Middle Earth: Total War for Rome

[ShadowStriker]

Some more screenshots of units are up:
http://www.metw.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=344

the link doesnt work.......

[sunsmountain]

its not february yet

[ShadowStriker]

its not february yet

no when i click on it this is the message I get




Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
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Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.metw.net Port 80

[NagatsukaShumi]

no when i click on it this is the message I get




Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.
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Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.metw.net Port 80

The teams bandwidth for January has been exceeded, you'll have to wait til February for the site to be back online.

[ShadowStriker]

oh cool

[Encaitar]

The site's back up now, and with some new screenshots.

Just try to go easy on it this month!

[DeadRunner]

Nice screens
When is releasd ??

[Iron-Chef]

Looks like she's coming together nice guys, I have to say those Mamukil have to be the most impressive of any unit I have seen throughout all the mods, great scaling work!

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Hey Encaitar, will your mod incorporate the Mod Switcher for general ease of use?

Just curious. Your mod looks great. I'm definitely going to try it.

[Encaitar]

Unfortunately the installer for ME:TW-R is unlikely to be compatable with Vercingetorix's mod switcher. It could be made to be, but that would probably involve the install file increasing in size by several hundred megabytes (so that's not going to happen obviously). We should be able to include a program to uninstall METW and restore your previous settings though, which could be used as a kind of mod-switcher.

[eadingas]

Hey guys... how the hell did you manage to put those things on campaign map? Like Osgiliath, Minas Tirith... are these just edited wonders, or did you actually find a way to do something we at EB are struggling to discover?

[Oromë]

Those are actually fully functional cities eadingas. Its simply a matter of creating new meshes and replacing the stock city meshes with the new ones.

[eadingas]

But how did you manage to get custom shapes for every city? Or are these just custom levels per culture, so Minas Tirith has Huge City model, and Osgiliath has Village model?

[Encaitar]

Certain levels are set to use certain models, and it's set up so that the only huge gondorian city (which uses the Minas Tirith model) will be Minas Tirith. Osgiliath is a wonder.

[eadingas]

Damn, and here I thought you have really discovered something new ;)

[Oromë]

Sorry to disappoint you eadingas. The only reason we were able to use that method is because of the relatively static nature of settlements and technology in Middle Earth, ie; We dont have to worry about a smaller Gondorian city upgrading in class and then sharing the same model as Minas Tirith because over the timeframe of our mod cities really never really grow or change.

[eadingas]

Okay, one last question: it seems that Minas Tirith model takes up more than one tile on your map... how does that affect unit movement and battles? Do units move through the big model until they reach a tile in the middle?

[Oromë]

Nope, the city model is actually what determines the 'button' or activation area of selecting a city, so as soon as the cursor goes over any part of the mesh it instantly becomes the 'enter settlement' function.
So to answer your question: you cannot park armies around the city so that they are being constantly clipped by the mesh. You can however have armies clip through the mesh if their path cuts across it in such away or if you have armies enter the city they will walk to the center of the mesh, clipping through it before disapearing, but they do that on the stock cities anyway.
Hope that made sense. Essentially what Im saying is that it causes no real problems or graphical anomalies, the only major one being the faction flag which is now hidden in the mesh, so you cant tell at a glance how many troops are in that city.

[Hunsik26]

Hey... I recently joined the Guild Forums with the intention to post on the Middle Earth mod because, so far it looks extremely promising. Kudos to everyone on the Middle Earth mod because it's... well, a dream come true for any LOTR Fan.

My only specific question pertaining to the universe of Middle Earth, in the case of your mod, is about the TBA. I was curious to find out when you are intending to release this mod to the community. If you do have a specific date, please let me know...

In other words, I can't wait to play this mod. Keep up the good work, guys, and godspeed to your project.

[the fury]

no ents in this game?

[tomat]

Best Mod After Chivalry. I love Gondor the most!

[Burns]

True, awesome mod. But come people, join their forums and start some discussions.

[SigniferOne]

Oh man, the MeMod for Morrowind is such a sad story, I just heard it for the first time. I am glad you guys will not be affected!

[Reverend Joe]

You guys need to keep posting in this topic or it'll be deleted.

[nic_vee]

great job guys

[nic_vee]

spiffing work
Insperational

[cunobelinus]

Wen will it be realeased !!!!??!? coz I am really interested !!!
i cant wait looks amazing email me privately wen it is done the map loooks amzing and the units

[Encaitar]

Some more screenshots are up here:
http://www.metw.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=467

[Lt Mor]

It brings tears to my eyes ....

[Encaitar]

We're currently setting up hosting for our first (beta) release of ME:TW(R). Expect details within the next few days...