NWScript is the scripting language used to control behavior of objects, items, NPCs and other aspects of modules in NWN2. It is a functional programming language specific to the NWN game.

NWScript is based upon the C programming language and contains most of the C language syntax.

Pre-release notes

• Obsidian has stated that NWN2 will include "a huge number of new functions with which you can do things completely impossible (or at the least extremely unwieldy) in NWN." [1]

NWScript Operators

• Bitwise Math Operators

New NWScript functions announced

• DisplayInputBox
• GetEventHandler / SetEventHandler
• StringCompare

NWScript functions removed in NWN2

• RecomputeStaticLighting

New NWScript events announced:

• OnPartyLeaderChange

External links

• BioWare NWN scripting forum
• NWN Lexicon - A database of scripting functions and tutorials
• Lilac Soul's Script Wizard - A full-featured tool for generating scripts for use with NWN and most likely NWN2.

See also

• NWscript
• NWN2 Open Source Rule Set - Open source set of generic scripting rules for NWN2 modules