lotr :bfme 2

[John]

Can anyone tell me how to get battle of middle earth 2 running on vista
ultimate edition? i have googled it and ppl have got it running but i dont
know how as i have nearly tired every combo in the compatiblity screen. From
John

 

[VRG Scotty]

Can anyone tell me how to get battle of middle earth 2 running on vista
ultimate edition? i have googled it and ppl have got it running but i dont
know how as i have nearly tired every combo in the compatiblity screen.
From John

check my sig then we have it running

 

[Dustin Harper]

Try right clicking the exe and select "Run as Administrator". You can do
that in addition to the compatibility settings.

Also, are you getting any errors, or will it just not start?

 

[John]

all i get is it to start loading then it just stops on titile screen and
says bfme 2 has stopped working looking for a solution. I have tried
checking the admin box turning off the the uac and it still doesnt work. I
have update the patches for it and am running the lastest drivers for my
graphics card. I have followed EAs advice in there forum. I have followed
VG scottys ideas but still cannot get it to work.

 

[VRG Scotty]

all i get is it to start loading then it just stops on titile screen and
says bfme 2 has stopped working looking for a solution. I have tried
checking the admin box turning off the the uac and it still doesnt work. I
have update the patches for it and am running the lastest drivers for my
graphics card. I have followed EAs advice in there forum. I have followed
VG scottys ideas but still cannot get it to work.

We are working on it now John, will let you know.

 

[John]

many thanks i have followed the link at the bottom of your message and have
joined many thanks for your help.

 

[123Collins123]

We are working on it now John, will let you know.
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Hey VRG Scotty, i have exactly the same problem as john (bfme2 not
running on windows vista), did you end up solving it? If so, could you
please tell me.



Cheers, Sean

 

[VRG Scotty]

Hey VRG Scotty, i have exactly the same problem as john (bfme2 not
running on windows vista), did you end up solving it? If so, could you
please tell me.

Right I installed the game on my machine, and it went in just fine (I also
have UAC turned off and didn't bother running it in compat mode) and ran
without a problem, so I also installed it on my laptop and also it was fine,
so I'm waiting for a colleague to test it on his machine and see if we can
get it to fail, it's frustrating that we can't get it to fail (I know it
sounds strange) as I really want to sort this problem out.

 

[123Collins123]

Right I installed the game on my machine, and it went in just fine (I also
have UAC turned off and didn't bother running it in compat mode) and ran
without a problem, so I also installed it on my laptop and also it was fine,
so I'm waiting for a colleague to test it on his machine and see if we can
get it to fail, it's frustrating that we can't get it to fail (I know it
sounds strange) as I really want to sort this problem out.
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Thanks man, i appreciate it.


Sean

 

[VRG Scotty]

On Nov 17, 9:32 pm, "VRG Scotty" <[email protected]>
wrote:


Thanks man, i appreciate it.

OK so we installed the game on my colleagues machine and it froze at startup
(great we thought, we have the problem) so we turned off UAC, still no joy,
ran in compat mode, still no joy, then we gave the game exe and dat files
full permissions and atfer about a minute of watching the splash screen for
the game it fired into life and worked fine.
So here's the fix that worked for us (taken from VRG as suggested by
Janesty)

Right click the lotrbfme2.exe and go to properities, and then goto the
Security tab, and look and the level of permissions for your user account.
On mine only 'Read and execute' and 'Read' were checked. I gave full
permissions to lotrbfme2.exe and game.dat and restarted the game.

Hope this also works for you guys.

 

[John]

sorry it didnt work for me so i am playing it on my wifes pc under windows
xp. Many thanks for all your help

 

[123Collins123]

OK so we installed the game on my colleagues machine and it froze at startup
(great we thought, we have the problem) so we turned off UAC, still no joy,
ran in compat mode, still no joy, then we gave the game exe and dat files
full permissions and atfer about a minute of watching the splash screen for
the game it fired into life and worked fine.
So here's the fix that worked for us (taken from VRG as suggested by
Janesty)

Right click the lotrbfme2.exe and go to properities, and then goto the
Security tab, and look and the level of permissions for your user account.
On mine only 'Read and execute' and 'Read' were checked. I gave full
permissions to lotrbfme2.exe and game.dat and restarted the game.

Hope this also works for you guys.
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VRG Scotty

www.vistareadygames.com
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Yeh thanks for your help, i ended up just patching it and it worked
somehow.

 

[John]

I have tried to get this game working but I still cant no matter what I try.
I still keep looking just incase I find a way of doing it but I am very
doubtful that I will...

 

[John]

how did you work that out? your a genius.. Many thanks do you think I could
transfer my save games from my wife's machine..
I got a great game I can play now. Many thanks

 

[Andy [YaYa]]

I'm having the same trouble with this game and it's testing my patience.
I've tried to call EA support except I get some stupid robot guy who
tells me how to fix all the problems I dont have. I need to get this
game running. I dont have that folder. What else can I do?

Which folder?
What version of Vista?
What make/model/specs of a PC?

You didn't really even state what problem you are having.

Hey, be nice to the EA guys, a lot of them are my friends. At least they
haven't been outsourced to India (Ubi/Activision/Take2), or charge you $35
per call (Microsoft).

 

[VRG Scotty©]

I'm having the same trouble with this game and it's testing my patience.
I've tried to call EA support except I get some stupid robot guy who
tells me how to fix all the problems I dont have. I need to get this
game running. I dont have that folder. What else can I do?

Hi, have a look at this thread, it has many suggestions and fixes for the
game.
http://www.vistareadygames.com/showthread.php?t=91820