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Proposition & Theorycrafting: Temple of Elemental Evil in EET

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Greetings, all!

With EEex publically released in its early stages as of this post, this is an idea for all modders interested in expanding the multiverse of playable space for EET: Temple of Elemental Evil (preferably with the Circle of Eight fixes and extra quests/content from www.co8.org) recreated/ported in EET.

ToEE is intended as a low-level adventure, meaning parties would need to start in the ToEE portion of the game or be able to head there soon after starting a new game. Maybe a portal opens to Hommlet after visiting the Friendly Arm Inn or the Nashkel Mines. Maybe the party finds a portal in Sigil because Planescape: Torment is also in EET by that point.

A similar notion applies to the fan-converted low-level module in the ToEE engine Keep on the Borderlands, which could be accessed by another, similar portal.

In terms of technical details, I'm unsure how compatible the dialog/text files and graphics/animation/effects files are with the EET platform, but things could be converted, at least in theory. Various audio files (sound effects, voiceovers, and music), as well as portraits and background maps should be easily portable, perhaps after converting some file types. I'm unsure how ToEE-exclusive creature models/animations would be handled, like the ToEE final boss. A new overworld map would need drawing and implementing to match EET's current Worldmap mod's style. www.co8.org has various documentation on file formats, and ShiningTed and Sitra Achara on co8.org are leading experts on many of ToEE's technical details. (I'm well aware that ToEE's engine is natively 3.x, but with IWD-in-EET having 3e material, maybe ToEE's rules conversion is less problematic. The ToEE module is based on AD&D after all!)

Why mention this? Because the D&D multiverse is vast, ToEE seems like an underconsidered avenue for content to include as another place for the Bhaalspawn to visit, and I like planar travel!

PS: There's already a playable demo of Icewind Dale in the ToEE engine with their forum here!

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