Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth armageddon effect

[falinuszen]

Ok before I start let me first say that I purchased the game and have a valid DVD and DVD serial code. I am in the military and take my laptop everywhere. I will be deploying to Iraq very soon and don't wish to damage my DVD's and CD's by carring them with me. I have often and will in the past use no CD/DVD fixes to allow me to play my games wherever I go without having to haul and lose a bunch of CD/DVD's. I played this game for an entire day then began the research for a fix for the game. GameCopyWorld had a no DVD fix for it I downloaded and installed the fix. Now on either of my two saved games or on any game I start over I get an armageddon effect with all of my armies and buildings being destroyed about 5 minutes after i start the game. I haven't yet but will soon recopy my renamed data file over to see if it still does it with the DVD in. I read the threads with a similar problem occuring but they are all locked because people are trying to bypass the rules. If anyone can give me a clear concise answer on the best way to fix my problem your assistance would be appriciated.

[GLH]

The crack from GCW works fine for me (german game-version), no "Armageddon"-Effect here.
Are you trying to play the game online with this crack?
I remember C&C Generals. When you play this game online with a crack, all your building explode after a few minutes!

[falinuszen]

No i am not playing online, and wouldnt care if the effect was online only, as i will be in Iraq for most of my playing of the game.

[Luciel]

yeah that happened to with C&C: Red alert 2

[falinuszen]

Ok I tried inserting the DVD I had the option to install but not to play. I clicked install and the game started without actually installing. However when I played either one of my saved games or started a new game I die after about five minutes. So I copied my old data file back over and tried playing again. again I died after about five minutes. I am in the process of uninstalling the game to reinstall it to see if it fixes the issue. but either way I cannot play the game more than about five minutes. I have registered the game, but have not played or even attempted to play online. Thank you for any help available.

[BayernMB]

I've got the same problem here. In another thread I've read somewhere that the effect only takes place in Act 1, but I'm experiencing it in Act 8, befote it everything went quite well. Your tips or a new crack would be much appreciated here.