Plan to just set up a little Chronicle over important and/or notable events, content and alike for our little merry corner of the web through the years.
Input & corrections or concerns are welcome, this is something I will tend to now and then, being one fairly old timer still around ^^
That the submod section focus on the large submods, a subjective term for sure, is that those have had the vastes impact on the community overall, and I beg all excellent Hobbits pardon who are not mentioned, it's not because you have not made your appriciated and respected social or modding mark
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~ Third Age Initated
Third Age: Total War mod project is started [when?] with Code_Knight as leader.
A hint of time frame is that the forum's "Local Moderator Forum Rules"-thread was posted the 19th December, 2006.
King Kong joined the ranks by the latest June 2008 [updated as evidence unfolds] takes over as team leader [when?].
~ TATW Beta?
Was there ever a public beta?
~ TATW version 1.0 was relased in April 2009
~ TATW patch 1.1 in May
"Only" bugfixes?
Around this time MasterBigAb joined TWC and the TATW team, who created the intro movies for game and factions throughout its publication.
~ TATW patch 1.2 in August
"Only" bugfixes?
~ TATW patch 1.3 in October
Content: complete rework of Dale, complete rework of Gondorian units with plate armor. Beorning units available as mercenaries in Anduin-Vale. New armor upgrade textures for Heavy Silvan Elves units, and new Heroes and Textures (Legolas, Haldir, Theoden, Ugluk, Grishnak), and more.
~ TATW patch 1.4 in late December
Content: The Balrog, Uruk-hai cleavers, Guards of the Orthanc, Troll-men of Harad, new Heroes (by bilwit): Boromir, Faramir, Glorfindel, Elladan and Elrohir, King Aragorn Elessar
~ TATW version 2.0 and patch 2.1 came in July 2010
Added news such as: Orcs of Gundabad, Reemerging Arnor and all new Eriador unit apperances, new Heroes & Units, new siege weapons for evil factions.
It has about 400 000 downloads by December 2016.
~ TATW 3.0 in December 2011 and TATW patch 3.1 in early 2012
The long anticipated v3.0 added custom & cultural settlements to Middle-earth, the One Ring-script by Baron Samedi, Palantiri and Galadriel's mirror by Withwanr, new High Elves by Louis Lux, spiders by alreadyded, and much more.
It has over a million downloads by August 2016.
~ TATW patch 3.2 in June 2012
This would prove the last update for Third Age: Total War, ere King Kong moved on, as announced publicly in December 2013: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...-Mod-Guideline