A 23-year-old D&D RPG just received a new update because the loyal community is still playing the game

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Neverwinter Nights is a well-known game series in the D&D universe. Now the game has received a new update. This is mainly due to the hard-working community that continues to support the game.

Along with Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights is one of the most famous game series in the D&D universe. Neverwinter Nights was the next game after Baldur’s Gate 2. However, it relied on a new engine (“Aurora”), almost completely dispensed with a party and also relied on 3D. At release, many of these changes were not well received by fans. The sequel, Neverwinter Nights 2, was then developed by Obsidian Entertainment.

Now, 23 years later, a loyal community has built up, which is partly due to the very good editor, which gives players a lot of freedom when creating new content. Now the ancient role-playing game has received a new update.

By the way, Neverwinter Nights received an online spin-off a few years ago, but it has nothing to do with the old RPG. Here you can see the trailer:

Neverwinter: Trailer for the expansion “As Above, So Below – Return to Pirates’ Skyhold”

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What kind of update is this? An “Enhanced Edition” of the RPG was released in 2018. The version no longer came from the old developer Black Isles Studios, but from the new developer Beamdog. There have already been some bug fixes and modernizations for the old game.

But the latest update does not come from the developer itself, but from the active Neverwinter Nights mod scene. And it’s not the first community update to be distributed for the game. The development team writes about the update on Steam:

This version was developed by unpaid software developers from the NWN community for their personal enjoyment and as a goodwill for our fellow players and creators:

What improvements are there?

  • Built-in support for multisample anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering.
  • A built-in analysis tool for players and multiplayer server administrators.
  • “Significant” network code and performance improvements.
  • New scripting features and improvements.
  • QoL adjustments to the official level editor, the so-called “Aurora Toolset”

    • At first glance, there are mainly technical adjustments and improvements. The new graphics settings are nice, but most of the improvements affect the toolset for campaign development and multiplayer.

    But this is exactly where the focus of the community lies today. Because there is no longer any real new content, such as campaigns, from the official side. Almost all of the content that is still released for the old RPG today comes from loyal fans.

    The work of a fantasy author also shows how popular Neverwinter Nights still is among fans today. Because this person is currently developing his own campaign for the old RPG, which should offer at least 60 hours of content. You can read more about this on MeinMMO: A fantasy author fell in love with an ancient game and is currently developing a 60-hour sequel for it on Steam

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