Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2286.

Main changes since the previous r2279 build are:

— Attempt to fix save game corruption by doing the following:
  • Create new party template for volunteers.
  • Instead of removing an empty volunteer party, keep using the same one.
  • Create unhirable 'header' troop for volunteers & player reserves (garrison)
    so that these parties are never empty.
  • Create script_remove_party and replace all instances of (remove_party) operation with
    this script. This makes sure that static parties are not removed, but disabled.
  • New dormant party system to reuse parties instead of removing them.
    Currently only for prisoner trains and routed parties.
  • Use a static party instead of creating fake ones to check terrain.
— Fix Beorning economy.
— Optimized Dale scene (by InVain).
— New regions: Dimril Dale & Southern Erebor (by InVain).
— New ambience scenes (by InVain).
— Make fallen rider text optional.
— Fix scout camp quest, again.
— Fix hold command for archers.

EDIT: This update also adds cuddly Mordor bunnies.

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2279.

Main changes since the previous r2273 build are:

— Fix issue with routing.
— When Destroy X parties quest is active, target parties will spawn until player completes the quest.
— Slow down the trolls for both troll quests.
— Use a Warband operation to check valid terrain, instead of the fancy method from M&B 1.011.
— Add dialogue fixes for player initiated sieges.
— Changes to Lord Spawning after being defeated:
  • Instead of spawning after 24 hours and with 15 bodyguards,
   spawn lords after 2 days and reinforce them to be able to handle patrols
— Reduce wait time during sieges before Lords assault a center.
— High Level archers will ask archer team to hold fire in the beginning of battle when they
  deem that the enemy is too far away to hit. Player can override and tell them to fire at will.
— Add code to make party cleanup more robust.
— The plural form of Nazgûl is Nazgûl.

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2273.

Main changes since the previous r2260 build are:

— Hotfix for Raid Village quest (your troops shouldn't attack you anymore).
— Player initiated siege consequences:
  • When you fail, you lose your right to siege again until you
    pay the same price + you get demoted!
  • Fix for «Player Faction» when winning.
  • Evil men and orcs/uruk dialogue.
— Field AI Improvements: Horse archers use bows, Lancers use lances...
  • Swap to backup weapon when enemy comes too close.
— Fix too many town walkers in Caras Galadhorn.
— Fix Cair Andros menu.
— Fix Raid/Defend/Scout Camp quests when it expires.
— Add descriptions + XP when visiting legendary places:
  • Credit goes to @paulmurray46 for writing that flowery text.
— Improved Routing + Fleeing behavior for Wargs and low morale troops
  • This change is Warband only, as it uses operations not in M&B 1.011.
— Oath of Vengeance kills reduced + extra day.

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2260.

Main changes since the previous r2247 (posted last week) build are:

— Added updated 3.5 menu statue with new credits.
— Now the new font also works in DirectX7 mode, still used by some players.
— Balance changes:
  • Base probability to spawn parties daily have been increased by 10%.
  • Party limit multiplier has been increased by a varied amount.
   (This will lead to more parties being spawned for a more dynamic game)
  • Player-initiated siege ENABLED.
  • Influence cost of asking marshal to siege & player initiated siege has been reduced.
— New trait: Butcher.
— Major formations & AI update.
— Troll quest fix.
— More robust raid village center selection.
— In Vain's scene & guardian party fixes.

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2247.

Main changes since the previous r2127 (posted in June, 2016) build are:

— Quests:
  • Optional starting quests unique to each faction:
    Goal: tutorialize rank, influence, and resource points.
  • Raid/Defend village:
    Goal: Pre-War quest.
  • Destroy scout camp.
    Goal: Post-War quest that has faction strength consequences.
  • Ring Hunters: Unique quest.
  • Refactored Oath of Vengeance quest: Troop kills instead of party kills.
  • Refactored Eliminate X Parties quest: Assists now count towards quest.

— Gondor Rebalance:
  • Gondor Reinforcement Event: Scripted AI behavior to make Gondor lords more active.
  • Added 2 more Gondor Lords.
  • Increased the amount of Gondor hosts.

— Scenes:
  • Fix the Siege doors, so that troops are properly attacking them.
  • Osgiliath ambient scene.
  • Fix some siege scenes (Osgiliath, Cair Andros, Dol Amroth, Ethring, Rhun camps).
  • In Vain's Dale & Esgaroth Scene.
  • Scout Camp scenes (Good, Evil, North, Mirkwood + Large / Small versions of each) by In Vain.
  • Black Shield Fortress for the Spears quest.

— Custom Camera:
  • Fixed, Free, Normal.

— Troop tree viewer.
— Fixes to most Formation issues.
— Added female counterparts to some Khand, Rhun, and Woodsmen/Beorning armors.

— Drawings:
  • Added Lumberjack Orcs, Kneel at Mound, Ring Hunter Quest, Dale & Lórien Victory.

— Shield Bearer Troop for Beornings:
  • Shield, Club, and Seax by Mandible.

— Full Mac/Linux compatibility.
— New, high-resolution (infinitely scalable) signed-distance font rendering method.
— Extended the Aniron font into Aniron Plus, adding support for extended Latin languages.
— Many translations contributed by our Transifex volunteers!



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TLD 3.5 changes:
— Swyter:
  • Added to Steam Workshop.
  • Ported TLD to Mac / Linux.
  • Fixed animated wavy banners.
  • Fixed lone warg fork-bomb.
  • Fix ghost-owned wargs respawning again and again.
  • Mitigate player teleporting to Mordor on defeat.
  • Limit crafting to 0, as the feature is unfinished.
  • Update Iron Launcher.
  • Workaround viewport popping of ancillary skybox elements in WB.
  • Fix Custom Camera keys by masking them behind Ctrl modifier.
  • Added brand new signed distance font.
  • Fix party troop number in overall map.
  • Spirit Shader.

