Lego The Hobbit

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Lego Middle-earth
Subseries of Lego
Subseries of Middle-earth
Lego The Lord of the Rings	2012
Lego The Hobbit	2014

Key points

Graphical fidelity is mildly pared back compared to the PS4 and Xbox One versions.^[1]

General information

Brickipedia - Game page on LEGO Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Steam

All Windows versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Battle Pack
The Big Little Character Pack
Side Quest Character Pack

Game data

General settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\LEGO The Hobbit\pcconfig.txt
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
macOS (OS X)
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/285160/remote/savedgames/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/285160/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Effects settings

Template:Video settings

Fixing black screen on game launch

The game may launch into a black screen that doesn't change but the sound of the opening cutscenes will still be playing.

Editing pcconfig.txt^{[citation needed]}
Go to `%APPDATA%\Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment\Lego The Hobbit` Make a backup of pcconfig.txt Change the entries of ScreenWidth and ScreenHeight to your displays resolution ie: `ScreenWidth 1920` and `ScreenHeight 1080` Save the game Launch the game

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	Although a DirectX 11 executable is included, it doesn’t actually work.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	AMD Athlon 64 X2 EE 3800+ Intel Pentium Dual Core E2180	Intel Core i5 Quad Core 2.6 GHz AMD Quad Core 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

Windows XP does work, but is not officially supported.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9.5	10.10.1
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

This game is not currently supported on volumes formatted as Mac OS Extended (Case Sensitive).

The following graphics cards are not supported: ATI Radeon X1xxx series, ATI Radeon HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, Intel HD3000, Nvidia 7xxx series, Nvidia 8xxx series, Nvidia GeForce 9400 and Nvidia GeForce 320M.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285160/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (285160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Face-Off: Lego The Hobbit • Eurogamer.net

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285160/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (285160) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/285160/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (285160) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Face-Off: Lego The Hobbit • Eurogamer.net

[1]

[Note 1]

Developers

	Traveller's Tales
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	April 8, 2014
macOS (OS X)	December 19, 2014