Desert Fox Mod Beta

Description
Welcome to my mod, until now I\'ve kept this a private mod for use mainly
at lan parties. I made this mod because I felt that BFME2 suffered
from a lack of diversity. Too many games are reliant on rush tactics
(whoever sucker punches the other guy 1st usually wins), so I decided to
try my best to put strategy back into BFME2.

This mod is intended to be played on the v1.04 patch. The objective of
the mod is to add more of an emphasis on defense and siege.
The command point limit has been jacked waaaay up, (now you can play
Helms the way it was meant to be played...with thousands of Uruks!)
so expect some lag if you are running on high graphics. That\'s a very
short description of this mod, so I\'ll the highlight some of the other
key features to give you an idea of
what your downloading. ALSO, you must realize that the AI (no matter what
difficulty you have them on) WILL take advantage of this mod. They will
come
at you with LOTS of units, so make sure you respond in kind, or build
walls)

1 - Command Point cap has been lifted (starts at 6500 on most maps, and
raises even further when you build fortresses/resource buildings)

2 - Camera height has been adjusted for SOME maps (still working on
integrating it with all maps). So now you can get a wider view of the
battlefield.

3 - Resource building \"area of effectiveness\" has been eliminated,
meaning that you can now build them side by side if you wish, and not be
penalized
for it. In order to compensate for farm spamming, I\'ve made it so
that building too many resource buildings will gradually result in
lowered output on
ALL buildings. So build some (4 or 6 should be enough for a start)
close to your base and allow them time to mature to level 3. HINT - use
powers like
Industry or Dwarven Riches to give grouped buildings a HUGE boost in
economic output.

4 - Walls are now MUCH stronger and will almost never fall to infantry
or cavalry poking at them with spears and swords. They
do however have an increased vulnerability to SIEGE weapons.
\"...Siege? what\'s that you say? you mean there\'s actually a reason to use
siege?!?!\"
yes, that\'s right...catapults, ballistas, ents, mtn giants, etc are
now extremely necessary in bringing down an opponent. Walls will be
especially
important in dealing with AI. As I mentioned above, the AI has a
field day with command point cap lol. Just make sure you have walls and
you\'ll be fine...
until they start pulling in the siege.

5 - Fortress strength/weapon range are now based on what race you are.
For example: A Dwarven fortress will have slightly sturdier defenses than

other races, while the Elves will have one of the weakest
fortresses, but they will be compensated with increased range (for
knocking out siege).

6 - Builders now cost only 100 resources (From 500). I have compensated
for this though...so you must be VERY
cautious of where you keep your builders now, for the health of all
builder units is also 100 (From 500). Build time is now 35 seconds (from
30 secs).

7 - ElvenGuards have been added to the Elven faction(Elven
archers/swordsmen from BFME1), all credit goes to it\'s original author
at:
http://lordoftherings.filefront.com/file/Elven_Guard_mod;61608

8 - The spellbook has been slightly altered. I don\'t mind magic,
especially in a fantasy game...but most of the level 15 and 25 spells are
capable of
leveling entire armies/fortresses. The 1st and 2nd cost levels are
unchanged, as they are mostly just support spells. Level 3 and 4 spells
now
cost 20 and 30 (from 15 and 25).

9 - Pretty much all hero\'s have been changed a little, no big differences
though. Mainy just gives the earlier hero\'s a better chance to survive a
later game.

10 - Every faction now has a unit that is 20% more resistant to fire
arrows, after they have been upgraded with heavy armor. This unit is
usually
the primary infantry class, though for the Elves it is the
ElvenGuard, for Mordor it is the Easterlings, and for Men it is
TowerGuard.

11 - There are many more tiny details that I\'m probably forgetting...but
these are the main things that the mod focuses on.




Installation -
1 - Extract the \"ini\" file into your BFME2 folders DATA file (example:
E:\\Games\\Lord of the Rings - Battle for Middle Earth II\\data)
2 - Remove your \"ini.big\" file from your main BFME2 directory.
IMPORTANT!!!!! - I advise keeping this file somewhere safe, as you will
need it to
properly uninstall this mod.

Uninstallation -
1 - Remove the \"ini\" file in your data folder.
2 - Put the \"ini.big\" file back in your main BFME2 directory.