Moria Manager

A comprehensive save game, mod, and server manager for Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria.

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Screenshots
• Installation
• Configuration
• File Locations
• Requirements
• Building from Source
• License

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Features

Save Game Management

• Automatic save detection — Finds game saves in the standard LocalAppData location
• Backup saves — Create timestamped backups of individual saves or all saves at once
• Restore saves — Restore any previous backup to replace the current save
• Import saves — Import save files from external sources
• Multiple save support — Manages saves across different game worlds/servers
• Deletion management — Optional deletion of saves and backups with confirmation dialogs

Mod Management

• Two-pane interface:
  • Available Mods — Mods stored in your backup directory (not active)
  • Installed Mods — Mods in the game's Paks folder (active in-game)
• Install mods — Copy mods from Available to Installed with drag-and-drop support
• Uninstall mods — Move mods back to Available or delete them
• Create folders — Organize mods into subfolders
• Supports .pak, .ucas, .utoc mod file formats

Trade Manager

• Track in-game trades — View all available merchant trade items from the game
• Quantity tracking — 4-digit quantity field (0-9999) with increment/decrement controls
• Checkbox persistence — Mark trades as completed; state is saved to XML
• Smart collapse — Merchants collapse by default; expand only if they have checked items
• Clear All button — Reset all checkboxes and quantities at once
• Search/filter — Find specific trade items quickly
• Lazy loading — Trade Manager loads on first use for faster startup

Materials Calculator

• Crafting calculator — Select weapons and armor to calculate required materials
• Weapons & Armor lists — Alphabetically sorted with checkboxes for selection
• Dwarf count — Adjust calculations for 1-8 dwarves
• Game type filter — Campaign or Sandbox mode (filters by available recipes)
• Gather button — Calculate total materials needed for selected items
• Clear selections — Reset all selections with one click

Server Management

• FTP and SFTP support — Connect to remote game servers
• Server list — Store multiple server configurations per installation
• Encrypted passwords — Server passwords are encrypted at rest
• Remote file operations — Browse, download, upload, and delete files on remote servers
• Connection management — Background-threaded connections with keepalive
• Interactive terminal — Browse remote directories with pwd, ls, cd commands

Multi-Installation Support

• Steam and Epic Games support with auto-detection
• Multiple installations — Configure and switch between different game installs
• Custom paths — Manually specify game and save locations if needed
• Per-installation settings — Each installation maintains its own server list and configuration

Settings & Configuration

• Configurable logging — Enable/disable logging via settings.ini
• Enable Deletion setting — Control whether deletion is allowed in backup/restore screens
• Installation path display — Settings dialog shows detected game paths
• Path detection status — Visual indicators show detection status

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Screenshots

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Installation

1. Download MoriaManager.exe from the Releases page
2. Run the executable — no installation required
3. On first run, configure your backup directory and game installation

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Configuration

Settings File

The application uses a settings.ini file located in %APPDATA%\MoriaManager\ for user preferences:

[General]
logging = false

Setting	Values	Description
logging	true / false	Enable or disable application logging (default: false)

Logs

When logging is enabled, log files are created in %APPDATA%\MoriaManager\logs\.

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File Locations

Item	Default Location
Game (Steam)	C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Lord of the Rings Return to Moria
Game (Epic)	C:\Program Files\Epic Games\LordOfTheRingsReturnToMoria
Saves	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Moria\Saved\SaveGames
Backups	User-configured (prompted on first run)
Config	%APPDATA%\MoriaManager\configuration.xml
Settings	%APPDATA%\MoriaManager\settings.ini
Logs	%APPDATA%\MoriaManager\logs\

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Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Game: Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (Steam or Epic Games version)

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Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or higher
• pip

Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/jbowensii/MoriaManager.git
cd MoriaManager

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the application
python -m moria_manager

Build Executable

# Install PyInstaller
pip install pyinstaller

# Build the executable
pyinstaller build/moria_manager.spec

The executable will be created in the dist/ folder.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

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Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Video Demo: YouTube