Age of Empires 2: AoC expansion

[ambientmf]

Try opening up the Screen Resolution window by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting 'Screen Resolution', then run AoE.
You might have to enable some compatibility settings for it.
I have the following settings enabled:

• Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP Service Pack 2
• Disable visual themes
• Disable desktop composition
• Disable display scaling on high DPI settings
• Run as administrator

Without those settings, as well as without opening up the Screen Resolution window, AoC's colors are screwed up for me.
I'm using the latest DirectX 9.0c and modified 185.68 Forceware drivers for my Quadro FX 570M (laptopvideo2go.com).

 

[Raddest]

Hi ambientmf,

Yea I've tried all of those, it seemed very random at best.

The way I'm getting around this now is, once you're in game and the colours are screwed, push F10, go to options, then change the resolution to 800x600, then change it back to 1280x768. For now this seems to be working.

Also, you need to have the resolution screen from windows open too. hah.

 

[Monazo]

Hello,
When I try to play the AoE with other players, somebody always loses connection. Sometimes it's another player, sometimes I fall. But the problem is when I try to play under Windows 7.
1-With some players and me under vista everything runs OK.
2-With some players without me, they can play OK.
3-With some players and me under Windows 7 we can never play.

Note> the other players always play under windows xp

The problem begins when the game starts (when the game starts on the map)

 

[morfeu]

I searched in whole Internet for a solution and I found one

Go into task manager select the processes tab and end explorer.exe then alt-tab back into age of empires
Note: this will make your task bar disapear and any open folders
To restart explorer open the task manager agian in the aplications tab hit new task and type explorer in the box
The colours change because of the Aero theme's poor handling of colours


Edit:
You can also make a batch file with the following lines and place it in the same location as your age of empires 2 executable

taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
age2_x1.exe
Start explorer.exe

 

[Anarchitect]

People posting fixes here are true heroes!
As internetpeoples we can be proud of ourselves.

 

[morfeu]

That's what we are for

 

[RichB]

I too had this problem, and found no acceptable solution until this morning....

Go to http://www.ageofempires2.com.br/?pag=download-aoc-janela
and click on "faça o download aqui" to download a mod. Unzip to your Age directory and launch AoC.exe.

This will run Age of Empires 2 The Conquerers in a window!

 

[JButts]

When you configured that windowed mode patch, are you able to play the game in full widescreen?

Here's the original source for that patch, btw: AoC VEG MOD 2.0beta (new: windowed mode, configs) - Age of Kings Heaven Forum

 

[RichB]

When you configured that windowed mode patch, are you able to play the game in full widescreen?

Here's the original source for that patch, btw: AoC VEG MOD 2.0beta (new: windowed mode, configs) - Age of Kings Heaven Forum

No. This mod does not add any new resolutions to the game. AOE2 only supports 3 resolutions: 800x600, 1024x768, and 1280x1024. When I use it on my 1280 monitor, it actually goes to full screen on the 1280 setting.... but only when the game actually starts. The main menu, lobby and intros are all in 800x600.

 

[poseidon]

Hi. I have installed win7 on my pc. I was very happy it worked very good......

However, I wanted to play aoc. When I started the game the gras and the trees were not green like they used to be.

Can anyone help me please? I have tried everything from above and nothing worked. Please reply fast I am totally desperate.

 

[rkballa]

I searched in whole Internet for a solution and I found one

morfeu's solution surprisingly works.. thanks a lot.

 

[kyzawarrior]

SOLVED

Hello , it's quite simple . Just start the game and then press ctrl+alt+del ( task mngr) , go to processes and end process named EXPLORER.exe

This is because of colors on desctop they're 32 bit with bad scripts , that's why the game is fu*ked up ...

Anyway i got another problem now , we're on hamachi with friend that have a notebook with winxp 32 and when he host the game i can see it but i can't connect , and when i create the game he can't see mee ...

