Age of the Ring 8.3 has been released. PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!
Hello!
Patch 8.3 is here!
For a full list of changes, please refer to the CHANGELIST.
HOW TO INSTALL
First, make sure you have AotR version 8.0, 8.1 or 8.2 is installed. This is NOT a standalone version.
1. WE REPEAT: THIS IS A NOT A FULL VERSION. You must have AotR version 8.0 (or 8.1 or 8.2) installed before installing this patch.
2. Download and unzip all contents of AgeOfTheRingUpdater8.3.zip into a folder
3. Run AgeOfTheRingUpdater8.3.exe as Administrator
4. The installer creates a shortcut to Age of the Ring 8.3 on your desktop - note: you can delete the Version 8.0/8.1/8.2 shortcut as it will point to 8.3 after installing the patch
NEW LAUNCHER
Starting from Version 8.3, the previously released AotR Options tool has now become a simple Launcher, launching from your 8.3 shortcut upon launch. This is because the AotR Options tool has become more vital starting from 8.3, containing the House Colour and Testing Mode toggles.
PLAYING ONLINE
For using T3A:Online, nothing has changed - just make sure RotWK is hooked from the T3A:Online Launcher.
For using Gameranger, please read the following article:
Gameranger Patch for AotR
Having trouble? Join us on Discord and use the #Support forum.
Enjoy!
The Age of the Ring Team
Thank you 4 update cool .. didnt work 4 me on windows 7 .. not working again .. error loading python.Dll sure only works with windows 10
Please visit Age of the Ring discord server for proper help with mod's installation.
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Have you solved the problem of launching the latest patch? I also have Windows 7 and it won’t start.
Made my night thank you!
Thanks
the patch killed my game. I did 3 new and clean new installations. But since patch 8.3 Age of the Ring runs not anymore. The base game works. Also the installation worked on a other Computer of mine. But not on my maindevice. Don't know what i actually can do.
Visit Age of the Ring discord server. You will find installation support channel there and quick help with your problems.
I tried to install the patch, but there's a game crash, indicating that the HaradrimSpearmanVoiceattack is missing. Can you help me with this?
It most likely means that you have wrong version of 2.02 patch. Make sure that it is set to v9.0. For further help visit Age of the Ring discord server.
great!
Peasant AI still way too hard, endless wave after wave of infinite units spammed in your direction. Does the AI have infinite resources or something?
No, it spends them in more inteligent way. If you are struggling against AI, you can always give it handicap to weaker its damage and health.
Having to cheat and nerf their health and damage isn't fun at all. Id like to at least feel like I'm learning the units strengths and weaknesses as I go. I've played this for hours getting more and more frustrated. I cannot keep up with the endless tide of enemies. You say it sends them in a more intelligent way but at the end of the day its just an endless tide of bodies in a straight line. There's zero strategy in just learning to out-spam the ai. Perhaps if there was an option to just handicap their resources to reduce the spam that would help. As it stands it just feels like it has contempt for anyone trying to learn to play it.
Then quit!
It is not a cheating to use gameplay feature that game gives you. It will also not prevent you from learning basic of how to approach enemy AI. If you are really struggling, I recommend watching youtubers, like Istri, who showcase how to play with each faction against AI:
What do I have to do when the previously released AotR Options tool has now become a simple Launcher to play on gameranger?
Nothing at all.
Thank you ;)
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Working in windows 10 i delete roaming folder 4 generate a new automatic folder and presing 8.0 shortcut launcher ...the other shortcut 8.3 of the exe of the game didnt see anywhere work or no exist ..only options 8.3 was created in destop .. hope help others .. thanks again
1) What about minas morgul?
2) The game starts with a strange hero kind of meme and annoying...How can I disable him?
1) Minas Morgul isn't in 8.3. It'll be in the RotK release.
2) Disable Testing Mode in the Launcher.
Many thanks! Just one clarification, what do you mean by "Rotk release"?
Another patch?
A future patch with the Return of the King campaign - still a long ways off!
Wonderful mod as always! Thank you Aotr team! You all are superstars!
Any plans to make the campaign a little easier? At this point I cannot get to the two towers as the missions are just too difficult. Most people don't have time to spend hours honing their skills on this game to be able to play the campaign.
I understand wanting the campaign to be played as it was designed but i would at least like to be able to see whats been done but I am unable. Sacrificing playability for re-playability just seems like a poor decision. I really hope a "baby mode" is added so people who arent experts at the game can still see the campaign
That's not going to happen, I'm afraid.
Ah sad to hear that. With over 500k downloads on the mod its hard for me to imagine more than 25% of people being skilled enough to play the campaign. I can barely even play the redone vanilla campaigns :(.
I just don't really see the harm in adding a baby mode where heroes can be revied or are just incapacitated for a bit. Why would you not want more people to be able to see the amazing work put into the mod?
I think you're overstating the difficulty here.
A 'baby mode' isn't a matter of flipping a switch, note. There's 3 difficulty settings and each is linked to the other - to do what you suggest would require all settings to be much easier and that's not what the missions are designed for. Right now there's no way to change that as we are limited by what the base game offered.
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Wow great. Thank you very much
The game is broken, I am reinstalling it and I cannot change the map to Camp Episode 2 due to the update error.
Visit Age of the Ring discord server, as you can receive help for that particular problem there. As well as for any installation problem
Hi AOTR Team!
Thank you for your work. You guys are really amazing!!.
Just a suggestion, if you could add the Iron Hills Goat Riders in the dwarven faction that would be really nice!
Goat riders are present in Erebor faction - they can be summoned by Raven heroes and by Lord Dain when he mounts his boar. They are also available as permanent unit in Durin's Folk Adventure map.
ty so much for the new version :)
So no infantry price decrease with Gondor now?
Hola! Estoy teniendo problemas para el arranque del juego porque la nueva actualización, con phyton 3.10, no acepta windows 7. He estado intentando solucionarlo desde discord pero no me aclaro, no lo consigo. Algún jugador de habla Hispana que tenga el mismo problema o me pueda facilitar la solución? muchas gracias.
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Looks great the mod amaizing colors
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Hello, I'm having trouble with the option shortcut icon selecting the ROTWK roaming folder and issue is it is not select it at all. What am I doing wrong when selecting it?
Please, visit Age of the Ring discord server to receive support for any installation related issues.
Hello, I'd like to thank you for this amazing mod overall, especially for bringing back the colors, but is there a way to change Boromir's voice back to original?
If someone would expalin me how can I do that, I'll be really glad ...
ive been dying to do the same thing
Is this the game as well or only a mod?
This is only a mod, and it requires Bfme 2 and Rotwk to run. If you don't have them, you can either check out Aotr wiki installation site or visit Aotr discord server, where you will also receive help with installation of both mod and required games.