WinXP SP2 and Age of Empires 2 problem

Mad · December 31st, 2004

My brother still play Age 2:conqueror, and hes complaing everytime he tries to play, he gets a "out of sync" error. and hes thinking its because SP2, before this error didnt happened.
I need your advice.

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RZetlin · December 31st, 2004

There's a lot of issues with AoE 2 running on Windows XP.

Despite it says the game box can run in XP, the game doesn't run my XP system.

The game only works when I run it in Windows 98 SE.

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Mad · December 31st, 2004

The strange thing is, it did run on SP1...

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RZetlin · December 31st, 2004

I did a search from the looks of it SP2 maybe the issue.

The games affected by Service Pack 2 are as follows:

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
Chess Advantage III: Lego Chess
Combat Flight Simulator 3
Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
.
.
. etc.

Did you get the AoE III update yet?

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Mad · January 1st, 2005

i look at M$ site, and AOE 2 wasnt on the SP2 list of broken games.
Thanks for the info.
Now to convience my brother SP2 is necessary.
He dont want to stop playing that old game....

EDIT: yeah he had the patch "c" for a long time.
I had disabled the built in firewall, dunno why the problem persists.

EDIT2: Found this info: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/ftl.html

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December 31st, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 3,300	WinXP SP2 and Age of Empires 2 problem My brother still play Age 2:conqueror, and hes complaing everytime he tries to play, he gets a "out of sync" error. and hes thinking its because SP2, before this error didnt happened. I need your advice. __________________ [Windows 7 RTM PRO X64] [Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L] [Intel E5200@2.5Ghz] [Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB DDR2 800MHz] [HIS HD4670 1GB GDDR3] [19" LCD SyncMaster T190] [Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB] [LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30] (@gigaherz) S.N.K.M.A.D.: Synthetic Networked Killing and Masterful Assassination Device

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December 31st, 2004	#2 (permalink)
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,913	There's a lot of issues with AoE 2 running on Windows XP. Despite it says the game box can run in XP, the game doesn't run my XP system. The game only works when I run it in Windows 98 SE. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP3 "Asu no Egao no Tame ni!" - So We Can Smile Tomorrow! Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/RZetlin

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Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 3,300	The strange thing is, it did run on SP1... __________________ [Windows 7 RTM PRO X64] [Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L] [Intel E5200@2.5Ghz] [Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB DDR2 800MHz] [HIS HD4670 1GB GDDR3] [19" LCD SyncMaster T190] [Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB] [LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30] (@gigaherz) S.N.K.M.A.D.: Synthetic Networked Killing and Masterful Assassination Device

December 31st, 2004	#4 (permalink)
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,913	I did a search from the looks of it SP2 maybe the issue. The games affected by Service Pack 2 are as follows: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings Chess Advantage III: Lego Chess Combat Flight Simulator 3 Command & Conquer: Generals Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 . . . etc. Did you get the AoE III update yet? __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP3 "Asu no Egao no Tame ni!" - So We Can Smile Tomorrow! Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/RZetlin

January 1st, 2005	#5 (permalink)
Mad AKA snkmad Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Brazil, Fortaleza-Ceará Posts: 3,300	i look at M$ site, and AOE 2 wasnt on the SP2 list of broken games. Thanks for the info. Now to convience my brother SP2 is necessary. He dont want to stop playing that old game.... EDIT: yeah he had the patch "c" for a long time. I had disabled the built in firewall, dunno why the problem persists. EDIT2: Found this info: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/ftl.html __________________ [Windows 7 RTM PRO X64] [Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L] [Intel E5200@2.5Ghz] [Corsair XMS2 DHX 4GB DDR2 800MHz] [HIS HD4670 1GB GDDR3] [19" LCD SyncMaster T190] [Samsung SATA II HD322HJ 320GB] [LG HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30] (@gigaherz) S.N.K.M.A.D.: Synthetic Networked Killing and Masterful Assassination Device Last edited by Mad; January 1st, 2005 at 20:08..