Ernie Noa's RPG Blog

If you are brave of heart, have a strong stomach, and actually want to see pictures of my foot that's healing from surgery, then swing on over to my personal blog for some pictures .

The Neverwinter Nights Podcast sent ace gamer, Michele aka Liso66, to LA for a special press event surrounding Mysteries of Westgate. Way to go Liso! She managed to get a great interview with Alan Miranda, CEO of Ossian Studios , and Russ aka Tiberius . Click here to listen to the podcast .

During the week I didn't make much progress, I spend my evenings with my foot elevated and away from the computer, but today I got a good 4-5 hours in on a new exterior area. Good progress was made and I have some screen shots to share. Overall, I'm making some progress too. I decided to focus almost exclusively on area design first. I've finished more than 50% perhaps even 60-70% of the areas I'll need. I've jumped over a few sections that my modding partner Darmok is working on and I've started on designing the areas in the second to last chapter of the module. The last act repeats locales already designed and there isn't much work. After this exterior I have 1 more exterior then a multi-level interior to put together. When that's complete I will visit with Darmok about the areas I've leaped over and see if he wants me to tackle a few. I'm actually thinking ahead beyond area design. I've got to create some key NPCs and some uniforms...

I did get in some modding work this weekend. I planned to spend it all with my foot elevated, but my youngest son's computer died. I replaced the hard drive and rebuild XP (twice), updated, install software, etc... At any rate since I was in the computer room watching progress indicators I got a TON of modding done. I'm not going to offer much explanation about what you are seeing. It's after the siege mentioned in early posts, but I'm going become a bit vague about what I'm posting. If you played the original you may remember, if not... time will tell. With out further ado, an octet of screen shots.

I am working on a SQL database query and was reading some documentation. It reads: A format file is required to define column types in the result set. The only exception is when SINGLE_CLOB, SINGLE_BLOB, or SINGLE_NCLOB is specified; in which case, the format file is not required. Or maybe there should be exceptions when it's a Gelatinous Cube or Green Slime. (I actually am familiar with BLOB, etc... but I don't use them much). I got a good laugh out of that and had to share.

I was fortunate enough to be nominated last week for the Academy of Modding Excellence, Veteran Author Award. The post they second half of their nominees today. Many fine modules and authors were included. I am thrilled to be non-minated for PnP mod of the year. Community Contribution Award: Grinning Fool Robinson Workshop Tanita Veteran Author Award: ENoa4 (Keep on the Borderlands, Tomoachan) Adam Miller (Dark Waters, Pirate Cards) John McA (Conan Chronicles) Debut Author Award: human_male Wyrin D’njargo Falloutboy Zach Holbrook Best Sound/Music: To be announced Best Tileset: Cryptpit by witness RWS Deep Halls by RWS “The Sewer Tileset” by Restless Best Custom Content: Building Construction Kit by Nytir TonyK’s Companion and Monster AI Hak Sorceress Ashura VFX Pack Best Multiplayer Module: Tomb of Horrors revisited by BM Productions Mystery at Willowbow by Saorsa Best Roleplaying Module : Harp & Chrysanthemum by Maerduin Dark Avenger by Wyrin Sublety of Thay by dirtywick Best ...