Thay to Start Using Haks
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Announcement
After years of many requests to add custom content, the decision has finally been made to do so. This means everyone will now be required to download custom content to play on the Thay PW.
In other words, after the setting reboot, you will need to download a Thay PW-specific hak in order to login to the server.


Details
To ensure that the Thay PW maintains a high quality standard and that custom content added for it is actually used and has a specific purpose for this PW, we will not be using CEP or any other hak compilation. Instead, KTA is putting together a small hakpak with quality custom content.

We are going to do everything in our power to keep Thay’s custom content to one (hopefully small) hakpak and required .tlk file. The initial release of this hakpak will contain things necessary for character creation - primarily new heads. In addition it may contain some new creature models, update the changes for our modified spells in your PC’s spellbooks and at level-up, and a few other important fixes and tweaks. It will not contain anything that can be accomplished via Client Override Files. So, for example, if you want an existing creature model to look different (like a Werewolf), you will still need to use an override to do so.

Sometime in the coming months we will add new clothing to this hak. But due to the sheer number of options and the time it will take to go through them, pick out the best, and do the necessary testing and changes to make sure they can all be selected at tailor models, clothing will not be in the initial release of this hak. When added though, the hak will need to be re-downloaded. After the clothing addition update though, it is my hope we will keep updates to the hak very few and far between.


Next Steps for You
Download the Thay PW hak found in the first post here: http://thaypw.org/showthread.php?tid=1598&pid=11606

Finally, let *everyone* you see in-game or if you play with them on other PWs know about this change so that people can get the hakpak before trying to login to Thay.
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#2
Nice touch. Custom content can be fun and give a unique feel to the world. Although the game itself is over ten years old, the toolset had proved it can be reincarnated again and again. :)
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#3
Yaaay! Clothes!
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#4
I wonder if they'll put in the Glabrezu creature model...
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#5
While creature models aren't a real high priority for the initial release, I have requested KTA to look for new undead and planar creature models since we have and use a large number of both custom creatures.

If you have a link to a hak that has something you really, really think we should have, I'd request you PM it to KTA (sorry KTA - hopefully you don't get a flood of new PMs!). However - as he is very busy working on the current hak, please don't expect a response and also, please don't expect what you send to be added. There is a vetting process and various considerations that will be taken into effect for each item added to a hak. Since we are brand new to this as well, there are currently no set guidelines for getting something into the Thay PW hak, but perhaps for the next version after the reboot we will develop some standard guidelines and methods you can use to request content be added to the hak.
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#6
Wait... What.. o_o
We need to download.. Im confused here...
Help my weak mind :S
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(01-23-2013, 04:54 PM)RinithMistake Wrote: Wait... What.. o_o
We need to download.. Im confused here...
Help my weak mind :S

Thay is gonna put up a zip-file on the forums, you then download this zip-file and put it in a directory called 'Haks', which should be within your general NWN directory.
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#8
Also, once the hakpak is available (it currently is not), we will post either here and/or in a new announcement thread for the hak detailed steps on how to download and install it on your machine. It will not be terribly difficult to do, but like Sten mentioned, it will be a couple extra steps needed in order to join.

Setting up the hak is a one-time-only thing though - that's all you need to do until it is updated with the clothing additions in a couple months. When that occurs though, we'll again provide notification and detailed instructions on how to get and install that updated hak.
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#9
Clooothes <3
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#10
Will it be a direct download in realation to any hak updating or will you use Worldgate or something simular?
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