Age Of Empires II Conquerors color issue on Windows Vista

[Dhruv]

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Hey Guys,

I'm running Windows Vista as my opearting system. The problem is that whenever i try to play Age Of Empires II Conquerors on my system, the colors of the game becomes dull and after pressing the Alt Tab keys it seems to be working fine. I had never seen such type of issue in my life. Can any body tell me that why i'm having such problem on my pc? What is wrong with my pc? Kindly help me out to get rid of the above issue.

Thanks a lot.

[Ninja-X]

Even me too was having the same problem on my pc. Just follow the below steps to resolve your problem.

Try to bring up your task manager by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete. then select task manager, then right click on AoE2. then click on "Set Affintiy, then uncheck CPU1 and then try to play the game on your system.

[reddevil6]

Check out your graphic cards whether they are working properly on your system. Also try to update your driver and install the latest drivers on your pc.

[louislam]

I have made a tool called "AOE2 Launcher for Win7 1.0" to fix your problem
It is more convenient.!

[Locke]

Hey guys, new guy here, I decided to post this in here so that I didn't start a new thread (sorry if this is thread has been "dead" for too long). Anyways, I used to have this same color issue with AoE 2 on Vista, but now, the problem won't go away! I've tried Alt+Tabbing, or going back to desktop, but even when I get back in the game, the colors simply revert back to looking like a radiation zone after a few seconds. I've also tried the task manager thing that Ninja-X suggested, but it still doesn't work!

[GaMeR-BoY]

Even i am not much familiar with this color issue but what i guess is that there might be some issue with your system . I meant your system might won't be meeting with the games requirements. Would like to suggest you to check the same. here it is:

• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/XP/NT 4.0 with service pack 5
• Multimedia PC with a Pentium 166 or higher processor
• 32 MB of Ram for Windows 95, 98, ME, 64 MB for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
• 80 MB of available hard disk space (in addition to the original Age of Empires II required disk); additional 100 MB of hard disk space for swap file
• Quad-speed or faster CD-ROM drive
• Super VGA with 2 MB of video memory
• Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Here it is, i guess it is not compatible with Vista. try to use it in XP compatibility mode. Hope it work fine.

[Locke]

It's definately not a problem with my computer; it's less than a year old, and can run more demanding games with ease. This problem seems to be widespread amongst Windows Vista/7 users.

Originally Posted by gamer-boy

Even i am not much familiar with this color issue but what i guess is that there might be some issue with your system . I meant your system might won't be meeting with the games requirements. Would like to suggest you to check the same. here it is:

• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/XP/NT 4.0 with service pack 5
• Multimedia PC with a Pentium 166 or higher processor
• 32 MB of Ram for Windows 95, 98, ME, 64 MB for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000
• 80 MB of available hard disk space (in addition to the original Age of Empires II required disk); additional 100 MB of hard disk space for swap file
• Quad-speed or faster CD-ROM drive
• Super VGA with 2 MB of video memory
• Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
• Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device

Here it is, i guess it is not compatible with Vista. try to use it in XP compatibility mode. Hope it work fine.

[Adamaris]

This is due to poor handling of colors. The issue mostly related to the game which you are playing. The first thing you can try is trying to update drivers. I faced this issue in my Windows 7 were first I stop the process of explorer.exe from task manager and then click on file > new task > explorer.exe. Hit enter and then relaunch the game. If still that does not work then you have to obtain a new setup of the game.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Adamaris

This is due to poor handling of colors. The issue mostly related to the game which you are playing. The first thing you can try is trying to update drivers. I faced this issue in my Windows 7 were first I stop the process of explorer.exe from task manager and then click on file > new task > explorer.exe. Hit enter and then relaunch the game. If still that does not work then you have to obtain a new setup of the game.

What are the drivers again? Is there some sort of thing I need to download to fix them? Sorry, like I said, I'm not a computer wiz. Anyways, I tried the task manager like you suggested too, and it still didn't work.

[Mario2]

Originally Posted by Locke

What are the drivers again? Is there some sort of thing I need to download to fix them? Sorry, like I said, I'm not a computer wiz. Anyways, I tried the task manager like you suggested too, and it still didn't work.

I think that you need to update your video/graphic card driver to the latest version. Also it would be good if you can tell us your computer specifications. You can run Age of Empires II Age of Kings in a WINDOW using the mod downloadable from this site in Brazil:

http://www.ageofempires2.com.br/?pag...oad-aoc-janela and click on "faça o download aqui" to download.

Unzip to your Age directory and launch the AoC.exe to run.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by mario2

I think that you need to update your video/graphic card driver to the latest version. Also it would be good if you can tell us your computer specifications. You can run Age of Empires II Age of Kings in a WINDOW using the mod downloadable from this site in Brazil:

http://www.ageofempires2.com.br/?pag...oad-aoc-janela and click on "faça o download aqui" to download.

Unzip to your Age directory and launch the AoC.exe to run.

Thanks for the link...but you can you be specific as to how to do this? I tried moving the file into the CD, and it said I needed a w writeable disk. Is there some other palce that AoC files are stored? How do I access this AoC.exe?

Sorry for all the questions.