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Hi all, I recently released an alpha version of NWScript Workbench, a new VS Code extension for working with NWScript. The goal is to provide a more complete NWScript development environment directly inside VS Code. You can write .nss files with syntax highlighting and IntelliSense, navigate includes and symbols using normal VS Code features like Go to Definition and Find References, and compile directly to .ncs without needing a local copy of nwnnsscomp.exe. The compiler side of this is handled by a separate project, nwscript-wasm. I ported the public NWScript compiler released by Beamdog on GitHub to WebAssembly, which allows the compiler to execute directly inside the VS Code extension host rather than shelling out to a native executable. That makes the compiler portable and OS agnostic, but it also means the extension works in VS Code for the Web. You can open vscode.dev, install NWScript Workbench, open a workspace, and write and compile NWScript entirely from the browser. There is no native compiler installation required at runtime.   The extension currently includes things like: NWScript syntax highlighting and engine-aware IntelliSense signature help and API documentation pulled from the active nwscript.nss Go to Definition, Find References, and include navigation .nss → .ncs compilation through WebAssembly compiler diagnostics directly in the editor recursive #include resolution compile-on-save and configurable optimization levels support for custom and project-specific nwscript.nss language specifications NCS hex viewing and side-by-side disassembly a Script Browser for searching the decompiled KOTOR and TSL script sources maintained by the KOTOR Community Patches project support for desktop VS Code, vscode.dev, github.dev, Codespaces, and other compatible web extension hosts I intentionally kept the WASM compiler and VS Code extension as separate projects. The compiler isn't tied to VS Code and can be used by other JavaScript or TypeScript projects that need to compile NWScript. This is still an alpha, so there is plenty left to improve, but it has gotten to the point where I wanted to start getting it into people's hands and getting feedback from people who actually work with NWScript. NWScript Workbench is available through the Microsoft VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=KobaltBlu.nwscript-workbench You can also build and install the VSIX yourself from the source. NWScript Workbench Extension: https://github.com/KobaltBlu/nwscript-workbench-vscode-ext NWScript WASM Compiler: https://github.com/KobaltBlu/nwscript-wasm If you try it out and run into problems, or there are features you would like to see added, feel free to open an issue on GitHub.  

To clarify what I mean here I said that Darth Nihilus in my weird head-canon/fanfic was originally Mandalore the Ultimate BEFORE he became Darth Nihilus, the leader of the Mandos that started the Mandalorian Wars, and I am trying to apply logic to that. As for your idea though, I always wondered if Nihilus can and have lived on in his mask and possess people like Momin, (the Sith you mentioned), from the New Canon, or if there is something else going on. There is a Tabletop book called "Unknown Regions" and one of its mini-adventures is called the "Mask of Darth Nihilus". In that mini-adventure, it has interesting lore bits on Nihilus's mask, but it doesn't seem like he outright possesses people, at least from what I have gotten from it, but who knows. Regardless though, this is a headcanon and theory thread so talking about what seems "official" or not is irrelvant to the topic of the post, (especially since Mandalore the Ultimate is for sure not Nihilus in the real KOTOR lore but he is in one of my fanfic/headcanon idea story).

I don't know if you have played the Fable games, but Jack of Blades in that franchise is kind of a demonic entity that inhabits a mask and can take over the host when worn. I have always liked the idea that Darth Nihilus became like that, his hunger so great it eroded his physical form and that his spirit attached to the mask. In the new canon, there is a Sith who is also attached to a mask, so this is a way we could get Nihilus back. 

I no longer have a windows development environment but I'll try to take a look. Might give me an excuse to see if I can run win10/11 or something in virtualbox. Thank you for posting a solution for others.

Calo must've had a few too many drinks on the ride down here cuz he did NOT have a good time in my force whirlwind.