Greetings, Companions of the Edain!
Today we released
patch 4.8.3 for the Edain Mod.
You can now easily download this patch via the update function of the Edain Launcher.
If you have not yet installed an Edain version, you must first download the basic version as a complete package by clicking on the banner. Then, you must use the update function of the Edain launcher after downloading to patch the Edain mod to the latest version. Click on Update until no more versions are available - this may take some time.
The 4.8.3 update is also available through the All-in-One launcher.If you have problems with the installation, please have a look at our support forum!New Maps
Patch 4.8.3 brings one thing above all: new maps! Attentive readers will have already read in the patch notes for 4.8.2 that we have added a new type of base to the game files: half-castles. With 4.8.3, you can now play these half-castles on new maps. They combine the defensive strength of castles with the smaller base of camps. Furthermore, as the name suggests, they are half-castles —meaning they're always open on at least one side. This opens up completely new possibilities for mappers: they can be placed on the edge of a mountain range, directly next to a river or lake, or together with another half-castle to form a large, contiguous castle.
Naval combat just got way more exciting
Combine various dwarven realms into a single castle
We hope this new type of base excites you as much as us and brings you a lot of fun. These first half-castle maps are just the beginning, and we have a lot more planned for them. You will hear more about that soon, so check them out in-game now!
We also have twelve additional new maps for you in 4.8.3, based on skirmish maps from the 1.09 mod for Battle for Middle-earth 2. The mappers Ecthelion, Temptation, and Powerkartoffel allowed us to adapt their maps for the Edain mod, and the first twelve of these are now included in 4.8.3. A big thank you to the 1.09 mappers for their beautiful maps!
Miscellaneous
As always, 4.8.3 also offers a number of minor balance changes, Quality of Life improvements, and, of course, bug fixes. Overall, this patch is relatively small and is intended to iron out bugs you've reported to us recently. For example, we're very pleased that save games featuring the Misty Mountains can now be loaded correctly again, and that catapults no longer attack objects like ravens or invisible objects. Balance has also been improved. For example, Beornings and Minstrels of Lothlorien have been given new abilities, Rivendell Landers have been slightly nerfed, and creeps of all kinds have been reclassified: Destroying them should now be more consistent as long as you successfully defeat the initial defenders.
Regarding the Quality of Life changes, we continued working on improved description texts, so that units and upgrades have now also been adapted to the new format. Furthermore, all hero abilities have been revisited so that most of them can now be used via autocast (right-click on an ability to have the hero use it automatically). Accordingly, we also improved the filters so that abilities are not easily wasted - for example, Gandalf should not use his Word of Power when attacked by a single orc warrior. However, to ensure that good players can still gain advantages through skillful use of their abilities, these filters haven't become too good either.
The full list of changes can be found here:
ChangesGeneral- Ring heroes now have a different button icons to better highlight them
- Walls should be more resistant to misaligned geometries
- Umlauts have been removed from the game code entirely
- More abilities can now be auto cast
- Filters for auto casting abilities greatly improved
- All map descriptions include their size
- Settler's Tool research cost reduced from 800 to 600, research time reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
- Forged Settler's Tool research cost reduced from 1000 to 800, research time reduced from 120 seconds to 90 seconds
- Weak creeps (wild men, goblins, orcs, spiders) have reduced health, increased spawn counts, give more EXP
- Warg creeps give more exp, take more damage from pikes
- Drake creeps gives a lot less exp, take less damage from archers, take more damage from heroes
- Drake lair gives a lot more exp
- Creep respawn delay increased by ten seconds for weak and medium creeps
- Banner carrier replacement rate now scale with horde size, so large horde will now replace units more quickly
- Trolls are now visually 20% larger
- Initial sound of the arrow volley can be heard globally
- Player gets an earlier attack notification when arrow volley is cast
- Huorn creep units added to the mod files
- Pikemen take more damage from swords, less from cavalry
Maps:- Added twelve new maps based on maps from BfME II 1.09, originally created by PowerkartoffelBfME2, Temptation or Ecthelion:
- Two players:
- Arnor: Ford of Rivendell
- Belfalas: Ethring Crossing
- Belfalas: Gilrain Uplands
- Glanduin Canyon
- Mering Stream
- Winter of Dorwinion
- Four players:
- Arnor: Lhun Spring
- Belfalas: Emyn Ernil
- Belfalas: Mouth of Gilrain
- Belfalas: Deserted South Road
- Six players:
- Arnor: Buck Hill
- Belfalas: Inflows of the Ringló
- New Fortress Map: Thranduil's Halls
