Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth armageddon effect

[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.

[falinuszen]

OK I uninstalled then re-installed the game played the first four chapters today. I will try another crack tommorrow and see if it does it again but so far that seems to be the only common thread I can find between the armageddon effect and my game suddenly not working. I have used the gamecopyworld link for the English crack I will try another link next time to see if it works if anyone has any ideas or verified english cracks please let me know thank you for your time.

[M@chine]

....buy the game!

But even if you can't do that, for whatever reasons, there was another thread spread around a couple of weeks ago that mislead everyone. Most are lucky they didn't have a new trojan from some of the advice. Good luck in finding something that works! Let a nigga know if you find sumthing out!

"Git Crunked"

[BayernMB]

Here is a fix which worked for me (it can be found an another thread here):

Fix problem:

1) Delete file Lotrbfme.dat from game directory
2) copy this string into blank !setup.reg file and load it
=================Cut=====================
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\The Battle for Middle-earth]
"Language"="english"
"InstallPath"="C:\\GAMES\\TBME\\"
"Version"=dword:00010000
"MapPackVersion"=dword:00010000
"UseLocalUserMaps"=dword:00000000
"UserDataLeafName"="My Battle for Middle-earth Files"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Electronic Arts\EA Games\The Battle for Middle-earth\ergc]
@="DZDD8NF64DBHYDFB0HLM"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth]
"DisplayName"="The Battle for Middle-earth (tm)"
"Installed From"="C:\\121212\\"
"Registration"="SOFTWARE\\Electronic Arts\\EA GAMES\\The Battle for Middle-earth\\ergc"
"CacheSize"="3351006208"
"SwapSize"="0"
"Language"="English US"
"Locale"="en_us"
"CD Drive"="C:\\"
"Install Dir"="C:\\GAMES\\TBME\\"
"Product GUID"="{3F290582-3F4E-4B96-009C-E0BABAA40C42}"
"Region"="Europe"
"Folder"="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\EA GAMES\\"
"Patch URL"="http://transtest.ea.com/Electronic Arts/The Battle for Middle-earth/Europe"
"Suppression Exe"="rtsi.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth\1.0]
"Language"=dword:00000001
"DisplayName"="The Battle for Middle-earth (tm)"
"LanguageName"="English US"
=================Cut=====================

3) Get file from DVD Disk - lotrbfme_inst.exe & run it
4) Enjoy


You just have to replace the bold text with your install directory.