• Age of Empires 2: Could not initialize graphics system.
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Right. I'm currently in a car, It's nighttime, and ontop of that, it rains like hell outside. So what am I supposed to do? Play some old games on my Netbook, ofcourse! Anyway, as I browse through my library of currently installed games, I found, to my delight, that I had installed AoE 2. "Hooray!", I think to myself, as I double click on the icon saying "Empires2.exe". The screen flashes for 0.5 seconds, and then I'm greeted with this popup: [IMG]http://i32.tinypic.com/4g6v0g.png[/IMG] What am I supposed to do, FP? :ohdear: Netbook specs: CPU: Intel Atom N270, 1.6 GHz GPU: Intel Mobile 945 RAM: 1GB DDR2 OS: Windows XP
Is this the only game that acts like this? Other games work fine?
[QUOTE=BrQ;23500666]Is this the only game that acts like this? Other games work fine?[/QUOTE] Other games work just fine.
Do you have DirectX 9 installed, and do you have drivers for your graphics card installed? If not, install these and try again. [editline]damn[/editline] Nevermind, got ninja'd by your reply that it didn't happen in other games, so ignore this.
[QUOTE=AntonFTW;23500695][b]Do you have DirectX 9 installed[/b], and do you have drivers for your graphics card installed? If not, install these and try again. [editline]damn[/editline] Nevermind, got ninja'd by your reply that it didn't happen in other games, so ignore this.[/QUOTE] AoE 2 is a 2D game, it doesn't use any form of 3D acceleration at all. :v:
[QUOTE=RixxzIV;23500748]AoE 2 is a 2D game, it doesn't use any form of 3D acceleration at all. :v:[/QUOTE] I thought AoE2 used DirectDraw which is part of DirectX.
Check DXDIAG to see if DirectDraw is working properly Also try using the Windows 2000 compatability mode.
[QUOTE=AntonFTW;23500802]I thought AoE2 used DirectDraw which is part of DirectX.[/QUOTE] Oh, sorry, yes, that's correct. [editline]09:03PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Richard Simmons;23500816]Check DXDIAG to see if DirectDraw is working properly Also try using the Windows 2000 compatability mode.[/QUOTE] Done and done. DirectDraw worked properly, and the compability mode did nothing.
You playing with/out expansion packs?
[QUOTE=RixxzIV;23500748]AoE 2 is a 2D game, it doesn't use any form of 3D acceleration at all. :v:[/QUOTE] But it uses DirectDraw, which existed till DX9
DX9 has DX8 in it. His directx shouldn't be the reason. AoE2 w/ the expansion is regonized as a compatible game with that device. Things to do, or clearify -Download latest redistribute of DX9.0. -Download latest IGP drivers.
Reinstalled DX9 and reinstalled the drivers. Didn't help.
try running a program that forces the game to run in windowed mode. I found a program from the dark depths of the internet [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?i4ah7a9u16odlti[/url]
Compatibility mode shouldn't be needed for AoE2, as i've run it on all operating systems i owned just fine (XP, Vista, 7, including 64bit). [img]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3908/properties.png[/img] Try launching it with these options.
[QUOTE=Victis;23514529]Compatibility mode shouldn't be needed for AoE2, as i've run it on all operating systems i owned just fine (XP, Vista, 7, including 64bit). [img]http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3908/properties.png[/img] Try launching it with these options.[/QUOTE] Doesn't work.
Anything in the event viewer? (start -> run -> eventvwr.msc) Also are you using SP2 or 3?
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;23519027]Anything in the event viewer? (start -> run -> eventvwr.msc) [b]Also are you using SP2 or 3?[/b][/QUOTE] Windows XP Home Service Pack 3. Also, I decided to stop being a lazy bum and do some googling myself, and managed to accidentally enter some fake warez site, something which gave me a trojan. Motherfucker's dead now, though. Anyway, the point of me writing that, there's a major shitload of people who's having the same problem as I do. No idea what's causing it. I mean, the 5770 in my desktop runs it without any problems at all. (And I've got Windows 7 on that bitch. I don't even have to use any compability modes).
did you ever try runnin in windowed mode? My desktop had this problem when I brought it over to my buddies for a lan, and I use it on a friends computer to stop BSOD's
[QUOTE=Shrooms;23524689]did you ever try runnin in windowed mode? My desktop had this problem when I brought it over to my buddies for a lan, and I use it on a friends computer to stop BSOD's[/QUOTE] Didn't work, either.
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