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Lotr The Return Of The King Tm Hile
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The Return of the KingDevelopers
macOS (OS X)
Publishers
Release dates
WindowsOctober 31, 2003
macOS (OS X)March 30, 2004
Reception
Metacritic78
5,600 m (10 reels) 5,557 m (Czech Republic) 5,600 m (Finland) Negative Format. 35 mm (Eastman EXR 50D 5245, Kodak Vision 500T 5279, EXR 200T 5293, SO214) Cinematographic Process. Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) Dolby Vision. Filename: size: fileversion: description: autorun.cfg: 1kb. Autorun.exe: 604kb. 1.2.0.189: Electronic Arts AutoRun: autorungui.dll: 552kb. 1.2.0.29: AutoRun GUI.
2Game data
3Video settings
5Audio settings
6Network
8Other information
Warnings
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).⤏ Go to series page
The Hobbit1982
The Fellowship of the Ring1985
The Shadows of Mordor1987
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth1988
The Crack of Doom1989
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II1992
The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)2002
The Return of the King2003
War of the Ring2003
The Hobbit (2003)2003
The Battle for Middle-earth (series)
The Lord of the Rings Online2007
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest2009
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North2011
Lego Middle-earth (series)
Guardians of Middle-earth2012
Middle-earth: Shadow (series)
Journeys in Middle-earth2019
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game2019
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum2022
Availability[edit]SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail SafeDisc v3 DRM[Note 1]. 
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).DemoGame data[edit]Configuration file(s) location[edit]SystemLocation
Windows %USERPROFILE%DocumentsROTK.ini
macOS (OS X) 
 Folder LOTR Return of the King Data may be named differently, based on the system language.Save game data location[edit]SystemLocation
Windows %USERPROFILE%Documents
macOS (OS X) 
Video settings[edit]Video settings.
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD See Widescreen resolution. Cutscenes & menu backgrounds are not in 4k
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedSee Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPSFrame rate is capped at 62 FPS.
Widescreen resolution[edit]Widescreen fix[citation needed]
Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
Extract lotr.7z files to the installation folder (password: lotr).
Edit lotr.ini to set the resolution.
Notes
 Supported exe size: 2 874 232 bytes.
Windowed[edit]Use DxWnd[citation needed]
Download and extract DxWnd.
Start DxWnd.
Click Edit and Add.
Type in the name of the game.
In Path type in a path to your ROTK.EXE file.
Check fields: Hook enabled, Run in a Window, Hook all DLLs and Remap Client Rect.
Go to a Video tab and check the field: Prevent Win Maximize.
Go to a DirectX tab and check: DirectX8.
Click OK and start the game without closing DxWnd.

Developers
macOS (OS X)
Publishers
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 2003
macOS (OS X)	March 30, 2004
Reception
Metacritic	78

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail	SafeDisc v3 DRM^{[Note 1]}.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%DocumentsROTK.ini
macOS (OS X)

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%Documents
macOS (OS X)

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution	See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD	See Widescreen resolution. Cutscenes & menu backgrounds are not in 4k
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	See Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 62 FPS.

Widescreen fix^{[citation needed]}
Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000. Extract `lotr.7z` files to the installation folder (password: lotr). Edit `lotr.ini` to set the resolution. Notes Supported exe size: 2 874 232 bytes.

Use DxWnd^{[citation needed]}
Download and extract DxWnd. Start DxWnd. Click Edit and Add. Type in the name of the game. In Path type in a path to your ROTK.EXE file. Check fields: Hook enabled, Run in a Window, Hook all DLLs and Remap Client Rect. Go to a Video tab and check the field: Prevent Win Maximize. Go to a DirectX tab and check: DirectX8. Click OK and start the game without closing DxWnd.

Input settings[edit]Input settings.
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menusExtreme mouse declaration applied to a cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller supportTriggers not recognized.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Audio settings[edit]Audio settings.
Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround soundShown as '3D' sound.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lostNo option to disable it.
EAX support
LocalizationsLotr The Return Of The King Tm HileLanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
German
RussianFan translation by «ENPY Studio/Spirit Team»
Network[edit]Multiplayer typesTypeNativePlayersNotes
Local play2 Co-op
Requires a controller.
LAN play
Online play
VR support[edit]3D modesNative Notes
vorpXG3D
User created game profile, requires D3D8to9 wrapper, see vorpx forum profile introduction.
Other information[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus	Extreme mouse declaration applied to a cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support	Triggers not recognized.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound	Shown as '3D' sound.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost	No option to disable it.
EAX support

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
German
Russian	Fan translation by «ENPY Studio/Spirit Team»

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op Requires a controller.
LAN play
Online play

