Chowdeer

Just wanted to update that I need to run the file everytime I boot rotwk.  If I try to launch from the T3A shortcut off my desktop I will hit the error.  I think this is because it doesn't auto run as administrator if you just open the client.

Steps for full clarity:

Hook rotwk in T3A online launcher then close it.

Enter your programx86 electronic arts, lotr rotwk folder.

Right click lotrbfme2ep1.exe and select Run as administrator.

This should open the T3A launcher.

Then select rotwk

You should be able to proceed past the online screen and login without the update crash.

You need to do this everytime you want to load the game.

I also uninstalled the version of rotwk and reinstalled the iso that was on the guide linked above but i'm not sure that had any impact as I didn't try running the previous versions file in administrator.

Okay boys I had this issue for the last few days and just got by it.  For me the problem was that I just needed to hook ROTWK and then run the lotrbfmeep1.exe file in administrator mode which should prompt a T3A online launcher.  After that I launched Rotwk from the launcher and was able to get past the online screen without seeing the you need an update error.

As someone noted above you need to be on 1.06 on BFME2 in order to run ROTWK so make sure you switch that patch over before attempting to run.

Hope this helps someone as this forum was quite helpful to me.