Having Problems With Age of Empires II? This Might Just Help!

  

    And so, Age of Empires has long since been available on PC, but the newer Definitive Edition of the game, Age of Empires II, was released in 2019, featuring the ability to zoom in on the screen as well as the ability to get some extra graphical effects, and extra civilizations, and even extra campaigns which could be played in the game.  Now there may be an issue for those who play the game on PC or Mac OS, for which the game is available on only Apple Silicon Based Macs but which you can also play it on an older Intel-Based Mac with Codeweavers Crossover using a written guide for Age of Empires II Which I have provided for you for reference.  

 Now for both PC and Mac OS users, you may be experiencing the following problem(s).  

1) Does the game seem to freeze on the screen while you still hear the game playing?

2) Does the game minimize and maximize the game window while you are playing it?

 If either of these issues seems to be happening during gameplay, you may be having a problem with a specific setting in the graphics known as anti-aliasing.  Anti-aliasing is a rendering technique used in rendering of videos and game graphics which blends pixel colors in order to reduce jagged edges displayed in the video or game graphics.  This does take dedicated processing power from your graphics card, and sometimes causes performance issues in the game.  In this case, when you are using certain PCs, the graphics processing is causing an error with the anti-aliasing process in Age of Empires II.  So disabling the Anti-Aliasing or AA will allow the game to run more smoothly without the lagging or the "display freezes". I have a visual reference below for deactivating anti-aliasing in the graphics options.

 

 Circled in red are the three options for Anti-Aliasing, "Anti-Alias Game Objects", "Anti-Alias UI", and "Anti-Alias Text". Uncheck all three in order to disable Anti-Aliasing in the game.  If you have the screen freezing, in which what you are seeing the display frozen but the game is still audibly running, or the game lags while playing, this is a likely solution for the issues with the game.

 

Conclusion

    With all of these steps completed, you should have a great time playing Age of Empires II, on Mac or Windows.  In conclusion, I would like to invite you to check out the Forums on Codeweavers.  Entries for various apps have forums and Tips for getting the Applications to work!  Other Applications with guides include Command & Conquer : Tiberian Sun, Heroes of Might & Magic III, Fallout, Escape Velocity, Assassin's Creed, and Prince of Persia  If you are available to actively test and rate the compatibility of various Applications on Codeweavers Crossover, you may want to consider becoming a Bettertester!  As a Bettertester, you regularly test Apps and can be rewarded with Bettertester Points to buy merchandise or even extended subscriptions to Crossover, saving money you would need for renewing your subscription!

 

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