by Teh KillerBee
4. September 2010 19:05
Hey!
While I was at LAN yesterday, we encountered problems when we wanted to play Age of Mythology over LAN. After a fresh install (with original game discs of course), the game did not want to start. Even after the more recent game patch 1.03, the game still froze right before the intro video or sometimes right after - always showing the following message:
Luckily I found the solution after stumbling upon this thread. The main problem is that either the resolution of the game is set too high, or your directx/graphics drivers are out of date.
Since I was already running with the newest graphics drivers, I tried setting the resolution manually by adding following commands to the shortcut target of the game:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology" xres=1280 yres=800
This solved the problem and made the game start like a charm! 
You can find target you need to change in the shortcut properties.
This is the same command used if you want to run the game in widescreen or run it in a custom resolution (just replace xres=1280 yres=800 with your own)
Hope this little tip helped!
/KillerBee
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