Vista - Age of Empires 2 Issues

I found DXport but have no idea how to use it. Call me a computer noob, but I
have no idea what an NAT device is or even how to forward the ports.

I have a Belkin Wireless N Router (Model F5D8233-4v3).



"mmmangos" wrote:

You guys still playing this game?


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Those having "toxic grass" problems - I experience it too when running vista and have found a workaround:

Start the game, and then once it loads pause the game. If the colours look weird, press ALT+TAB to get back to windows. Right click on the desktop and click personalize, then display settings. Set your colour depth to 16 bit. Press ok.

Then go back into the game and the colour issues will be resolved.

However if you start a new game, the problems will reoccur so the next time, repeat the process. (it its currently in 16 bit, changing to 32 again will fix it).

Those with networking issues - if you're on the same lan (ie both in your house using the same router) switching the vista firewall off will solve your problems.

If you're behind a router and playing online then you'll either need to forward the ports or use hamachi as AOE2 predates UPnP.

I have a similar problem as the OP in regards to the "toxic waste".

What happens to me, and this has only happened to me last night for the
first time, is that within five minutes of gameplay, the computer
screens pixels will change color to what is known as 'toxic waste'.

Whenever I minimize the screen, the colors change back to what they
were, but the pixels usually revert within a matter of minutes. I have
never had this happen to me before.

I read this thread and any other thread I could find on google, but
none of the suggestions have actually helped me.

Could anyone think of a reason why this is happening? I think this is
the strangest thing - that colors change for no reason, no matter how
many times I start a new game or turn off my computer and start again.

Anyways, thanks. Hopefully I can get some help.


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Jellybean -

When you get the colour problems and minimize, try changing the colour depth to 16bit. Does that help?

If they keep reverting the chances are you have something running at the same time that is showing notification (skype, msn or something) that is messing up the colour mode. Try exiting all non system essential programs before running the game. This includes pointless motherboard system tray icons.

Vista Kid;3760390 Wrote:i also have the same problem(i own age of empires 2 the
conqurers)......i have two operating systems on my computer,
1.Windows XP
2.Windows vista

i had only 95 mb of space left in my comp....i opened my XP and it
crashed
(blue screen)saying that the errors could be-
1.less disk space etc...

so,i opened vista n cleared all my useless data....then around 2 gb was
left but then too blue screen comes....

help would be really appreciated..


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I just bought a new computer with Vista Home Premium, and I'm trying to get it to run AoEII, but after I installed it, the program would open, run for like 5 seconds, and then quit. It wouldn't let me start a single-player game or even create my own scenario. When it gets back to the Windows screen, it suggests a "solution" for why it wouldn't run, which was to try the Compatibility Pack. Tried it. Still didn't run. Tried disabling the INVIDIA display adapter. Still didn't run. Tried installing DirectX9. Still didn't run. Am I doing something wrong?? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don't think it's an issue with the display driver, but I could be wrong.

Please help. I just want to play the game I purchased. Have Vista
Ultimate, plenty of memory and speed. ATI Radeon Xpress 1150. All my
drivers are up to date. The Direct X is up to date. Alt/Tab-ing used to
work but no longer does. Its all "toxic waste grass" all the time now.

I have Alt Tabbed
I have switched from 16 to 32 bit
I have run as Admin
I have run in compatibility mode for XP
I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice.
Basically I have tried everything I have read here and any other forum
I could find, and nothing as worked. Obviously this is what I get for
buying a game that wasn't designed for *edit* Vista. After I bought it,
I read this was a common problem and MS was not going to release a patch
for it, but has anyone ever come up with anything? Any help would be
appreciated.


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Can anyone help me? I am running AOE II on windows vista ultimate. In multiplayer, I can create or join a game but as soon as we start, my game crashes. Runs fine on single player. No issues with the Firewall....Suggestions anyone?

Thanks.

I have a toshiba satellite A505, with 4 gig of sdram, intel core duo 2
gigahert processor, intel graphics media accelerator drivers, mobile
intel 4 series express chipset family (?monitor?), it's all brand new. I
am running windows vista home premium. I can install ages II, with
expansion pack, no problem, but can not get the game to start. says it
encountered a problem... unspecified at that. i have tried windows xp
compatibility mode, and uninstalling and reinstalling, have tried just
about everything, here and all that i can think of... can a powerful
laptop run this game? any help out there?? i love ages 2 conqeruers...
:-(


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