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Peeley2020
4 years ago
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exception access violation lotr Battle for middle earth 1

I have recently installed LOTR BFME1 and get the following message appear.

"the thread tried to read from a virtual address from which it does not have the appropriate access. access address 0x000e9fb8 was read from."

has anyone come across this before or know a fix?

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  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
    4 years ago

    Hey @Peeley2020 can you navigate to your installation directory and from there open  Options.ini.

    In there can you ensure that the following optios match this:

    AudioLOD = Low
    HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
    IdealStaticGameLOD = VeryLow
    Resolution = 800 600
    StaticGameLOD = VeryLow
    TimesInGame = 1


    Darko 

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  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    4 years ago

    Hey @Peeley2020 can you navigate to your installation directory and from there open  Options.ini.

    In there can you ensure that the following optios match this:

    AudioLOD = Low
    HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
    IdealStaticGameLOD = VeryLow
    Resolution = 800 600
    StaticGameLOD = VeryLow
    TimesInGame = 1


    Darko 

  • Peeley2020's avatar
    Peeley2020
    4 years ago

    Hi Darko

    I have looked through the installation directory and cannot see any file named options.ini, would it have another name?

    also thank you for replying to my first question.

  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    4 years ago

    Check your AppData folder @Peeley2020 to see if you can a file for  Battle for Middle-Earth there.


    Darko 

  • Peeley2020's avatar
    Peeley2020
    4 years ago

    I found that file in the appdata folder and the Battle for Middle Earth folder is empty, is it supposed to have something in it?

  • EA_Darko's avatar
    EA_Darko
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    4 years ago

    Hey @Peeley2020 if the file is not there then the best thing to do is to see if you can find a copy of it online and then paste it in.


    Darko

  • willdeer2's avatar
    willdeer2
    3 years ago

    Darko - I need some help.  I've recently found my old disc and experience the same "This thread tried to read from or write to..." when launch the game.  I've went into installation files and found the options file in the "apt" folder but noticed that the file type is BIG and not .ini.  I also tried to open this file in notepad but looks like gibberish.  Any tips?  Looks like the folder structure is different than what's discussed on this thread.  Also, I'm running Windows10 so I doubt compatibility is in check.  Which OS version should I use?

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