HI, I CAN PLAY AOE RISE OF ROME IN HD WITHOUT PROBLEMS, BUT MY FRIEND HAS A PROBLEM, WHEN WE LET'S START A GAME, APPEARS THE MESSAGE: "Could not initialize graphics system. Make sure that your video card and driver are compatible with DirectDraw". HE HAS A CORE I7 LAPTOP, WITH NVIDIA GF 2GB, RESOLTION 1920X1080.
PLEASE ANYBODY HAS A SOLUTION?

HOLA, PUEDO JUGAR AOE RISE OF ROME EN HD SIN PROBLEMAS, PERO MI AMIGO TIENE UN PROBLEMA, CUANDO INICIAMOS UNA PARTIDA, APARECE EL MENSAJE: "No se pudo inicializar el sistema de gráficos. Asegúrese de que su tarjeta de video y su controlador sean compatibles con DirectDraw ". TIENE UNA LAPTOP CORE I7, CON NVIDIA GF 2GB, RESOLUCIÓN 1920X1080.
POR FAVOR, ALGUIEN TIENE UNA SOLUCION?

TENGO EL MISMO PROBLEMA, HAS ENCONTRADO SOLUCION?

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It could be his videocard cannot render in that resolution, if a game is not set in 32bit color mode.
In game settings at menu he can adjust those.
https://help.voobly.com/display/vkb/KB1040+Solve+known+compatibility+issues+on+Windows+8+and+above
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(the menu is a bit different for aoe1, but the key settings are same)

Also make sure his legacy windows component is enabled:
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