Ironworks Gaming Forum - No 3D Support in IWD 2 :-(

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No official 3D support in Icewind Dale II: So I'm getting myself ready for flaming, but unfortunately in the retail version of Icewind Dale II, 3D mode will not be supported. Based on the schedule of the game, we had to make decisions about what we wanted to focus our limited bug-fixing energy on and we felt that that energy should be put onto making sure the new rules and features we implemented worked as best as possible. Converting from 2E w/kits to 3E was a big gigantic undertaking - one that made the programming team put in 16-18 hour days with almost no days off for nearly four months. (I suppose that's normal for development sometimes... yikes)

Icewind Dale II took under a year to make from start to finish, and we made so many fixes and changes to the engine in that period of time. 3D, albeit interesting, still had a number of graphical and speed issues that would have required a fair amount of attention, so we took 3D support out of it in the final version.

Hopefully this won't discourage your impressions of the game, it's just one of those decisions we hate to make that had to be made.

<font color=skyblue>So, what are they saying?
No shiney water? No detailed shadowing? What?</font>

[ 08-02-2002, 12:25 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]