This guide will show you how to install The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king on modern operating systems.
Installation
- Make sure that the retail CD/DVD version of The Battle for Middle-earth II (the base game) is installed by these guidelines before proceeding.
- If you are using the patch switcher for the base game, make sure it is set to version 1.06 before playing The Rise of the Witch-king.
- Insert The Rise of the Witch-king disc to the DVD drive.
- Exit the autorun and run setup.exe from the disc as administrator. (not applicable to Windows XP)
- Install the game as you normally would.
- Patch the game to version 2.01, the latest official patch. (mirror)
- Install the unofficial 2.02 patch.
- Browse to the game’s directory and set lotrbfme2ep1.exe to always run as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3. (not applicable to Windows XP)
- Run the game.
Setting custom display settings
After the first run, open Options.ini and change the resolution. The file is located in:
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[USER NAME]\Local Settings\My The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king Files
- Windows Vista and newer: C:\Users\[USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\My The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king Files
Multiplayer
For online multiplayer, please refer to the T3A:Online service.