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[Past5evermark]

Initial Start: Quenta Silmarillion mod for RotWK that replaces the old factions with 4 new
ones build almost from scratch. It is based in the 1st Age and will feature the factions of
Angband, Edain, Khazad, and Noldor.



The first beta will have Noldor and Angband about 65 - 75% complete lacking a couple of units
and probably a hero and an upgrade. If we went ahead and completed the it would be bad for
two reasons: 1. It would take long past the expected release time to shove out a comlete
faction, and 2. It would give us more time to work on the factions later on and we could
improve them better overall with out redoing part of the faction.



We are in general balancing the game:
the game less "magic spam" and more along the lines of realism and leadership.
But we will still have plenty of magic.
The spellbook will have less of a focus and will bemore supprt like in
bfme 1 not "kill an entire army and still have most of you powers left over to kill the player"
type deal as in bfme 1.
It will also rely on the use of units and not hero spam, and will
change the purpose of ranged seige equipment to a more "anti-unit" purpose for use in large
scale infantry battles

We also will have about 10 - 15 new maps from our mappers.
The mod will also feature a brand-new bfme 1 style campaign with its own Beleriand Living World
Map made by Fellbeast III.



We will have more to say (and show) in the coming weeks, and we can then show ou just what we've
been doing.

-Past5evermark and Quenta Silmarillion mod team

[ReallyFat]

Hey past, i think you ahould move this to the mods section. Apart from that YEAH! Go beleriand

[Námo]

I thought Doriath as one and Noldor as the other with Edian as support would be be the way to go.

I thought so, too.

[ReallyFat]

doriath aint a faction, its a country. SINDAR might be added(including the falathrim and the laiquendi)

[{IP}Solstice]

Well we have a really big problem since past 5 is going to leave so he can make an arnor mod for bfme 1, so we don't have a coder

[Unknown]

Learn it, it's typically easy.
IMO, its the easiest out of every modding aspect

[ReallyFat]

You have me, and i already coded a load of stuff. And fellbeast aint bad too. And i have a post fpr recruiting another one. But i already did a freakin load already. I modelled rog and made his ini too. Finrod and turgon coded. Loads is done.

[{IP}Solstice]

Thats good news.

[Unknown]

It sounds like your mod is going nicely
But have you any pictures that we could maybe take a peek at

Edited by Unknown, 01 November 2011 - 09:39 AM.

[{IP}Solstice]

I'm trying to put up pictures of my maps but apparently image extensions aren't allowed on this board.

Edited by future4, 01 November 2011 - 09:18 PM.

[_Haldir_]

If you're uploading to a imageshack or photobucket or something, try using the direct link in image tags, instead of whatever link they happen to give you.

I tend to use the Imageshack Uploader (download from the Tools heading on the imageshack site), which makes getting links for multiple images heaps easier.

[ReallyFat]

screw imageshack and its domains! i use photo bucket. have a look at these

[{IP}Solstice]

[img]http://desmond.image....jpg&res=medium[img]


Here is a picture of Hithlum (wip)


[img]http://desmond.image....jpg&res=medium[img]

And here is a picture of Mithrim

Edited by future4, 02 November 2011 - 11:27 PM.

[_Haldir_]

Well i find that Photobucket quite often breaks or deletes it's links, so Imageshack seems to be more reliable for long-term stuff. Also, i'm not sure about photobucket, but Imageshack gives you the links to the thumbnail images too, so people don't have download and scroll through lots of large images

The maps are looking pretty nice from what i can see. If you put those links in the tags, they should show up.

[Kwen]

For the record, I don't think people want to see four screenshots of one new unit. Take your screenshots carefully. Hide the UI by pressing f9 (someone correct me if that's the wrong one) and get a nice zoomed in, almost "cinematic " picture. Looks more professional that way. (this is just some advice by the way. I'm not saying anything bad about the unit itself.)

[Past5evermark]

yea, kwen has a point; also im not leaving (since were finally going somewhere with the mod) and if needed i will code, also we will have some new maps for public upload, future already has one: mithrim

[{IP}Solstice]

2 silly: Mithrim and Hithlum