#BFME EXCEPTION ACCESS VIOLATION FIX HOW TO#

I just upgraded to wine 1.2 and I wanted some fun with this old game. It might be the case that the path is different for your installation of wine or version of the game. If you get some access error (Big error window with lots of hexadecimal numbers), make sure you created the options.ini file in the right place. If you get some CD related error, make sure you applied the right no-CD crack to the right 'game.dat' file. You might have to change the resolution, depending on your PC. If for some reason installation of game don't work, try installing DCOM98 first.ġ) Install as usual (Run AutoRun.exe on CD / mounted ISO)Ģ) Install OFFICIAL 1.03 Patch ('LotrBfMe-65539-.exe' from ftp.ea.com/pub/eapacific/lotr/lotrbfme/)ģ) Install UNOFFICIAL no-CD crack, since the DRM system is unable to read the CD ('LotR BfME 1.03 NoDVD.exe' from 4) Paste the OPTIONS.INI part of this comment into '/home//.wine/drive_c/users//AppData/Roaming/My Battle for Middle-earth Files/options.ini' Unpack the Wine archive through the file manager or: tar -xvjf wine-1.1.1.tar.bz2Įnter the Wine directory with: cd wine-1.1.1ĭownload the cursor patch: wget -O patchĪpply the cursor patch: patch -p1 < patch Uninstall Wine if you have some installed in the system.ĭownload Wine 1.1.1 sources or source package: wget

#BFME EXCEPTION ACCESS VIOLATION FIX HOW TO#

There is a way how to fix this bug via compiling your own Wine with set of patches, see below: I didn't need a no DVD patch.Įnsure You've applied the latest patch (65539 - version 1.03) from right after installation and before trying to run the game!įor Wine versions from 0.9.57 to 1.1.11 the mouse cursor is absolutely missing.

Go to $GAMEDIR/drive_c/users/$USER/Application Data/My Battle for Middle-earth Files/ and create an empty file named 'options.ini'. You need to create the 'options.ini' file. Game crashes on first start, because the game is not able to create 'options.ini' file.

Bfme exception access violation fix