— Merlkir:
  • Added female frame to Woodsmen, Beorning, Khand, and Rhun Armours.
  • Dialogues for Starting Quests.
  • Dialogues for Ring Hunters.
  • Added Lumberjack Orcs drawing overlay.
  • Added Kneel at Mound drawing overlay.
  • Added Ring Hunter Quest drawings.
  • Added Dale Victory Drawings.
  • Add more troll sounds.
  • Design Black Shield, Black Shield's Men, Vengeful Spirit troops for Spears quest.
  • Concept art for Shield Bear Shield & Club.
  • Add Lórien Victory drawing overlay.

— Kham:
  • Implement Troop Tree Viewer under Reports.
  • Implement Custom Camera to improve Orc/Dwarf gameplay.
  • Added validator to CppCoder's Morale Code to fix a script error.
  • Hooked up Dwarven Fortress for Spears quest.
  • Added Viking Conquest Module.ini changes to WB module.ini.
  • Added Ring Hunters Quest.
  • Added More Town Walkers to certain towns.
  • Make Elves slightly taller using scale.
  • Fix to Siege Doors so that they are properly attacked by troops.
  • Added Faction Starting Quests to tutorialize resource points & influence, and overall add immersion.
  • Added Defend / Raid Village Pre-War quests.
  • Added Destroy Scout Camp War quest.
  • Improve Thrust Speed of Spears (VC).
  • Added restrictions to Orc Mutiny.
  • Bumped up the number of parties.
  • Prepare Mission Templates and Menus for Spears quest completion.
  • Added XP for discovering town NPCs.
  • Added town mission message about rumours.
  • Added battle mission message about formations.
  • Added Shield Bear troop for Beornings.
  • Added fix to siege mission templates to prevent archers from stalling on ladders (In Vain's suggestion).
  • Gondor Reinforcement Event scripts and triggers.
  • Refactor Oath Of Vengeance to Troop Kills instead of Party Kills.
  • Eliminate Patrol Quest gets cancelled when target faction is defeated.
  • Fixes to Formations.
  • Eliminate Patrols Refactor.
  • Player Initiated Siege.

— In Vain:
  • Multiple Siege Scene fixes.
  • New Dale / Esgaroth Scenes (WB only).
  • Scout Camp Scenes (Good, Evil, North, Mirkwood + Large / Small versions of each).
  • Multiple Scene fixes.
  • Black Shield Fortress for the Spears quest.
  • Added new Dale map icon.
  • Added CWE Flora for Scening.
  • Added temporary siege scenes for future use.

— Yarrum
  • Spears Quest.
  • Black Shield Menu Descriptions.
  • Lore consultation & descriptions.
  • Rohan reward helm.
  • Dialogue fixes.

— Mandible
  • 3D models of Shield Bear Shield, Shield Bear Club.

— Multiple Translations
  • Chinese Simplified.
  • German.
  • Italian.
  • Russian.
  • Spanish.
  • French.
  • Turkish.
  • Japanese.
  • Polish.
  • ... and many more!

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2127.

Main changes since the previous r2105 build are:
— Improved Mac OS X support in our front, that's all we can do on our end.
  • Currently the Mac version of Warband is broken, if you want to play TLD on Mac click here.

— Quest and gameplay additions and improvements by Kham.
  • Spears quests fixes.
  • Warband module.ini changes.
  • Ring hunters quest.
  • More town walkers!
  • Implemented troop trees presentation by rubik.
  • Custom camera, optimized for our orc and dwarven players.
  • Make elves slightly taller.
  • Fixes to siege doors.

— Armor model fixes by Merlkir (Jan Pospíšil).
  • Added female frames to some Rhun, Woodsmen and Beorning armours.

— Synced existing translations with Transifex; IT, JA, PL, RU, SR, TR, KO and more.
  • To our translators, fantastic work!

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2105.

Main changes since the previous r2080 build are:
— Native Linux, Mac OS X and Android support, by adding OpenGL compatibility.
  • Reimplemented our custom HLSL (DirectX 9) shaders in GLSL 1.20.
  • Mac users will still have to remove our custom font due to Warband engine brokenness in that platform.

— Two new original game menu illustrations by Merlkir (Jan Pospíšil).
  • Troublesome bandits and Mound visit.

— Synced existing translations with Transifex; IT, JA, PL, RU, SR, TR, KO and more.
  • To our translators, fantastic work!

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2080.

Main changes since the previous r2078 build are:
— Fix crash when the evil player attempted to eat a prisoner, right after falling dead.
  • Happened only in the Warband version.

— Synced existing translations with Transifex; IT, JA, PL, RU, SR, TR, KO and more.
  • To our translators, fantastic work!

Linux and Mac OS X are still not supported. You are waiting, and so are we!

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2078.

Main changes since the previous r2076 build are:
— Update the Japanese manual of the mod with new sections and fixes.
  • Kindly translated by sbutsuchiya (Kosuke Tsuchiya) and co.

— Synced existing translations with Transifex; PL, PT, TR, JA and more.
  • To our translators, fantastic work!

Linux and Mac OS X are still not supported. You are waiting, and so are we!

Submitted a new build. Equivalent to nightly r2076.

Main changes since the previous r2074 build are:

— Synced existing translations with Transifex. CS, NL, SK, HU, IT, JA, RU and... Faroese!
  • To our translators, fantastic work!

Linux and Mac OS X are still not supported. You are waiting, and so are we!