Lotr The Return Of King Tm

Academy Award record holder “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” took the world and box office by storm in 2003. This modern classic closes off the epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Here are 51 exciting things you might not have known about The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The Lord Of The Rings series is known by many as one of the most impressive and iconic works in the history of film. Three epic main films and three slightly less epic prequels concluded by The Return Of The King, which (in its extended form) clocks in at over four hours long.
Return of the King does a fantastic job of putting you into the world of the movie through its graphically stunning reproductions of the film's war-torn sets, smooth transitions from thrilling cinema clips into exciting gameplay, top-notch voice work by the trilogy's actors, and music drawn from the flick's epic soundtrack.
Long live the king! The Part 3 jinx that plagued The Matrix, The Godfather and the original Star Wars can't contaminate The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. New Zealand director, pro.

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

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 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

Availability[edit]

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

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Demo

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%Documents<Localized LOTR Return of the King Data>ROTK.ini
macOS (OS X)

Lotr The Return Of King Tmp File

Folder LOTR Return of the King Data may be named differently, based on the system language.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%Documents<Localized LOTR Return of the King Data>
macOS (OS X)

Video settings[edit]

Video settings.

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 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.

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.

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 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 settings[edit]

Audio settings.

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

Localizations

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

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

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

VR support[edit]

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

Other information[edit]

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API[edit]

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

System requirements[edit]

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

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