DCI: Last Alliance is a submod for Third Age: Total War, focused on the War of the Last Alliance in the Second Age of Middle-earth.
DCI Last Alliance manual installation instructions:
1. Download DCI_LA.7z
2. Extract/unzip the downloaded DCI_LA.7z file into your '...\Medieval II Total War\mods\' folder. Accept overwrite and/or merge folders when requested.
This process will overwrite your TATW files, meaning that you will not be able to play TATW.
3. Run DcilaCleaner.bat - located in your '...\Medieval II Total War\mods\third_age_3' folder. This is absolutely necessary.
4. Run CreateLauncher.bat - located in your '...\Medieval II Total War\mods\third_age_3\dcilaOtherFiles' folder. This creates a shortcut on your desktop and deletes tatw start.bat.
5. Launch the mod by double clicking the 'DCI Last Alliance' icon on your desktop or the DCILA.bat file (DCILA_NoBaiSwitcher.bat will run DCI:LA without the battle AI switcher).
Optional: delete the Third Age Total War shortcut from your desktop if you have one.
Optional: open your cfg file and switch the [log] level from trace to error.
Main Features:
- Third Age campaign map adapted to Last Alliance era * Video *
- New battle map settlements * Part1 * Part2 * Part3 * Part4 *
- New UI (interface, menu, loading screens, units cards) * Preview faction symbols *
- Entirely new faction rosters and unit models * Boldogs *
- All new unit stats, prices and recruitment system
- Custom prominent generals on the battlefield like Elendil, Isildur, Elrond, Galadriel, Glorfindel, Cirdan
- New buildings
- New and extensive mechanics for the One Ring, for good and evil; if wrested from the hand of Sauron! * Video *
- Palantiri, truly useful palantirs, now without drawbacks, and Galadriel's Mirror * Video *
- Cross-religion 'jihad' enables joint counter-invasions for good factions
- New scripts (example: Immortal Nazgûl)
- Extensive AoR system for the Númenórean Kingdoms * Roster *
- Corruption-balancing for the Númenórean Kingdoms, the Kingdom of Khazad-dûm and the Kingdom of Lindon
- Ample lore credibility * Backdrop of the Campaign *
