The scrolling bug in Age of Empires II is rather well-known. It has been mentioned at Gaming, too. The problem is that, in-game, the view constantly scrolls to the left and upwards. And the game is totally unplayable. It happens almost every time I try to play the game, except for the rare cases when I have just restarted the computer.
- I have not any Zune software installed.
- I have a high-end computer running Windows 7 Home Premium, 64-bit, Intel i7 CPU and nVidia GPU, with the latest graphics drivers and OS updates.
- The problem is resolved by a computer restart.
But it is not acceptable to have to restart the computer every time you want to play the game. At least not to me. In addition, I can't believe there is no other solution.
Indeed, a simple model of this problem is that there is a ScrewThingsUp flag on the computer. This is set to false when the OS starts, but is eventually set to true, by some (as far as I know) unidentified process. Has anyone identified this process? In any case, has anyone found a way to reset the flag to false?
Best Answer
That scrolling bug should be fixed by the community-made (non-official) AOE II: The Conquerors patch, UserPatch | https://userpatch.aiscripters.net/ :
Among many other fixes and improvements to AOE II: The Conquerors, one if its core features is:
Notes: The UserPatch installer must be run with admin privileges in order for it to be able to install all of its fixes.
If you would like to simply enhance v1.0c, without upgrading to v1.1, you can hold the Ctrl key while clicking the Install button. This will block all v1.1 gameplay fixes, allowing for the use of v1.0c saved and recorded files. To do this via command line:
SetupAoC.exe -c. Enhanced v1.0c mode is not recommended for normal gameplay. (Thanks to naxa for mentioning this.)UserPatch installation guide