Previous OP, replaced 20th April 2015 with above post
//Ngugi
Previous OP, replaced 20th April 2015 with above post
//Ngugi
Last edited by Ngugi; April 20, 2015 at 01:03 PM. Reason: Ellin wanted me to change the name.
The Enemy of Human Souls
Sat grieving at the cost of coals;
For Hell had been annexed of late,
And was a sovereign Southern State.
That's good to hear Do you think you can start on the map if I find some information?
The Enemy of Human Souls
Sat grieving at the cost of coals;
For Hell had been annexed of late,
And was a sovereign Southern State.
A long time ago, I made an idea for a first age custom campaign submod for tatw. I called it: The Union of Meadhros (TUOM) and it began just before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. I also made the regions map:
I choose this time set, because there were multiple evil factions and all the elves weren't very united also.
If you have interest in my ideas, please ask
Help is always usefull. I will probably need some help with the research.
It looks good, could you send me your files? Though I intended to start a little bit earlier (just after the arrival of the Noldor, or perhaps when most Houses of Edain are in their respective Kingdoms) the map will be the same.
The Enemy of Human Souls
Sat grieving at the cost of coals;
For Hell had been annexed of late,
And was a sovereign Southern State.
Okay.
I was just thinking, I'm not sure yet. I want in as many factions as possible (within the borders of realism). Before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad the Edain still lived in Dorlomin, right? It's a while ago I read that history, and I'm looking up things on the internet and in the books I have.Why that time? In the time I thought of, we could have sauron as a seperate evil force set in minas tirith. The evil men showed up. And the sindarin weren't very nice to the noldor.
The Enemy of Human Souls
Sat grieving at the cost of coals;
For Hell had been annexed of late,
And was a sovereign Southern State.
I really love the first age and I wish you good luck with this mod. I would have offered my help but I have no time for another mod to work on.
For the map you can ask gigantus if he wants to help, he is an excellent mapper and fast worker, and I last time I checked his user title was "maps anyone?", so he might help you .
Thank you, I'll ask him once I'm sure about settlements, time period and some other stuff.
I am now sure the best time is a few years before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad. Dorthonion was captured by the Easterlings by then, which makes a faction for there rather pointless, but this is replaced by an evil faction of Easterlins. Not a bad thing, because I think there won't be many evil factions around.
The kingdoms of the Noldor were still there, as said, at the peak of their height and loosely led by Maedhros (though led is the wrong word, more 'unified'). The Edain lived in Brethil and Hithlum (Dor-lómin). Those factions will require new units, but for now that's not a matter of importance.
I've googled a few maps of Beleriand. Most are incomplete, so I think I will pick one and write/draw a few notes on it. Paint.exe for the world!
Nice link, I think I've seen a better wiki-like site though.
I've seen the Russian mod, it's to bad their forum is Spanish (?!?) I would like to hear/see what you have done so far
Last edited by JorisofHolland; April 04, 2010 at 10:53 AM.
The Enemy of Human Souls
Sat grieving at the cost of coals;
For Hell had been annexed of late,
And was a sovereign Southern State.
HI !
Happy to see somebody else is working on First Age.
The russians are however very very advanced in their work -althought I don't agrre their vision of Tolkien'world.
I was in the past (1 year) the leader of a french mod about the first age, we worked a lot too but have stopped because 1) our dev forum was lost (!!!!!) and 2) the russian competition was too strong.
But if you need help, documentation, advices, maps, and all the concepts we had already worked, I'm at your service.
Whats wrong with the russians view on Tolkiens world? I mean how do they see it then?
Using vanilla TA units is a good start but apart from Dale and Wild men of Dunlending (FROME) i cant really see anyone else fitting in the First Age, well every faction ofcourse have some units that do.
I think everyone gets different imagination when they read a book but in my mind the soldiers wernt very heavily armored (tho i got an idea that Elves from Gondolin had some nasty epic armors and weapons and Dwarves ofcourse but the followers (men) seemed like using leather or mail to me.
Im hoping someone will make First Age mod for ETW or Napoleon due to their nice features that would give a lot more options to make a more fitting mod but as far as ive heard they havent even released mod tools for these 2 or something.
Good luck anyway, dont really see how i could help, even if i wanted to, unless you want some signature made
PS: Some time before Nirnaeth Arnoediad is perfect time to start rewriting the history of Beleriand, if you want my opinion, ive actually thought about it where would this mod start if i would make it, and thats probably the best time, many Elves were wiped off in that battle along with most men so starting after that battle would be bit harsh.
Hi! Well I am not sure, if the russian mod you are mentioning is called Tales of Arda, or something like that, because what I know is, that there is/was a quite developed modding project for RTW-LOTR. The name was something with Arda, could be the tales. They had most of the units done, valar and maiar alike, so maybe you could look for inspiration over there. I´ll try to find a link.
Found it : http://www.lotr-tw.net/viewforum.php...5d22b2621f4ab7. It´s called Arda total war and it seems to be up and running..