I recently found a patch that allows me to play Lord of the Rings Battle For Middle Earth on windows 7 computer. However, after 5 minutes of gameplay, something happens where all my characters and buildings just die. I know what the problem is: EA games did this to prevent piracy issues. Pirated games crash like mine does after a couple minutes of gameplay.
HOWEVER MY GAME IS NOT PIRATED. If an EA employee is reading this, I can give you the ISBN number and product code. I will even video chat with you and prove to you that I have THE ORIGINAL BOX AND ORIGINAL CDs!!!
This is the site that contained the patch that helped me make BFME1 compatible with windows 7: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_other-gaming/lord-of-the-ring-battle-for-mi... Basically, I have to create an options.ini file and add it to a folder that is missing it.
I think the problem with the product registration. When I first bought this game several years ago, I registered it with an email account/password I don't remember on a computer that I no longer have (but I think I uninstalled the game on that computer before I got rid of it). I want to know how to unregister the game and register it with my current computer and current EA account. I have already tried registering the game again, but it says that the product code has already been used, so I need assistance unregistering the game on the old account and registering it on my new account.
Keep in mind, I am trying to do this almost a decade later. Can someone tell me how to fix the problem? My only plan of action so far is to try uninstalling and reinstalling the game. But assuming that doesn't work, someone please help me (AKA EA customer service person)?
Thanks.
