Age Of Empires messed up colours


  1. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64; Ubuntu 18.04
       #1

    Age Of Empires messed up colours


    This has happened on all of the 2D games (AOE 1 thru AOE2x), however, I was able to fix the first game by updating the gpu drivers. However, all other are completely messed up in colours. This is not the classic colour glitch on AOE2 and AOE: ROR, where the water and grass get slightly corrupted, this is like rainbow vomit; it's like the former glitch, but everywhere. Taking a screenshot is hard because the output comes out completely dark.

    How can I fix this problem?
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  2. Posts : 3,785
    win 8 32 bit
       #2

    Are you running it in compatibility mode for older Windows?
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  3. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64; Ubuntu 18.04
    Thread Starter
       #3

    yes, I've tried every compatibility mode setting + some colour fixes and patchers. Nothing worked thus far. I am confined to play the games on an old Dell Laptop from 2010
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  4. Posts : 3,785
    win 8 32 bit
       #4

    You could use free virtuabox and run virtual pc with any o/s. AOE is an old game I used to run it on 486
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  5. Posts : 1,210
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (XP, 98SE, 95, 3.11, DOS 7.10 on VM) + Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx
       #5

    Is this how you are seeing it now



    Try changing to a Non Aero theme before starting the game. It should work.

    Compatibility settings. These should also work
    Windows XP + SP3
    Run in 256 colors
    Disable Visual themes
    Disable Desktop composition
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