spawning outside the shire

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A Fandom user·4/11/2019 in Suggestions forum

the idea is a system where you can decide to spawn somewhere other than the shire when you load in a world or enter the ring portal 

when you open advanced settings when making a new world you could select the option "choose middle earth spawnpoint" once you select this option you would be shown a map of middle earth exactly like the map you see when you press L. then you would simply move your mouse and click on the area in the map you want to start out in, you would then be promted to make sure you wanted to spawn in that area (with a warning if you spanwed in a dangerous biome like mordor). then you would exit the map and start your world and you would spawn in exactly like how you would in the shire except in a dfferent set of coordinates. imo this would be a good quality of life feature that would be easy to implement

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OneBehindTheHair·4/12/2019

This has been suggested before, I've always been STRONGLY opposed to it. The Shire is good, since it has pretty much anything needed to start out, with little to no danger.

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A Fandom user·4/12/2019

I've coded a server side mod which brings a command to teleport randomly into one (or more) of the LOTR mod biomes, around a LOTR mod waypoint, in a set of region files, etc. You can build a spawn in the Overworld (to avoid unlocking any unwanted waypoints such as The Shire...) and teleport from there to the Middle Earth dimension (or in any dimension you like, including Utumno). You can choose to teleport above ground (below the trees) or even underground (I use that for dwarves). It avoids all the dangerous blocks, including the ones brought by the LOTR mod (quagmire, stalagmites, even water if needed, etc.). It's able to automatically reteleport you to a safer place if it has picked a bad spot. This command can be associated with server signs, or command plates. I'm using it right now on my private server (to have factions start in their chosen biome) but I'll release it publicly in less than a week. Stay tuned if interested...

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Gen. Grievous1138·4/21/2019

I don't know how this slipped under the radar but this is a known no-go, please read our FAQ. Gen. Grievous1138 (LOTR Mod Wiki Admin) comlink 13:21, April 21, 2019 (UTC)

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