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX	G3D User created game profile, requires D3D8to9 wrapper, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Lotr The Return Of The King Tm Hile
Lotr The Return Of King Tm Free
The Return of the KingDevelopers
macOS (OS X)
Publishers
Release dates
WindowsOctober 31, 2003
macOS (OS X)March 30, 2004
Reception
Metacritic78
5,600 m (10 reels) 5,557 m (Czech Republic) 5,600 m (Finland) Negative Format. 35 mm (Eastman EXR 50D 5245, Kodak Vision 500T 5279, EXR 200T 5293, SO214) Cinematographic Process. Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) Dolby Vision. Filename: size: fileversion: description: autorun.cfg: 1kb. Autorun.exe: 604kb. 1.2.0.189: Electronic Arts AutoRun: autorungui.dll: 552kb. 1.2.0.29: AutoRun GUI.
2Game data
3Video settings
5Audio settings
6Network
8Other information
Warnings
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).⤏ Go to series page
The Hobbit1982
The Fellowship of the Ring1985
The Shadows of Mordor1987
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth1988
The Crack of Doom1989
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II1992
The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)2002
The Return of the King2003
War of the Ring2003
The Hobbit (2003)2003
The Battle for Middle-earth (series)
The Lord of the Rings Online2007
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest2009
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North2011
Lego Middle-earth (series)
Guardians of Middle-earth2012
Middle-earth: Shadow (series)
Journeys in Middle-earth2019
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game2019
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum2022
Availability[edit]SourceDRMNotesKeysOS
Retail SafeDisc v3 DRM[Note 1]. 
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).DemoGame data[edit]Configuration file(s) location[edit]SystemLocation
Windows %USERPROFILE%DocumentsROTK.ini
macOS (OS X) 
 Folder LOTR Return of the King Data may be named differently, based on the system language.Save game data location[edit]SystemLocation
Windows %USERPROFILE%Documents
macOS (OS X) 
Video settings[edit]Video settings.
Graphics featureStateNotes
Widescreen resolution See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD See Widescreen resolution. Cutscenes & menu backgrounds are not in 4k
Field of view (FOV)
WindowedSee Windowed.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPSFrame rate is capped at 62 FPS.
Widescreen resolution[edit]Widescreen fix[citation needed]
Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
Extract lotr.7z files to the installation folder (password: lotr).
Edit lotr.ini to set the resolution.
Notes
 Supported exe size: 2 874 232 bytes.
Windowed[edit]Use DxWnd[citation needed]
Download and extract DxWnd.
Start DxWnd.
Click Edit and Add.
Type in the name of the game.
In Path type in a path to your ROTK.EXE file.
Check fields: Hook enabled, Run in a Window, Hook all DLLs and Remap Client Rect.
Go to a Video tab and check the field: Prevent Win Maximize.
Go to a DirectX tab and check: DirectX8.
Click OK and start the game without closing DxWnd.
Input settings[edit]Input settings.
Keyboard and mouseStateNotes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menusExtreme mouse declaration applied to a cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller supportTriggers not recognized.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Audio settings[edit]Audio settings.
Audio featureStateNotes
Separate volume controls
Surround soundShown as '3D' sound.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lostNo option to disable it.
EAX support
LocalizationsLotr The Return Of The King Tm HileLanguageUIAudioSubNotes
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
German
RussianFan translation by «ENPY Studio/Spirit Team»
Network[edit]Multiplayer typesTypeNativePlayersNotes
Local play2 Co-op
Requires a controller.
LAN play
Online play
VR support[edit]3D modesNative Notes
vorpXG3D
User created game profile, requires D3D8to9 wrapper, see vorpx forum profile introduction.
Other information[edit]Lotr The Return Of King Tm FreeAPI[edit]ExecutablePPC32-bit64-bitNotes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
System requirements[edit]Windows
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS)98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
AMD Athlon 700 MHzIntel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz
AMD Athlon XP 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)128 MB256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)2.0 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible 64 MB of VRAM
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS)10.2.6
Processor (CPU)PowerPC 74xx
PowerPC G4
System memory (RAM)256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)2 GB
Video card (GPU) 3D accelerator 
32 MB of VRAM
Notes↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
References↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

⤏ Go to series page
The Hobbit	1982
The Fellowship of the Ring	1985
The Shadows of Mordor	1987
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth	1988
The Crack of Doom	1989
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I	1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan	1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II	1992
The Fellowship of the Ring (2002)	2002
The Return of the King	2003
War of the Ring	2003
The Hobbit (2003)	2003
The Battle for Middle-earth (series)
The Lord of the Rings Online	2007
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	2009
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North	2011
Lego Middle-earth (series)
Guardians of Middle-earth	2012
Middle-earth: Shadow (series)
Journeys in Middle-earth	2019
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game	2019
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum	2022

Windows
Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 700 MHz AMD Athlon 700 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon XP 1.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	128 MB	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.0 GB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	64 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.2.6
Processor (CPU)	PowerPC 74xx PowerPC G4
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	3D accelerator 32 MB of VRAM

Executable	PPC	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)