The Road to Dasar, a Das1 Adventure

[Anen]

I discovered I had an older version of the Dasaria 1 NWN1 module on my hard drive, untouched for at least 4 years or so. She was post-hak, and relatively recent. I recall snagging a copy when Dasaria 1 began to experience her final decline, for posterity's sake. Well, with the Das2 server down because of Wyv's move, I had the idea to host a dedicated server and keep her running.

For those of you who are interested, you can direct connect to 24.215.80.62:5122, provided you have the necessary hakpaks (they are on the vault, last I checked). I promised Eve I would keep the server up for a few days, and I think I'll do just that!

Anyway, Eve and I popped on (to be joined later by Atharin) to take a look around. Eve and I decided to try the massive trek to Dasar, and I began taking screenshots on the first part of the Dasar River Valley road. All of these images have been scaled to fit this forum, but you can view full-sized versions by checking out the image source.


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I made the run with my most recent copy of Raeflyn E'doras.


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Made a quick stop in Dragonwatch for Eve and Atharin to catch up. Had some spare Redboot uniforms in my inventory and took a quick screenshot.


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The silhouette of Dragonwatch, now known as Almaran's Folly. The Brute Squad were defending her admirably.


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Running through Vokk territory with Drogin (Eve) and Hamfist (Atharin) in tow.


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Swapped out my Queen's Guard gear, as we entered Koalisk territory (Das1 koalists were much much more dangerous than their Das2 cousins).


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We lost Atharin at this point, because he couldn't handle the long trip (pansy!) This was the last leg, with the total trip coming in at about 30-35 minutes.


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Entering Dasar -- this is the plaque erected on the victorious reclamation of New Dasar from the clutches of the undead; at the time the memorial was created, half of Dasar was still in the hands of the Nergalites. This shot, however, was taken after the Reunification, on the restoration of Nelina I.


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Some random conversation among some Dasarian NPCs.


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Popped into the Tower of the Sword, the refurbished headquarters for the Order of the Kingseekers. The above was their meeting chambers. The upstairs, more personalized floor, was inaccessible (I didn't have the key!)


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Entering the Royal Palace, to be greeted by Miss Annister.


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This is the hall where Queen Nelina would entertain her guests.


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Description for one of the mighty Queen's Guards.


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At this juncture Eve had to leave, so I decided to make the perilous journey north, to the Plains of Arrith, home to the Tah'nai peoples. This is the bridge spanning the River Iraos.


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At the Telkhmar settlement of Arrith, home to Lord Janloar, the Lord of the Eastern Plains and the warden of the Telkhmar peoples.


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Two Dasarian soldiers stationed within the Great Hall.

All in all, a fun adventure. I might pop on sometime later this week and carve a path north to Ravenswatch. A refreshing bit of nostalgia, that's for certain.

[Peregrinus]

Question: Do you have a copy of the server vault or would we have to send you a copy of our old character?

[Starkwold]

It's a local vault right now. You may create your own.

[Vahene]

Ah, very good memories indeed.

And yeah, Koalisks were a lot more dangerous in Das1 - I prefer to think as Das2 Koalisks as the ones who have yet to grow up.

K

[superpoweredchimp]

Aye, I'd love to partake in a run up to Ravenswatch or Talon Hold... Since I'm much more familiar with the areas.

[Kell]

I could be persuaded to reinstall NWN1 for something like this, heh.. Oooh, memories >.<

[Jimmy]

Amen to that.

Until I can play NWN2 this is one of the only ways to fuel my Das withdrawl symptoms.

Must...

Play...

[lankycheese]

Been reminiscent of Das 1 over the last week. When I get my new comp if NWN2 is working proper I think I'll have to play again!

[Jimmy]

Australia represent!

Got my comp today and will be playing next week...

Bye bye life.

[Evelond Formos]

Welcome back, Cheese, Jimmy.

[Peregrinus]

I have to say, Das2 works fine anymore. I crash about as often as I did on Das1 (which did happen from time to time, just like any program running on Windows does). There are still a couple of zones I think could be trimmed down for lower end machines, but all told, thinks seems pretty darn solid.

[Artorius]

Wow....thanks for the memories, Anen. I remember many adventure on those roads with friends....and some foes.

Ooo....Jimmy and Lanky. I might just have to pop back in at some point and do some constructive Penguin-ning...hehe.

[lankycheese]

Forum n00b.

[lankycheese]

Been playing a bit on Jim's new PC and the rumours are true, it does run fine! Will be getting a new comp myself in the next month or so to jump in proper. Love what you guys have done with the place, world looks brilliant now I try it on a machine that doesn't ritual suicide every transition.

And <3 you too Art.

[Vahene]

Yeah, we miss you guys Hurry back!

K