Age of Empires II loads... but won't start!

rafael_lobo · 01-31-2009, 09:29 AM

Hello, I recently bought the Age of Empires II game, and while I was on vacations, in another town, it runned perfectly (on Windows Vista). Now I moved back home, but it doesn't run on my computer! When I put the CD, everything goes fine, there are no problems on the installing process, but when I click the game to start, the loading screen appears, as usual, than it disappears and it's done! The game should have started after that. My specifications:

*Windows XP
*2.00 GHz
*1.99 GB RAM
*Graphics card - Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (224 MB)

If that also helps, my computer was a Linux when bought, than, later, XP was installed.

What I tried already

I searched for answers before I decided to post here, but what I found didn't help me start the game. I'll post below what I tried.

On Start>Run>dxdiag>Display tab, I did both DirectDraw and Direct3D tests, and the two of them had no problems.

On Control panel>System>Hardware tab>Device Manager, there were no yellow or red flags (I don't know what this means

).

I was also told to go on the compatibility tab of the shortcut icon's properties, and to turn on 'Exexute this program in compatibility mode', than try all different options:

-Windows 2000: the same happens, the loading screen appears, than nothing else happens.
-Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5): it asks for me to put the correct CD in, tho it's already there!
Windows 98/Windows Me or Windows 95: the loading screen appears, than it disappears and the common message saying 'The Age of Empires II met a problem and had to be closed'.

That's all, please help me if you have an idea, or ask any questions I didn't put in the post!

Thanks!

**pharoah** · 01-31-2009, 10:13 AM

have you tried updating your drivers?

rafael_lobo · 02-01-2009, 08:28 PM

I guess not, how do I do that?

d4rkv · 02-01-2009, 08:47 PM

I was so friendly and Google them out. Also because you play
one of my favorite games of all the time

Since I didn't know what version you use of XP - I took Home Edition.
That's the link for your graphic card drivers:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...45&submit=Go!"

And if the game supports Direct x, if this wasn't direct3d at that time:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/directxdownload.html

It might take a sec. till the site is loading or press refresh.

Mcninjaguy · 02-01-2009, 10:30 PM

download directx directly from microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

01-31-2009, 09:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
rafael_lobo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Age of Empires II loads... but won't start! Hello, I recently bought the Age of Empires II game, and while I was on vacations, in another town, it runned perfectly (on Windows Vista). Now I moved back home, but it doesn't run on my computer! When I put the CD, everything goes fine, there are no problems on the installing process, but when I click the game to start, the loading screen appears, as usual, than it disappears and it's done! The game should have started after that. My specifications: Windows XP 2.00 GHz 1.99 GB RAM Graphics card - Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family (224 MB) If that also helps, my computer was a Linux when bought, than, later, XP was installed. What I tried already I searched for answers before I decided to post here, but what I found didn't help me start the game. I'll post below what I tried. On Start>Run>dxdiag>Display tab, I did both DirectDraw and Direct3D tests, and the two of them had no problems. On Control panel>System>Hardware tab>Device Manager, there were no yellow or red flags (I don't know what this means). I was also told to go on the compatibility tab of the shortcut icon's properties, and to turn on 'Exexute this program in compatibility mode', than try all different options: -Windows 2000: the same happens, the loading screen appears, than nothing else happens. -Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 5): it asks for me to put the correct CD in, tho it's already there! Windows 98/Windows Me or Windows 95: the loading screen appears, than it disappears and the common message saying 'The Age of Empires II met a problem and had to be closed'. That's all, please help me if you have an idea, or ask any questions I didn't put in the post! Thanks!

01-31-2009, 10:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
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02-01-2009, 08:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
rafael_lobo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Re: Age of Empires II loads... but won't start! I guess not, how do I do that?

02-01-2009, 08:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
d4rkv Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17 OS: Vista HP (64bit) My System	Re: Age of Empires II loads... but won't start! I was so friendly and Google them out. Also because you play one of my favorite games of all the time Since I didn't know what version you use of XP - I took Home Edition. That's the link for your graphic card drivers: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filt...45&submit=Go!" And if the game supports Direct x, if this wasn't direct3d at that time: http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/directxdownload.html It might take a sec. till the site is loading or press refresh.

02-01-2009, 10:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: Age of Empires II loads... but won't start! download directx directly from microsoft.com http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en