Comments on: Middle Earth

By: HerringTree

HerringTree — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:13:03 +0000

This one is being stubborn for me. I’m on a mac, I have resaved all xml files due to the timestamp issue. I have deleted the Usermaps folder to allow the program to re-create it. I have successfully run the Japan and India maps that also had the timestamp issue, but this one crashes even at the lowest graphic options. If anyone has anything else I can try, please advise.

By: snoopy55

snoopy55 — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:22:01 +0000

Try this – go into the map folder and open and save RRT_Depots.xml, RRT_Goods.xml, RRT_Tunnels.xml. This will reset the timestamp to the current date. The game uses the newest file and the Original files on the MAC version have newer datecodes, so it chooses them over the maps files.

By: Spre4der

Spre4der — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:51:22 +0000

I have a bug. Always if I open the map in Sid Meiers, the game crashes. By the way, i am playing on a mac. Can anyone help me?

By: snoopy55

snoopy55 — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 05:24:28 +0000

Not trying to be a smart-a** here, but you do know that you can only have one map loaded at a time? You cannot have the Xmas map from Firaxis installed either.

Go here for info: http://smrsimple.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=32143#p32143

By: helidrive

helidrive — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 07:06:18 +0000

middleearth does not work on my pc.
it terminates without comment to the desktop.
i have a core i7-3930 cpu and work on windows 7 64bit.
vga is a nvidia geforce gtx650 ti boost.
middleearth is only one of any other maps they also dont work
is there any solution

By: Brian Preece

Brian Preece — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:01:54 +0000

Looks like people haven’t been playing this map for a while, but I think it’s a great one. I particularly like the fact that tunnels are really expensive, but there’s lots of high mountains with deep ravines through them. This means you have to be more careful with routing, almost like a surveyor looking for the best route. So even when I had enough money to afford tunnels, I decided to do without them anyway and got a much more interesting layout, with long sinuous lines. The only thing I didn’t like was that there was only one source for nitrates and this had to be fed from sources which in themselves required nitrates. However, overall a very enjoyable map

By: Warll

Warll — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:04:23 +0000

Use map shifter C http://www.smrsimple.com/2010/09/smr-map-shifter-c/

It automates the process thus avoiding small mistakes which often trip people up.

By: Jimbobbedyjobob

Jimbobbedyjobob — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:27:34 +0000

Hey… Not sure what I am doing wrong, but this map doesn’t appear in my menus. Yes, it’s in teh User Maps folder, along with the 16,472.3 .FPK files.
Is there anything in particular I should do with these puppies? Just slinging them in the User Maps folder workd for t’others.

By: Dom11

Dom11 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 19:44:55 +0000

Excellent map. Very enjoyable.
Metropolises do shrink upon level-up but that does not influence the gameplay.

By: Stormer01

Stormer01 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:28:28 +0000

Nope tried twice couldn’t get this one to work