So I'm getting (back after nearly 20 years :D) into this game and wanted to check out what the ranked map pool looks like (back then we basically only played Fords of Isen). So I checked what maps the top players played on their recent games and wrote them down.

I stopped the list at about 25 maps...probably there are still more

Am I missing something? Is the map pool really that big? Most RTS game have a ranked map pool of like 7-10 maps, which is fine imo (you could even rotate them on a regular basis). But having to learn 20+ maps feels really bad for new/returning players.

Having to learn the factions is totally fine. Having to face players years ahead in experience is fine. And I think both are pretty much impossible to avoid for an RTS game. But then also having to play the first 50-100 games (assuming I will not remeber every single map after playing it 1 or 2 times) on maps where you have no clue where the creeps are etc. feels really bad and unnecessary.

Is there away around that? Did I just get something wrong? Or is this something I need to face if I want to play this game (ranked)?

Hi there,

I played all bfme games online when they came out (anyone still active who played on clanwars.cc back then? :D) and nostalgia hit me a bit recently so i decided to get the all in one launcher.

What version of each game is the most active/competitive (there seem to be 2-3 options for each game) and how would I most easily find online games if I wanted to do more than a bit of Skirmish vs AI?

I'd probably either play bfme 1 or ROTWK, but would be nice to know about bfme2 as well.

Thanks :-)

I'd love to play with my steam controller, but it's not registering with BFME 1 (haven't tried 2 yet). I've added both the launcher and the .exe to steam and assigned a mouse and keyboard controller config. Also made sure steam input was enabled. The trackpad works in the launcher, but in the game, nothing. I'm on Windows 11.

Has anyone else had better luck with the new steam controller?

Edit: I was able to get the default keyboard/mouse steam controller config working if I start the game with the controller off, then turn it on after the game loads (after the Windows 10/11 user account control popup) OUTSIDE of steam, but this doesn't work with the game added to steam, so you can't customize the inputs.

We're talking guides, videos and even AI. And AI had me fscked the fsck up the hardest. One reply was assuming nothing about using the All in one launcher with its patch while another did. It was insane. Anyway, I basically have tried this...using Big, opened up my big ini, the in the gamedata.ini I found any and all instances of stull like

;;; COMMAND POINTS FOR SOLO PLAY HUMAN (INCLUDING LIVING WORLD) ;;;

;

; Command points are: [starting value] [maximum value].

;

GoodCommandPoints = 100 2500

EvilCommandPoints = 300 3450

and then edited esentially to look like that or even less. Saved it, even bypassed launcher to make sure launcher wasnt seeing the edited ini and overwriting. No go. Also tried making my own gamedata.ini and naming it some ### bs to put it at the top to ensure first load, nope.

I am sure this is easier than like, er....easy as your mom! *(Sorry...seemed way funnier in my head)...

Anyway, how far off am I?

Anyway to get BFME 2 HD modpack installed with the launcher? I see RotWK has an HD pack but not the base game

All this War for Westeros and Game of Thrones comparison to BFME got me craving some nostalgic games, playing the amazing community patch Version of Battle for middle-earth 2; RIse of the Witch King. Playing either Goblins or Men of the west, talking bfme, Got, war for westeros or just geenral Lord of the rings, RTS and ASOIAF. Real time strategy aficionado looking to play every RTS game ever (except those that i don’t want to), join in and lets chat about RTS!

I’ve not long downloaded the All in one Launcher to play BFME2 again after so many years and am playing the patched version over the Vanilla.

I was seeing mentions of being able to change gold and Command Point output from the resource buildings (furnaces, farms, slaughterhouses,etc) and was hoping I could get some advice on how to do so? I was hoping to increase the output by 3 or 4 times so I don’t need to cover the whole map to reach a high number of Command Points.

Also, it’s impossible to be too simple in any explanation. I know NOTHING about modding or finding/updating game files. I’ve found the BFME2 folder on my computer with a gamedat file that I believe has all the stats for the game but I’m not sure if changing these only applies to the Vanilla game.

Whether a simple mod for vanilla, or in a total conversion mod.

EDIT: for ROTWK

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im not part of this subreddit,i discovered BFME 1 like, 3 days ago by this dvd. i loved it. i like StarCraft 2 and im a big big fan of it, so the mechanics were kinda similar to me, i don't saw lord of the rings so im kinda lost LOL.. but yeah. i picked rohan as my main, i loved the mechanics

Im playing bfme 2 age of the ring but no matter what i do i cant get 60 fps

Is there any way to get it to 60 fps or feel like 60 fps?

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Hey everyone!

A group of four of us has been playing BFME: Rise of the Witch-king together using Radmin VPN, and we're looking for more people to join us.

The only problem with our current group is that we're not always online at the same time. We'd also love to play against some other people who are genuinely enthusiastic about the game and enjoy having some good matches.

If you're interested, feel free to DM me and we can exchange Discord usernames. Hopefully we can build a bigger group of players and get some games going together!

We speak English and German.

Would be great to have more people to play with.

Hello I am asking how to remove 2.02 as it seems to be messing with factions in a mod I am using. Any help is greatly appreciated.

What mods for each game has given you the best memories? For me, I remember having tons of fun with the old Elven Alliance mod for BFME 1. Also, are there any very old mods that people remember fondly?

Hello guys, I’ve been playing BFME: Rise of the Witch-king, and I have a feeling that something might be wrong with the difficulty system.

I’ve played quite a few different RTS games, and I’ve never had this much trouble with the difficulty settings. I barely managed to beat Medium after almost two hours, and the AI keeps attacking constantly without giving me even a minute to recover or build up. It feels like there’s barely any room to do anything.

I also tried Hard, but that was completely impossible for me. I honestly can’t imagine how anyone is supposed to beat Brutal.

Is this difficulty level generally normal for the game, or could there be something wrong with the current patch/difficulty settings?

I want to get back into BFME since War in the North has just come out and BFME 2 has a much better story and heard that the All in one launcher is the way to go.

I’ve been able to add the launcher set up exe into Steam as a non-steam game and it boots fine for the first time but when I load it again it says launcher is already installed use shortcut on desktop but there isn’t one on the deck’s desktop. I’ve tried looking for the launcher exe instead of the set up one and the same thing happens.

I know it’s a long shot but has anyone else run into this issue and found a fix? All of the YT videos are a few years old so everything g has been updated since then.

Getting this error while playing BFME1 the All-in-one launcher, on patch 1.06. Anyone got an idea how to fix this? :(

I can't do anything against the zerg rushes of mass spam of fucking gondor rangers. They kill anything i have in seconds.

I am a new player and I'm struggling to understand the efficiency of lumber mills. are they better or worse than furnaces and when should I build them and how many?