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.
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[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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