Leopard help!

[TSE]

Hi I just got a SR MacBook running Leopard 10.5.1 and I am trying to play Age of Empires 2 Mac Edition on it. When I click to play the game after installing, it says,"

DrawSprocket cannot switch to the requested resolution (640x480, 16 bit, 0 buffer(s))

Make sure your computer meets the display requirements specified in the Read Me file."

Any solutions?

 

[GfulDedFan]

From what I've read, the new Santa Rosa MacBooks with the GMA X3100 integrated graphics chipset does not support 16 bit color.

Keep checking because the forum sources were somewhat sketchy.

-GDF

 

[TSE]

Are you serious? So now I cannot do multiplayer anymore?

Any ideas or solutions I could try?

 

[GfulDedFan]

Let google be your friend. I'm sure there are other gamers asking these same questions but it will be somewhat limited. The SR MBs are so new and the greater percentage of those new MB owners know going in that it really isn't a gaming machine to begin with.

btw...I'm not a gamer.

Good luck.

 

[will80]

I had the same problem and I posted in another thread and someone told me what to do to make it work.

When you start the game, hold the command (apple) key and then turn 256 colours on. If that doesn't work then turn movies off and put it on 640 x 480.
Make sure you download the patch on macsoft.com as well.

All that worked for me.

 

[dkuropatwa]

Same Problem

I'm having the same problem. This is the error I keep getting even after the 1.0.5 update and changing the screen resolution:

http://img.skitch.com/20080406-ttarhn8e4b8a2nypgcmmc34kp1.jpg