Hi pyrokinesis,
There's something you said that I dont follow:
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Originally Posted by pyrokinesis
once you have installed the No-CD/DVD patch and regenerated the LOTRbfme.dat file the game will work
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At what point is this LOTRbfme.dat file regenerated (it's timestamped the day I installed the game)?
Do I need to do something to invoke the regeneration? What info does it store?
Fortunately (??), I don't own any other EA games and I'm not likely to either, it's only my obsession with LotR that has prompted me to buy this one. I have no real objection to putting the disc in the drive (although, being lazy, untidy and careless, I'd prefer not to) I'm just trying to get the game to work without having to uninstall useful utilities which have a legitimate purpose.
Joe,
Ok, I uninstalled CloneCD, Alcohol and Daemon Tools - using the original game.dat, the splash screen fires up then closes down again a second or two later, no CD emulation window but nothing else either - just like with the no CD/DVD patch. I guess therefore that the problem lies elsewhere. I am using an old Matrox G450eTV graphics card with the latest drivers from Matrox on the Win2k setup but WinXP installed its own drivers which are slightly different. I have DirectX 9.0c in Win2k, I'll have to check on the WinXP version.
I hadn't expected the game to run at all using the Matrox card and was planning to upgrade to an ATI 9800Pro AIW (I know that gamers would prefer the nVidia 6600GT but I can't justify the extra costs involved) so I was pleased to get anything at all from it. At least I can just about play the game (unlike Myst IV which is still waiting in its box).
Thanks both for your input.
Ken