Downloads: TATW RR/RC Lore Edition July 5

RC+RR Lore Edition for TATW 1.1 (July 5 Update)
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***Not Save-game Compatible***

NOTE: If you get a CTD on turn 6-8, it looks like some campaign script code forcing OotMM to siege one target city is causing a crash.

Go to the first post in the TATW RR/RC thread and download the attached file to your Third_Age\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign folder and re-start campaign, it should fix the CTD until I can find a proper solution. This is a very minor issue and doesn't affect gameplay at all.

STEPS TO INSTALL:

1) Ensure you have downloaded and installed TATW and TATW patch 1.1

2) Install the contents of the download into your TATW folder.

3) IF YOU WISH TO USE THE NEW UNITS IN AGOSTINOS ADDITIONAL UNITS MOD, OR HAVE BEEN RUNNING A CAMPAIGN WITH THAT MOD INSTALLED, NOW COPY THE CONTENTS OF THE ADDITIONAL UNITS FOLDER INTO THE DATA FOLDER. IT WILL THEN BE SAVE-GAME COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN

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IF YOU WISH TO USE THE LORE EDITION, NOW COPY THE CONTENTS OF THE LORE EDITION FOLDER INTO THE DATA FOLDER. NOTE THAT THE ADDITIONAL UNITS ARE NOT AVAILABLE

Includes the following submods by the kind permission of their authors, or hopefully they will say its OK, some haven't responded yet!
-TATW Additional Units mod by Agostinos
-Battle AI by Germanicu5
-New Corsairs by Bucefalo
-Generals Age Correctly by Sohn des Khaine
-Unique Buildings 2.0 by axnsan
-Immortal Nazgul by kai
-Middle Earth Lore mod by Aikanar'
-Some excellent animation tweaks by Banzai! (especially cohesion improvement) and Niko

Lore Edition also includes:
-Good Vs Evil Campaign AI by ZZZZ
-Be Evil faction standings by papio

Isengard can build ISENGARD FORGE at about turn 24-32, to upgrade heavy Uruk-hai armor.

Dwarves can build MITHRIL FORGE in Moria at about turn 48-56, but must have maximum-sized mines there first. Only Elite Dwarven warriors will have access to mithril armor.

Detailed notes on racial bonuses are at the top of the export_descr_unit.txt file.

Very huge thanks to KK and Mithrandir for invaluable and ongoing input, and everyone else who has provided comment along the way. Big thanks to KK also for so quickly updating all the recruitment data for RR

Please report any bugs, I am always paranoid when I release something that it will immediately CTD the user's system

Recommended submods:

• BAI switcher by Germanicu5, randomly swaps in one of 5 different BAI's before each battle: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=257970
• Good Vs Evil Campaign AI by ZZZZ: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=257051
• Be Evil faction standings by papio: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=266095

LIST OF CHANGES IN THIS UPDATE:
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-Very slightly reduced accuracy for all missile units, except Silvan Elves, who suffer a small melee penalty to compensate
-Slightly reduced mount masses
-Faster Wargs, with better morale
-Slightly reduced heat effects on those wearing armor
-Tweaked AI that reacts better to missile fire
-Fixed bug where AI army would deploy in a single long line at battle start
-Most crossbow units remain in close formation rather than deploying to open formation, which affects their shooting rate too much
-Same applies to Snaga skirmishers
-Some hero abilities added to a very small number of units: Power of the Eldar, Light of Elbereth, Courage of the Lion, Chief of the Dunedain, Terror of the Nazgul, Terror of the Witch King
-War dogs reduced mass
-Bug in missions file fixed
-Aikanar's Middle Earth Lore mod added
-Southron Pikemen added back in after accidental omission
-Chance of assassination success reduced
-Dwarves must now destroy Rhun as part of their victory conditions
-Better availability for Variags for Rhun
-Rhun King's Purse increased
-Updated recruit priority for all units for more faction-specific army composition
-Missile units more likely to drop bows and engage with swords when attacked in melee

LIST OF CHANGES IN PREVIOUS 6 UPDATES:
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-reduced mass for some mount types
-updated some building costs
-updated hasahrii stats
-cavalry attack bonus of +1 given to compensate for infantry agility defense bonus of 0, +1 or +2 removed
-Uruk Halberd and Uruk-hai Pikemen assigned 'aggressive' animation set
-OotMM starting forces slightly reduced
-Updated building costs
-Improved cohesion
-Revised victory conditions for all factions in Lore Edition
-Wargs more available, and also in OotMM roster
-Wargs have larger numbers per unit
-Wargs use 'horde' formation
-Spear units -2 defense and +15 attack delay
-Olog-hai more armor but slightly less defense
-Rhun has slightly more king's purse
-All archers have 5 less arrows, crossbows 4 less bolts
-Jul14n's updates to Immortal Nazgul script
-Ongoing tuning of costs
-Some unit sizes changed to reflect faction strengths and weaknesses
-Updated starting forces for OotMM and Isengard
-Moria Halberd now non-phalanx
-Troll catapult does more damage
-Snagas assigned different anims
-Some buildings give additional bonuses
-Lore Edition includes comprehensive dynamic AOR for every unit in the game, based upon faction, preferred land type, culture/religion level, unit type and tier. All factions recruit best in their initial areas, then in their preferred type of land (eg forests for Elves, Mountains for Dwarves), with further reductions for less suitable land types. Higher culture/religion levels can offset this somewhat
-Dynamic settlement growth rates based upon region population growth value, faction/race, preferred land type and quality of settlement site
-Updates to some settlement start levels, starting forces and types
-Changes to some unit sizes
-Increased AI morale bonus at Hard/Very Hard difficulty
-Small reduction to AI King's Purse
-High-quality spear unit attack value slightly reduced
-Elven arrow load reduced
-Note that a lot of the changes that were only going to be included in the Lore Edition were incorporated into the non-Lore Edition files-Dwarves more expensive to recruit but less to upkeep
-Rohan 'warrior'-type units less expensive to recruit but more to upkeep, also slower to recruit but larger pool size
-Other human 'warrior' (untrained) units less expensive to recruit but more to upkeep, these units are more like mercenaries and expect war booty etc
-Rohan King's purse lowered; Isengard's increased (new campaign start required to see this)
-Most 'evil' units cost less and have larger pool sizes
-Some larger 'evil' settlements have an extra recruitment slot
-all upkeep costs increased by 20%
-some unit costs adjusted
-AI gets slightly more cash bonus from each settlement
-updated Unique Buildings by axnsan to version 2.0-updated BAI by Germanicu5
-updates to siege and crusade setttings by xaldin
-smiths no longer required for higher-tier barracks
-small stats changes
-more units are AOR
-reduces some mission rewards
-Nazgul, Warriors of Mithlond and Grey Company given 'command' attribute
-smiths temporarily disabled, except for Isengard Forge and Mithril Forge
-geography file by Lusted that smooths mountain battlefields
-new AI cash script with variable bonus for settlements depending on settlement size and type
-reworked costs.

-PB