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==Input== | ==Input== |
Revision as of 23:48, 6 March 2024
For the 1985 game, see The Fellowship of the Ring.
Developers | |
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Surreal Software | |
Publishers | |
Vivendi Universal Games | |
Engines | |
Riot Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 24, 2002 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 59 |
IGDB | 51 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Middle-earth |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure and RPG game in the Middle-earth series.
Availability
- This game is not available digitally.
Demo/free trial
- A demo is available here.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | None |
Essential Improvements
Patches
- Patch 1.1 (US copy only) can be downloaded here.
Game Data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Fellowship.cfg[Note 1] |
- The configuration file is encrypted.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1] |
Video
Widescreen resolution
- The game uses internally an aspect ratio of 3:2 by default.
- This fix was only tested on the US 1.1 version, so the location of the hex value to change might differ for other localizations and versions.
Hex edit Fellowship.exe [2]
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Notes
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Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix[3] |
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Field of view (FOV)
- Like the fix above, it was only tested on the US 1.1 version, so the location of the hex value to change might differ for other localizations and versions.
Hex edit Fellowship.exe [4]
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Notes
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Use the Widescreen & FOV Fix[5] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Enabled by default. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music and SFX. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Details | |||
Russian |
Issues fixed
Black Screen on startup
Use dgVoodoo v2.82.3 or newer (older versions will not work)[6] |
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Use 3D-Analyze[7] |
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Notes
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High frame rate issues
Limit the Frame rate to 60 FPS[8] |
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Notes
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Set the refresh rate to 60 Hz[9] |
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Access the launcher
- After the first time launching the game, the launcher won't show up again and won't be possible to configure some settings that are only available through it, since the configuration file is encrypted.
Run the game with the -setup command line argument[10]
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Hold ⇧ Shift while launching Fellowship.exe [11]
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VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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vorpX | G3D User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 v 2.55.4, see profile introdution. Note: Profile may not work with the latest wrapper, in case of issues please report to the vorpx forum. |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98 | 2000, ME, XP |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | 256 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 800 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Single-pass, multi-texture, and hardware T&L support 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible | Nvidia GeForce 4 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-02-27
- ↑ Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring PC 'How to fix game and play in 4K Resolution' Guide - last accessed on 2024-01-29
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-06
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-02-02
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-06
- ↑ dgVodooo 2.8.x and related WIP versions - Page 5 \ VOGONS - last accessed on 2024-01-29
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-31
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-01-31