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The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth

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The Battle for Middle-earth
The Battle for Middle-earth cover
Developers
EA Los Angeles|Danger Close Games|EA Los Angeles
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
SAGE
Release dates
Windows December 6, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 82
IGDB 84
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Fantasy
Series The Battle for Middle-earth
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The Battle for Middle-earth
Subseries of Middle-earth
The Battle for Middle-earth 2004
The Battle for Middle-earth II 2006

Warnings

SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
GameSpy online server browser deactivated on December 31, 2010 due to Electronic Arts losing the Lord of the Rings license.[1]

General information

T3A:Online - fan-hosted multiplayer server replacement

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
 SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Official patches

Unofficial patches

  • Patch 1.05 fixes a lot of bugs and removes the disc requirement. Requires patch 1.03.
  • Patch 1.06 fixes more bugs and adds some new maps. Requires patch 1.05. Widescreen interface available here.
  • Patch 1.09 fixes bugs and imbalances, adds new visuals and comes with a patch switcher. Designed for multiplayer.

Skip intro videos

Skip intro videos[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\data\movies\
  2. Delete or rename EALogo.vp6, Intel.vp6, NewLineLogo.vp6 and THX.vp6.
  • Alternatively, install the unofficial 1.05 patch.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\My Battle for Middle-earth Files\

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\My Battle for Middle-earth Files\

Video settings

Display, Audio and Controls settings.
Display, Audio and Controls settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions[citation needed]
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\My Battle for Middle-earth Files\
  2. Open Options.ini.
  3. Find the following line and set it to the desired value.
Resolution = YourWidth YourHeight
Alternatively[citation needed]
  • Use -xres #### -yres #### command line argument
  • Replace #### with the desired width and height respectively

Windowed

Use -win command line argument[citation needed]

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
GameSpy online server browser has been shut down.

Issues fixed

Out of Memory

This error has no proper workaround and is a symptom of the game engine's limitations (restricted RAM indexing)
Lower graphical settings, and avoid memory-heavy mods.}}
Any mod that uses high-resolution textures (such as the Edain mod) are highly susceptible to this crash.
Some users report reinstallation fixes the issue.

Exception Access Violation on startup

This is caused when the options.ini file has not been found (installation had no administration right to properly install your game and failed to create options.ini)[4]
Make missing options.ini[citation needed]
  1. Go to %APPDATA%\My Battle for Middle-earth Files
  2. If the folder is empty, make a new text file called Options.ini.
  3. In that file, place this data:
AudioLOD = Low
HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
IdealStaticGameLOD = VeryLow
Resolution = 800 600
StaticGameLOD = VeryLow
TimesInGame = 1

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy Shut down in 2011.

System requirements

Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 2000XP
Processor (CPU) 1.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 3.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce2 GTS
ATI Radeon 7500
32 MB of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X800

Notes

  1. ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[2] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[3]

References