Update 49.6 Release Notes

Update 49.6 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 49.6: In Good Company, Patch 6 released on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Of Special Note:

The Wolves of Mordor is now available to pre-purchase!

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Read more about The Wolves of Mordor on LOTRO.com!

Neighbours have arrived!

Neighbours are now available in The Lord of the Rings Online with your pre-purchase of The Wolves of Mordor! Read more about Neighbours on LOTRO.com.

News and Notes:

Lua Scaling Update:

• Lua Plugins are now supported by UI Scaling. By default, plugins will not scale. Check the "Use Global Scaling" option checkbox in the Plugin Manager to enable scaling.

• Note: The majority of errors that occur when UI Scaling is enabled for a plugin occur due to missing Edge Attachments. Control class will error when a Control resizes larger than the maximum and points to the offending Control's creation source file and line number.

• Plugin authors can change the scaling for their plugin with the following commands.

• Window:

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    • Method - Window:SetScalingOriginPoint(left, top);

      • Set the point the Window scales around. Default position is 0,0.

      • Disabled when the plugin is not using UI Scaling

    •  Method - Window:GetScalingOriginPoint();

      • Get the point the Window scales around. Default position is 0,0.

      • Returns: left, top

      • Disabled when the plugin is not using UI Scaling

    •  Method - Window:RegisterForGlobalScaling();

      • Enable Global scaling multiplier for the Window's scale

      • Disabled when the plugin is not using UI Scaling

    •  Method - Window:UnregisterForGlobalScaling();

      • Disable Global scaling multiplier for the Window's scale

      • Disabled when the plugin is not using UI Scaling

    • Method - Window:SetUIScalingGroup(UIScalingGroup);

      • Set the UIScalingGroupType assignment for the Window.

      • If the plugin is not using Global scaling, enables scaling for this Window.

    •  Method - Window:GetUIScalingGroup();

      • Get the UIScalingGroupType assigned for the Window.

      • Returns: UIScalingGroupType enumeration

    •  Method - Window:SetScale(scale);

      • Updates the local scale of the Window. If registered for Global scaling, this value is multiplied by the Global scale factor.

      • If the plugin is not using Global scaling, enables scaling for this Window.

    •  Method - Window:GetScale();

      • Get the total scale of the Window (global scale * local scale)

      • Returns: scale

    •  Event - Window:UIScaleChanged();

      • Event fired when the player changes a UI scaling option that affects the window. Can be either the Global group or the assigned group.

•  Display:

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    • Static Method - Display:GetUIGroupScale( UIScalingGroupIndex );

      • Gets the value of the player's UI scaling option matching the requested UIScalingGroupIndex.

      • See UI scaling group index list below.

•  Plugin:

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    • Static Method - Plugin:GetUsesGlobalScaling();

      • Gets the whether or not the loaded plugin is set to use Global scaling.

      • This only works for loaded plugins 

• The following methods have been moved from LuaWindow to LuaControl:

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    • GetMinimumWidth

    • SetMinimumWidth

    • GetMinimumHeight

    • SetMinimumHeight

    • GetMinimumSize

    • SetMinimumSize

    • GetMaximumWidth

    • SetMaximumWidth

    • GetMaximumHeight

    • SetMaximumHeight

    • GetMaximumSize

    • SetMaximumSize 

• Control:

  • • Method - Control:AttachEdges( Left, Top, Right, Bottom );

      • This method tells the LuaControl how to update its size and positioning (per edge) when its parent element is resized.

      • Parameters are EdgeAttachmentType

      • This method only applies to child controls

      • Must be used for controls with stretch modes in order for the control to correctly scale with UI scaling.

    •  Event - Control:GetEdgeAttachments();

      • Get the EdgeAttachmentTypes set for the control

      • Returns:  Left, Top, Right, Bottom

      • Return values are EdgeAttachmentType

•  Turbine.UI.EdgeAttachmentType - Enumeration:

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    • None - Dimensions remain unchanged

    • Center - Move this edge to be half of this control's width (Left or Right edge) or height (Top or Bottom edge) from the center of the parent control.

    • Mirror - Adjust this edge to be the same pixel distance between this control's opposite edge and the parent's opposite edge.

    • Proportional - Keep the same ratio distance between this control's edge and the parent's corresponding edge.

    • Opposite - Keep the same pixel distance between this control's edge and the parent's opposite edge.

    • Same - Keep the same pixel distance between this control's edge and the parent's corresponding edge.

    • RatioProportional - Adjust this edge to match object's size ratio compared against the this control's orthagonal edges' positions. Can be used in conjunction with Same/Opposite/Proportional for this control's opposite edge to keep the size ratio while matching the positioning for that opposite edge.

•  Turbine.UI.UIScalingGroupType - Enumeration:

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    • QuickslotBars

    • PetQuickslotBar

    • PetVitals

    • OpponentVitals

    • Radar

    • Toolbar

    • QuestTracker

    • Vitals

    • Alerts

    • FellowshipVitals1

    • FellowshipVitals2

    • FellowshipVitals3

    • FellowshipVitals4

    • ClassAbilities

    • MountDisplay

    • SoldierVitals

    • EscortVitals

    • AllegianceProgress

    • InventoryBags

    • Character

    • Options

    • Panels

    • BarberShop

    • Tooltips

    • Deeds

    • TraitTree

    • HobbitPresents

    • Wallet

    • ItemWear

    • MountedCombat

    • BigBattles

    • Skirmish

    • Mail

    • Chat

    • DressingRoom

    • Help

    • Webstore

    • Vault

    • Inspect

    • Wardrobe

    • Barter

    • ProgressBar

    • Menus

    • HudText

    • Auction

    • QuestBestow

    • Global

    • Pregame

    • MapQuestGuideFrame

    • QuestActionButton

    • Tutorials

    • TargetProgressBar

    • Map

    • TargetAssist

    • FellowshipManoeuvres

    • LootRoll

• Tooltip links in a scaled chat window now have the correct selection area for clicking and hovering.

• Our LUA Documentation is now available on LOTRO.com! Download the documentation here.

Festivals and Events:

• Veil of the Nine

  • Woe of Khand will now appear at the correct level.

PvMP & Ettenmoors:

• The Glory Seeking effect is now only temporarily suppressed by picking up an artifact or relic, it will no longer be lost permanently.

  • Artifact CTF event has been technically revamped to improve its stability.

  • Relic CTF event has been technically reworked to improve its stability.