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A basic comparison of some of the features between the Dragon Age toolset and other toolsets, to help experienced builders get oriented quickly:
Feature | Dragon Age | Neverwinter Nights |
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NPC customization | Advanced face morphing tool | Limited face creation |
Resource management | Database functionality with checking resources in and out and a complete record of past revisions for each resource. Toolset crashes cannot corrupt data. | |
Conversations | Tree-based editor with the ability to attach plot flags and scripts to each line, staging for determining where the participants and camera are positioned during each line, cinematics and animations for each line, and cutscene integration | Tree-based editor with script control |
Cutscenes | Powerful native cutscene creator | Script-based cutscenes |
Data tables | 2das in Excel spreadsheet format | text files |
User interface | palette windows for placing creatures, placeables etc. in a level. Separate art tools for level design, face morphs, models, sound design. | palette windows for placing creatures, placeables etc. |