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Unfortunately, the support and the production of the game Battle for Middle Earth 2 and its Addons have stopped. This also includes online features, such as the games server. For this reason, and problems with the Hamachi service an alternative was sought in order to offer an online gaming  experience. Online games and tournaments are now running over Tunngle but some games are hosted on GameRanger. GameRanger allows the user to join games that will put them in separate lobby which will create a separate network once the game starts.

Installation[]

  1. Dowload GameRanger (link)
  2. Run the GameRanger Setup application.
  3. Open the file GameRangerSetup.exe and click Install. If a message appears asking if you are sure you want to run this file, click Run.
  4. Create a new free account.
  5. GameRanger will prompt you to create a new GameRanger account or use an existing one, and you will need to enter your valid e-mail address. You should use the address your friends are most likely to know.
  6. Activate your account and log in.
  7. Within minutes you should receive a confirmation e-mail to activate your GameRanger account. If it's not in your inbox, try looking in your junk folder, and mark it as a trusted-sender, or "not spam." Adding the sender to your address book is also a good idea.
  8. Invite your friends.
  9. Under the Community menu, there are various options to invite your friends to try GameRanger. You can also search to see if they already have GameRanger accounts.

Playing[]

Hosting[]

  1. Press the "Host" button at the top right of the window
  2. Make sure "The Rise of the Witch-King" is selected in the "Game" box
  3. Set the max number of players
  4. Give your lobby an interesting name, usually, you'd want to prefix it with "Edain" and the version number. In addition, add what kind of game you are interested in having (2v2, 1v1, FFA, etc...)
  5. Optionally you can also set a password if you want to only play with certain people
  6. Press the create button and wait for people to join the game
  7. Once you're happy with the people in your lobby press "Start" at the bottom right of the lobby screen to launch the game
  8. In-game, go into "Network" and Create a Room, once everyone has joined you can click Play to start the match.

Joining[]

  1. In the all game list pick "Lord of the Ring: Battle for Middle Earth: Rise of the Witch-King", this is optional but will help to filter the rooms
  2. Search for a room you like, usually, they are prefixed with "Edain" and the version number
  3. Join the room by selecting it and pressing "Join" at the top right of the screen
  4. Then you have to wait for the host to start the game
  5. Once the host has started the game you will see a "Waiting for Host" screen pop up, then once the host has created a lobby in-game, it will launch the game for you
  6. Go to Network and join the host's in-game lobby.
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