The problem is that one of the files you are downloading is corrupt -- it might be that when you first tried to download it, you encountered a communications glitch on your incoming line, and that corrupted the file as it was written to disk.
This video aims to demonstrate and document the two show-stopping issues with the steam-powered installer for Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO). 01:35 -- First Show-Stopping Issue (persistent problem launching after the update. the data files pre-expansion are not entirely compatible post-expansion. I saw a couple of posts on the Lotro forums about just deleting the data files (contained in the same folder as your launcher, named ***.dat should be about 12 of them or so) which is supposed to force the launcher to re-up the files * High resolution game data or "Hi-res Textures" are only recommended for 64bit versions of Windows, for users on 32bit Windows the 'standard resolution' download (direct link here) is required. code for exploring LOTRO data files. Contribute to jtauber/lotro development by creating an account on GitHub. steam can be a bit ropey with setting the launcher up, it doesnt always download the necessary initial files. if people get stuck with this issue go on the lotro site, then download the launcher on there. this will fix any files steam missed first time round, once the launcher is fixed you can cancel the lotro download and just continue with the "fixed" steam game.
Mac Client File Locations. From Lotro-Wiki.com. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Contents. Right click on "The Lord of the Rings Online™.app" (Yes this is the same name. This is the actual game-client.) both when patches actually exist as well as for each launch when LOTRO checks the files (including .dat files). If there is any The latest Tweets from LOTRO (@lotro). Welcome to the Official Twitter feed for The Lord of the Rings Online, the only massively-multiplayer game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece!. Needham, MA For The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "LOTRO Standard and High Quality". My PC can handle the higher specs and I was wondering if there was an upgrade I could download or if I would need to uninstall and reinstall the Higher Quality version? If the "Very High" option is Download LOTRO Companion for free. A companion for your LOTRO activities. It manages characters of the Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) MMORPG. It allows you to: can't wait for the updates. The only issue is that it seems to take a really long time to fetch character data or refresh. I wonder if that is a problem with the LOTRO servers Plugin Compendium Configuration Files(work in progress) When LPC installs new plugins, it will look for a file with a .plugincompendium file extension in the download it uncompresses. This file helps it know a few specifics regarding an install. What the id, name, and version of the plugin as it is states on lotro interface for the install.
Hey all, I know by now all of you have probably heard numerous accounts of this problem where when I install the game, I cannot actually play it because the game will freeze when updating files in the launcher. browse to your lotro install folder and rename both client_highres.dat and client_highres_aux_1.datx to .old, this will mean lotro is not able to recognise the files and you will loose the highres textures this is what we want The problem is that one of the files you are downloading is corrupt -- it might be that when you first tried to download it, you encountered a communications glitch on your incoming line, and that corrupted the file as it was written to disk. The Lord of the Rings Online™ Finally, I decided to uninstall LOTRO completely, deleting all related data from Steam game folder before installing it again. And yet when I start the game client it keeps failing at CheckDatFiles failed ("Unable to decrypt and deserialize the data downloaded from the server") Neither firewall nor any kind EDIT: Stuck on 77% with checking DAT files Some people have this problem too, but I haven't found a solution for this. Thanks in advance! The Lord of the Rings Online™ It is a Valve/Steam thing that DOES NOT WORK for LOTRO. All it does is re-download the entire game and forces you to begin patching all over again. I hope this help you guys, dont forget to drop a like and hit that big fat subscribe button Note though that the first image is a DDO installation, and the second is LOTRO and both reflect the contents of a "High Resolution" installation which has some extra files, (mainly "client_hires.dat").
client_highres_aux_1.datx is a file which lotro must have as it contains extra textures which will no longer fit into the normal clienthighres dat file which has now grown over 4gb. if you delete the file lotro will attempt to redownload if the patching process hasnt completed or passed the datx downlad stage, if the file is missing you will experiece missing textures ingame
Plugin Compendium Configuration Files(work in progress) When LPC installs new plugins, it will look for a file with a .plugincompendium file extension in the download it uncompresses. This file helps it know a few specifics regarding an install. What the id, name, and version of the plugin as it is states on lotro interface for the install. Within there you may find a "Program Files (x86)" folder. If so, double-click to open that. Within it should contain either a 'Turbine' folder or one named for the game (e.g. either Dungeons and Dragons Online for DDO or The Lord of the Rings Online for LOTRO) and if it does right-click on that folder, choosing delete (if you receive an access denied message, be sure that the game launcher as Hello, I've played F2P some-what time ago and I remembered there was a high and low resolution download and after looking on the site there still is (for PC atleast). I'm downloading now from Steam and I wonder what version does steam have for download? The high, or low resolution? I'm quite new to Lotro, actually I haven't played it for more than 1,5 hours I think. 1) Download the .zip file. 2) Extract the CombatAnalysis folder from inside the .zip file into your LOTRO "Plugins" directory: "(My) Documents/The Lord of the Rings Online/Plugins" (you may need to create this folder if it doesn't already exist, which has to be called Plugins with a capital "P"). some of the files are big. time depends on your cpu, disk speed. control/alt/delete and bring up task manager. then performance tab. at bottom click on open resource monitor. Double click on it and it will open a finder window with instructions to drag the file "The Lord of the Rings Online(tm).app" to the adjacent Applications Folder. which grabs its data from Akamai. See: Mac Client Akamai Installation; and Mac Client Happy Cloud Installation; The Steam download of LOTRO of the Mac Client for LOTRO