Area
From Neverwinter Pedia
By default, all new areas are 8 x 8 squares (or SMALL) in size. According to Obsidian, every square (exterior area) in the NWN2 game world is equivalent to 10 meter square in the real world.
Since 1 meter = 3.3 feet, each square in the game will measure 1 meter square (or, 11.89 square feet). Bear in mind that the default area size (SMALL) would be roughly equal to:
(Note that for Interior Area, each square is equivalent to only 9 meter square. This is presumably due to the presence of walls in Interior Areas.)
Creating Fransk
In this tutorial, we will be creating a tavern located along a small road in a rather isolated place called Fransk.
A SMALL area (measuring 700 square feet) would be much too big for a run down tavern, don't you think? Hence, we would only make a TINY area which measure 4 x 4 squares.
When you first open the NWN2 Toolset, a new «Module» is automatically opened. Create a new Area by clicking on «File», «New», and then «Area».
In the «New Area Wizard» dialog box that pop up, replace the word Area1 with the name of the place you are trying to create.
In this case, type in Fransk as the «Area Tag» and leave the «Area Type» as Exterior (Terrain). Click «Next».
Since we only need a Tiny Area, choose Tiny (4 x 4), and then click «Finish».
Note: You can always drag on the sliders (vertical and horizontal) to change the size of the new area. The smallest possible dimension is 4 x 4, and the largest possible is 32 x 32. (In truth, the maximum outdoor map size is 48 x 48 but because the outer 8 squares on each side exist only to fill in the horizon — the playable area is limited only to the 32 x 32 squares in the center.)
Bear in mind that large areas are highly CPU-intensive, and may result in a module running very slowly on less than capable computers. If you need a very large area, learn from the developers from Obsidian: they overcame the problem of a very large Capital city (Neverwinter) by creating it as two separate areas of the Inner and Outer city.
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