The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II

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1 Game Information
2 Widescreen Support
- 2.1 Method
- 2.2 Screen change
3 Surround Gaming support
4 Known Issues
5 Condensed detailed report
6 WSGF links
7 External links

Game Information

By: Electronic Arts
Genre: Lord of the Rings, Fantasy RTS
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Players: 1 (plus multiplayer)
Version: The Battle for Middle-earth II US retail version with patch 1.06 installed.

The events in these games take some of the lesser-detailed events in the J. R. R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings universe and turns them into RTS campaigns. Gameplay is the same as the first game with some tweaks and improvements. The Battle for Middle-earth II allows you to complete two campaings for good and evil with the Witch-King expansion adding another evil campaign.

I will take the Ring.

Widescreen Support

Method

No native support for widescreen resolutions.

For the Battle for Middle-earth II go to "Documents and Settings\*User Name*\Application Data\My Battle for Middle-earth(tm) II Files" and open "Options.ini" with a text editor.

The folders may be hidden so you might have to enable "Show hidden files and folders" in "Folder Options".

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Resolution = **** ****
Change "****" to your desired widescreen resolution.

Screen change

Vert -

1600x1200

1920x1200

Surround Gaming support

None known.

Known Issues

While the "game" itself is Vert-, the "War of the Ring" is stretched.

Condensed detailed report

MGL Classification	Vert -
Widescreen method	.ini
Resolution support	Full
Singleplayer anomalies	Major
Multiplayer support	Full
Aspect ratio support	Full
HUD stretch	Stretch
Cut-scenes	FMVs and rendered cut-scenes
FMV correction	Anamorphic
Rendered cut-scene correction	Anamorphic
Calculated grade	C