A Fourth Age NOOB! What Exactly Do I Need?

[manooly]

Hello! I just found out about this mod. It sounds like I would thoroughly enjoy it. I do have RTW: Total War Eras. What exactly do I need to download so I can have all that this mod has to offer? Should I install RTW with Barbarian Invasion? After that I would like to install the complete Fourth Age mod. Could you please inform me as to what I need to download and install?

This mod looks amazing!

Thanks!

- manooly

[Elphir of Dol Amroth]

I believe you can't play Barbarian without Rome so yes, you should have BI and Rome. Make sure your BI is patched to 1.6 after that follow the instructions of the links:

- 2.0b http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1775

- 2.6 http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3354

- WOM
http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3355

- hotfix
http://www.thefourthage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3355 (At the and of the post)

[manooly]

Thanks for your reply! Are the New Shadow and Wars of Men separate campaigns or do I need to install both of them to make sure I have everything? I want to enjoy The Fourth Age to its fullest.

Thanks!

- manooly

[Aradan]

Wars of Men also offers intro videos for the factions (and a main one) and 6 new faction-specific campaigns (same map). You will also need the TNS Musicpack, link can be found in the same thread as the 2.0b build.

[manooly]

Thanks!

I have a 1680X1050 native rez monitor. Will this mod be in widescreen when I load it? If not, is there anything I can do to make it widescreen? Will it be as simple as changing one of the options?

Thanks again!

- manooly

[Aradan]

Not really sure, I guess it will behave exactly like RTW. If RTW becomes wide-screen, so will FATW.

[Mathais]

It will for I have the same size as you do just change the options is all.