Everyone

Props to Muse, you make me want to )%#(%q=%pø  ;)

Props to a lot of returning players, back to check out what ALFA did all this time. WELCOME sirs and ma'ms.

Props to Wynna as usual for epic win roleplaying via the DM client, making everyone happy.

Props to Vendrin, our newest activest DM. Already deep into TSM lore. BIG UP MAN!.

Proprs to the Admin team, especially Rotku, who has worked TIRELESSLY as often as time has permitted to optimize and make perfect, admissions and other workings we have here in ALFA! WIN! man, Thank you!

Props to Acadiuslost. The man who works the most and gets the least. BIIIG UUUP! To AL!. As long as this man exists among us, ALFA will he in safe hands.... Remember that!

We have grown A LOT lately! And we continue to do so, Thanks to all of you! Without you members, players, humans, friends! We could never have pulled it off! Big Love! <3

We are entitled to feel proud, about all we have achieved through the years!

- Zicada

It is now time to update to the latest version of Neverwinter Nights 1.021.1549.  This patch allows servers to be joined by players who have installed the second expansion, "Storm of Zehir", or those who are still using just the "Mask of the Betrayer" expansion.  Please read the following instructions carefully.

• Clear your override folder(s) of any content before running the autopatcher! Failure to do so may corrupt the patching process and force you to reinstall the game and start over.
• Clear any third-party GUI mods from your /UI folders before running the autopatcher. See above for why.
• Patch your MotB or SoZ install using the NWN2 updater. A reboot of your computer may be necessary as well.
• Update your alfa_2da.hak to the latest version, 1.54.  This may be done by running the main ALFA Worldgate client, or by directly downloading and unpacking the file from this link.
• Start looking for a copy of Storm of Zehir to pick up on sale or otherwise.  ALFA will be requiring the SoZ expansion starting sometime around the new year, so you have some time to plan ahead for it.

Please note, while both SoZ and MotB clients will be able to join ALFA's servers, the new content bundled with Storm of Zehir is not currently supported for Live play in ALFA.  So, while you may see Grey Orcs, Yuan-ti, Swashbucklers, and Fey/Infernal Heritage feats in character creation, these will not function properly in-game and should not be used.  They will most likely be fully supported once we transition to requiring Storm of Zehir.

Please report unexplained bugs or problems via IRC and/or the forums, and we will try to deal with problems as they arise as best we can.

With this last update, the combat XP calculations got a much needed revision, which should help encourage in-character teamwork when engaging in combat on-server.  The new scripted XP system includes the following changes:

• Equal XP division among nearby party members.  (No more meta-worries about  higher level PCs getting a lion's share of the XP from an encounter.  The amount you see is the amount everyone in your group is receiving.
• Sliding scale for bonus XP based on party size.  (As your party gets larger, individual shares from a given encounter decrease, but not dramatically.  A solo PC may expect to earn at most about 10% more XP than if he or she was partied up with another PC.  So, while some risk-reward relationship is retained, there is no longer a large disproportionate XP reward for soloing combat.

These changes should hopefully improve the player experience on ALFA003: The Silver Marches, as well as on the Beta servers as they approach LIVE status.  As always, any bugs discovered in the new content may be reported to me via PM or IRC, or to HDM Curmudgeon.

Enjoy, and stay tuned for information on the "Storm of Zehir" 2nd expansion pack for NWN2, out later this week.

After months of hard work, I am proud to declare this, the new ALFA website,- LIVE.

With the new design, we have tried to adress issues like usability and functionality, as well as making it easier and far more intuitive for our staffs to do their every day tasks. We have adopted a more serious and professional look, and crafted a final system that will stand the test of time, allow for quick and safe upgrades, as well as giving us a great modular interface for adding additional functionality.

In the months to come, we will further improve on functionality by adding a dynamic calendar system, dynamic and realistic stats of various kinds, as well as an improved log parsing system taking data directly from our live servers and presenting them in an intuitive way for our DMs.

I would like to personally thank Roekemoes for all his great work in making the new website a reality.

Welcome to A Land Far Away, an online role-playing project based on the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. Immerse yourself in a permadeath, persistent world where lives are begun, lived, and yes, sometimes ended. Walk the lands that the Sage Elminster walked...and still walks! In ALFA, bring your favorite character off of the paper, and breath life into him/her.

Our goal at ALFA is to build the world of Faerûn using the Neverwinter Nights game engines (NWN1 & NWN2) and to provide the best online role-playing experience available anywhere on the net. We have a variety of servers, and are working on more! - 3 NWN2 & 4 NWN1 - each covering a specific region of Faerûn and painstakingly designed by a team of experienced builders, that are constantly updated with current content and scripts to make your experience in ALFA as close to being in Faerûn as possible..

There is no cost to join or to play in A Land Far Away, but you must meet certain standards to obtain membership. This ensures the quality of role-play that our reputation is predicated upon and that our players expect of our game world. If first rate role-play and full immersion are what you are seeking, or if you desire to contribute behind the scenes of our game world, then you are welcome to apply here, and begin your journey to an unforgettable role-playing experience in A Land Far Away.

Important info for current ALFA members: First time login may give an error, just try again, and you will be fine.

ALFA was recently picked as one of 12 'best game mods' by australian website Gameplayer.

From the article:

One that stands out – head and shoulders – above the rest is ‘A Land Faraway’. A community module that began forming in 2001, it has since grown to become one of the many ‘persistent’ worlds in the Neverwinter Nights universe. More than just an add-on scenario, ‘persistent worlds’ are in some ways very close to an MMO experience; a server loaded with the land faraway environment is kept constantly running for many users to connect to at the same time, allowing a shared experience and one where the timeline continues whether your character is logged on or not. While persistent worlds are actually quite common in NWN1 and 2, few have reached the stability or maturity of A Land Faraway. With seven servers to connect to and an apparently healthy population, A Land Faraway is also populated with live GMs (Game Masters) who seek to create ad-hoc plots and campaigns to help the world seem alive to the players...