment by community members, out of good will and with copious amounts of adhesive.

This is a work-in-progress and not a full final patch release yet. The full patch notes are extensive and available inside of the game on the "News" button, as well as here: https://nwn.beamdog.net/docs/

To opt-in, please subscribe to the development channel on Steam or GOG Galaxy (Beamdog Client will follow). Keep an eye on the main menu News button, where available updates will be shown. The above link will also be kept current.

To provide feedback, or to just chat with us, please join the Discord: https://discord.gg/a9XN6xKWn8 Before posting there, please take a moment to carefully consider the introductory text in #welcome.

See you around!

clippy, Daz, Jasperre, Liareth, niv, Soren, tinygiant, virusman

With thanks to:

The NWNX folks.
The Neverwinter Vault.
Everyone in the community. ːneverwintereyeː