LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth I & II EditingDiscuss any modding related issues to do with the Lord Of The Rings: Battle For Middle Earth I and II RTS games here.
I'm not sure if it applies to BFME, but in RA2 the no. of players had to be set at 8 due to the IPX protocol of network play, in English, that means it needed 8 players otherwise LAN and Internet play wouldn't work. I'm not sure if it worked in Skirmish or not. Sorry I can't be of more help