If you launch a match and all your buildings explode and you instantly lose after exactly three minutes and thirty seconds, the game's anti-piracy system has triggered. This happens if the game detects a mismatched serial key or an improper registry entry.
The game will not launch without this file. If the patch.rar did not include one, you must create it in AppData\Roaming\My Battle for Middle-earth Files . Note: For Windows 7 and later, this directory is hidden. bfme 1 and 2 windows vista 7 patchrar