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The Two Towers Recompiled v1.1
A native Windows PC port of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Xbox, USA, 2002), made by static recompilation. It needs your own copy of the game, either the disc image (ISO) or an extracted folder. No game data is included.
⚠ Work in progress. The game is fully playable, but this is an early release and not everything works perfectly yet. More updates and bug fixes are coming.
Recommended settings
• Run the game at 30 fps, the frame rate it was made for. The 60 fps and unlocked options are experimental and make crashes and audio problems more likely.
• If the game crashes or freezes, just restart it. Problems are often one-time, and the same spot usually works on the next try.
New in 1.1
Optional mods
Off by default; turned on in the launcher.
• ECTS 2002 HUD (experimental): recreates the HUD from the pre-release build shown at ECTS 2002.
◦ Character portrait on the health sword, with a curved cross-guard.
◦ Plain blue experience gauge with a rune orb that fills as you enter combos.
◦ Combo names (Speed / Fierce / Special / Mixed) in the game's own font.
◦ EXP readout, and the kill rating moved beside the gauge.
◦ Matching loading-screen tip.
• Orange health pickups: the green health vials glow orange, as in pre-release and making-of videos.
Graphics
• New brightness, sharpening and colour settings, in the launcher and in game (F10).
• Improved character shadows.
• Widescreen no longer stretches the menus, so the level-select highlights line up with the icons.
Input
• Controller, keyboard and mouse only reach the game while its window is in front. Set background_input=1 to let the controller through anyway.
• The click that brings the window to the front no longer counts as an attack.
• Stuck keys are released automatically.
• A pushed controller stick takes priority over the keyboard.
Stability and audio
• Less sound crackling and fewer music dropouts at higher frame rates.
• Crashes, freezes and closed windows are now written to the log for bug reports.
• Texture dumping fixed, for mod makers.
Known issues
• Character shadows can still look off or stringy in some scenes.
• Occasional crashes and freezes, most often while a movie is loading or playing (for example going into Amon Hen). Restarting the game usually gets past it.
• Audio problems: some crackling and music cutting out, mostly at 60 fps and unlocked frame rates.
• The ECTS 2002 HUD mod is experimental, and a piece of it may appear out of place on an odd frame.
When reporting a bug, please attach twotowers_log.txt from the game's folder.
Install

  1. Download TwoTowers-Recompiled-v1.1-win64.zip and extract it to its own folder. Don't put it inside your game folder.
  2. Run The Two Towers Recompiled.exe and point it at your ISO or extracted game folder.
  3. Set your graphics options, then press Play.
    See the README for settings, controls, troubleshooting and building from source.
    Downloads
    • TwoTowers-Recompiled-v1.1-win64.zip: ready-to-play build
    • TwoTowers-Recompiled-v1.1-source.zip: source code
    Disclaimer
    This is a fan project for educational and preservation purposes only. I own no rights to The Lord of the Rings or its affiliates. All rights to the game and its content remain with their respective owners. This project is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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