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Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* game will not run

Symptom(s):

One of  the following error message is shown:

Error:  "An error occurred while trying to initialize the display.  Please check that your video drivers are installed properly and then go to the Engine Options dialog to select a valid display mode".

Error:  "Fellowship has caused an error in KERNEL32.DLL.  Fellowship will now close."

In the configuration applet, no display modes are listed.

Cause:
The game requires 32-bit color support.  The Intel(R) 82810 and 82815 graphics controllers support a maximum of 24-bit color depth in 2D and 16-bit color depth in 3D.

Solution:

This game requires features that are not currently implemented by the referenced graphics hardware. To determine which graphics features are implemented on a particular graphics platform, refer to the product datasheet on http://developer.intel.com/.

Operating System:
Windows* 98, Windows* 98 SE, Windows* 2000, Windows* Me, Windows* XP Professional, Windows* XP Home Edition

This applies to:
Intel® 82810 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
Intel® 82815 Graphics Controller



Solution ID: CS-004811
Date Created: 06-Jan-2003
Last Modified: 26-Jun-2007
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