* Age of Empires / Mythology Doesn't Load *

[rwnewson]

Hi. I'm running Windows ME and I've updated all drivers and have DivX 5.05 and DirectX9. I still can't seem to run Age of Empires 2 or Age of Mythology. I used to be able to months ago but all of a sudden they dont work.

When I try to run AOE2, a black screen appears as if its loading, and then it just quits. Nothing else happens.

When I try to run AOM, an error message pops up saying "Error: Cannot open Main Window."

Anyone have a clue what's going on?

 

[rwnewson]

Here is some more information in case I'm not clear enough:

The following games run on my computer:
- Unreal Tournament
- Counterstrike
- Warcraft III
- Warcraft II
- The Sims

The following games do not run on my computer:
- Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings
- Age of Mythology

The following options are enabled in my SiS Video Control Panel:
- Refresh rate: Optimal
- Hardware acceleration: Full (max)
- Driver Mode: Single (only option)
- Primary Display Combination: VGA1
- VGA1 Support Modes: 1024x768, True Colour
- Gamma Correction: all values 1 (nominal)
- Video Settings, Overlay: One (out of 1 or 2)
- D3D Performance: between 70 and 110 fps - "high"
- Enable multi texture: off
- Use 16 bpp Z buffer: on

Seems to be a MYSTERY... Any ideas??

 

[poertner_1274]

I hate to ask, but are you using legal software to install this? I know you can have problems when trying to use a no-cd patch or something of that sort.

 

[Nic]

Try reading the readme file on the CD to check for known issues - see Microsoft support site also.

 

[rwnewson]

Hey guys... Sorry I've been gone on account of school. You know how it is. Anyways I thought I could correct this problem by upgrading to Windows XP. Indeed this helped a lot... but this particular problem is still there!

Please help me on the following new thread:
https://www.techspot.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6365

THANKS!!!