⭕ Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring - Official Thread

TheDog

This is a redux of the original scenario map Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth 12 Army

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For now Download from Google Drive v1.0
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3tjGJsD7kt6_Cn3jei3i1UAepy6BOfi/view?usp=sharing

In your downloads folder copy the zip file to the usual place, typically;
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\triplea\downloadedMaps

Select the map Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

ps. You might have to unzip the file to make it work.

Please critique.

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War of the Ring-sm.png

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RogerCooper

@thedog I like the idea of your scenario. Unique units should not be buildable.

TheDog

@rogercooper said Unique units should not be buildable.

It was an easy decision for Ents they take years to grow, so not buildable.

But the nine, got new forms after the the magic surf of the river Bruinen "damagaed" them.
Gandalf the Grey got a new form as Gandalf the White.

So you could say they are buildable, but in this scenario/version you can only build 1.

Having played many games I have never managed to kill all 9 Nazgul, just so I can build another one,
Likewise for the Elven Wizards/Istari, however the AI has killed them all off, so does build one of them.

RogerCooper

@thedog said in Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring - Official Thread:

@rogercooper said Unique units should not be buildable.

It was an easy decision for Ents they take years to grow, so not buildable.

But the nine, got new forms after the the magic surf of the river Bruinen "damagaed" them.
Gandalf the Grey got a new form as Gandalf the White.

So you could say they are buildable, but in this scenario/version you can only build 1.

Having played many games I have never managed to kill all 9 Nazgul, just so I can build another one,
Likewise for the Elven Wizards/Istari, however the AI has killed them all off, so does build one of them.

Those sorts of incidents should be handled as events. Take a look at Greyhawk Wars for a fantasy scenario that feels like a fantasy scenario.

I also like upkeep costs.

RogerCooper

I tried the playing the scenario. Balance seems better and the production restrictions make the game feel more like Middle Earth.

I needed to modify the files a bit, to play under the latest version of the engine. You should your map.yml file to

map_name: middle_earth
games:
- {game_name: 'Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth-Rebalanced', file_name: Lord_of_the_Rings_War_of_the_Ring.xml}

board 3659

Interesting that you decided to make the dwarfs not be able to purchase artillery/zeppelins/berzerkers. Is it to balance the game or is the other version updated

TheDog

@board-3659
The books dont have black powder artillery/zeppelins/berzerkers that was the reason for removing them.

board 3659

@thedog I'm guessing they are in the movie because if not IDK why the other has those things

Cernel

@board-3659 It has been a long time since I saw the movie, but I don't remember anything like those. My best guess is that is taken from Warhammer Fantasy. Also goblins and orks are two names for the same thing in the Lord of the Rings, so the fact that they are differentiated in that game has to come from somewhere else, like Warhammer Fantasy, too.

Or maybe @NinjaWolfHybrid could just tell us what's what, since he/she affirms to be Flanagan, the map-maker.

board 3659

ok thats great thanks

board 3659

For some reason it doesn't appear on the Lobby yet I have it

TheDog

@board-3659
I guess thats because I host it on my Google Drive, so easy compared to Github uploading of maps.

board 3659

@thedog Do you know how to fix it?

TheDog

@board-3659
No is the short answer.

I spent over 3 hours trying to upload a map to Github and failed. As time is precious Im happier being productive and coding/modding a new map "The Shogun" than trying and failing to upload again.

But you could try and upload the zip if you like?

board 3659

@thedog ok I can try, though I have no idea how to use Github

board 3659

@rogercooper yeah like the ents near Saruman were non-aligned until Saruman attacked

ff03k64

@thedog said in Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring - Official Thread:

I spent over 3 hours trying to upload a map to Github and failed. As time is precious Im happier being productive and coding/modding a new map "The Shogun" than trying and failing to upload again.
But you could try and upload the zip if you like?

If I can get this on Github, do you know how to update the file if you make any more changes?

TheDog

@ff03k64
If you can get it on Github that would be great, I will try/learn to update the files.

ff03k64

@thedog Did you change anything besides the xml?

TheDog

@ff03k64
Yes
Removed many units.
Changed PUs icon
Added Game_Notes.png
Changed all nations StandardFlag.png sizes
Maybe other things?