- New half-castle maps made up of new maps and converted existing maps:
- Plains of Gorgoroth
- South Lindon
- Grey Mountains
- Angmar
- Tolfalas
- Entwade
- Northern Harad Roads
Misty Mountains- Improved training grants monsters increased armor against ranged damage
- Pillars in camps and castles switched to props
- Improved Training description clarified
Gondor- Boromir build cost reduced from 2000 to 1800
Arnor- Carthean's Tent can now be sold
- Gondor Army Banner now mentions upcoming reinforcement and trebuchets have their own button
Belfalas- Boromir build cost reduced from 2000 to 1800
- Dol Amorth Squires now have access to formations starting from level 2
- Veterans of Osgiliath are now always affected by Formations of Gondor
Rohan- Assembly Points now keep the player alive
- Military Camps now keep the player alive
- Rallying call new sound effect
Dwarves- Researching a guardian upgrade researches all of them allowing you to purchase them on guardians returning from Appeal to Kin
- Returning expeditions now have a sound cue
- King Dain can mount freely, when mounted he offers a weaker, but permanent leadership to surrounding units
- Lord Dain can now mount freely
- Expedition Banners now have a button that displays which expedition they are for
- Last Stand new FX and sound effect
- New lone tower cursor image
Lothlorien- Grimbeorn can now receive Gifts of Lorien, causing him to deal AoE with his axe and buffing nearby beornings with every strike
- Beorning new ability: Bear Skin - When Beornings fall below 50% health they gain
+50% armor against ranged unit damage - Beornings now benefit from the Minstrel's chant
- Minstrels level up everytime they chant up to level 5. Their song gains additional effects at level 3 and 5
- Minstrels new ability: Ode to Elbereth - Requires: Level 3. The Minstrel chant now grants Beornings the ability to deal damage in an AoE for 30 seconds.
- Minstrels new ability: Exclamation to Orome - Requires: Level 5. The Minstrel's chant now activates the ambush on all affected elves, regardless of their stealth or cooldown. This effect cannot be triggered again until the Ambush ability has recharged on affected units.
- Minstrels will stop a short distance from enemies automatically when given an attack move order
- Minstrels can now be selected by Select All
Imladris- Rivendell Lancers health and damage reduced by 10%
- Glorfindel build cost reduced from 2800 to 2100
- Elrond's Vilya's Wrath now pulls enemies to Elrond when cast
- Elrond's Vilya's Wrath has a new FX
Angmar- Units from the Hall of the King's Men are once again recruited faster at higher levels
- Witch-king's Life-drinking blade damage changed to HERO and increased
- Witch-king's Harbinger of Winter cooldown from 60 to 90 seconds
- Witch-king's No Man Can Kill Me: Casts faster, longer range, cooldown from 180s to 120s
Mordor- Drummer Troll speed reduced from 60 to 40
- Black Riders are now in a line to avoid the backrow getting stuck when turning around or trampling
Isengard- Gatherstow has more defensive wildmen
- March of the Clans now spawns more defenders around the Gatherstow
AI- The AI can now recruit ents
General- Half-castles improved
- Many strings fixed
- Buildings can no longer pick up the One Ring
- Maps in the WotR gamemode are no longer revealed from the start
Misty Mountains- Eternal Strife egg no longer draws aggro from catapults
- Failed to load save bug fixed
Gondor- FreeBuild Signal Fires correctly cost money
- Base trees no longer provide stealth
Arnor- Arvedui's Bulwark no longer starts on cooldown
Belfalas- FreeBuild Signal Fires correctly cost money
- Echirion no longer show a melee damage stat
- Echirion's wounding arrow no longer mentions bow only
- Base trees no longer provide camouflage
- Boromir's cost no longer varies between forms
RohanDwarves- Expedition banners are no longer invisible from behind
- Statues can once again be built on line of defence plots
- Dwarven Trader spawn further away from the center of Dale, should get stuck less often
- Gimli visual damage display corrected
- Dwarves can build statues on defensive plots again
- Rune cursor image match rune image
Lothlorien- The Lorien Fortress now correctly applies the effect of Mirror of Galadriel
- Thrandull no longer loses his Gifts when mounting
Imladris- Base trees no longer provide stealth
Angmar- Barrow-wight lair level 3 mode fixed
- Hwaldar can now properly target Moria buildings
- Witch-king's Harbinger of Winter correctly affects monster
- Witch-king's Harbinger of Winter correctly affects hordes
- Witch-king's Harbinger of Winter FX has the correct duration
- Life-drinking Blade's FX attaches to the correct bone
- Wight no longer evacuate from Obelisk when it is damaged
Mordor- Black Riders gain the correct armorset when mounted/dismounted
- Easterling Pikemen can no longer be flanked
- Khamul no longer has varying CP costs
- Defense Banner properly buffs buildings within its visual range
Isengard- Crebain no longer draws aggro from catapult
- Saruman no longer has a variable CP cost
Maps- Good campaign level 7 crash fixed
AI- The AI will no longer try to pick up Search for Treasure expedition treasures
As always, we welcome
your feedback. Have fun playing!
Your Edain team
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