The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
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| Developers | |
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| Liquid Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| Sierra Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 8, 2003 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 67 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera |
| Controls | Multiple select, Point and select |
| Genres | RTS |
| Art styles | Stylized |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Middle-earth |
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Warnings
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and free-roaming camera RTS game in the Middle-earth series.
Availability
- A free demo version is available from SierraHelp.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch is v1.01.0011, available from Patches-Scrolls.
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
General options.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Only 4:3 resolutions up to 1600x1200 can be selected; use the widescreen fix to enable widescreen resolutions. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | The FPS cap is tied to the monitor's refresh rate even with Vsync forced off on AMD cards; works fine with Nvidia. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Music, Sound Effects and Dialogue. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| LAN play | 8 | Versus |
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| Online play | 8 | Versus GameSpy services have been shut down;[1] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
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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) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 7175 |
| UDP | 6500, 13139 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Game does not save progress or score
| Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP2 and as administrator.[2] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ gamefaqs.gamespot.com - last accessed on 28 May 2023