Can't get Age of Empires II: Age of Kings started (I've could it before !!!)

vegetassj2 · 08-12-2005, 04:25 AM

This is my xorg.conf:

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "single head configuration"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "be"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "COMPAQ S720"
	DisplaySize  320	240
	HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "nv"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection

I did NOT change anything

Perhaps I should try the nvidia driver

cya

warrion_2000 · 08-12-2005, 07:06 AM

Yes. I guess you should. Hope it works out for you.

warrion_2000 · 08-16-2005, 02:05 AM

Were you able to update your driver? How did it go?

vegetassj2 · 08-16-2005, 09:16 AM

I wasn't able to update it. It said I didn't had a matching kernel so I installed one and it still doesn't wanna install

warrion_2000 · 08-16-2005, 09:38 PM

Try going back to FC2 and install one of the 2004 versions of wine.

vegetassj2 · 08-17-2005, 04:07 AM

You mean downgread my system?
and if so, would I lose all my information?

warrion_2000 · 08-18-2005, 12:57 AM

If you downgrade your system you will loose all your data. You'll have to back your stuff up someplace.

vegetassj2 · 08-18-2005, 03:22 AM

darn...that will be 40GB just for my /home stuff -_-;;;;
isn't there another way to get the game work?
and if there isn't I have no choice but to delete the game and try it sometime else (FC4 maby...) I don't want to spend half a week burning information on CDs

cyA

Him · 08-18-2005, 02:59 PM

The fix is quite simple. I play AOE2 on Mandrake every day, it's a bit slow but that's cuz of my PC. Jusy run wine empires2.exe -- -opengl. It should work. Same for cedega. cedega empires2.exe -- -opengl.

warrion_2000 · 08-19-2005, 01:02 AM

Hi Him,

I was wondering what version of wine you use to play AoE2. And do you also play the conquerors expansion or just plane AoE2?

Thanks.

vegetassj2 · 08-19-2005, 04:17 AM

hey Him,

I tried what you told me but it didn't work. I still get the DirectDraw problem

Him · 08-19-2005, 07:42 AM

I use the May build of Wine. And I play just plain AOE2.

Actually it's weird, I have gotten the game to work on Wine before. Though the text looks all fuzzy and the game is a little slow actually. Maybe get a Cedega CVS build and try running the game with that?

vegetassj2 · 08-19-2005, 03:28 PM

Could you give me an URL where I can download CedegaCVS?

thanks

Him · 08-19-2005, 03:49 PM

Hum, in all honesty...i dont remember. Look for it in google? =P

florian_mrt · 08-28-2005, 04:59 PM

Hello Vegetassje (of moet ik zeggen Hallo?),

I love the game, and I would love to get it working back again on linux! Im using Fedora Core 4 now, the Wine version is 20050524. Age2_x1.exe runs, but only for the main screen. The font colors arent properly shown, the game settings interface are coming up even worse.... When I hit the Start game button, the game goes back to the terminal....

A shame it doesnt work, I was positively shocked the game runs already that far!

Is there anybody who has found the correct setup for the game so far?

Flo