It said
"<DirectX tool is on -- if you experience problems such as crashes it's recommended that you disable this tool in the "Game" menu.>
<Visual mods have been enabled -- if you experience problems such as crashes it's recommended that you turn them off in the "Mods" menu. List of mods: 1.6 Map Pack, AoC Custom Scenarios>"
After I have turned off the visual mods, it still said
"<No 8-bit modes available so forcing 32-bit rendering!>
<DirectX tool is on -- if you experience problems such as crashes it's recommended that you disable this tool in the "Game" menu.>"
Up to now I still cannot be spectator to view game sometimes.
This happens since I use a new computer.
Can you help?

Please make sure you are using the recommended game room settings:
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Hi Chris,
I have followed the setting.
However, I still cannot spec game.
The following statement came out after I joined a room:
<DirectX tool is on -- if you experience problems such as crashes it's recommended that you disable this tool in the "Game" menu.>
<Warning: Hardware acceleration has been disabled. This may cause crashes or sluggish game play. Only use this mode if you have game crashes without it enabled. You can find this setting in Game->DirectX->Disable Hardware Acceleration.>
<Visual mods have been enabled -- if you experience problems such as crashes it's recommended that you turn them off in the "Mods" menu. List of mods: 1.6 Map Pack, AoC Custom Scenarios>

Please perform a clean installation of the game:
AOK/AOC: [You must login to view link]
AoE II HD: [You must login to view link]

Then re-apply the recommended game room settings:
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Important: please use the installer to perform the clean installation of the game.

hi cris i have a clear installation and i have followed the instructions on this website [You must login to view link] but i still cant spectate games, can you help

What happens when you try to spectate a game?

hi i get the message "the game has been started" and then the screen gets dark for 1 second after which the game doesnt start

this happens with 9 out of 10 games i want to spectate and this is happening since the last update in july

Does it crash? Any event log entries?

no crash and no event log entries

Perform a clean installation of the game.

AOK/AOC: [You must login to view link]
AoE II HD: [You must login to view link]

Then re-apply the recommended game room settings:
[You must login to view link]

If the problem persists, perform a clean installation of the Voobly client:
[You must login to view link]

hi i have re-installed the voobly client and the problem still persists, also: this problem only occurs when i want to spectate 1.6 games, can you help?

Try deleting the 1.6 patch and 1.6 game data and re-enter the lobby. Wait for the download to complete. Does it work now?

And please paste me the game diagnostics.

Non-DirectPlay game path is 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old'
Verifying 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old\language_x1.dll' exists...
Success!
Verifying 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe' exists...
Success!
Voobly path is 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly'
Game version is '1.0C-VLY'
Verifying 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old\language_x1_p1.dll' exists...
Success!
Checking DirectPlay libraries...
Looking for dpwsockx.dll...
Looking for dplayx.dll...
'c:\windows\system32\dplayx.dll' size: 215552 bytes
DirectPlay Init Success!
Scanning installed DirectPlay games...
Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion [found]
Game was found in DirectPlay registry!
DirectPlay play thinks the game is installed at 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old'
DirectPlay command line is 'Lobby'
DirectPlay play thinks the game exe is at 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old\AGE2_X1\age2_x1.exe'
Verifying file exists... Success!
DirectPlay play thinks the language dll is at 'c:\program files (x86)\nieuwe map.old\language_x1.dll'
Verifying file exists... Success!
Scanning 'c:\program files (x86)\voobly\gamedata\AOC\age2_x1.exe'
Success!

Everything looks fine. DirectPlay is configured and the game was found on your harddrive. If you still have problems try rejoining the lobby or restarting your computer.

Posted Yesterday, 9:03 pm
Try deleting the 1.6 patch and 1.6 game data and re-enter the lobby. Wait for the download to complete. Does it work now?

no it doesnt work, i can send you a video of what is happening?