All posts by PumpkinLOTR

A reply to Aragost02

PumpkinLOTR·10/29/2019

Swearing in of itself isn't not allowed; the codes of conduct only explicitly condemn insults directed to a person. The canonicity (is that even a word?) of some disguised wooden doors is not a person and therefore very much and in all technicalities swearable at if your heart should so desire. Personally I don't see any reason that a person should be censored because they have an aversion to wooden doors, and apparently neither does any other Admin, Mod or Power that Be because his comment's still there. (Am I being rude? Whoopsie) @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Eophorwic

PumpkinLOTR·10/28/2019

My best guess is this; Pelargir in the history of Gondor was an important city. It served as the home of Gondor's navy during it's height and before that was the haven of the Numenoreans when they were exploring the region. It has a history longer than the Minas Tirith and Osgiliath and is probably the oldest part of Gondor. It make sense that it is itself separate than the rest of Lebennin, because the significance of Pelargir is much greater than that of Lebennin. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to

PumpkinLOTR·10/28/2019

There've been a few, more detailed suggestions of Beornings and how they'd be implemented down in the depths of the forum's history. See: Closed:Expired The Beornings Closed:Expired Beornings Discussion Beornings for reference. 

P.S. Planned features are also WntS. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to XxLorianxX

PumpkinLOTR·10/28/2019

<div class="quote">VirgilTracey314258 wrote:
Well, according to lore the elves could make doors like the current Dwarven Door, as the western gate of Moria was Elven. So Rittmeister, that post is wrong, and lore doesn't say anyone could make a door. And OneBehindTheHair is right, this is a small feature, but also the orcs did, and if they do a stone door and Elven, Dwarven and Orc door revision/add/thing, I say this would not include a non canon page edit.</div>
The west gate of Moria was not Elven. There is no evidence that any hidden doors were made from elvish crafts save by skill in the manipulation of stone; a hidden door may be made by cleverly disguising it's shape against the shape of a stone wall. The west gate of Moria's makers inscribed on the door: "Im Narvi hain echant. Celebrimbor o Eregion teithant i thiw hin" ; "I, Narvin made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs" them being the Doors. Although Celebrimbor may have drawn the inscriptions and artwork that was set upon the Doors of Durin, Narvi created the doors themselves. And Narvi was a dwarf, of Durin's Folk almost certainly. As far as I can tell, it is canon that only the Dwarves dealt with such doors of stone as the Western Gate. As far as the lore of Middle-Earth tells us, the elves had no such doors. 
EDIT: Did some reading in the Silmarillion. The greatest underground halls of the Noldor (who dealt with stone more than the other elf kindreds were inclined to) was Nargothrond, which was actually in part of dwarvish make. Nonetheless the doors of Nargothrond were regular doors; stone definitely, but they were definitely not hidden, unless by their location of being alongside a steep and hard-to-spot gorge in the river Narog. It doesn't seem (to me and my short researching, anyway) in lore that the magnificent hidden doors alike to the West Gate of Moria appeared anywhere else in Middle-Earth, let alone in the homes of the Elves. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to BraveSold!3r

PumpkinLOTR·10/27/2019

Troop AI's been extensively spoken about in the past, in posts such as here and here. These kind of suggestions that have been mentioned before don't really get taken very seriously by ye powers above, especially when they're only a couple of paragraphs long. Also note that a lot of mod functions from other mods probably won't be compatible with the kind of plans that Mevans is putting into action, let alone the code that is already existent. Asking for something from other mods (like TangoTek's) is probably unfeasible. @Pumpkinator

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PumpkinLOTR·9/5/2019

“Rideable barrels” I’ve got some good news for you dude! Barrels have literally been rideable for most of the mod’s existence if not all of it. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Lumornion

PumpkinLOTR·8/11/2019

If we use boats we can boat lag glitch past their defences @Pumpkinator

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A reply to FelixLunaStar

PumpkinLOTR·8/8/2019

<div class="quote"> Minecraftmage113 wrote: heavy armor also granting knockback resist... also, what exactly were advantages of light armor? you didn't do the best at explaining (no offense, if I were thinking as you were it would likely be enough, and I'd appreciate the brevity, but I am unfortunately not thinking quite how you were) </div>
Advantages of light armour include more agility and freedom of movement, and less weight to carry around. However this comes at the cost of less defence. For example, a Ranger should be more agile and faster than a Gondorian Soldier. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to FelixLunaStar

PumpkinLOTR·8/8/2019

For reference: Gem Holders Goldsmith & Gems Gemstones and Runes @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Fronacen

PumpkinLOTR·7/30/2019

I noticed a similar issue with the Lindon Coastline biome not transitioning smoothly into the sea, creating the exact horrendous issue you’ve described perfectly along the chunk borders as you’ve shown. I was informed that it was feature by the Ogre himself... EDIT: Found the post, it’s here @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Lyserus

