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The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

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The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring cover
Developers
Liquid Entertainment
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Release dates
Windows November 8, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring guide on StrategyWiki
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring on MobyGames
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring on Wikipedia
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Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
⤏ Go to series page
The Hobbit 1982
The Fellowship of the Ring 1985
The Shadows of Mordor 1987
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth 1988
The Crack of Doom 1989
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I 1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan 1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II 1992
The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) 2002
The Return of the King 2003
War of the Ring 2003
The Hobbit (2003) 2003
The Battle for Middle-earth (series)
The Lord of the Rings Online 2007
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest 2009
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North 2011
Lego Middle-earth (series)
Guardians of Middle-earth 2012
Middle-earth: Shadow (series)
Journeys in Middle-earth 2019
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game 2019
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum 2023
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2023

Key points

Not available digitally.

General information

Official website (archived)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
CD key
Windows
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Rings.ini[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Saves\[Note 1]

Video settings

General options.
General options.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
8 Versus
Online play
8 Versus
GameSpy online server browser deactivated.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
GameSpy online server browser deactivated.
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
GameSpy online server browser deactivated.
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7175
UDP 6500, 13139
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game does not save

Right-click Rings.exe in the installation folder, go into Details and select "Compatibility mode" of "Windows XP Service Pack 2".

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy GameSpy online server browser deactivated.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III 800 MHz
AMD Athlon 800 MHz		 Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Hardware T&L support
32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9 compatible 		128 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. ↑ 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