I installed Age of Empires II for Mac on my Macbook (10.5.8) today, and I downloaded and installed the 1.0.6 patch to enable it to run, but while that allowed the game to start, I still cannot even get to the main game menu. Whenever I launch the game, after the introductory movie, the game turns off and states (multiple times) that "A required file could not be found. Please re-install Age of Empires II." I re-installed it (and the patch), but this did not solve the problem. The files that I'm told cannot be found are as follows:
sounds_x1.drs
gamedata_x1.drs
gamedata_x1_p1.drs
sounds.drs
graphics.drs
terrain.drs
interfac.drs
gamedata.drs
After going through all of those error messages, another error message pops up:
"Could not initialize graphics system. Make sure that your video card and driver are compatible with DirectDraw.
Error"
After this the game quits. I don't understand it--this is a new game, fresh out of the box. What in the world is going on, and how do I fix it?
Age of Empires II is a twenty year old game you will have to install in compatibility mode with windows 2000 or xp and as admin and then it might not work as you already know.
I think the game may need direct x to run
Problem apple does not have direct x
research on internet is pointing to emulating windows on Mac
and running dirext x in emulation ?
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The error message you got would show up in the following scenarios:
1. DirectX not up-to-date.
2. Video card drivers old.
3. The game being played with a not supported video card.
Check for the above mentioned and it should be either one of them.
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you probably need a new one but i know its a collector's edition but get a new one and im gives age of empires age of kings away
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Make sure your Direct X installation isn't corrupted and that you have the latest video drivers. Visit the microsoft website for a Direct X installer.
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it always had bad graphics so run the combalibility mode to windows xp
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