Third Age: Total War Mod, Now version 1.3!

Its for M2TW:Kingdoms. I've been following this forever, not really into fantasy and all that, but you guys have to get this so we can try it online. Alot of this was done by King Kong, the same guy who did Stainless Steel, so nuff said. Heres a link: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=654

You should add this submod too. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=259833


If some of you guys like it maybe we can do some hotseat? Heehee.

Heres the FAQ

Q: Will I still be able to play the original Medieval 2?
A: Yes, the Third Age will be 100% mod-foldered.

Q: Will there be a beta of the mod?
A: No.

Q: Is this mod for Kingdoms?
A: Yes.

Q: What will you do about the different lifespans of the races in Middle-Earth?
A: Unfortunately, all factions have the same average lifespan. We'll solve this by altering the text message you recieve when a general dies of old age. Elves "Sail West", dwarves "Retire" and so on.

Q: Will dwarves have recruitable cavalry of some type?
A: No, but they will have unique cavalry mercenaries.

Q: Do you want this mod to focus mainly on the books, or the films?
A: It’s not really one or the other, we use both, it seems that we are going with the movies on most of the armor because it provides our modelers with a visual aid.

Q: Are you going to imply the Fellowship/destroying of the Ring in some way?
A: Not in this release, we may not even do it at all, not really a purpose of the tw series to have little quests like that.

Q: I’ve seen you are focussing on the movies for the unit looks, are you going to do the same with portraits of generals/heroes like Theoden/Eomer/Elrond/etc?
A: Yes, it will give a photoreal look to the portraits and just improve overall look and feel.

Q: Will this mod focus only on the War of the Ring? if so how long will one turn take? And will one be able to continue after the WotR?
A: No it will start about fifty years before.

Q: What would be the goal in the campaign?, conquer x settlements?, destroy x enemy factions?, destroy the Ring?
A: Yes, Yes, and No. We’ll probably throw in a few other things too, but it’s still too early in development right now.

Q: Will there be custom battle map settlements?
A: No, not for the first release, but they are planed for the second release.

Q: Will you implement religion in the mod?
A: No, we're having the culture system from the Britannia campaign.

Q: Will Sauron be in the mod?
A: Yes, he'll act as a "pope" for the evil factions. He'll have his own faction and sit in an unreachable settlement.

Q: So if one of the evil factions turns agains another, Sauron might "excommunicate" that faction?
A: Yes. It's unwise to betray Sauron...

Q: Will there be a hotseat feature included?
A: Yes.

Q: What is AoR?
A: Area of Recruitment, which means that a unit can only be recruited in (a) specific region(s).

Q: Will there be interracial marriages in the mod?
A: No, princesses have been removed.

Q: Okay, which agents are in the mod, then?
A: Spies, Assassins (not for all factions), Diplomats and Servants of Sauron (Inquisitors).

Patch 1.1b has been released. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=260637

• FIXES
  
  - white battle map interface (hotfix included)
  - Dunedain Knights missing their melee weapon fixed
  - wrong faction banners disabled
  - missing rebels and mercenary unit cards fixed
  - diplomatic text refers to wrong factions fixed
  - Dale freeland archers' bows float in the air fixed
  - Beorings javelins float on the air around them fixed
  - snaga skirmishers weapon fixed
  - new meshes for Isengard heavy Uruk-Hai units
  - Breeland riders have invisible weapons fixed
  - Uruk Halberdiers missing secondary weapon fixed
  - Goblin Halberdiers missing secondary weapon fixed
  - warg sprites added
  - Troll Cage descriptions fixed
  - Henneth Annun "object on battle map bug" fixed
  - Horse Guard animation fixed
  - rebel generals/captains with silver textures fixed
  - Harad "invasion" mercenaries with silver textures fixed
  - all floating cities and castles fixed
  - hardly/unplayable bridge and river issues fixed
  - new orcish diplomat/spy/assassin cards
  - eryn dolen stuck at village fixed
  - minor 2d symbols fixed
  - 2hhanded orc error fixed
  
