Age of Empires 3 Direct3d error

Question

I play AoE3 fine on my laptop, using my 1080p as my primary screen at home (at 1920x1080) however when I try to run it at school (again on my laptop), I get an error stating:

Initialization Failed
Direct3D initialization failed.  Possible causes:
Old or corrupted graphics driver.
Direct3D improperly installed.
Hardware acceleration disabled.
Starting the application with the workstation locked.Please check the log file for more information.

Anyone have any ideas?

I can run the game at just about max settings just fine with my 1080p screen....

Asked by Gareth Jones

Answer

I had the same problem with Portal 2 . How did I solve it ? Well I had to manually specify my resolution.
Try this:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Users3\NewProfile3.xml

[Setting Name="optiongrfxres"]screen resolution of laptop(for eg:1024x768)[/Setting]

Source(See the 7th post)

Answered by GTX OC

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Checking your unit stats in Age of Empires 3

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How do I check the stats for my own units (hitpoints, attack etc)? For the other teams just clicking on their unit gives the stats. For my units I can see only the commands. How can I see their stats?

Asked by amal antony

Answer

IIRC there's a tab (along the left side of the action card) when you have the unit selected that you can switch between their actions and their stats; it's fairly subtle.

Answered by technophile

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Villager's don't move on to the next livestock after gathering food

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I built a livestock pen in AOE3 in the hopes of not having to chase around the wild animals when hunting since the sheep and cattle just sit there and let you kill them.

Unfortunately my settlers do not move on to another sheep/cow when they finish with one, as a result I have to constantly micromanage the settlers and livestock to keep my food supply consistent.

I am not sure if I am missing something or if they're supposed to be less manageable as part of the game.

Answer

Villagers do move on the next animal at the livestock pen, but I think your problem is that they have to be fully fattened. It's better economically if you let them fatten usually, so try making more sheep or waiting a bit before you kill them. You'll be getting more food, and your villagers will move on to the next sheep automatically as well.

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