Coinage and weight

[Kandi_Nulein]

Thought I'd post here rather than Ask the Team as it's a NWN general question.

I was playing just now and picked up some gold as loot and saw that the weight I was carrying increased from 89 to 90. Now the obvious thing to say is that gold does weigh something, but what? From table top days gold had a weight of 1lb per 100 (or somthing similar) yet I was under the impression that the NWN engine didn't count gold towards a toon's weight carried, otherwise those folks with a few million running around would be severely hampered!

Does anyone have a clue as to what gold weighs, or am I being too literal and worrying about nothing?

[S?retur]

My guess would be that you picked up something else, or took something out of a magic bag without noticing.

In any case, gold weighting something would be impractical in NWN, since there isn't some fixed-value goods like gems, which can be used as payment on par with gold.

[Kandi_Nulein]

[quote="S?retur"]My guess would be that you picked up something else, or took something out of a magic bag without noticing.
[quote]

Nope I'm certain that I opened a chest, saw some gold, clicked on the gold, saw my cash total increase by that amount and saw my weight carried increase from 89 to 90. I'm also certain I was neither high, drunk or drooling when I did...just in case that's the next question

[Hamlet]

Actually, this exact thing has happened to me, with nothing but money exchange going on. Could be some BioWare glitch?

[Kandi_Nulein]

Actually, this exact thing has happened to me, with nothing but money exchange going on. Could be some BioWare glitch?

Probably. Even at 100k gp/1lb the weight allowance increase can get fairly bad. Another reason I ask is because the player housing price lisitings included a 'piggy bank' in which to store gold. Thought that might be it

[Marleh]

Actually, this exact thing has happened to me, with nothing but money exchange going on. Could be some BioWare glitch?

Probably. Even at 100k gp/1lb the weight allowance increase can get fairly bad. Another reason I ask is because the player housing price lisitings included a 'piggy bank' in which to store gold. Thought that might be it

The bank was made for other reasons. For example guild officers used to have to carry round their guild's gold reserve, and if a guild officer suddenly goes missing, ouch. There is also a FOIG reason, of course...

[S?retur]

Thinking about it, I have noticed that NWN sometimes miscalculate weights when you place a small item into a bag. This leads to the weight being close (e.g. .1 lbs) to the point where the displayed weight changes. This state may be stable for a while. Then, at some action, likely anything affecting the inventory, the proper weight is added, and you "gain" 1 lb.