‘Video Card 0 isn’t in look-up file’ when attempting to play Age of Mythology through Remote Desktop

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I am trying to run Age of Mythology through Remote Desktop. The reason for this is my Windows 7 Machine isn't powerful enough, but my Windows XP machine is.

So, I am running

  • Age of Mythology on Windows XP Pro SP3
  • Remote Desktop running on Window 7 Pro SP1

I get the message from AOM stating:

Video Card 0 doesn't have device id or vendor id, and <rdpdd.dll> isn't in look-up file.

Is there a way to fake it out?

I have tried TeamViewer but it renders too slow. TightVNC has too much lag and appears to skip frames. AOM plays fine on the PC that I installed it, just not when I remote over to it.

I have not tried to install on the Windows 7 machine, since it's not a that great a PC.

Best Answer

Unfortunately, what you want isn't possible:

Microsoft's RDP uses a it's own graphics driver which converts the rendered screen into network packets to send to the client.

This is the core of how RDP works and you cannot change it.
- Super User

Unfortunately, your Windows XP host poses a bit of a problem. It means that Steam's In-Home Streaming will not work as per their Support Page.

Your best option is to try out SplashTop, which currently still supports Windows XP. They have different prices, however the personal tier is free. I cannot personally vouch for it's quality but reports I've read online seem to be pretty good.

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