Board Thread:LotR Mod Technical Support/@comment-26388208-20150511000009/@comment-26388208-20150512053052

Thanks for the report. That's what I expected at first (that explosion would destroy infringing blocks), so I can't explain what happened. One thing I am certain of, though, is that I could not create the portal until removing those particular trees. Tonight I restored the map from a few days ago and again could not spawn the portal. I removed each tree and canopy until the portal would spawn and again found that 2 particular trees relatively nearest to the lava/fire block had to be cleared before the portal would be created. There's nothing special about this area; it's just a small hill in an oak/birch forest.

Glad I'm not the only one having issue with the Forge site. It seems to be having issues with its "ad" forwarding links, AFAICT.

And finally, many thanks to everyone associated with the LOTR mod as it's already beautiful and enjoyable in its current state. I love the little touches like the matching tree "leaves" on the ground. Mods like this make Mojang look bad ;).