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I've been trying to figure out what's happening with my directplay vs my AOE 2
you can see most of the Information on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNTu2xxhrLA
We tried;
- The clean reinstall from voobly
- All windows updates
- DirectX updates
And it is still messed up when i try yo play on voobly.
Game Diagnostics
Non-DirectPlay game path is 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II'
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\language_x1.dll' exists...
Success!
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe' exists...
Success!
Voobly path is 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly'
Game version is '1.0C'
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\language_x1_p1.dll' exists...
Success!
Checking DirectPlay libraries...
Looking for dpwsockx.dll...
Looking for dplayx.dll...
'c:\windows\system32\dplayx.dll' size: 213504 bytes
DirectPlay Init Failure!
DirectPlay failed to load properly. This is probably an OS installation bug. You might need to reinstall your operating system. Windows 8.1 and later users can install DirectPlay through Control Panel -> Programs -> Turns Windows features on or off -> Legacy Components -> DirectPlay.
Please click start button of windows, search for: cmd
Then Right click it and run it as administrator.
A black window will pop up, please paste inside it the following code:
restart your computer and try again
I would also recommend Panda cloud cleaner to fix any potential system infections or corruptions:
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Let us know how is it working out for you.
http://www.voobly.com/pages/view/1623
does the game run ok off voobly completely? whats your resolution, have you tried lowering it?
try this
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Try this Resolution:
Cheers!
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Non-DirectPlay game path is 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II'
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\language_x1.dll' exists...
Success!
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe' exists...
Success!
Voobly path is 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly'
Game version is '1.0C'
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\language_x1_p1.dll' exists...
Success!
Checking DirectPlay libraries...
Looking for dpwsockx.dll...
Looking for dplayx.dll...
'c:\windows\system32\dplayx.dll' size: 213504 bytes
DirectPlay Init Failure!
DirectPlay failed to load properly. This is probably an OS installation bug. You might need to reinstall your operating system. Windows 8.1 and later users can install DirectPlay through Control Panel -> Programs -> Turns Windows features on or off -> Legacy Components -> DirectPlay.
There you can see Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion folder and Delete it.
Once again, There you can see Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion folder and Delete it.
Related Tags: #217718, Clean installation #KB1019.
Non-DirectPlay game path is 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II'
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\language_x1.dll' exists...
Success!
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe' exists...
Success!
Voobly path is 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly'
Game version is '1.0C'
Verifying 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\language_x1_p1.dll' exists...
Success!
Checking DirectPlay libraries...
Looking for dpwsockx.dll...
Looking for dplayx.dll...
'c:\windows\system32\dplayx.dll' size: 213504 bytes
DirectPlay Init Failure!
DirectPlay failed to load properly. This is probably an OS installation bug. You might need to reinstall your operating system. Windows 8.1 and later users can install DirectPlay through Control Panel -> Programs -> Turns Windows features on or off -> Legacy Components -> DirectPlay.
have a look here [ its for w8, you have w7 but should similar]:
http://www.voobly.com/forum/thread/217718
I've already done that
First sorry for the very late reply. your issue was really pretty weird and I understand how most it's frustrating for you. lOl
Anyway I'd like to suggest just last 3 things:
1 - [You must login to view link] this offline DirectX installer and run the setup as admin and install it.
2- Re-Register your dplay.dll file again as follows:
3- If still all the above suggestions fail to work then it must and should be related with your game copy. so, try get any another genuine game copy (i.e. Steam HD).
Hope this helps you well.