( tryied : FW off , Compatibility modes and Run as Administrator ) help pls

 

[Xenochria]

Hello , it's quite simple . Just start the game and then press ctrl+alt+del ( task mngr) , go to processes and end process named EXPLORER.exe

This is because of colors on desctop they're 32 bit with bad scripts , that's why the game is fu*ked up ...

Anyway i got another problem now , we're on hamachi with friend that have a notebook with winxp 32 and when he host the game i can see it but i can't connect , and when i create the game he can't see mee ...

( tryied : FW off , Compatibility modes and Run as Administrator ) help pls

WOW

I have tried literally every solution ever, and bam, this works. Thank you so much.

 

[AeonGamer]

Hello , it's quite simple . Just start the game and then press ctrl+alt+del ( task mngr) , go to processes and end process named EXPLORER.exe

This is because of colors on desctop they're 32 bit with bad scripts , that's why the game is fu*ked up ...

Anyway i got another problem now , we're on hamachi with friend that have a notebook with winxp 32 and when he host the game i can see it but i can't connect , and when i create the game he can't see mee ...

( tryied : FW off , Compatibility modes and Run as Administrator ) help pls

ehhh uhhh why would you NEED Hamachi at ALL
TCP/IP connect is pretty much LAN mode for AoE 2/2 Conq
me and some buddies play like that often.

 

[kyzawarrior]

because we're on one same internet router ... and there's not network here ...

 

[The Coldest]

Hello , it's quite simple . Just start the game and then press ctrl+alt+del ( task mngr) , go to processes and end process named EXPLORER.exe

This is because of colors on desctop they're 32 bit with bad scripts , that's why the game is fu*ked up ...

Anyway i got another problem now , we're on hamachi with friend that have a notebook with winxp 32 and when he host the game i can see it but i can't connect , and when i create the game he can't see mee ...

( tryied : FW off , Compatibility modes and Run as Administrator ) help pls

damm that work! Nice thank you

 

[fpr]

Hi, same problem with aoe2.

I have an hp pavilion dv7 3020es laptop, ati mobility radeon hd 4530.
Working with laptop's monitor, the problem of strange colors happens in all resolutions.

Working with an external monitor, it works fine on 1024*768 but have same problem with 1280*1024 (his standard resolution)

The solution of cancelling explorer.exe process worked. Thanks for the solution

 

[adamzx]

it works, dont ask why.

I havnt been able to solve the issue, but a work around is:

1.Change desktop theme to windows classic and then,
2.Open the screen resolution window
3.Then load AoE

(saves closing explorer.exe)

For some reason this removes the 'red grass effect', if it doesnt first up, once in a game, simply tab out and back in. Both steps must be completed for me. Simply bringing the resolution up doesnt help.

Enjoy.

 

[jayb86]

Its quite annoying that the only way that seems to resolve this is by doing the end explorer task. I have another issue, It will only allow me to play the game in 1024 by 764, the 1280 by 1024 is greyed out. This is rather annoying. Upon checking my resoultion in my laptops settings, the max i can select is 1440 by 900. As "by 900" is the largest i can select, is this what is stopping me from selecting this resolution in aoe ? The only thing that gets to me if this is the case, I was able to play it in this resolution when I had Vista installed. Please help, I may have to go XP if cant get these things sorted.

 

[acruzn]

I still like to play the original Ages of Empires.(after adding the expansion pack)

I had corruption of the seas and I tried the various options in the Compatibility tab to no avail. I tried out morfeu's batch file solution, after substituting the correct executable.(empiresx.exe, in my case) It works although the game starts minimized.

As he said all icons and bars go away, you are left w/ a blank screen and the tag button for AOE. You click on the button and select Restore, then the game starts. When I exit the game, the desktop is restored quite nicely.

KUDOS, morfeu!!!

If anyone has a suggestion on keeping the game from starting out in minimized mode, I would be thankful.

Angel Cruz
Centreville, VA