PumpkinLOTR·7/24/2019

Imo I think the map size is perfect tbh. With a decent horse/boar/elk its easy to go thousands of blocks before the fast travel cooldown finishes, but its still large enough for huge builds and sweeping geography to be created for seemingly endless stretches of the world. Take places like the Barrow Downs and the Pelennor Fields. It takes a person who is sprinting 7 minutes (4 on a mount, 3 on a very fast one) to cross both of these biomes. The Pelennor fields are already so small that proper towns rarely spawn within the Rammas Echor, and the Barrow Downs are small enough that there are only 100-200 barrows to explore. If the world is shrunk, biomes like the two above will get absurdly small, and structures like the Rammas and the Ring of Isengard will get plain stupid in size. And think about the lore, too. At present, a person riding nonstop on a good horse can ride from Minas Tirith to Minas Morgul in 15 minutes, often less. Bringing with them an army of Gondorians, and suddenly the Morgul Vale goes from intimidating to under attack in the space of a few minutes Even sprinting without a mount, a person can reach Pelargir from Cair Andros before their fast travel timer resets (assuming its at 30 minutes). I definitely think that the mod map could even be made larger tbh. The largest travel time I can think of is from the Black Gates in Mordor to the Vale’s of Anduin to unlock its waypoints. It was an admittedly boring hour on foot, but that was only because the biomes between were flat and boring. A podcast later and I was in the much more interesting Vale’s. As for single players, I can’t count how many times I’ve been so incredibly frustrated trying to find a barrow in the Barrow Downs that I haven’t already explored, trying to find areas I haven’t already been to. The biome is so small, I’ve had to reset it multiple times just so I can find my loot, instead of spending hours tracing and retracing old footsteps. The mod map is DEFINITELY not too large. I remember spending hours on servers trying to find underpopulated areas without other people’s builds in them. That’s why my TOS base is in Minhiriath, because nobody cares about Minhiriath. EDIT: Oh and yes, asking for Middle-Earth to be smaller is on the Frequently Asked Questions. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to PumpkinLOTR

PumpkinLOTR·7/20/2019

You’re saying that it’s intended to have awkward glitched-looking cliffs perfectly along the edges of chunk borders? @Pumpkinator

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PumpkinLOTR·7/20/2019 in Resolved Mod Technical Support

Horribly Glitchy Lindon Coast/Sea chunk Generation Conflict

</div> Ignore the bad pic, my computer lost the F2 key so I needed to use my iPad. As you can see, there is a very flat, awkward descent of terrain. It is perfectly along the chunk border where the Lindon Coast biome meets the Sea biome. There are other cases to where there is a Sea biome surrounded by Lindon Coast, and it basically just creates a mountain with a chunk-sized hole in the middle. I couldn’t find examples of this for this report, though. So essentially, everywhere the Sea meets the Lindon Coast biome, those awful sheer cliffs appear. This isn’t an error in chunk generation, as I regenerated the chunks multiple times in both the world files and WorldEdit. Perhaps an issue with biomes? @Pumpkinator

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A reply to

PumpkinLOTR·7/19/2019

I had the same hypocrisy. Rhudaur Hillmen were considered civilians so I earnt no Ranger alignment by killing them, but I still got mini quests to murder them by the Rangers of the North. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Dw00010

PumpkinLOTR·7/17/2019

Out of curiosity, how is the banner fabric patterning achieved? As in, how do you make the banners look banner-ish like they’re actually hanging from something? I’ve always been unable to make my banner designs look like anything other than blocks of colour, without the varying pattern... EDIT: The Ironfist banner there is a great example. How was the banner textured so that the variations made the appearance of folds or waves in the fabric? @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Tremul

PumpkinLOTR·7/12/2019

Gandalf dropped nothing :( @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Thindithron the Great

PumpkinLOTR·7/12/2019

I totally agree. I think at the very least you should be able to partially swear into service with a faction that is allied to yours. Eg. I am a Lord of Gondor, sworn into Gondor’s service that wishes to support the Rangers, so I partially swear into service with the Rangers to help them fight Angmar and Gundabad while still officially being a Lord of Gondor and not of Arnor or whatever. Another reasonable idea is dual-pledging within factions that are likely to encourage inter-factional pledging. For example I am someone who enters the service of the Woodland Realm, it seems reasonable that I should also be able to enter the service of Lothlórien and hold prestigious titles with both while simultaneously doing tasks for both factions. After all they both have the same enemy in the same neighbourhood. I can suggest another dual-service; Dale and Erebor. We know almost certainly that Dale and Erebor collaborated with each other, and it seems reasonable that a Dwarf-hero of Erebor be able to enter the service of the King of Dale alongside the King under the Mountain to defeat the threat from the Easterlings, and vice versa. Lastly one more example; High Elves and Rangers. It’s highly reasonable to assume that an Elf-lord in Elrond’s service would be able to enter service of the Rangers to help lead a join effort against Angmar in the north, and similarly a Captain of the Dúnedain would reasonable be able to enter Elrond’s service. When looking at factional relations and pledges, it seems most reasonable to me that factions with common neighbour threats (Rivendell and Rangers, Angmar)(Dale and Erebor, Easterlings)(Lothlórien and Woodland Realm, Dol Guldur) etc. would allow for individuals to pledge service to both factions. @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Tim.M750

PumpkinLOTR·7/12/2019

Random Person: Why can’t I be friends with both Mordor and Gondor Life: Lol nope The Netherlands in WW2: First time? @Pumpkinator

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A reply to Thindithron the Great

PumpkinLOTR·7/12/2019

Me: *is of Gondor* -*has pledged to Gondor* -*wants to help de Rangurs of teh North* -*breaks pledge with Gondor* Gondor: He’s a traitor! Everybody grab him! Me: *surprised pikachu*

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A reply to Tim.M750

PumpkinLOTR·7/11/2019

Mevans: *works very hard on an update and spends a lot of his time on it. Random Person: This update sucks, this’ll be the update the mod turns crap. Y can’t I be friends with both Gondor and Mordor Mordor: Lol no Gondor: Traitor Me: *finds this incredibly amusing and creates a post like this one* Random Person: Ur a coward, idiot, fool, retard Reasonable Human Beings: Just download Update 34.3 Mevans: So hey /facRelations exists @Pumpkinator

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