Age of Empires 2 on Windows 7 has color issues

Anonymous
2009-05-15T17:57:15+00:00

Hello, i want to run Age of Empires 2 on my Windows 7 rc computer. But there are color issuse when i run it, the grass aren't green and the water isent blue. How should i do to fix this? I have try to run it complatify with windows xp service pack 2, and installd some driexct 9 drivers. but not result to better colors. I hope someone have a good answer, because i love this game.

Frozzare, Scout in Sweden

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Anonymous
2009-05-29T12:28:55+00:00

Go into task manager select the processes tab and end explorer.exe then alt-tab back into age of empires

Note: this will make your task bar disapear and any open folders

To restart explorer open the task manager agian in the aplications tab hit new task and type explorer in the box

The colours change because of the Aero theme's poor handling of colours

Edit:

You can also make a batch file with the following lines and place it in the same location as your age of empires 2 executable

taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe

age2_x1.exe

Start explorer.exe

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-29T16:55:00+00:00

    I didn't reall through all of the responses to see if this has been posted or not, but in case it hasn't:

    To remedy this issue, one thing I have tried that worked is to minimize the game using ALT + TAB and then opening the display setting dialog box, and changing the color depth from 43-bit to the only other available setting, which was 16-bit.

    Your mileage may vary. If you have options besides 16-bit and 32-bit, you might try those as well.

    Andrew Calhoun

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-11-21T06:58:44+00:00

    MyD00M has the answer.

    It sounds silly at first, and I told myself that this would not work, but I gave it a shot and it actually works like a charm. Simply right click on the desktop, open the Screen Resolution menu, and leave it open. Then start up the game and play with normal colors again.

    I use Windows 7 RC (x64).

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-11-20T20:47:23+00:00

    Hi I'm from Floridablanca, Colombia

    I have found a solution without kill explorer.exe. It works for old games as The House of Dead, Diablo II and AoE

    You have to create a shortcut for each game with this problem (for the .exe file). In properties, you have to add to the end of game path this: -d3d -d3d_setup (This execute the control panel of direct 3D, you have to check the option Force low resolutions and any game will work). This is only for the first time.

    With another game you only have to add -d3d at the path in the shortcut and it works.

    (I apologyze for grammatical mistakes)

    :)

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-11-14T14:10:26+00:00

    Don't be so ridiculous, that can't possibly... still, no harm in trying. What? What is this I see? Green grass? I don't know how or why, but thank you! God knows what on earth could be going through my computers mind... Thank you!

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