I'm having problems with UP and voobly. My vertical scrolling is much slower than my horizontal scrolling. Did any of you experience this isssue and can it be fixed?
Sorry for the trouble, xFictionx. A few questions: Are you using any different color/interface options on Voobly (32-bit color, windowed mode, UP style game interface, Voobly style left/right/center game interface)? Does it seem that the problem is caused by any of these options? Does it always happen, or only sometimes? Is it only during multiplayer, or also when watching recs/single player? Do you see the issue with Standard UP 1.3, as well? Thanks!
Hi,
I'm not using any interface options on Voobly. It happens in single player as well as in multiplayer and always. When I use the standard UP it actually feels the other way round, say it stutters on horizontal scrolling. Weird i know but that's what it feels like. But in general the scrolling feels much slower and more stuttering in Voobly. Apart from the vertical horizontal issue, it seems to me that it also stutters more when moving over crowded areas like TCs or larger woods. Is this only for me or a general issue with the 32bit drawing and conversion? I am using a Core i7 with HD 4000 graphics card.
Hmm, do you get the issue with the original 256 color fullscreen mode?
On voobly, disable 32-bit and windowed mode options.
On standard 1.3, just delete wndmode.dll from the age2_x1 folder.
Could you also screenshot your game while it's happening on voobly?
Are the tournaments played with MQ (multiple unit) or with SQ? I think it would be better if MQ was forced. If u get used to it, and a game is played with SQ than everything can go wrong and vice-versa.
Other thing is the Mirror vs Team random option. Mirror shoud be in vup too.
Now my problem: If I install the tool to fix my 1.0 c exe, my 1.3 exe is bugged.. If I install the tool to fix the color bug of my 1.3 exe, my 1.0c file is bugged again (and vic versa)..
All you need to do is extract the content of "Age2_x1 - Updated" into your age2_x1 folder. You can also use your SetupAoC.exe to make changes afterwards. Works like a charm for me.
slaca, the Team Random option will work exactly like the Voobly Mirror option in a coming update. About the name, the only reason it wasn't called Mirror in the first place is that the word "Mirror" doesn't exist in the original game's language files lol. Since the UP project can't change any files except age2_x1.exe (or mod compatibility breaks), the Team Random name was made by combining "Team" and "Random", so it would hopefully make some sense in most languages by default.
I'm guessing that the black screen issue is related to win8 and its loss of native 256 color support. korikoma, if you right-click age2_x1.exe, select properties, and enable compatibility for Windows 7, does it work?
fireboy, for the music playlist, it's possible that either the volume is too low (the volume sliders are very sensitive), or you are missing DirectShow codecs for your music file types. For the volume possibility, please increase both Sound Volume and Music Volume to max from the main menu options (they are linked), and then see if you hear your music once gameplay begins. If you do, then adjust the volume sliders from that point until it's a comfortable volume.
If you hear nothing on max volume, try adding a .wav format music file to the playlist, since wav files don't require any codec support. You can find the Cricket.wav file in the "Age of Empires II\Sound\terrain" folder to test with. If the wav file plays, then you may need to install DirectShow codecs for your other file types. Many music players, like Media Player Classic, embed codecs inside themselves, so it may seem like the codecs are installed on the system when they aren't.
If you don't hear even the Cricket.wav file, it may be the whole "running the game as admin" or "not running as admin" thing because of the "Compatibility Files" system in Windows Vista and later.
korikoma and fireboy, if these suggestions don't fix stuff, we can try to find the problems directly by borrowing the aofe live support chat: http://forgottenempires.net/live-support/
We might be away when you arrive, so please wait if possible.
Sorry for the trouble!
first of all thanks for the answer.. i tried to change that but it was still the same black screen...anyway i decided to uninstall the game & deleted everything related to age of empires then installed again ... good news it's working now..i don't think i have any issues at the moment... I didint even change anything from age2_x1.exe looks all good thanks!!
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