LOTR Tweaks ( IMO )

# LOTRThingsIMO

**An unofficial addon for The Lord of the Rings Mod: Legacy (Update 36.15, Minecraft 1.7.10).**
A collection of gameplay tweaks and fixes, built to work alongside other LOTR addons and a particular mod pack.

> ⚠️ Requires **The Lord of the Rings Mod: Legacy – Update 36.15** (not included, download it from its official page).
> Install on **both the server and every client** (same version).

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## ⚔️ Features

### Factions & NPCs
- **Gundabad scouts** – Every few seconds, Gundabad NPCs have a chance to spot hidden Rangers and Galadhrim Wardens they can see within their sight range, revealing them for a moment. *(Configurable)*
- **Dunlending Berserkers** – Every melee hit is a critical hit (1.5× damage) and they attack 25% faster. *(Configurable)*
- **Uruk-hai** – Isengard Uruks are now named **Uruk-hai** and suffer a 10% armour penalty, like other orcs. *(Configurable)*
- **Black Uruks** – Now gets weakened in sunlight, as the debuff of regular orcs. *(Configurable)*
- **Gundabad Orcs** – No longer suffer the orc armour penalty. They are still weakened by sunlight. *(Configurable)*
- **Orc shields** – 50% of orcs (Mordor, Gundabad, Angmar, Dol Guldur, Isengard Snaga) carry their faction's alignment shield. Uruks keep their own shields. The hire screen shows exactly whether the unit you are about to hire has a shield.

### Orc Bombs
- **No block damage from NPC bombs** – Orc bombs used by NPCs (including bombardier wargs) no longer destroy terrain. Bombs used by players work as before. *(Configurable)*
- **Safer for your army** – Hired units take only 50% damage from orc bombs. *(Configurable)*

### Hired Units
- **Take their gear** – In a hired unit's equipment screen, empty slots now show the unit's own equipment, and you can take it. *(Configurable)*

### Crafting
- **Bronze to iron** – On a Gundabad crafting table, turn any bronze armour piece, weapon or tool into its iron counterpart (e.g. Bronze Chestplate → Iron Chestplate). Enchantments, modifiers and durability are kept. *(Configurable)*

### Map & Interface
- **Death marker** – The Middle-earth map shows a skull where you last died. Only you can see it. It stays the same size as player icons when you zoom. *(Configurable)*
- **Crossbow fix** – Your character no longer shows a broken aiming pose in the inventory preview while holding a loaded crossbow.

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## 🔗 Compatibility
These features only turn on when the other mod is installed:
- **VeinMiner** – Tools and digging weapons from LOTR and every other mod (pickaxes, axes, shovels, hoes, shears, mattocks, battleaxes...) work with VeinMiner automatically.
- **NEI for LOTR** – The bronze-to-iron recipes appear in NEI. Without it, the recipes still work.

Tested with MiddleEarth-Tweaks, History Items, Dwarven Realm, NEI, FastCraft and VeinMiner.

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## ⚙️ Configuration
- Every *(Configurable)* feature has an on/off switch (on by default) plus its numbers, in `config/LOTRThingsIMO.cfg` or in-game via **Mods → LOTRThingsIMO → Config**.
- **Server owner decides:** on a server (or a LAN world), the host's settings are sent to every player automatically. Players can view them but not change them.
- `/lotrthingsimo reload` (operators only) reloads the config and sends it to everyone online, no restart needed.
- Invalid values are fixed automatically, and nothing crashes the game.
- Settings are translated into every language the LOTR mod supports.

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## 📜 Credits & License
- **The Lord of the Rings Mod: Legacy** is made by **Mevans** and the LOTR Mod team. All rights to the original mod belong to them.
- This addon contains **no code or assets** from the original mod and is **not affiliated with or endorsed by** the LOTR Mod team.
- Names from J.R.R. Tolkien's works belong to their respective owners.