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    Default FATW - The New Shadow v2.5 Patch Released!

    The Fourth Age: Total War Development Team presents:

    The Fourth Age: Total War – The New Shadow 2.5



    Requires: TNS 2.0b (or TNS 2.0+2.1+2.2 - see end of post)

    The Fourth Age: Total War – The New Shadow v2.5 patch is now ready for download. This new patch contains many new fixes, features, and improvements, including seven units, Gondorian city models (for the Reunited Kingdom and Adûnabâr), and two historical battles (The Battle of the Plains of Gorgoroth, and The Flight to Erindôl).

    If you do not have 'The New Shadow' yet, you can get hold of it here. Constructive criticism and feedback are always welcome – without it this patch would be much smaller. If you like FATW, please consider voting for us in the ModDB Mod of the Year awards. You can visit us at www.thefourthage.org, or at our forums.


    List of changes introduced with 2.5:

    • One new unit for Harad (Corsair Archers), two for Adûnabâr (Shadowriders, Dark Company), three for the Elves (Galadhrim Meigor, Cui Lasgalen, Tirn Lasgalen), and one mercenary unit (Pinnath Gelin Warriors). All units except the Elven ones are borrowed from METW.
    • Two new historical battles: The Battle of the Plains of Gorgoroth & The Flight to Erindôl
    • New Gondorian city models for the strategy map (for The Reunited Kingdom and The Kingdom of Adûnabâr – thanks to METW)
    • Edited supply trait, added 'Wounded' trait, fixed Trait-based CTD, added important traits messages, fixed Adûnabâr king/heir trait problem, Implemented recruited generals discrimination trait, and other various trait edits.
    • New series of traits and ancs for Cult hierarchy, and characters in Umbar have a chance to be cultists.
    • New ancs added, changed anc images background
    • Visual changes to strat. map (thanks to Wimpy for the high fertility texture)
    • Replaced the Skull with the Dark Tree for Adûnabâr buildings
    • Tribal Pikes animation corrected
    • Fixed wrong RK general card, for those with 2.0
    • New skies for Harad and Gorgoroth
    • Faction internal map-borders changed
    • Adûnabâr leader portrait fixed
    • Coastlines fixed in strat. map
    • Sprites for all units added
    • New 'dark tree' 'religion' icons for Adûnabâr
    • Loading bar edited
    • Blank faction buttons for rebels
    • Starting armies for Rhûn rearranged
    • Implemented slower strat. map speeds and general Movement-Points boost trait
    • Disabled assassins for RK and Rohan
    • Settlements with Orkish troops now cannot train any more mannish ones
    • Lossarnach gets paved roads
    • Orcs now trainable in Barad-eden
    • New Formations for Rhûn, Dunland and Harad and all formations tweaked to improve AI behaviour
    • EDU corrections
    • Made text corrections in export_buildings and export_units, and mentions added for secondary weapons where they exist



    Download links (installer version): - if you experience problems installing this version, try the .rar one, just below.

    The New Shadow v2.5 Patch | Filefront Mirror (30 MB)

    Download links (.rar version): - for those who may have problems with our installer software.

    The New Shadow v2.5 Patch | Filefront Mirror (36 MB)

    Installation Instructions (installer version):

    Double-click on the FATW_TNS_patch_2.5.exe that you just downloaded, and make sure that you have it pointed to your Rome directory where you installed TNS (this is normally C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War, or - if you have Gold Edition - C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War). The installation should take a few seconds. You can now click on the TNS shortcut on your desktop, and continue to play!

    Installation Instructions (.rar version):

    Extract the contents of FATW_TNS_patch_2.5.rar you just downloaded to your Rome directory where you installed TNS (this is normally C:\Program Files\Activision\Rome - Total War, or - if you have Gold Edition - C:\Program Files\The Creative Assembly\Rome - Total War). Accept when it asks you to overwrite. You can now click on the TNS shortcut on your desktop, and continue to play!

    TNS patch 2.5 is NOT save-game compatible.

    *Note that if you have 2.0 installed you MUST first apply fix patch 2.1 and 2.2 before applying this patch. Users with 2.0b should not apply 2.1 or 2.2 as they are already incorporated into 2.0b, instead just apply this new 2.5 patch. All hotfixes are already included in 2.5 and so it does not matter if you already have them installed or not.



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    Default Re: FATW - The New Shadow v2.5 Patch Released!

    good news!!
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    Fantastic stuff (as usual, I expect no less )

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    Thanks guys! A few screens for you all to look at:


    '...and the blowing of the horns of Rohan in that hour was like a storm upon the plain and a thunder in the mountains.'


    'Behind him his banner blew in the wind, white horse upon a field of green, but he outpaced it. After him thundered the knights of his house.'


    'Ride now, ride now! Forth Eorlingas!'



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    Finder of Little Oddities Senior Member Makanyane's Avatar
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    Love the screens

    Those units are amazing; only problem is they make me want to see them in M2TW, just a bit of variation within the unit would make them absolutely 100% perfect!
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    Shaidar Haran Senior Member SAM Site Champion Myrddraal's Avatar
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    Hehehehe, Mak has laid down the teaser. Can you resist?

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    Yes, Myrddraal, it is hard to resist asking Makanyane to convert it...but I really should resist as it would be a large investment of her time and effort

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    Default Re: FATW - The New Shadow v2.5 Patch Released!

    I could use a download link for FATW 2.0...

    this looks like fun.
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    There is a line in the first post saying: "If you do not have 'The New Shadow' yet, you can get hold of it here." Guess where the link under "here" takes you to!!

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    Default Re: FATW - The New Shadow v2.5 Patch Released!

    doh!

    thanks.
    'Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War' Plato

    'Ar nDuctas' O'Dougherty clan motto

    'In Peace, sons bury thier fathers; In War, fathers bury thier sons' Thucydides

    'Forth Eorlingas!' motto of the Riders of Rohan

    'dammit, In for a Penny, In for a Pound!' the Duke of Wellington

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    Default Re: FATW - The New Shadow v2.5 Patch Released!

    The Total War Center 2007 Mod Awards are up, and these are the categories where FATW has been nominated:

    As always, vote for those you think deserve it, and only if you are already registered at TWC. Only one vote can be cast in each category. The vote closes in two weeks.
    Last edited by Apoc; 01-05-2008 at 22:21.



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