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Thursday, November 8, 2007

Lord of the Rings BFME game.dat errors [FIX inside]

If you have a newly installed game and it crashes after the load-up logo follow this procedure to get it working. This is an old game, but the morons at EA don't give a damn about so many people having this error. This fix is not something I can take credit for as I found it while searching for a solution.

The problem occurs when the game does not create *.ini files and a map folder. It takes a minute to fix, but the lazy punks on EA just don't seem to care.
  1. Install the game.
  2. Install the latest patch
  3. Tools-->Folder Options-->View hidden and system files, view extensions
  4. Navigate to I:\Documents and Settings\{Your Name}\Application Data\My Battle for Middle-earth(tm) II Files {or My The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king Files}
  5. Creat a folder called "map" {without the quotes}
  6. Create a file called options.ini
  7. Cut/paste this code in the newly created "options.ini" file {without the quotes}: AllHealthBars = yes
    AmbientVolume = 81.000000
    AnimationLOD = High
    AudioLOD = Low
    Brightness = 50
    DecalLOD = High
    EffectsLOD = Medium
    FlashTutorial = 0
    GameSpyIPAddress =
    HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
    IdealStaticGameLOD = Low
    ModelLOD = Medium
    MovieVolume = 70.000000
    MusicVolume = 78.000000
    Resolution = 1024 768
    SFXVolume = 80.000000
    ScrollFactor = 64
    SendDelay = no
    ShaderLOD = Low
    ShadowLOD = Low
    StaticGameLOD = Custom
    TerrainLOD = Medium
    TextureQualityLOD = High
    TimesInGame = 59
    UseEAX3 = no
    VoiceVolume = 69.000000
    WaterLOD = Medium
  8. Save, exit notepad and start your game.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

thanks man, that helped

Anonymous said...

Smartest post ive ever seen in my life! thank you

Anonymous said...

IT REALLY WORKS!

rizal sham said...

i have installed bfme 2 in my laptop. it can play but until 3 minute and 3 second my building just "boom" and i defeated.....but no enemies around my place.....how can i solve this error....pleaseeee....

Anonymous said...

i did it just like you said, and game started ok, and i started save mission but after 5 minutes game crashed again....
you said thad we need to make new folder "map". i have it and it is "Maps". i made "options.ini". but it crashed again....

Unknown said...

same problem with me dont understand what seems to be the problem