Back to my roots...

So I installed NWN1 on the new laptop last night, just to see how it would run; let me tell ya, there's a significant difference both in and outside of the toolset. WoRm's tilesets, which I'm using in The Lynncairen Saga, are super-resource-intensive, and they lagged my old machine a lot; on this one, though, it's smooth as can be to scroll through one of those gorgeous NWN2-esque areas. Anyhow, I was inspired, and I went through two cutscenes, tweaking them and fixing them--they're perfect now, though both required some serious revisions in terms of camera work and pacing. Felt good to go back to my roots in the nice familiar toolset though, after my recent foray into NWN2's.

One thing I feel must be mentioned is that NWN2 looks like crap on my new machine. In the toolset, it's fantastic; the water, the trees, the leaves, everything looks great...but as soon as I fire up the game, it comes out looking worse than Dungeon Siege II for crying out loud! And I have the best videocard this laptop could come with! I've messed with settings--textures are on highest and resolution is good too...so I'm just not sure what to do. It just doesn't look that good. NWN1 looks better, for goodness' sake, or crisper, at the very least!
Hopefully I'll get the hang of building areas in this new beast relatively quickly...I'm really excited about the stories I'll be able to tell with it (the easy part). The areas are all that are standing between me and The Star Mounts...

By the way, check out the air-borne hawk in the 2nd screenshot, upper left-hand corner. Cool, eh? :)