Battle for Middle-Earth 1 Community patch, includes No CD/DVD patch needed for Windows 7+ versions where DRM is broken.
Application Details:
| Version: | 1.05 |
| License: | Retail |
| URL: | http://www.eagames.com/officia... |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Gold |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 8.0 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
Installation (see extra comments for workarounds), campaign first mission for good faction, 1 skirmish mission.
Audio, max GPU details, all works flawlessly.
What does not
Without manually crafting Options.ini file, the game crashes on start with Exception Violation. See Workarounds section below.
Workarounds
Installation performed in 32-bit wineprefix (WINEARCH=win32), then
patched with patch 1.03, patch 1.05. Once install was completed, created
Options.ini file:
mkdir "~/.wine/drive_c/users/${USER}/AppData/Roaming/My Battle for Middle Earth Files/"
cat >"~/.wine/drive_c/users/${USER}/AppData/Roaming/My Battle for Middle Earth Files/Options.ini" <
HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
IdealStaticGameLOD = VeryLow
Resolution = 800 600
StaticGameLOD = VeryLow
TimesInGame = 1
EOF
What was not tested
Game completion.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
Used Nvidia driver version 470.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Current | Ubuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 12 2023 | 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Gold | Vit Hrachovy |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
