Copies of the CRE file (one for each creature encountered) are added to the saved game, attached to the particular ARE file they are encountered in. If you enter an area with 6 kobolds waiting to amb… (View Post)

Because they are marketing to the very same people. Look at Pillars' and Torment's websites. Pillars' "Game" page name drops Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment in the seco… (View Post)

Your assumption is that "a new engine means having the same flexibility as the Aurora Toolset" (or more flexibility). The examples of ToEE, PoE, and ToN show that having a newer engine does… (View Post)

One would have thought the same thing for Pillars and Tides, since they are obviously trying to appeal to the Infinity Engine player crowd. But, no toolkits for those games have been announced (and i… (View Post)

To answer the first part of the post - the answer is voice-over contracts. The VO contracts are for the rights to an actor's work for a specific game. To include a voice set in additional games requi… (View Post)