Skallolf

I'm new here (hi!) and have just installed the Age of the Ring 6.1, but am having some difficulties with the game pretty early on. I am guessing that they are bugs, but figured I would ask here if anyone knows what is causing them?

First off, I have noticed several save files will not load and say that they are corrupted. It seems to be that this happens when I save before or after a battle. With a game that has several "instances" per level and no autosave though, this can be super frustrating as I have had to run through the Opening segments of "Shadows of the past" more times than I care too as I don't particularly enjoy that sort of stealth level anyway lol. 

Secondly, and my biggest issue, is when I do reach Bree and have to defend the Prancing Pony it tells me to claim resources with heroes and lights up the inn's in the town but does not actually allow me to claim them. I have tried a group of heroes. Singular heroes, all at one flag, one at each. I get the 'flag pole' icon when I hover over the taverns banner, but when I click on it nothing happens. The icon disappears and the hero(es) just stand their doing their idle animation. Considering how fast the npc guards die too, this means that within literal seconds of the 2nd wave of the attack my game says "defeated" without any time to actually do anything or even try and defend. It seems that as soon as one Nazgul even reaches the Pony, the level ends. It's quite hard to even understand why considering I still have fighters and all my heroes are there waiting. 

It looks like a lot of thought and love has gone into the mod, and to begin with I was loving the almost interactive movie style of the storytelling. Unfortunately though after a few days of re-running the same level, watching the same cut-scenes and facing the same game-breaking bugs I am at a point where I am not sure whether I should just give up. I don't want to though, and so would politely ask that if anyone can help me with the taverns bug at least, I would really appreciate it. 

If I could just have one opportunity to finish the level and get the next autosave, I might not quite lose my mind completely lol.