Video card and driver compatibility with Age of Empires I and II

Posted: 11-06-2007, 11:54 AM

Lowana

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Hi I recently installed Age of Empires I (with the rise of rome expansion
pack) and Age of Empires II (with the conquerers expansion pack) from the
Age of Empires Collector's Edition. The installation went without a hitch
but when I go to play the game a box comes up saying 'Could not initalize
graphics system. Make sure your video card and driver are compatible with
DirectDraw. I've tried a few things but nothing works. Age of Mythology
works fine on my computer but I can't work out why these two games can't
work. Can u help me please.
Thanks,
Lowana.

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Dustin Harper

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Re: Video card and driver compatibility with Age of Empires I andII

Posted: 11-12-2007, 02:21 AM

You might try going to the Microsoft web site and download and install
DX9.1c. Some of the directX components are missing in Vista (not really,
but that's the simple answer!), so reinstalling DX9 does fix a lot of
issues. If that doesn't work, let us know.

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dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

Lowana wrote:

> Hi I recently installed Age of Empires I (with the rise of rome
> expansion pack) and Age of Empires II (with the conquerers expansion
> pack) from the Age of Empires Collector's Edition. The installation went
> without a hitch but when I go to play the game a box comes up saying
> 'Could not initalize graphics system. Make sure your video card and
> driver are compatible with DirectDraw. I've tried a few things but
> nothing works. Age of Mythology works fine on my computer but I can't
> work out why these two games can't work. Can u help me please.
> Thanks,
> Lowana.

same problem but still need help

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Re: Video card and driver compatibility with Age of Empires I and

Posted: 12-07-2007, 03:26 PM

i have the same problem but i cant find direct x 9 in the download center.
cloud you please help me find it for vista home premium?

"Dustin Harper" wrote:

> You might try going to the Microsoft web site and download and install
> DX9.1c. Some of the directX components are missing in Vista (not really,
> but that's the simple answer!), so reinstalling DX9 does fix a lot of
> issues. If that doesn't work, let us know.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
>
> Lowana wrote:
> > Hi I recently installed Age of Empires I (with the rise of rome
> > expansion pack) and Age of Empires II (with the conquerers expansion
> > pack) from the Age of Empires Collector's Edition. The installation went
> > without a hitch but when I go to play the game a box comes up saying
> > 'Could not initalize graphics system. Make sure your video card and
> > driver are compatible with DirectDraw. I've tried a few things but
> > nothing works. Age of Mythology works fine on my computer but I can't
> > work out why these two games can't work. Can u help me please.
> > Thanks,
> > Lowana.
>

Andy [YaYa]

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Re: Video card and driver compatibility with Age of Empires I and

Posted: 12-10-2007, 08:19 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/DirectX

For all your DirectX needs.

"same problem but still need help" <same problem but still need
help@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i have the same problem but i cant find direct x 9 in the download center.
> cloud you please help me find it for vista home premium?
>
> "Dustin Harper" wrote:
>
>> You might try going to the Microsoft web site and download and install
>> DX9.1c. Some of the directX components are missing in Vista (not really,
>> but that's the simple answer!), so reinstalling DX9 does fix a lot of
>> issues. If that doesn't work, let us know.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>>
>> Lowana wrote:
>> > Hi I recently installed Age of Empires I (with the rise of rome
>> > expansion pack) and Age of Empires II (with the conquerers expansion
>> > pack) from the Age of Empires Collector's Edition. The installation
>> > went
>> > without a hitch but when I go to play the game a box comes up saying
>> > 'Could not initalize graphics system. Make sure your video card and
>> > driver are compatible with DirectDraw. I've tried a few things but
>> > nothing works. Age of Mythology works fine on my computer but I can't
>> > work out why these two games can't work. Can u help me please.
>> > Thanks,
>> > Lowana.
>>

BigAl050

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Re: Video card and driver compatibility with Age of Empires I and II

Posted: 02-10-2008, 03:23 AM

I had the same problem with age of empires I and II. I tried eveything
you said Im stumped. Can you help me? Please?
BigAl050

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