Middle Earth: Total War for Rome

[Burns]

By the timeframe of our mod, Umbar was no longer as independent as it had been in the past. It was fully under the control of the Haradrim. But in the campaign the province Umbar will be able to recruit its own units: Raiders, Sailors and Black Numenorians. When we laid out the factions for BI we decided to make Harad and Easterlings replacements for the Roman factions. So... the possibility of making a rebellious Umbar faction can be done.

[HahnHolio]

um...just a small question:

what happened to the website at metw.net? can´t reach it for some time now ...

greetz

HahnHolio

[WImPyTjeH]

me neither

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[Burns]

Our host appears to be down. We might consider finding a new one. Until then updates go here.

- Right now working on Eriador/Breeland faction.

[Ciaran]

That´s bad to hear, but at least the mod as such is still alive, that´s the important part.

Though I wonder how you coordinate.

[thomashaug]

Too bad about the site, I just reinnstalled to mod downloaded from MEvault. I can't get the campaign working and with the site being down I really can't figure out what to do.

---and to clarify, when I try to start the campaign, it returns to the screen before you choose your faction.

[ByzantineKnight]

There is a site called www.lotrtw.com, they have a download link for the mod, i think (it might be changed). hope it helps

[Burns]

Maybe not sure about what changes have been made for LOTRTW.

Good news. We have a new home on the net. Apoc was kind enough to provide us with some help. Right now its empty, but expect a new FAQ and faction and unit previews this week.

[thomashaug]

Excellent, then I'll be able to look up the troubleshooting in a few weeks time. In the meantime, does anyone know which file i need to delete to resolve the issue ?

[Burns]

Lets do some quick troubleshooting.
Your file should be named something like metw070.exe. Make sure you have the correct version.
That version was released for Rome v.1.1. It has compatability issues with 1.2.
What may help you assuming you have those prerequisites is the .rvm file located in the world/maps/campaign/middle_earth folder (i believe thats the correct location). Delete it and try running the mod.

If nothing works out... then please be a bit more patient for the next release.

[thomashaug]

oh, right, that should have worked, but didn't....well, thanks for the help, I better just wait then:)

[Burns]

There is another way to get at the problem. Go to your shortcut and add -show_err to the end of the "Target" line. Then ingame try loading your campaign, if it shoots back to the campaign screen, exit the game. It may produce an error message.

[ByzantineKnight]

Maybe not sure about what changes have been made for LOTRTW.

Good news. We have a new home on the net. Apoc was kind enough to provide us with some help. Right now its empty, but expect a new FAQ and faction and unit previews this week.

Ok, i thought that might be the case.

What is the new hosts address.

[Tittils]

http://www.chamber-of-records.com/forum

[mac89]

There is a site called www.lotrtw.com, they have a download link for the mod, i think (it might be changed). hope it helps

I changed the name of the link to METW 0.70, but its still there.

[ByzantineKnight]

I changed the name of the link to METW 0.70, but its still there.

Hi, I did'nt think you were on the Guild, im the guy thats been bugging you about LotR TW and ElvenWarrior.

What i actually meant was you might have changed the files from the original METW ones

http://www.chamber-of-records.com/forum

Thanks!

[mac89]

What i actually meant was you might have changed the files from the original METW ones

No, if you just click Movie Edition Part 1 youll get the original game from the fantastic METW Development team.

[ByzantineKnight]

Ok thanks

[Encaitar]

An extensive preview is up over at the Chamber of Records. It gives a little bit of detail about each faction, and shows all their units.

Here's a couple of examples

Noldoli High Lord


Hobbit Leader


Enjoy!

[WImPyTjeH]

like i said on CoR, great job guys

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[ByzantineKnight]

Sweet!!!

[Apoc]

That preview is scrumptiously crunchable - and so is the Hobbit in that screen...

[Ciaran]

Good to see you´re still alive

[WImPyTjeH]

hey guys, you gota check this out:

CORCAST #1 – From Weathertop

The Chamber of Records are extremely proud to present the first ever CORCAST. This is a Middle-earth modding and Lore podcast, which we hope to put out on a regular basis. In this first CORCAST we have a treat for all Tolkien fans, but especially those of you who are interested in the Total War games: an hour long (more than an hour, in fact!) interview with Encaitar Arandur, the leader of the highly anticipated modification for Rome: Total War, Middle Earth: Total War.

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[Murfios]

Wow,
that
is
sweet!

[Viscious_Fish]

Are you planning on a conversion to M2TW?

[Gandalf the White]

is the mod still going? The site is down and I was wondering.

[Apoc]

Their forum is here: Middle Earth: Total War

[Thor the Bassist]

Seeing as the latest release (dont get too excited) got quite a few downloads when I put it on Chamber of Records I'm going to advertise it here.

This is really a re-packing of several earlier releases and unlike previous releases is an easy to install executeable.

The release consists of 0.99c, the campaign update and Rivendell and Osgiliath sets with some historical battles.

The campaign still needs someone to fix tech trees and place units and family members on the map but custom battles work fine.

Found here, please follow install instructions.

[Thor the Bassist]

METW v1.00 is out. Still beta but now has a campaign that works.

Elves and Gundabad do not currently work - I am working on this so dont spam this thread saying they dont work.