Edain startup errors need help

[Wanheda]

I have some popups that I screenshotted but I can't attach them because they are PNG. The first one says "Access to the path 'C:\Users\swift\AppData\Roaming\My The Lord of the Rings The Rise of the Witch-king Files\options.ini' is denied."
The second error I get is "Expected floating point value, math op, or predefined macro, but found 'ARCHER_VISION_SIDE'
Error parsing field'VisionSide' in block 'Object' in file data\ini\object\mapobjects.ini
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If someone knows how to fix this that would be wonderful.
-Wanheda

[Gnomi]

Deactivate 2.02.

Edain just works with the latest official patches, which are 1.06 for bfme 2 and 2.01 for rotw.

[Wanheda]

Ok I am still getting the first error. But the second error is gone. But now I am getting the "please insert the correct DVD-ROM, select OK and restart application.

[Gnomi]

Oh, I oversaw the first error. You can use the edain start fixer. It adds the options.ini to your game file.
You can try playing Edain through the normal rotw shortcut after activating edain. That helps a lot of player with the no DVD bug.
If you have no DVD (and used the crack of 2.02 to play the game), I can't help you here, as it is illegal. Sorry. (but you can find a ton of help on some discord servers)

[Wanheda]

Thank you for all your help. But im still having the the Insert cd error. If you could link me to some of the discords you were talking about that would be great.
Thanks again for all the help.

[Elendils Cousin 3. Grades]

Here's a link to the most popular Discord server in the english community: Click!

[gatosardina]

I have some issues too and i figured i would use this thread instead of creating a new one

I used to have edain mod installed and fully functional

i moved my Electronics Arts folder somewhere and then moved it back where it was, then updated edain mod to 4.5 (don't remember what the previous version was)

i started the game, but had an issue where after a few minutes the game would exit to desktop with no error message

i read a bit online and just reinstalled the game + edain mod, but now after i install edain i can't get the mod nor the base rotwk to launch, i get an error on startup

i tried this twice, first time i got an error regarding "elven arrow side" or something similar, now i did the whole process again and i'm getting an error saying "invalid sound 'AvalancheSnowSound' and some more error lines
i am using 1.06 (made sure via patch switcher) and i installed only v2.0.1, not 2.02

[Elendils Cousin 3. Grades]

Remove any sumbods you still have in your folder (Angmar campaign, balancepatches, etc.).

[gatosardina]

Remove any sumbods you still have in your folder (Angmar campaign, balancepatches, etc.).

the second time after uninstalling i deleted the electronic arts folder

i'll download directly the 4.5 setup instead of running the old one i had saved and updating

anything i could try in the mean time?

[Elendils Cousin 3. Grades]

i tried this twice, first time i got an error regarding "elven arrow side" or something similar, now i did the whole process again and i'm getting an error saying "invalid sound 'AvalancheSnowSound' and some more error lines

This sounds exactly like the error you get when there are still old files in your folder. Check your VirtualStore (C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts) for a RotWK folder. If you find anything in there, delete it.

[gatosardina]

This sounds exactly like the error you get when there are still old files in your folder. Check your VirtualStore (C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts) for a RotWK folder. If you find anything in there, delete it.

i deleted the folders of bfme 2 and rotwk but i'm getting the same error
i am no longer getting the "elven arrow side", but the invalid sound one

[Elendils Cousin 3. Grades]

Please take a screenshot of your RotWK folder, upload it to a site like imgur.com and post the link here. The upper half of the folder should be sufficient, files below dbghelp.dll shouldn't matter.

[gatosardina]

https://imgur.com/a/qoqkY7D
below data2 it's dbghelp already

[gatosardina]

ok so i uninstalled edain, then installed the 4.5 version directly (the version i had was 4.3, then i updated it)

the game now starts, but i'm getting the same issue i was getting at the very beginning with the game crashing to desktop after a few minutes

[Elendils Cousin 3. Grades]

Does this always occur after three minutes? In that case it's probably the autodefeat bug due to the copy protection by EA. How are you running the game? Are you using images?