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#Fellowship of the ring how to#
#Fellowship of the ring install#
#Fellowship of the ring archive#
#Fellowship of the ring Patch#

#Fellowship of the ring how to#

By default the maximum resolution of the game is 1024x768 but you can play in higher resolutions by HEX edit of exe-file, here's the video instruction how to do it.If you get that error in EU version - mount the disc image of EU version If you're playing the US version of the game and see error "Insert Play Disc in CD-ROM" - mount the disc image of CD2 (Play Disc for US version).If you launch the game with 3D Analyzer and can not see mouse cursor - check the boxes "LOTR texture fix", "Emulate HW TnL caps", "Emulate other DX8.1 caps" and "Emulate DXT textures".The game should launch but it will work in windowed mode If you launch the game with 3D Analyzer in fullscreen and it doesn't work - check the boxes "LOTR texture fix" and "Force windowed mode" (check this example) and try to launch again.Summing up - to launch the game on Windows 8, 10 or 11, you will need 3 things: the game with NoCD + utility to cap the framerate ( one of these) + 3D Analyzer.If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP).That NoCD "breaks" DRM protection and allows the game to work on modern systems NoCD is required to launch because the game is using SecuROM DRM protection, which doesn't work correctly on modern systems.

#Fellowship of the ring Patch#

The game with patch and NoCD has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10 with 3D Analyzer and RTSS utilities, works fine it should looks like C:/Games/The Fellowship of the Ring)

#Fellowship of the ring install#

Make sure that the install path is only on English (i.e. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 102% or Daemon Tools Lite (if autorun doesn't work - simply launch the installation from Setup.exe inside the disc) Run 3DAnalyze.exe as administrator and add Fellowship.exe in the list ("Select" button) and check the box "LOTR texture fix"

Then download 3D Analyzer and extract it in any place but NOT in the game folder.

Keep the utility running in the background Do not try to use NVidia FPS limiter, it won't work.

Install an app that allows to limit the framerate, like RTSS, read this guide for framerate limit utilities.

On modern systems the game works too fast and unplayable without the FPS limiter

Now you need to limit the game's framerate to 60 FPS, originally the game was designed to work at 60 FPS maximum.

After that mount the disc image of CD2 (Play Disc), the disc image of Play Disc must be mounted in virtual drive in order to play the game.Right click on Fellowship.exe - Properties - Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows 2000 or XP" and "Run as administrator". Open the directory with the game and find Fellowship.exe.

#Fellowship of the ring archive#

Then install NoCD (simply copy Fellowship.exe from the archive and replace the original exe-file inside the game folder).Also it is recommended to install DirectX 8.1b from the disc.When the installation process will ask for CD2 - mount the disc image of CD2.

Mount the disc image of CD1 (Installation Disc).

Also, check this video instruction and description of it The launch of the game on modern systems may be troublesome, so please read out installation guide and Notes. US release has 2 discs - Install Disc & Play Disc while European release has only Play Disc. For unknown reasons the game was released on 1 CD in Europe and on 2 CDs in USA & North America.