There’s a color issue with Age of Empires 2 on Windows 7. You will get a corrupted color in game. Its not a driver issue or some directx compatibility. I think its just because of the Aero theme’s poor handling of colors.
So how to fix it? simply..
- Change to Windows Classic Theme
- Open the resolution changer window (Right click on your desktop, and select “Change Resolution”)
- Run Age of Empire game.
Now the color problem has gone.
Sounds silly?? nope.. IT WORKS!
Believe me, it really works..
There is a better fix…
Kill explorer.exe then start AGE2.
Nothing will screw up.
Why do you think killing explorer.exe is better fix? I would rather go for screen resolution fix..easy and not complicated
Killing the explorer.exe is easier then changing the theme settings.
Heres a solution:
Create a batch file that will both kill the explorer.exe file and start the Game.
After the game is ended, the explorere.exe will re-open.
So it’s hassle free!
Code:
taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
age2_x1.exe
Start explorer.exe
Open with notepad and save as Age2Start.bat
One problem, the Kill Explorer thing don’t work for me
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hayuu..
baliknya buru2 wae sih.
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join room : aoeplayer, pass : 123
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wow…its a simplest method…
thank you.
Change to classic theme doesn’t fix the problem!
did you open Screen Resolution window??
open it, and do not close it during playing!!