This week there was some new map previews of 3 maps Gladden Source, Gollum's Cave and Goblin Caves.

 

 

 

 

 

But new maps aren't all...

You can now zoom out further in maps to get a better view of the battles.

 

Saruman the Black the upgraded form of Saruman after purchasing the Ring Lord spell.

 

There are also new positions available for the Access Beta program I'm looking for testers to test the upcoming Access Beta which is an invite only semi public beta which serves as a inbetween step between private beta and public beta.

To apply simply send me a PM on the forums with a little information about your playing experience.

The aim is to test for bugs and balance issues before releasing the Beta publicly.

 

After a lot of thought a new name has been chosen for Beta 0.999's replacement.

Lone Wolf:Age of the Rings

This name echoes the Age of Numenor name and ties it to the War of the Ring.

Seen below is the new logo and promotion image.

 

The first updated tech trees have been revealed for Age of the Rings Eriador and Rhovanion.

Coding has also officially begun on Age of the Rings with coding for Eriador already under way.

As of yet I don't have a set release date.

 

Lone Wolf Return of Shadow news-

The Dunland tech tree for LWR has also been updated.

 

Some changes have been made to the plans for the Noldor Lightbearer and Mirkwood Enchanters.

Both of these units share the same basic premise of specialising.

When specialised the units each gain 2 abilities and a passive leadership.

These specialties can be purchased and applied individually to the units so you can vary them.

 

Lightbearer-

Techs:

During the course of testing out Beta 0.37, Private Beta 0.9 and my current version of Beta 0.999 I've come to the conclusion that there's no way I can release an updated version of the old build and have it work smoothly or be at my newer standards.
The old build was rough and incomplete since I learned as I worked, things were left half done, ideas dropped and loose ends everywhere.
The clean up alone is a massive task which is why originally restarted the mod with LWR and I got reminded of that.
So instead I'm making some big changes to the project condensing things down and releasing a streamlined release.
The factions are being changed and condensed superfluous content removed, factions merged the new shape of this project more closely resembles my original vision for Lone Wolf with some touches of LWR.
These will be new tech tree using existing assets with some LWR stuff where needed.

Updated Factions:
Rohan
Gondor
Isengard
Mordor
Eriador
Rhovanion
Lorien
Rivendell
Evil Men
The Deep
Dol Guldur 

Morgul elements have been merged in with Mordor.
Dunland elements in with Isengard.
Eriador is a hybrid faction of units from the Shire, Breelands, Arnor and Forochel.
Rhovanion is a hybrid faction of units from Mirkwood, Erebor, Rhovanion and Dale.
Evil Men is a hybrid faction of units from Harad and Rhun.

This is all subject to change as I'm still working on the updated tech trees but I'll release them when possible. 

With this rather major change comes the need for a new name for this project.
Instead of using Beta 0.999 which it technically no longer is I'll need a new title for it.
Just like the Resurrection project for Lone Wolf has it's 3 titles Return of Shadow, Return of Dawn and Age of Numenor.
So if you have an idea for the new title for this release like the facebook page and reply to the status with your suggestion.
Winning name will get a mystery prize.

Thirdly I'm also looking to start a little side project for BFME2 a simple mod with the Men of the West Faction split into Gondor and Rohan.
I'll donate some of my LWR assets to the project so if you are a coder looking for a start let me know.

Like on Facebook to enter a name for the contest.
http://www.facebook.com/LoneWolfMod

Or post below.

In order to improve things around here I'll be making some changes around here.

But before I do that I'd like to hear your feedback on T3A and how we run things.

Here is a feedback and suggestions thread where you can post your thoughts on what can be improved.

 

A staff change has also been made as part of the Spring Cleaning.

 

Ridder Geel has been promoted to T3A moderator staff.

 

 

-Radspakr

Battle for Middle Earth 1

• Lone Wolf Mod: First Lorien Flet and the Redhorn Pass.
• The Fourth Age: The great gate of Minas Anor lay broken.
• Shadow and Flame: SAF has released Alpha 0.3 and some more updates Gunbadad Warg Riders, Mountain Hall and Mountain Orcs.

• I'd like to also officially welcome The Horse Lords mod to the The Third Age.

• Lauri has also generously uploaded some free models and animations so check them out.

There has also been a hostee reorder, the new order is:

• Lone Wolf
• The Fourth Age
• Shadow and Flame
• From Book to Game
• RC Mod
• SEE
• The Horse Lords Mod
• The Peloponnesian Wars
• The Elven Alliance
• Battles of Gondor

Helms Deep the Last Hope has been archived.


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