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#21 Guest_Guest_*

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Posted 19 January 2010 - 11:08 PM

Did you type in the following:

%appdata%\My Battle for Middle-earth Files

Nevermind I got it to work. This mod is awesome by the way.

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 08:35 AM

Cool, glad you like the mod. :)

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#23 An Elf

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 03:48 PM

hi all!
i have done as it was written in the read me file but is till have
probs as my comp still launches the vanila game.

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#24 Elvenlord

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 04:08 PM

Make sure the drive in the target and the drive you installed bfme match up.

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 06:09 PM

Make sure the drive in the target and the drive you installed bfme match up.

Target: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1big
Start in: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 06:51 PM

Where is the .big file located? That might have something to do with the problem. Unless it's in the "My Battle for Middle-earth Files" folder, it's not going to work. I usually put mine in C:\, thus my -mod command is -mod "C:\ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1.big"
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Posted 29 March 2010 - 01:24 AM

Check the regular bfme icon, and see if the target is C:whatever.

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 04:53 PM

Where is the .big file located? That might have something to do with the problem. Unless it's in the "My Battle for Middle-earth Files" folder, it's not going to work. I usually put mine in C:\, thus my -mod command is -mod "C:\ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1.big"



the .big file is in my battle for middle earth files folder and it still launches the vanilla game.

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Posted 29 March 2010 - 04:56 PM

Check the regular bfme icon, and see if the target is C:whatever.


the vanilla game icon properties are:

target: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe"
start in:"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 02:53 AM

Make sure the drive in the target and the drive you installed bfme match up.

Target: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1big
Start in: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"


You made a mistake in the target location. It should be:

Target:  "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth (tm)\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1.big

You need to have a "." before "big". It should work now. :facepalm:

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 09:36 AM

Make sure the drive in the target and the drive you installed bfme match up.

Target: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1big
Start in: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"


You made a mistake in the target location. It should be:

Target:  "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth (tm)\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1.big

You need to have a "." before "big". It should work now. :facepalm:



I maybe copied it without "&" first time but that quotes are present in the target so it goes
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1big
and than goes:
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"
Same old vanilla game launches on. any other suggestions please?

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 09:51 AM

Make sure the drive in the target and the drive you installed bfme match up.

Target: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1big
Start in: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"


You made a mistake in the target location. It should be:

Target:  "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth (tm)\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1.big

You need to have a "." before "big". It should work now. :facepalm:



I maybe copied it without "&" first time but that quotes are present in the target so it goes
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1big
and than goes:
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™"
Same old vanilla game launches on. any other suggestions please?


i did try to change the quotes so i put wan before the big it still never got to work except it launched the vanilla game.
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" "-mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1"big
i also put the quotation marks at the big and same effect was achieved.
"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth ™\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1"big"
so is it somethibg that i do wrong or i have oversaw something i dunno...

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Posted 30 March 2010 - 12:43 PM

You're not supposed to put quotes before the big. You're supposed to put a period. Hence Rob putting the period in quotes. "."

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Posted 31 March 2010 - 05:11 AM

Yeah, just use the following as your target location:

Target:  "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Battle for Middle-earth (tm)\lotrbfme.exe" -mod ElvenAllianceCommunityEdition1.1.big

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Posted 02 April 2010 - 05:42 PM

I reinstalled the game again and I put big file along with those read me files in my battle for middle earth files and it worked. Thanks again for your
suggestion and help.

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Posted 24 May 2010 - 10:57 PM

I still can't get rid of the purple/pinkness.
There is no My battle for middle earth folder, I tried searching for the direct file location you've suggested and its not finding it. This is a brand new installation of the game and I am patched up.
Any ideas anybody please?

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 01:36 AM

The folder is hidden, you'll need to change the settings to show hidden folders.

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 07:04 AM

Also, you'll need to have ran the game atleast once before the folder will show up :)

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 05:27 PM

Also, you'll need to have ran the game atleast once before the folder will show up :)



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Posted 25 May 2010 - 05:31 PM

Also, you'll need to have ran the game atleast once before the folder will show up :)



It still isn't working, I just can't find the '%appdata%\My Battle for Middle-earth Files' file anywhere and just putting it in the main folder of the program results in pink/purpleyness or invisible units and buildings.

I am getting very sad as people keep saying how great it is and I want to play :) lol




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