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Original von nC_eru
Bei mir ist das immer so, wenn ich Voobly oder irgendwas ähnliches auf 1280x1024 gespielt habe. Beheben lässt sich das einfach, in dem man vorher im Singleplayer auf die größte Auflösung stellt .

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Original von Kronos
schlechter witz oder ernst gemeint ?

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Originally posted by mudlord on SevenForums.



Info: Fixes problems with colors on Windows Vista / Windows 7 permanently, without a need to kill "explorer.exe" anymore, nor try any other solutions.

DOWNLOAD :arrow: w7ddpatcher-withsource.zip (source code included)

How to use:

1) Unpack the packed file.
2) Start w7ddpatcher.exe
3) Click Patch, select your game executable (usually C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe) and click Open.
Game will start, and as soon as all needed game info is gathered by the program, both game and program will close. That`s all, next time you start the game you won`t have any more color problems.
Additional info:
How does it actually work?

1) App gets HWND/process IDs of application being run.
2) App runs the application.
3) It kills its threads as soon as a HWND and thread ID is gathered.
4) From there, the most recent DirectDraw application ID is gathered. Since it was the app to be patched, it copies it to a variable.
5) This variable, along with the needed flags makes a compatibility profile in the Registry for Windows Vista/7 to use with that application, only. It won't affect other parts of your registry. The key name used comes from the application's window class name/IDs.
Of course the source explains the details.

http://www.aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=33730