  
  
  NEW FEATURES
  
  - New and huge sound package (a huge thanks to Smirk )
  
  all medieval phrases deleted and replaced. No more sultans, gods and piety...
  all wrong voice references to the vanilla factions fixed
  new and reworked speeches for all factions and orcs
  reworked all voices for campaign map
  dwarves have own scottish accent
  New troll sounds and orcish voices for battle map
  fixed missing catapult impact sound
  and more!
  New unit and battle map balance
  
  new animations for better unit cohesion
  missile units weakened, ammunition varied, new elven arrow type
  mumakil costs decreased, increased morale
  trolls more vulnerbale to missiles, slower, more expensive throw units into the air, availability decreased
  raised morale for all troops
  improved cavalry and charges
  improved stamina for dwarves and other units
  halberds and spear units improved
  arrow/ballista towers weakened, walls and gateways improved, more logical stats
  many other little unit stats changes
  Other
  
  new loading bar
  several map improvements, like smoother and realistic rivers
  new event pics for the orcish factions
  northmen portraits added
  events for advanced units are earlier
  Eriador - High Elves alliance
  no more witches
  servants of Sauron slightly weakend
  Generals can get older
  More logical character traits at campaign start
  garrison script slightly nerfed
  good factions will survive longer
  new fire textures and sound for burning men and burning buildings
  Included Sub-Mods
  
  non breakable alliances without a diplomat (Thanks to Archaon)
  smoother coastlines (Thanks to Nevada)
  improved Eldar models (Thanks to Razor)
  Germanicu5 Battle AI (Thanks to Germanicu5)
  Germanicu5 stakes script (Thanks to Germanicu5)
  Witchking model (Thanks to Devils_Advocate)
  spelling mistakes fixed (Thanks to Krazy Krook)

wow this game rocks ! Cool graphics and very unique units, I would like to play some inner clan battles It played flawlessly thus far.

anyone still playing this ? if so I'm installing kingdoms and getting this mod!!!!

The 1.2 patch was released a few days ago. Download or just check it out here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=253976

• NEW HEROES & UNITS
  Aragorn
  Legoals
  Gandalf
  Gimli
  Blackroot Vale Archers
  Guards of Khazad-dûm
  Warg Riders for OoMM
  Ents

• NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
  
  Animated Bows, bowstrings and arrows
  New battle AI and formations
  Generals are aging correctly
  More generals with hero abilities
  Hero Biographies
  3 summer turns, one winter turn
  better autoresolve & faction balance
  New victory videos (Thanks to MasterBigAb)
  Armor upgrades for all units
  No penalty for executing evil prisoners as a good faction and vice versa
  New building icons for evil factions
  Notification for the one ring
  Two new river custom battle maps
  Unit stat changes
  Recruitment changes
  Slightly changed win conditions
  More notification texts
  Trolls only in mountain areas available
  AI morale bonus
  Assassins weakened
  Money reduction end-game
  Better ancillary/character traits triggers
  Deletion of (almost) all wrong/medieval text references
  
  FIXES
  
  Evil factions not recognized as destroyed fixed
  Snaga archers weapons fixed
  Wrong strat map buildings fixed
  dwarven axes texture on pikemen fixed
  axethrowers get tall while running fixed
  many trait and ancillary fixes
  missing witchking trait fixed
  more river crossings fixed
  Crusade banners fixed
  evil ransom/execution sounds fixed
  pelargir marines & rangers model fixed
  Rhun horse guard textures fixed
  Dain's hall fortress upper level floating fixed
  Missing unit descriptions fixed
  
  INCLUDED SUB-MODS
  
  Visual Enhancement (Thanks to Louis Lux & maxmazi)
  Reworked Gondor Militia (Thanks to matko)
  Unique Buildings (Thanks to axnsan)
  Smoother Coastlines 1.0 (Thanks to Nevada)
  Retextures Elf Sentinels for armor upgrade (Thanks to bilwit)

The new 1.3 patch was released yesterday and already has over 2000 downloads. Check it out: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304742