Battle for Middle Earth 2 demo is out!

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Feb 2006, 19:28

Any one want to put up some screenshots so we can add this to the Solutions section ?

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 11 Feb 2006, 20:10

Well, EA did it again, no build in support for widescreen. :evil:

1280 x 960:

clickable

1680 x 1050:

clickable

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Feb 2006, 20:41

Thanks buddy ... it seems the top is getting cut down .... :(

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 11 Feb 2006, 20:43

Yeah, i noticed that too :?, pretty strange.

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 11 Feb 2006, 21:14

Good job ctrlsteef.

About the WS :evil: :evil: :evil:

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 12 Feb 2006, 11:20

This game is really big fun, good ole BFME gameplay with some extras, like fortress building.
You can also decide yourself where to build structures instead of on predefined spots.

Unfortunatly my rig has serious problems with handeling really big armies.
I think i should lower some of the graphic settings. :(

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 14 Feb 2006, 13:27

Ugh... that's lame. No wonder I always felt that the camera was zoomed in way too close. :(

silentsammy · Post by **silentsammy** » 20 Feb 2006, 05:22

I liked this demo but I was a little miffed at the fact that it installed Starforce on my puter.

Luckily the Starforce didn't seem to screw with any of my drives. BUT...when I went to uninstall the demo it left all the Starforce crap still on my machine! Talk about a lazy uninstaller...

If you want to get the starforce off your machine here's a link to a starforce uninstaller program...works for XP but not for win64.

http://www.glop.org/files/sfdrvrem.zip

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 20 Feb 2006, 08:29

Gheghe, that's no problem for me. My computer died so i have to reinstall everything when i get my new hardware. :shock: :?

silentsammy · Post by **silentsammy** » 20 Feb 2006, 17:39

Gheghe, that's no problem for me. My computer died so i have to reinstall everything when i get my new hardware. :shock: :?

Ouch! :( Sorry to hear about that. What part failed on ya?

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 20 Feb 2006, 17:49

My mobo. So that gives me a good excuse to upgrade. :D
Replacement is going to be a Asus A8R Crossfire mobo with a 4400+ X2. :P

silentsammy · Post by **silentsammy** » 20 Feb 2006, 21:03

My mobo. So that gives me a good excuse to upgrade. :D
Replacement is going to be a Asus A8R Crossfire mobo with a 4400+ X2. :P

Nice!

Actually a fried mobo was the reason for my last upgrade too.

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 20 Feb 2006, 21:17

Do you have an ETA on the new stuff ctrlsteef? I hope you get it soon. For your pleasure ofcourse :D.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 21 Feb 2006, 09:14

Actually, the mobo and processor are allready delivered at the online shop i ordered from.
But i also need a cable to make the cpu power cable a little longer, and that stupid cable is the reason i have to wait till 3-3-2006 before i get the stuff. :evil:

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 21 Feb 2006, 15:11

Ok thatÃ‚Â´s just bad luck. And the time doesnÃ‚Â´t fly by when you are waiting for something like that.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 21 Feb 2006, 15:12

I know. :cry:
Actually, time never flies by when you are waiting for new hardware.
Atleast not in my case :wink:

Post by **BongoTrumman** » 21 Feb 2006, 15:18

Same here. IÃ‚Â´m like a kid waiting for christmas/birthday when I have ordered something, and the time always slow down. :D

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 21 Feb 2006, 15:38

And then to think i have to wait another 10 days. :? :shock:

CodE-E · Post by **CodE-E** » 21 Feb 2006, 15:58

I'm waiting for my replaced AMD64 3700+ to get shipped to me...

Waiting for the post sucks indeed. ;)

kanzaki · Post by **kanzaki** » 22 Feb 2006, 08:33

Can I ask why you chose the x2 4400+?

I'm building a new rig now, I was going to go dual core with an Opteron 170 (and try to clock it as FX 60 hehe)... but the site I was shopping on sold out while I was shopping... the x2 4400 seemed like the next logical replacement, but then I concerned how much will dual core improve my performance versus the 4000+ sandy... since the only time the dual core would be faster for me would be while I was modelling (3ds, Photoshop at once) and when I was gaming I didn't anticipate running anything intensive background, the Sandy seemed like a much better choice benchmark wise and it's letting me spend another US$150 elsewhere in the system.

Of course there's always a possibilty new games are going to finally utilize multi-core systems (especially in the 360/PS3 console era) ... I just want a second (or third, fourth, fifth) opinion on this. ;)

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