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==Issues unresolved==
 
==Issues unresolved==
 
===Bright flickering===
 
===Bright flickering===
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{{ii}} Some players report bright flickering effects during Chapter 3 and 6 of the game.<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/32800/discussions/0/864978835518918190/ White flickering at level 3-2 :: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North General Discussions]</ref>
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{{ii}} Some players report bright flickering effects during Chapter 3 and 6 of the game.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/32800/discussions/0/864978835518918190/|title=White flickering at level 3-2 :: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North General Discussions|date=May 2023}}</ref>
  
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{{Fixbox|description=Use [https://www.mediafire.com/download/bg6kisigvubppia/TLoTR+ReShade.zip ReShade Mod]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGH52FDo6M The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Graphics mod (ReShade)]</ref>}}
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===Frequent crashes on Windows 10===
 
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Revision as of 11:55, 26 December 2023

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North cover
Developers
Snowblind Studios
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive
Publishers
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows November 1, 2011
macOS (OS X) September 18, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 66
IGDB 66
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres RPG
Themes Fantasy
Series Middle-earth
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on HowLongToBeat
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on IGDB
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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North guide on StrategyWiki
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on MobyGames
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North on Wikipedia
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⤏ 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 2023
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2023

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person RPG game in the Middle-earth series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
Origin (unavailable)
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 [1]
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows

Version differences

Online co-op is not available in the Mac App Store version (LAN co-op is supported).[2]

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\32800\local\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\WB Games\War in the North\*.sav
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/32800/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
 
 Use Flawless Widescreen.
Multi-monitor
 
 See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
 
 See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
 
Field of view (FOV)
Use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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 and 120+ FPS
Capped at 120 fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.
In-game keyboard configuration settings.
In-game keyboard configuration settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
3 Co-op
Use Nucleus Co-op.[3]
LAN play
3 Co-op
Online play
3 Co-op
Not available in the Mac App Store version.[2]

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Lord of the Rings - War in the North.
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Bright flickering

Some players report bright flickering effects during Chapter 3 and 6 of the game.[4]
Switch to windowed mode[5]
Use ReShade Mod[6]

Frequent crashes on Windows 10

The game conflicts with Windows 10's Tablet Services, resulting in frequent crashing until they are shut down.
Shut down tablet services[7]
  1. Quit the game if it is currently running.
  2. Right-click the Windows icon on the lower-left corner of your screen.
  3. Select Task Manager from the menu which appears.
  4. On the window which appears, if in the lower-left corner of the window you see an arrow as well as the words "More details" next to that arrow, click the arrow.
  5. Under Background Services, end any tasks which begin with Tablet (case-sensitive).
  6. Close the window.
The game may immediately crash to desktop in Windows 10 when installed on disk drives other than the C Drive
Move Steam install of the game to C Drive[8]
  1. Find the game in your Steam Library.
  2. Right-click and go to Properties → Local Files.
  3. If not installed on the C Drive, click "Move Install Folder...".
  4. Select the option that corresponds with your C Drive - by default "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\".
  5. Wait for Steam to migrate the game files.
  6. Launch the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+		 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz
AMD Athlon X2 5000+
AMD Phenom X4 9600
System memory (RAM) 2 GB 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
ATI Radeon HD 2600
DirectX 9.0 compatible 		Nvidia GeForce 2xx series
AMD Radeon HD 6xxx series
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5 10.8.4
Processor (CPU) Intel 2.0 GHz Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM 512 MB of VRAM


Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. ↑ Origin - Products - last accessed on 7 June 2022
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mac App Store - The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
  3. ↑ Can I play in splitscreen? :: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  4. ↑ White flickering at level 3-2 :: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  5. ↑ White flickering at level 3-2 :: The Lord of the Rings: War in the North General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  6. ↑ The Lord of the Rings: War in the North - Graphics mod (ReShade) - last accessed on May 2023
  7. ↑ TLOTR: War in the North / Game Crashing Solution - last accessed on 2016-10-20
    "This fix is for anyone that has crashes in this game every 15 minutes on Windows. (In my case Win10) Before running the game, right click on the taskbar to open up the Task Manager. Looking at the Processes tab scroll through Background processes untill you find "Tablet Service" and any other Tablet related tasks. End these tasks. This will solve the issue."
  8. ↑ Possible Windows 10 fix - last accessed on 2019-12-09
    "Used steam's new option to move the game off of my external and on the ym C drive. Seems to work okay, no longer crashing on startup at least."