Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth armageddon effect

[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
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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"
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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.

[bierhuettl]

Simply reinstall it from the original setup, it needs the correct information in the registry, otherwise everything explodes. if you for example just copy the installation directory of the game from another computer without actually installing it to your own pc, then there is of course no registry data and everything explodes. simply install it from your original dvd/cd again over the normal setup routine and it will work, with or without crack :-)

guess in your case something ****ed up your registry data, since even the autorun of the game wasnt able to detect that it was already installed, like you wrote.

[falinuszen]

ok here is the fix i finally got.

copy these two files to a seperate location for updates

LOTRBFMe.dat
game.dat

Download the crack and copy game.dat over the one in your installed directory. next delete LOTRBFMe.dat. This file is created when you first click on the lotrbfme.exe file. all you have to do if you get the armageddon effect is delete LOTRBFMe.dat and click on lotrbfme.exe it will automaticly recreate the LOTRBFMe.dat file to match your regestry and you will not have the armageddon issue. thank you to all that gave helpfull replies. oh and machine learn to read the very first sentence says i purchased the game.