August 2017
August 2017
Make sure you have DirectX 9.0c manually installed.
Then, apply the unofficial 1.06 patch: http://server.cnc-online.net/downloads/patch/T3AOnlineBFME1_Patch1.06_AIO.exe
August 2017
Thanks for the input Plokite95! For some reason the patch 1.06 wouldn't complete download...it would get to the end but then show a failed download message and I had to cancel.
The game was still not working, but I found this and got it to run... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBoYF00fWds
Thanks,
Ryan Bird
May 2018
June 2019
I tried the steps from RyanBird88 and it did not work.
Any other Solutions?
June 2019 - last edited June 2019
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that update is for the BFME ONLINE only game. There's been a group of people that have been re-mastering the online only version of the game. Almost to the point of a complete HD conversion. That patch is for the T3A: ONLINE version of BFME. Not the official release.
November 2019
Have you managed to get it to work?
I'm using Windows 8.1 and the game works flawlessly, I just had to make the Options.ini file (you can use notepad to make it) inside "C:\Users(your computer username here)\AppData\Roaming\My Battle for Middle-earth Files
because the installation does not have administration rights to create it.
Judging by the screenshot you've posted the error I had looks about the same. Also you'll have to write the game settings inside the newly created Options.ini, I downloaded it so I didn't need to make one.