[Altered Melee] [ALPHA] Lord of the Rings : Peoples of Middle Earth

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Peoples of Middle Earth is an altered melee MOD for Warcraft III. At the moment, it still is in Alpha testing.

Pick one faction, build your own base, create your army, upgrade your units, and crush your ennemies! Here is what it is expected from you! The goal remains the same as any Warcraft III melee, but through the Lord of the Rings universe.

I plan to release this project as a MOD. In that way, it will include a custom MPQ and a custom launcher in order to play on several maps with all the factions.

• The project is dead until we find a new AI maker. If you're interested in joining us or if you know someone, please don't hesitate to tell us. The AI is the only missing field to the release of Alpha v1.1.

• Alpha version available!

ReadMe that you should read because you know that's a ReadMe

Version : Alpha
Langage : French

This version contains the two first factions of the MOD :
- Gondor : select 'Human' when creating a game (prototype of AI)
- Misty Mountains : select 'Orc' when creating a game (no AI)

How to install?
- Copy the file "PeoplesOfMiddleEarthAlpha.w3x" to
the following directory : "[...]\Warcraft III\Maps\
- The folder "English strings" contains the English translation
of Gondor units/buildings/upgrades and attack/defense system
(it is recommended to open those files in notepad++; impossible
to see in game in this version)


Notes :
The last patch (1.27b) is needed to play the map in multiplayer.

version Alpha 1.0 | alternate download link

• Exclusive models download

Promotionnal content

Modding community

Retera

MatiS

Spellbound

IN RECRUITMENT

Lord_Marrowgrath

TheFrenchLeprechaun

IN RECRUITMENT

[TD]MOD packaging[/TD][TD]Modelling[/TD][TD]Translation[/TD][TD]AI[/TD][TD]Terrains[/TD][TD]Creator & gameplay[/TD][TD]2D artist & animator[/TD]

Former members :
- Prorox : terrainer
- Leo Akastenix : AI maker

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Details updated May 23, 2017

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Details

You can join the project if you have those necessary skills :

• able to create a model and/or animate it
• able to create an artwork (loading screens, icons, logo, etc...)
• able to make an AI

Otherwise, here are some requests I made. +rep for helpers!

• adding animations to a rider model
• looking for a Silvan rider
• looking for a shipyard model
• looking for a spell that increase damages against one kind of armor

Feel free to give your opinion on this project! I'll give credits to modellers (etc...) once the mod will be released.

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[Garodar]

Crap... Cant wait for this.

 

[Heinvers]

Looking for this, hopefully u will get it through

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Screenshots added for 7 of the 14 factions.
Still working on models.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[Spellbound]

Well, this looks like a lot of work! I hope you can pull it off. I can help you with translation. Send me a PM.

 

[Heinvers]

Still no terrainer hired?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Still not ^^! And I keep on "modelling"!

 

[Heinvers]

Are u using models from "The Wars of the Three Hammers" mod?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

I don't know anything about this MOD, but I think it will interest me a lot ^^! Do you have some links Heinv' please?

EDIT : I found some screenshots, and the models doesn't look very good compared to the ones I'm using, too bad...

 

[Heinvers]

Well i just gave a tip. Anyway good fortune with this!

 

[Chen]

Interesting. I can't wait for it.

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

If you can't wait for it maybe you can give us a hand ^^? We still need team-mates and some requests aren't solve...

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Dwarf faction finished.
Working on Silvan Elf faction.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[GIMLI_2]

models look nice
except of the "goblins", they are supposed to be trolls and the models are from dota2, so i think they dont fit to the other cool models

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

But I think they look far better than WoW ones ^^...

 

[yann darkside]

j'aimerai bien t'aider pour cet map mais tu dois m'envoyer la map

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Cool! Mais m'aider à quel niveau au juste?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Silvan Elf faction finished.
Screenshots added.
Working on Isengard faction.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[Chaosy]

"Custom MPQ and launcher" what do you mean with launcher?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

A .exe that will serve to install the custom MPQ and run the game taking into account this new MPQ.

 

[Chen]

I can be a terrainer, but I can terrain maybe next week.

