The Lord of the Rings Online
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| Developers | |
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| Turbine, Inc. | |
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| Midway Games | |
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| Turbine G3 | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 24, 2007 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 8, 2012 |
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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.
Key points
- Free to play.
General information
- Official site (US)
- Official site (Europe)
- One Wiki to Rule Them All - A wiki dedicated to The Lord of the Rings series
- Tolkien Gateway - A huge wiki dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien's work and related media
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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- Requires a Turbine account.
Essential improvements
Remove Pando Media Booster (non-Steam)
- The non-Steam version updates via BitTorrent using Pando Media Booster which constantly seeds in the background.
- The Steam version does not use Pando Media Booster; these steps are not needed if you installed through Steam.[1]
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Game data
In-game general settings.
Configuration file(s) location
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| System | Location |
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| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/212500/pfx/[Note 1] |
Video settings
In-game general video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
Input settings
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
Audio settings
In-game audio settings.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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| TCP | 80 |
| UDP | 2900-2910, 9000-9010 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
System requirements
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista (64-bit) | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHz | Dual Core 2.66 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) | 2 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 12 GB | 20 GB | ||
| Video card (GPU) | 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.7.5 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz | Intel Core i7 2.0 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 25 GB | 20 GB | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | Nvidia GeForce GT 650M | ||
- International clients require 3 GB of extra hard drive space
Notes
- ↑ Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (212500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
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