Sorry your browser is not supported!

You are using an outdated browser that does not support modern web technologies, in order to use this site please update to a new browser.

Browsers supported include Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera, Internet Explorer 10+ or Microsoft Edge.

Geek Culture / aoe II stopped working :(

Author
Message
HZence
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Mar 2003
Location:
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 04:26
Link
I guess the last time I played was a night before I left to go away. I closed it, came home later (never turned my comp off) and I keep getting an error: Age of Empires II has encountered an error and needs to close.

Try as I may I can't get it to work again. I've uninstalled and reinstalled so many times I think i'm going crazy. It couldn't be the disk because I never took out of the CD drive and still haven't. I've also tried reinstalling to a brand new directory, restarting, etc. No luck.

i doubt anyone here will be able to offer help but it really pisses me off to say the least. damn, this was one of my favorite games, and like unreal tournament 2003 (which was another favorite) it stopped working for no apparent reason. gah.

p.s. UT could still run, i just couldn't connect to the internet with it.


Team EOD :: Programmer/Storyboard Assistant
Back to top
Profile PM
Ian T
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Sep 2002
Location: Around
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 05:05
Link
Well it's just possible you'll have forgotten to restart through all this, so I'll just mention it . It's possible a fragment of the task is still hanging in your memory.

Can't think of anything else...

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
Back to top
Profile PM
Phaelax
DBPro Master
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Apr 2003
Location: Metropia
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 08:49
Link
AoE usually won't run if the machine has been on for awhile. It's usually best to play the game after a fresh reboot.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
mm0zct
20
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 18th Nov 2003
Location: scotland-uk
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 20:16
Link
just try leaving you pc completely off for an hour or so, ie completely unplug it so there is no power whatsoever to completely clear any residual data in ram that may be causing it, if it still doesn't run then run a virus scanner.

http://www.larinar.tk
AMD duron 1.3G, 640Mb ram, 40Gb HD, ati saphire radeon 9600 atlantis w/128mb ddr ram, good creative-labs soundcard, cd-rw + dvd drives.
Back to top
Profile PM Email
HZence
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Mar 2003
Location:
Posted: 20th Dec 2003 23:53
Link
like i said i already tried rebooting, and turning my computer completely off, but i didn't try unplugging it entirely to free any excess memory. thanks mm3zct I'll try it

any other suggestions, keep 'em coming.


Team EOD :: Programmer/Storyboard Assistant
Back to top
Profile PM
Phaelax
DBPro Master
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 16th Apr 2003
Location: Metropia
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 01:46
Link
I knew someone who had Age of Mythology. It worked for awhile, then one day it just stopped working. Tried everything. Could be something in the registry, cause that's the only thing that wouldn't be cleared from an uninstall. Then again, we must remember that this is a Microsoft game.
Back to top
Profile PM Email Website
Ian T
22
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 12th Sep 2002
Location: Around
Posted: 21st Dec 2003 19:49
Link
True. Reinstalling sometimes dosen't do it. For example, once Micrsoft Works stopped working on me out of nowhere. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and nothing changed. But after I manually removed the registry entries and trace program files, and installed it, it worked again . I recommend you try that.

--Mouse: Famous (Avatarless) Fighting Furball

A very nice %it, indeed.
Back to top
Profile PM
HZence
21
Years of Service
User Offline
Joined: 9th Mar 2003
Location:
Posted: 22nd Dec 2003 00:52
Link
Alright. I used to have a really good program that showed you what registry keys were used by what programs, but I lost it after I reformatted. Anyone have a suggestion as to what to use?


Team EOD :: Programmer/Storyboard Assistant
Back to top
Profile PM
Back to top

Login to post a reply

Server time is: 2024-09-21 01:26:09
Your offset time is: 2024-09-21 01:26:09