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Isengard faction almost finished.
Looking for better Isengard buildings (animations are lacking).
Isengard screenshots added.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[Heinvers]

Sounds good judotrente. I wish you good luck

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Goblins are coming (cf screenshot) !!

Back to work on the project!
Working on Goblin faction.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[Heinvers]

I see siege units, heavy melee units - the cave trolls if I'm not mistaken, riders - wow
A good goblin hero for leading.
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In one word - great work

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

My ImageShack account is quite buggy, now I will post screenshots in comments and not anymore in the main post!

EDIT : the Balrog of the third screenshot is the last spell of the Goblin hero ;-)!

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

This looks Friginn awesome man. Hopes for the best of your project. I'm busy right now, but your open to suggestions right?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Yes why not ^^! Even if it's a huge amount of work!

 

[TaShadan]

Dwarven! Good job so far but some of the models are lacking team color or the team color is not covering enough of the model (IMO). Good luck!

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Yes, you're right! I chose to not use team color on models themselves because I use a lot of WoW models (so without TC for the most of them), and to make the gameplay more realistic. But that involves finding another way to distinguish players, perhaps with team-colored health bar, or a team-colored glow, I didn't work on this aspect yet ^^"! If you have any alternative idea...

 

[Heinvers]

Cool, keep up the great work.

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Goblin faction almost finished.
Working on Gondor faction.
Screenshot added.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[Heinvers]

Perfect. Is your terrainer ready for the job?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Not really, he didn't begin anything ^^"...

 

[Garodar]

Is BETA every coming out?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

I plan to release a first version with 6 factions (Dwarves, Silvan Elves, Gondor, Isengard, Goblins, and another bad faction).
And then two updates with 2 good factions/2 bad factions each time.

I'll try to release a BETA with the 6 first factions but on the Divide&Conquer map and without AI before the first realese of the V1.0.
And the same with the V2.0 and the V3.0.

EDIT1 : first post updated!

EDIT2 : the BETAs will probably be released in French ^^"

 

[StoPCampinGn00b]

I do think divide and conquer would be the best Blizzard map to do this on. But are you going to use that map just for beta or make custom terrain? I think it would be a cool idea for the custom map to have Middle Earth creeps.

EDIT: Oh I'm stupid... I forgot it was a mod

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Yes I'll use Divide&Conquer to release the BETA. But if you think that it could be a great terrain for this MOD, I would add it for the V1! The MOD will also include custom creeps, don't worry ;-)!

 

[Heinvers]

I see that everything goes well with your mod. Cheers!

 

[Prorox]

Do you want some help? I could help you, seems interesting. (Terrain, Object-Data, Ideas, Played Lotr Fight for Middleearth, watched all 3 movies currently ^^)

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

If you are able to help on one of those points, your help is welcome ^^! Especially if you know how to release a project as a MOD!

 

[Heinvers]

Hi there judotrente. Just passing by. How's your project so far?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

I created a forum to organise our work : terrainers began to terrain, and I keep on working on Gondor faction. We progress slowly but certainly (as we say in French ^^)! I hope respecting the deadline for the BETA

 

[Valandil]

Just want to tell you this, maybe pubblish the alpha version with 2 fractions and one terrain, so people can say what they think about this, and we (the helpers) can go on with work ... ? what do you think ? maybe gondor and mordor on divide and coquest map ?

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Let's talk about that on the forum, I create a dedicaded thread !

EDIT : send me your Skype username in private please

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Working on Gondor faction.
Working on Pelonnor Fields and Land of Nurn.
Mirkwood terrain finished.
Screenshots added.
Still looking for team-mates.

 

[Heinvers]

Good to hear the progress around.
btw, your project is nominated here http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/map-development-202/project-spotlight-top-5-maps-june-2014-a-253321/

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Woaw, thanks Heinv' ^^! You'll be happy to know that Prorox is working on the Moria !

 

[Valandil]

Hey Guys I have reworked Land of Nurn map.
You can download it from here / http://www.epicwar.com/maps/244269/

And here some screenshots

 

[TheFrenchLeprechaun]

Gondor heavy rider - Dol Amroth knight

Screenshot