Battle for middle earth II Demo tomorrow on gamespot

[bingham67]

This game wicked good graphics and animation dam the flying dragon wiped out whole of my dwarf army 2 hour session i won in the end was great.

 

[Prospector]

I think the game looks really good. Nice use of shaders, especially for an RTS and the performance is good too. I haven't played a lot yet, but it seems kinda similar to the old one except for improved base building.

 

[dlittley]

Anyone else notice a lack of 1280x1024 option? Or am I blind?

 

[AsLan]

Downloaded it from http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/demos/ but van'y run it as its XP only. Anyone know if there's a way around this.

 

[Cuchulain]

It hasn't got 1680 x 1050 support either

 

[.:MBK:.]

This game wicked good graphics and animation dam the flying dragon wiped out whole of my dwarf army 2 hour session i won in the end was great.

lol yeh that dragon is mental at lvl 1 or lvl 10...of course at lvl 10 i wouldnt like to get in its way hehe

 

[Rincewind]

well, i'm not downloading it then, MBK keep the installer file on your hard drive please, may have to pop round later...

/edit: scrub that, have got a good speed now.

 

[.:MBK:.]

lol i let my pc spend 4 hours downloading it over night....so can you and besides how do you propose i put a 1.4gb installer onto a disc when i lack a dvd burner

 

[Freeman]

I loved the first BFME and the 2nd one is exactly like the first in terms of gameplay IMO. So anyone who didn't like the first one, i doubt you'll like the 2nd.

 

[Sweetloaf]

Anyone else notice a lack of 1280x1024 option? Or am I blind?

If it's anything like the first game, go to

Documents and Settings->Your Name->Application Data->My BFMEII files, open up the options and simply replace the set resolution with your desired resolution. (Make sure hidden files are shown btw)

This is how the original game could be set to a higher res than 1024x768, unsure if it's the same?

 

[TheOtherOption]

Mine runs fine at 1600x1200 - had the option in game to set it to that ... i would have thought 1280x1024 would be there - i didn't notice cos i went straight for 1600x1200

 

[Freeman]

1280x960 is there, i used it and it works just as well as 1280x1024 for me

 

[VaderDSL]

If it's anything like the first game, go to

Documents and Settings->Your Name->Application Data->My BFMEII files, open up the options and simply replace the set resolution with your desired resolution. (Make sure hidden files are shown btw)

This is how the original game could be set to a higher res than 1024x768, unsure if it's the same?

worked a treat cheers

 

[Sweetloaf]

worked a treat cheers

Pleasure

All I need now is time to download this myself

 

[Rincewind]

lol i let my pc spend 4 hours downloading it over night....so can you and besides how do you propose i put a 1.4gb installer onto a disc when i lack a dvd burner

umm, hard drive? lol. it corrupted on download, going again now...

 

[.:MBK:.]

like i can be bothered to dig out some of my old 10gig drives...most of which probably dont work now lol....besides that means pulling down more of those messy power cables from my PSU

 

[gazozborne]

Has anyone else noticed the shadows are really blocky?

just having a go on the demo and the footmen have dodgy shadows:

Theirs something in the readme about ATI cards having problems with them but i have a 6800

 

[Freeman]

Has anyone else noticed the shadows are really blocky?

just having a go on the demo and the footmen have dodgy shadows:

Theirs something in the readme about ATI cards having problems with them but i have a 6800

I have a 6800GT as well and mine are blocky, even turned up to full >.<

 

[VaderDSL]

yeah I noticed that too, but put it down to it being a demo

 

[MoNkeE]

Possibly because highly detailed shadows would cripple your performance?

-RaZ