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Wargs for warg riders: Patch note v1.0.2.4
Only warg-rider classes can mount a warg now, the Oasis ruins no longer send every attacker to the same respawn point, and the server starts without warnings. A client update for everyone.
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A small update after Tuesday’s battle: two fixes we saw on the field, and one we saw in the server logs.
Wargs answer only to warg riders
During the warm-up, men and dwarves could climb onto a warg. The game has no animations for that pairing, and it froze the server for a moment. From now on a warg needs Riding 251, and only the warg-rider classes have it:
- Mordor orcs, Morannon orcs, Black Uruks, Uruk-hai, Snow orcs, Pale Uruks and Dol Guldur Uruks (their three cavalry classes) ride wargs as before.
- Every other rider gets the game’s usual “riding skill not adequate” message on a warg. Horses and war rams are unchanged.
The Oasis ruins
On battle_small_oasis_01, a stray respawn zone sent every attacker who died back to the same spot. It is gone: attackers respawn with the rest of their side again.
Behind the scenes
The warg combat settings were written where the game never read them. They are loaded now, and the server starts without its three warnings.
Rhûn also has its own description in the faction list, instead of Isengard’s.
Installing this version
Every player needs this update: the Oasis map changed, and the server only accepts the new version.
- With the LotR MP Event Updater: nothing to do, it installs 1.0.2.4 by itself. Just open it before the battle.
- Steam Workshop: wait until Steam shows the update, or use the updater if the Workshop is late.