Hi, pharzon mentioned in another thread that one of the reasons why he still visited the forums was that he was hoping that something miraculous would happen regarding the MEMod. Well, I don´t know about miracles, but at least I have got some hope back during the last months.

For many of the Middle Eath fans following the MEMod (including me) it was a big dissapointment when the mod shut down. I for example could no longer see myself walking around at the different locations of Middle Earth, like I did when the mod was being made. However, after some time, I began to notice another mod out there being made by some germans. It was called Adventure Middle Earth (AME).

In the beginning, I didn´t take that mod serious. The team did for example make "Wizards" a playable race. But after some time I began to notice differences. A lot of changes was being made, many of them to the benefit of Tolkien´s books. Some things might not be 100% correct when comparing to the books, but it was enough for me to stay tuned.

Two months ago, they took another important step (in the right direction). It was then decided that they would use the Oblivion engine instead of the Morrowind engine. In that way, they could prepare themself for another six months, organizing the mod and focus on things like 3D modelling, dialoge and quests instead of landscaping and scripting.

Today, I count AME as more or less equal to MEMod. Though I should quickly add that I did not have anything to do with the creation of MEMod so this is just what I feel. The AME team might not consist of famous artist (like Kahenraz whose site I first entered through the biggest 3D Studio Max forum in Sweden), but they are good, and it feels like they certainly have the spirit needed to make this mod a very good one.

When they announced that the mod was going to be made for Oblivion, they also announced a new home page, now avalible in English as well as German. They also got a forum for the english speakers.

You can find a lot more info about the mod on their home page: Click

And so it was said. I was quite unsure whether I should post this or not in this forum, but when I saw pharzon´s post, I decided to do it. I think it was fair to all the other Tolkien fans out there, informing them that there is another "MEMod" being worked on.

Regards

Greenhand

Yup, the AME team has been around a while (although not as long as the MEMod team ). They've definately come a long way since we knew them and I wish them the best of luck.

Yep, AME's been around for quite some time for now, and from what I could gather, their approach and design aims have also quite a deal over time (together with the team members, there's quite a number of names I haven't seen on their fora for some time).
Switching to Oblivion was quite a reasonable step to make, and I'm following the mod relatively closely - looking forward to seeing its eventual release.

Ah thanks, Greenhand. I have known about AME for a long period of time, but wasn't actually following the mod, since all the information was in German and their idea about the mod seemed a bit "un-Tolkien-like". But now, I see, a great deal has been changed to the better.
So thanks for pointing me in that direction.

pharzon..

Well, I was following the mod almost since the time I was following MEMod. Which wasn't a problem for me, since I am Swiss . I also think that they made some improvements, especially moving to Oblivion and wish them best of luck.

btw..i read somewhere that Ea is about to make somekinda new ME game,probably an rpg ..they even bought the licenses of the content of the books(they only had the movie icense so far).. hope that wont cause any (well.. MORE..its allready has its risk) trouble to AME

It's going to be Battle For Middle-Earth 2. How the HELL that works, I don't know...I mean, surely the Battle for Middle-Earth was covered by the FIRST game? OMG at EA money grabbing tactics.

More than likely going to attempt a prequel.

IE: Battle of the 5 armies, or some of the battles from The Silmarillion.

i see it allready..
trailer:you make all the TACTICAL DECISIONS..
game:there are you..there you go...its the best for you..ok ok chose from 3 regions to attack..not that it means a thing since you will got to attack all three anyway..

ah and i see the !mission objectives!( ) like: 'destroy Morgoth' (not you Morg:) )

Erm, well - maybe I can sue EA for solatium?

Apart from that, with a Battle for Middle-earth 2, after all the balrog-summoning and whatnot in the first part, I'd might as well bet my right sock that in this sequel Sauron has been resurrected by a bunch of limbo-dancing evil witches and is trying to invade Middle-earth one more time with his hosts of cross-dressing orcs.

I heard Tim and Boris will feature as heroes for Sauron's armies...

really? i remember there being a german mod in the works before MEMod got started. maybe that was another team and not AME then. always thought they were the same team.

MEMod was the first conceived mod to be set in Morrowind -- and don't you forget it!

Really? I always thought MeMod took place in Middle-Earth.

And thus, even the last dark secret of MEMod has been revealed O.o

Or so you'd like the public to believe.

What ever do you mean?

sorry but i definitely remember seeing in game pictures by a german mod team when MEMod was still just a lord of the rings mod idea thread back on the ES forums

unless you literally mean it was the first mod ever to be concieved for morrowind periode...in wich case that could never be proven anyway

The MEMod started off on the MWC forums, not on the ES forums, just after the launch of MWC in August of 2001. The first german screens were of their version of Bag's End and Hobbiton.

I joined MeMod during the early design phase of producton somewhere around that time so I can vouch for the accuracy of Dark0ne's account.

i know of the pictures you are talking about but i'm talking about different ones. ones released much earlier. but whatever. not important anymore anyway.

What the hell, I thought Tim and Borris references required my participation.



The MeMod was the first publicly known mod, although the German team may have released screenshots prior to our group, we most definitly formed or made our existence public before they did. I think if you can search the actual MW forums you might find Dark0ne's initial recruiting post back in like....ummm...2001? Too long ago to think about.

Actually, it takes place at the same time as the first game, only now they have the rights to use the books and other written material. In the first game they could only go off what was in the movies. Now they can show what was going on north of where the movies took place. Dwarven and elven armies were clashing with hordes of orcs, easterlings, and haradrim. Elven ships were battling corsairs from umbar. Thats what will be happening in the 2nd game. You'll be able to fight as the dwarves of the lonely mountain and wood elves up north, in mirkwood and Cirdans fleets.

I see no merit in this argument.