- AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION HORRIBLE LAG UPDATE
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AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION HORRIBLE LAG DRIVER
It doesn’t seem to be a lack of CPU power that’s causing the issue, as I’m running far above the required specs, but perhaps some sort of driver implementation issue. But for a game that is being re-released, this isn’t the best thing to be faced with as a consumer. This issue doesn’t seem to be affecting all users, and the developers are apparently working on a fix. Sometimes I thought it was because I had too many units on the screen, and sometimes simply because a bird was flying overhead. Throughout the playing of the game, frame rates seem to dip randomly, regardless of what’s on screen. If you wander over to the Steam Group, you’re sure to find many an angry purchaser. I was hoping this was a pre-release issue that would be patched out before the game went live, but it seems to persist for some user.
AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION HORRIBLE LAG UPDATE
This update however seems to suffer from a bad case of lag. This isn’t a reinvention or directors cut it’s simply the original game re-bundled in an “HD” moniker. All your favourite units are there, as are the base mechanics that make up the series. The game itself remains fairly unchanged from it’s initial release. There is also the inclusion of achievements, to appeal to those of you who like to show off to friends.
AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION HORRIBLE LAG MODS
Steam Workshop support is also fully integrated, so all your favourite mods should be there eventually, and many new ones have already sprung up. Quick Match multiplayer has been added, featuring a system that pits you against player of a similar skill set.
That said, there have been many great additions to the game. In fact, when pressing “alt-shift-enter” for the first time, I thought the solution was broken.
While I understand the menu is an object of limited set dimensions, as opposed to the expanse of a level, this implementation just seems solidify my opinion that this is a lazy case of multi-monitor support. Any in-game menu, or post-game result screen, seems to create a black box around the now-centered UI. This leads to the issue that the certain graphic elements do not stretch across dual monitors properly. This seems an odd choice from a development standpoint, as adding a toggle in the graphics settings would be a relatively simple feat. Through some Steam group digging, it appears that the official method is to press “alt-shift-enter” all at once, to toggle this multi monitor mode. The game also advertises multi monitor support, though the feature seems to be hidden from sight. Those will lower-specced PC’s may have appreciate the tradeoff of graphic fidelity/resolution in favour of placing more troops. The game does after-all boast the ability to increase the amount of troops you can place in the skirmish mode, which can be processor intensive.
While yes, the game does boast low required specs, the option to toggle between “high, medium, and low” graphics settings, as in the original release, would be a welcome feature.
AGE OF EMPIRES II HD EDITION HORRIBLE LAG FULL
In fact, there are no graphic options to speak of at all, other than toggling between a full screen and windowed mode. The option was available in the original release, but is nowhere to be now seen. While I suppose it is convenient that the game automatically detects my monitor’s resolution, it would be optimal if there were the ability to choose a favored resolution. That is, it scales to my monitors 2560 x 1440 resolution with fairly apparent ease, a feat the original game could not accomplish. So why is it that this game feels, well, stuck in 1999? There have been advances to internet technologies, the widespread adoption of widescreen monitors, and numerous other technological advances in computer processing. Porting a 14 year old game isn’t without it’s challenges.
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